Aiphone ISSOFT Operation Manual

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GETTING STARTED APPENDIX
USING THE PC MASTER STATION
Door release
On a PC master station, you can release the door while being called from, communicating with, or monitoring a sub station if a door 
release device is connected to the station.
(→P. 18)
You can also unlock the door (door release device) connected to a sub station in a remote site depending on the setting.
* 
NOTE:
If the door station does not have a camera, you cannot view the image of the visitor. Confi rm the visitor securely.
orCall Electric door strikePC master station
Door releaseRoom sub station 
Door station  
						

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RECEIVING AND ANSWERING A CALL ON THE PC MASTER STATION
The following describes the communication method using a PC master station.
When receiving a call from a remote site, the operation methods are the same as described below, however it may take a longer 
* time for some operations and their responses. For example, there may be a time difference between a call starting at a remote site 
and the call tone ringing on the target (PC) master station in your site.
Receiving a call
The call tone rings, and the corresponding display appears.1 
The call tone from a sub station differs from the setting in the Setting window. (→SETTING MANUAL)* 
e.g.) When called from a video door station in your site
When an audio door station, room sub station or another (PC) master station calls in, the station type image is displayed. (The * image differs from the calling station type.) When called from a remote site, the remote site symbol image is displayed.
An incoming call from a (PC) master station will be a direct voice call. (However, when the PRIVACY mode is set to “Privacy 2”, 
* you will be notifi ed of an incoming call by the display information and call tone.)
Depending on the system confi guration, it may take a while before talking begins when answering a call with a (PC) master 
* station.
NOTES:
A PC master station cannot receive two or more calls at a time.
• 
A call or talk may not be possible when the communication path is fully occupied.• 
Video images at the target video door station may not appear on the monitor when the video path is fully occupied even though a call or talk • 
is possible.Door station
(in your site or a remote site)
PressPress 
or 
Lift the 
handset. Room sub station
(in your site or a remote site)Master station
(in your site or a remote site)Another PC master station
(in your site or a remote site)
(See page 25 for 
how to call from a 
PC master station.) (See the “OPERATION 
MANUAL” for the standard 
(IP) system or network 
direct system. or or
or
USING THE PC MASTER STATION
The video image at the calling station is 
displayed following the symbol image.
* It may take long until a video image appears.
The station no. and station name are displayed.
(For a remote site, the number and name of the site are displayed. 
The station name will not be displayed.) 
						

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USING THE PC MASTER STATION
Answering a call
The maximum duration of communication is preset in the 
System setting. (It can be set to a maximum of 10 minutes.)
Answer the call in one of the following ways.1 
■ Communication in the hands-free mode
(Available when “Communication method” is set to 
“HF” in the Setting window.)

Click 1) .
  After a beep, you can communicate in the hands-
free mode.
 *
1:  When talking: Lit
When listening to the caller: Off
When you have fi nished the communication, 
2) click .
  Communication will end.
You can communicate in the press-to-talk mode by the 
* following operation even when Hands-free is set (e.g., 
when it is noisy around you).
Click and hold
•   for more than one second while 
communicating. (Beeps once.)

  You can talk back to it. If you click and hold  for 
more than one second, it changes to the press-to-talk 
mode. (Beeps once.)
NOTE:
You can mute the microphone by clicking 
 while talking.
■ Communication in the press-to-talk mode
(Available when “Communication method” is set to 
“PTT” in the Setting window.)

Click 1)  momentarily.
  After a beep, you can communicate in the press-to-
talk mode.
Click and hold 
2)  to talk and release to listen to 
the caller.
When you have fi nished the communication, 3) click .

  Click and hold  to talk with and release to listen to 
the caller.
[OFF] [TALK]*
1[OFF] [TALK]
Click and hold.
(When talking) (When listening to the 
caller)
Release. 
						

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About the priority
The order of priority for actions (communication, calling, 
paging, monitoring, etc.) is as follows, depending on the 
priority setting.
Priority Setting Action
1 (high)[URGENT], [BROADCAST]*1Communication, 
calling, paging, 
chime paging. 2[PRIORITY]
3[NORMAL]
4 (low)- Monitoring, scan-
monitoring
Earlier call has priority over later call if the priority * setting is the same.
Communication takes priority over calling.
* However, when a call with higher priority comes in, the 
communication will be forcibly stopped.
*
1: [BROADCAST]:
This can be selected only when you perform paging. 
When [BROADCAST] is selected, you can perform 
paging while interrupting all the other communications 
of lower priority. In that case, no receiver can answer 
you.  
						

