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CHAPTER 4: Advanced
Configuration
Presets
Overview
For many audio conferencing applications, a great deal of system flexibility is needed
to meet the challenges presented by changing meeting or conference room
requirements. These requirements may include changes in muting, audio sources,
room orientation, or room combining. And ideally, these changes are made
instantaneously—without interrupting or affecting any meetings in progress.
Using presets enables you to accommodate these changing room requirements
quickly and efficiently. When you create a preset, you are essentially creating a
single room configuration option. Presets can be programmed with a variety of
routing, level, gating, delay, filter, and EC reference settings to meet specific
application requirements. You can change every unit parameter or a select few
depending on your room needs. XAP 400 presets are unique in the sense that they
operate independently of other presets in the unit. When a preset is run, only the
selected inputs/outputs are changed—all other settings in other presets remain
unchanged and are not reset. This means you can change audio routing and
configuration settings in a room without affecting settings in other rooms (such as
gain). You can create up to 32 presets for the XAP 400.
Presets can be executed in a variety of different ways including the Execute
Preset utility in G-Ware, the front panel controls of the XAP 400, RS-232
external control devices, RS-485 control devices (ClearOne Control Panel and
XAP IR Remote), logic in/out, and contact closure. You can also create macros
which can run multiple presets. These options give you tremendous flexibility when
designing your installations and will be described in more detail in this chapter.
Creating Presets
Presets are created in G-Ware using the Preset mode. To switch to Preset Mode,
click the Preset Mode button on the toolbar or the Preset Mode button on the Flow
Screen. The Preset Mode window (see Figure 4.2) consists of the Preset
Configuration Pane (left side of the window), the G-Ware menus and toolbar
(although most options are not available because they do not apply to presets), and
the Preset Matrix Screen. There is no Flow Screen in Preset Mode since all
configurable settings can be accessed from the Matrix Screen.
Figure 4.1. Preset Mode
toolbar button
Presets are used only
within the local
XAP 400 unit. However, if
a preset is part of a macro, it can be
activated on a networked XAP 400
unit.
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