ITSV-4/5 as Paging Station for PAVA

When there is a need for a paging station with a touch screen an ITSV-4 or ITSV-5 can be used in combination with a IP-LCM. With 8 buttons on the desktop of the ITSV the zones in the Vipedia can be directly addressed. Pressing the button on the desktop will immediately setup a route to the zone and an announcement can be made.

In this article we will describe a setup for a maximum of 8 zones from one ITSV, however with knowledge of an Edge configuration this can be expanded upon to 16 zones from one ITSV.

Example screenshot of an ITSV with 8 zones available on the Touch Screen

System overview

Hardware

The wiring between the Vipedia and IP-LCM is described in the Integration with ASL PAVA using the IP-LCM unit article.

Edge Controller configuration

The IP-LCM will be set up as the IC-Edge Controller and in the "Directory" menu given number 100, see Getting Started with IC-Edge for details.

Multiple accounts for the ITSV

For each zone the ITSV will use a different number to call the IP-LCM. Therefore we will create multiple accounts for the ITSV.

Click the arrow for Manually Added Devices and choose Zenitel Device. Give the new device a Number and Name and do this for each zone you want to address. In the example we used numbers 201-208

Manually added devices

Advanced Output Handler

Using the advanced output handler for the IP-LCM we configure the relays to go on when there is an incoming call from one of the numbers configured in the previous step. Each Number will get its own event with the corresponding relay.

Relays with call state

Because these events only turn the relays on we need one additional event to turn the relays off when the station goes back to Idle. This can be done with one event that just turns them all off.

Relays with Idle state

ITSV

The ITSV will need to have multiple accounts registered to the Edge controller.

ITSV registration

Registering multiple accounts

Go into the account settings of the ITSV and fill in one account for each directory number you have created in the edge controller. Remember to set the checkbox Account Active.

One account example

After the settings are saved and applied you should see all the accounts as registered on the status page

Creating the phonebook

To make easy to use direct buttons on the desktop we need to have phonebook entries for each zone. We have to start creating a phonebook on the phone but after the first entry we switch to editing a XML file on our laptop.

To create the first entry tap on the person icon in the middle on the right hand side of the screen.

Phonebook icon

You will be shown the phone book and that there are no entries yet. Tap the add button.

Add contact

Fill in a name and a number for the first contact, we will edit this one later.

Contact details

After this we will export the current phonebook, then edit the file and upload it back to the ITSV. In the web interface of the ITSV go to Applications > Contacts, click the Export button. This will save the current phonebook as an XML file to your laptop.

Importing the phone book

Open the XML file with a text editor. Each phonebook entry looks like this:

<IsPrimary>false</IsPrimary>

<Ringtone>content://settings/system/ringtone</Ringtone>

</Phone>

</Contact>

Create one of these for each zone you have. The fields you have to change are LastName and accountindex. LastName is the field that will be displayed on the icons later on. Accountindex is the index of the account to use when making the call. Be aware that the index starts counting from 0 where the names when registering the account started with Account 1, so Account 1 has index 0. The phonenumber is always the number of the IP-LCM, as this is the station being called. You should also see the entry we made to start creating the phonebook. You can either remove this one or change it to one of the zones.

When the file is finished you can use the same page where we exported the phonebook but this time we will use the import function. It is important to check the two boxes Clear the Old List and Keep Associated Account

Importing the phone book

Changing the icon

This step is optional if you want to change the icon for each contact displayed on the desktop. These steps have to be done for every phonebook entry.

Create or download a .PNG of the icon you want. 100 by 100 pixels is already sufficient, larger icons will be scaled down. Store this file on a USB flashdrive and plug it into the ITSV. Go into the phonebook entry you want to change and click the little pencil in the top right.

Edit button

The phonebook entry is now in edit mode. Click the little person icon at the top.

Click the icon

You will be prompted to choose which app you want to use to look for your icon. Select the file manager.

Select the file manager

Next browse to the USB drive and find your icon.

USB drive

The icon file

After clicking the file you will be given the possibility to crop the icon. If you have created the icon correctly you should not have to do this. You can just click save in the top left corner.

Option to crop

After this you will return to the edit view of the phonebook entry. Click the little checkmark at the top right and the changes will be saved.

Save the changes

Creating desktop icons

The next step is to create desktop icons on the ITSV to have direct access to calling into the zones. On a empty part of the screen press and hold the screen. A bar will pop up on the right hand side of the screen. Press on Widgets.

Selecting Widget

Then there will be a new menu in the bar. Scroll down to Direct Dial.

Selecting Direct Dial

You will be presented with a selection menu from the phone book. The entries we created earlier are in there.

Selecting from the phone book

Select the entry you want to add to the desktop and it will be placed on the screen. If you want to move the icon around just press and hold and you can drag it around.

Vipedia Configuration

In the SCT (System Config Tool) the inputs of the I/O unit BMB01 will be setup with fixed routes on the Volt-Free Contacts. The relays that are triggered on the IP-LCM is connected to an input of the BMB01. By using a Fixed Route the Vipedia will then set up a correct route to the outputs and zones.

Example of 4 Fixed routes configured

The Route will be configured from the audio input that the IP-LCM is connected to to one or more audio outputs. The checkboxes Allow Partial Broadcast and Route With No Zones can be checked. These two checkboxes make sure the route will be established even if one of the outputs for the route is in use by a higher priority route. When the higher priority route is cleared the route from the IP-LCM will take over.

The settings of the fixed route