Hi - We have a couple of large spaces that we'd like to cover with dedicated conference units like the Polycom Soundstation IP3000. We're concerned about adequately covering the spaces, though, one of which is very long and narrow. I wanted to get external add-on microphones for the IP3000, but I've found that unlike some of their other conference products, it does not have this capability. Has anyone used an IP3000 before? Will the built-in microphone/speaker cover a space that is approximately 15' x 70'? If not, is there another conference unit that will cover a space like this? I don't care about protocol so much, SIP, IAX, h323, MGCP, SCCP - anything is fine. I suggested that we could put 2 or 3 of our Polycom IP500 handsets in the space and have them all dial the same meetme conference room. Would that be too much background noise from one room? This also does not really cover conferences hosted by other companies - well, at least companies that don't use handy meetme rooms in asterisk ;-). Thanks, Noah -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.digium.com/pipermail/asterisk-users/attachments/20041215/90f2c8ed/attachment.htm
I believe putting three extensions into the same meetme room, and putting all three of them on speaker phone will generate feedback like you haven't heard since you put an electrical guitar near the speaker and hit a note... _____ From: Noah Miller [mailto:noah@rosecompanies.com] Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 2004 5:27 PM To: asterisk-users@lists.digium.com Subject: [Asterisk-Users] IP Conference Units? Hi - We have a couple of large spaces that we'd like to cover with dedicated conference units like the Polycom Soundstation IP3000. We're concerned about adequately covering the spaces, though, one of which is very long and narrow. I wanted to get external add-on microphones for the IP3000, but I've found that unlike some of their other conference products, it does not have this capability. Has anyone used an IP3000 before? Will the built-in microphone/speaker cover a space that is approximately 15' x 70'? If not, is there another conference unit that will cover a space like this? I don't care about protocol so much, SIP, IAX, h323, MGCP, SCCP - anything is fine. I suggested that we could put 2 or 3 of our Polycom IP500 handsets in the space and have them all dial the same meetme conference room. Would that be too much background noise from one room? This also does not really cover conferences hosted by other companies - well, at least companies that don't use handy meetme rooms in asterisk ;-). Thanks, Noah -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner <http://www.mailscanner.info/> , and is believed to be clean. MailScanner thanks transtec Computers <http://www.transtec.co.uk/> for their support. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.digium.com/pipermail/asterisk-users/attachments/20041215/eb193764/attachment.htm
On Wed, 15 Dec 2004, Noah Miller wrote:> I suggested that we could put 2 or 3 of our Polycom IP500 handsets in > the space and have them all dial the same meetme conference room. > Would that be too much background noise from one room? This also does > not really cover conferences hosted by other companies - well, at least > companies that don't use handy meetme rooms in asterisk ;-).You may want to look at Max EX from ClearOne. Not an ip phone, but it does allow the units to be connected together to create a large distributed speaker phone. It works nicely without any strange feedback or anything. It is flexible since you can hook them up any way you want to. They are not terribly expensive either. Peter