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USING THE PC MASTER STATION
Wide
Zoom
Viewing video images at a video door 
station
You can view video images at the target station when receiving 
a call from or communicating with a video door station, or 
monitoring a video door station in your site. The video images 
can be adjusted as necessary by using the following functions 
on the PC master station.
■ Switching Zoom/Wide
The display mode on the monitor can be switched between 
zoom and wide by each click of 
.
NOTES:
The preset position of zoom image is set in the System setting on 
• 
the IP host unit.
When the display mode switches from wide to zoom, the zoom 
• 
image from the preset position is displayed.
Depending on the properties of the video door station camera, the 
• 
wide image may appear more distorted than the zoom image but 
this is not a malfunction.
In the zoom mode, the image can be moved from right to left or up 
• 
and down.
■ Pan & Tilt
When a zoom image is displayed, clicking  
moves the 
image as shown below.
NOTES:
The image range of the zoom mode and wide mode differs. The 
• 
edge of wide image will not be displayed with the zoom mode.
At night, the object image may be blurred and less-visible when 
• 
moving the image from right to left or up and down because 
illumination to the object is reduced. The same applies to a moving 
object.
[ZOOM/WIDE]
Up
Down Left
Right 
						

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■ Adjusting images
If the image on the monitor is diffi cult to see, you can adjust the 
image.
Click 1  when the image is diffi cult to see.
The backlight or night sensitivity is automatically adjusted.
The button stays lit during adjustment.
* 
The discrimination between day and night is performed * 
automatically by the door station.
To restore the image before adjustment
Click 
 again.
The lighting of button turns off and the image before adjustment 
is restored.
NOTE:
Clicking 
 at night may make visitors faces easier to see, but may 
also make moving objects more diffi cult to see.
 
[Before adjustment]
[After adjustment] [After adjustment][Before adjustment]
Click. 
						

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USING THE PC MASTER STATION
Transferring to another (PC) master station 
You can transfer a call received from a sub station to another 
(PC) master station while communicating with it (communication 
transferring), as well as setting calls to be automatically 
transferred in the Setting window.
For a call from another (PC) master station, you can transfer 
* 
it only when you are communicating with it. (However, you 
cannot transfer the communication to a remote site.)
■ Communication transferring
Receive a call and communicate with it. (→P. 12)1 
Click 2 .
Click 
3  to select the (PC) master station (in your 
site) to which you want to transfer the call (so that it 
is highlighted) from the list.
To cancel the transferring operation, click*   again.
Click 4  or .
A communication between you and the transfer target 
station begins.
While transferring, a sound rings at the source station to 
* indicate a transfer.
Click5   to enable the communication between the 
station that called you and the transfer target station.
■ Call transferring
You can transfer a call to the designated (PC) master station 
(in your site or a remote site) or the telephone registered to the 
system automatically (without answering it) by the [Transfer] 
setting in the Setting window.
This function is useful when you are absent or you cannot 
* 
receive and answer a call.
*  lights up when the [Transfer] setting is set to ON.
When transferring to a remote site, a (PC) master station in 
* the site should have been registered as the pilot station of 
the site.
A call from a sub station (except IS-IPDV and IS-IPDVF) can 
* be transferred to telephone. (North America only)
The following settings can be made in the Setting window.
(Refer to the SETTING MANUAL for details.)
[Call transfer]
1 Transferring a call to the designated (PC) master station or 
remote site automatically ([Transfer], [Transfer destination])
2 Setting the delay time of triggering transferring after a call is 
received ([Transfer delay])
[Schedule transfer]
3 Setting a schedule for call transferring in the System 
setting on the IP host unit ([Schedule transfer], [Scheduled 
destination])
[Telephone transfer] (North America only)
4 Transferring a call to telephone automatically (when 
[Telephone transfer] is set to ON)
[Schedule tel transfer] (North America only)
5 Transferring a call to telephone automatically in the period of 
time on the day of the week set in the System setting on the 
IP host unit (when [Schedule tel transfer] is set to ON)
* When both 
1 and 
3 are set, 
3 takes priority.
NOTES:
You can also make a transfer setting for calls at when you are 
• 
absent. Make the setting in the Setting window. (
→ “SETTING 
MANUAL”)
A call from a remote site can be transferred to a (PC) master 
• 
station in your site, but not to another remote site.
A call can be transferred to a remote site, but not to two or more 
• 
remote sites.
You cannot transfer a call to the source site of the call.
• 
You may not be able to transfer a call to the target site depending • 
on the settings or usage of stations in the site.
e.g.) 
An automatic call transferring setting to a site is disabled if the 
pilot sub station in the site is set to call a remote site. The setting 
of calling a remote site takes priority on the station. 
						

