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Cisco TelePresence SX20 Quick Set  Administrator Guide
Set up Intelligent Proximity for content sharing (page 5 of 5)
Basic troubleshooting
Cannot detect devices with Proximity clients
•  Check if the video system is in standby mode. Ultrasound is 
not transmitted if the speakers (for example a TV in standby 
mode) are turned off.
•  Check the speaker volume. The volume control on a speaker 
itself (not the volume controlled with the remote control or 
Touch 10) affects the ultrasound volume. If the volume is too 
low, the listening devices cannot detect the ultrasound pairing 
messages.
•  Some Windows laptops are not able to record sound in the 
ultrasound frequency range (20
 
kHz-22
 
kHz). This can be due 
to frequency limitations with the sound card, sound driver or 
the internal microphone of the particular device. Refer to the 
Support forum for more information.
Audio artifacts
•  If you can hear audio artifacts, like humming or clipping 
noise, decrease the maximum ultrasound volume (Audio > 
Ultrasound > MaxVolume).
Cannot share content from a laptop
•  For content sharing to work, the video system and the laptop 
must be on the same network. For this reason Proximity 
sharing might fail if your video system is connected to 
your company network via Expressway, and your laptop is 
connected via VPN (VPN client dependent).
Room considerations
Room acoustics
•  Rooms with hard surfaces may cause challenges due to 
severe audio reflections. Acoustical treatment of meeting 
rooms is always highly recommended for the best meeting 
experience as well as Intelligent Proximity performance.
•  Cisco recommends only one video system with Intelligent 
Proximity enabled in a room. Otherwise, interference is likely 
to occur, which may lead to problems with device discovery 
and session maintenance.
About privacy 
In the Cisco Privacy statement and the Cisco Proximity 
Supplement you find information about data collection in the 
clients and privacy concerns that needs to be considered 
when deploying this feature in the organization. Refer to: 
► https://www.cisco.com/web/siteassets/legal/privacy.html
Additional resources
Cisco Intelligent Proximity site:  
► https://www.cisco.com/go/proximity
Support forum:  
► https://www.cisco.com/go/proximity-
support