4 General Information
1 General Information
1.1 Interoperability
Communication with and control of the Quinta system requires a wired connection to
the control unit Quinta CU or respectively Quinta RS. Both devices offer three
communication ports: Ethernet, USB and
refers to Quinta CU or Quinta RS. Note: The AVB-Network connection does not allow
Quinta system control; it only offers AVB functionality (audio streams and AVB related
settings).
External controller: An external controller is a device, which communicates with the CU
and controls, manipulates Quinta settings (e.g. audio volume) or system status (e.g.
microphone on/off), or actively polls status information from the system. A PC with the
Quinta PC software is considered an external controller, likewise third-party systems
such as media control system (e.g. Crestron, AMX) and similar are considered external
controller.
It is important to understand that simultaneous control via Ethernet, USB
and
RS232 is
not supported. The CU allows at most one active external controller at a time,
regardless which port is used.
to the CU (hook up USB, RS232 and Ethernet) at the same time, only one external
controller may actively communicate with the CU at a time. Communication with the
CU requires the external controller to log in to the Quinta CU (refer to chapter 2.1: U
commands Login to communication port).
The CU features an internal Quinta webserver. It can only be accessed via Ethernet, and
requires proper overall network environment. In order to access the webserver from a
browser, type in the CU IP-address into the browser URL-field. The webserver can be
used in parallel to an external controller. Note: The main intention of the web server is
system supervision and maintenance (e.g. check MU battery status, modify audio
volumes). Conference and microphone control (turning microphones on and off) is not
possible via webserver.
Listening on RS232: Microphone status messages are always sent via RS232 (even
without login), regardless of which other port is used by an external controller. Thus it is
possible to process this information in different ways, such as recording or using a
camera system which actively follows the active speaker. For this sake the camera
controller may be connected to the CU RS232-port, even while another external
controller communicates with the CU via Ethernet or USB.
The Quinta system offers two operation modes: Conference Mode and Microphone
Mode
important to know that some commands only work in Conference Mode, others only in
Microphone Mode. Please refer to the corresponding chapter.
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