User manual SENNHEISER SDC 8200 SYS-M

[. . . ] Software Manual SDC 8200 SYS-M SDC 8200 SYS Software Thank you for choosing Sennheiser!We have designed these products to give you reliable operation over many years. Over half a century of accumulated expertise in the design and manufacture of high-quality electro-acoustic equipment have made Sennheiser a world-leading company in this field. Please take a few moments to read these instructions carefully, as we want you to enjoy your new Sennheiser products quickly and to the fullest. 2 Contents Important information on this manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] Choose the position where the icon label is to be added: above: below: right: left: the icon label is added above the console icon the icon label is added below the console icon the icon label is added at the right of the console icon the icon label is added at the left of the console icon Configuring the maximum speaking time To configure the maximum speaking time: In the "Speech Timer" box on the "Confsys" tab, click the desired option button. If you click the "Off" option button, all delegates can speak for an unlimited time. If you click the "Global" option button, you can start the speaking time countdown at any time (see "The displays on the control palette" on page 67). After the maximum speaking time has been reached, all microphones are deactivated automatically. 46 Configuring the conference system If you click the "Single Delegate" option button, an individual speaking time countdown is started for each speaker. After the maximum speaking time has been reached, the speaker's microphone is deactivated automatically. You can interrupt or cancel the countdown at any time (see "Using the "Global" option button in the "Speech Timer" box" on page 69). The red signal light ring starts flashing before the maximum speaking time is reached. The "Global" option can be used in parallel. In the "Default Value (min)" field, enter the maximum speaking time in minutes. The maximum speaking time can be set from 1 to 200 minutes. In the "Time before blink (sec)" field, enter the duration of the flashing of the red signal light ring in seconds. A flashing red signal light ring indicates that the speaking time will soon be over. Configuring the log files To configure the log files for different system events: "Microphone Logging" Whenever a console is activated/deactivated, the microphone number, the data of the delegate and the date and time are saved in a log file. "Badge logging" Whenever a chip card is inserted into or removed from the chip card slot of a console, this is saved in a log file. "Vote Logging" All voting items are saved in individual log files. "Chronological Logging" All system events are saved in a log file: Start/end of a conference + name of the conference, Activation/deactivation of a microphone + name of the delegate, Insertion/removal of a chip card + name of the delegate, Opening/closing the agenda + name of the delegate, Starting time/ending time of a voting item + description. All log files of a conference are managed by a database. After the conference, these databases are automatically saved in a folder to be specified in the "Path data" box (see "Selecting the folders for saving the voting results, safety copies and log files" on page 48). The format of the name of a database is as follows: LOG_year_month_day_hourminutesseconds. mdb Example: LOG_2006_10_03_123031. mdb After the conference, the log files can be printed or saved as described under "Viewing, exporting and printing log files" on page 64. To configure the log files: In one of the boxes "Microphone Logging", "Badge Logging", "Vote Logging" and "Chronological Logging" on the "Confsys" tab, click the desired option button. If you click the "On" option button, the desired log file is automatically created after the conference. The log file is saved in the database. 47 Configuring the conference system Selecting the folders for saving the voting results, safety copies and log files To select the folder for saving the different system files: In the boxes "Path voting", "Path copy" and "Path data" on the "Confsys" tab, select the folders in which the files are to be saved. Files with voting results are saved in a folder to be specified in the "Path voting" box. [. . . ] Then click "Field exchange utility". The "Field exchange utility" window opens. Click the "Get Locking Code" button. The code is displayed in the box above the button. [. . . ]