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Door release
You can release the door while being called from, 
communicating with, or monitoring a sub station if a door 
release device is connected to the station. 
Click  while being called from, communicating with, or 
monitoring the sub station.
The door is released for the time set in the System setting on 
the IP host unit.
*  is lit while the door is released.
If the set release time is “0”, it can be released while the 
* 
button is clicked and held if the target station is in your site.
If the target station is in a remote site, the release time is 10 
* 
seconds only when the release time is set to “0” at the target 
site.
CAUTION:
Be sure to confi rm the visitor securely before releasing the door if the 
sub station has no camera.
NOTES: 
To enable door release to a door station in a remote site, the 
• 
appropriate setting must be made at the remote site.
This function is disabled during scan-monitoring. (
• àP. 26)
Using the PRIVACY function
The PRIVACY function of a PC master station prevents you from 
being heard by other (PC) master stations in your site or remote 
sites that call you. 
To activate the PRIVACY function
Set “Privacy” to “Privacy 1” or “Privacy 2” in the Setting window. 
If you will not use the PRIVACY function, set it to “OFF”. 
(→“SETTING MANUAL”)
When set to “Privacy 1” or “Privacy 2”, the PRIVACY*  y 
button lights up.
■ While receiving a call
When the PRIVACY function is activated • 
The microphone of your PC master station is muted, so the 
sounds at your side are not heard by the caller.
When the PRIVACY function is off • 
The microphone of your PC master station is enabled, so the 
sounds at your side are heard by the caller.
■ To communicate with the caller
When th •  e PRIVACY function is activated
Click , and the microphone is enabled. Then you can 
communicate with the caller.
When the PRIVACY function is off • 
You can communicate with the caller without clicking .
The status of PC master station depending on the 
PRIVACY mode 
PRIVACY 
modePRIVACY 
LEDWhen receiving a call from 
another (PC) master station 
in your site or remote siteWhen communicating 
with a sub station
1Lit
The microphone is muted.• 
When you click•   
to answer the call, the 
microphone is enabled.
Microphone is enabled.• 
The microphone is • muted while clicking 
.
2Lit
The microphone is muted.• 
When you receive a call from a • (PC) master station or remote 
site, the caller and you are 
notifi ed by a tone that you are 
in the PRIVACY mode. When 
you click
  to answer the 
call, the microphone is enabled.
OFFOff
The microphone is enabled. • Communication starts when a 
direct voice call arrives from a (PC) 
master station or remote site.
The micr• ophone is muted 
while clicking 
. 
						

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GETTING STARTED APPENDIX
USING THE PC MASTER STATION
Searching for a station, zone or remote site 
Read this section before you perform calling, monitoring, paging or chime paging on a PC master station for the fi rst time to learn how 
to search for stations, zones or remote sites. The search can be performed in the following search methods by using the search items, 
dial keys or speed dial buttons to suit your needs.
PERFORMING CALLING, MONITORING, PAGING AND 
CHIME PAGING ON THE PC MASTER STATION
The following describes how to operate the PC master station to perform calling, monitoring, paging and chime paging.
Searching for a station, zone or remote site 
from the list (→P. 21)
Search items: A, B, C, D, E, F (F is for a remote site.)
Searching for a station or zone by number 
using the dial keys (→P. 23)
Searching for a station, zone or remote site 
from the placed call or received call list (→P. 24)
Search items: G, H
Selecting a station, zone or remote site by 
using the speed dial buttons (→P. 24)
■ Basic procedure for selecting the search items
The search items A – H can be selected from the standby mode or the SEARCH LIST.
* The items 
A and B can be selected from both the standby mode and the SEARCH LIST.
* A remote site can be selected by using the search item 
F, G, H, or the speeds dial buttons.
[In the standby mode]
Click the corresponding button on 
 to select the target search item A, B, G or H shown below.
Search items
A NAME SEARCH (→P. 21)
B STATIONS BY AREA (→P. 22)
G Placed calls (→P. 24)
H Received calls (→P. 24)
Click to display the SEARCH LIST. 
						

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[In the SEARCH LIST]
The search items are shown in the SEARCH LIST.
Click 
1  
 in the standby mode.
The search items are shown in the list area.
Click 2  repeatedly to select the target search item A to F (so that it is highlighted).
Click 3  to decide on the selected one.
NOTE:
You can also select the target search item and decide on it by a mouse click.
SEARCH LIST (page 1/2)
(Click 
◄ or ►.) (Click ◄ or ►.)
SEARCH LIST (page 2/2)
B STATIONS BY AREA (→P. 22)
A NAME SEARCH (→P. 21) SEARCH LIST
C STATIONS BY TYPE (→P. 22)
D PAGING ZONE (→P. 22)
E CHIME ZONE (→P. 22)
F REMOTE SITE (→P. 23)