User's Guide
Table Of Contents
- 1 Important Safety instructions
- 2 Introduction to FreeSpeak Edge™
- 3 Installing FreeSpeak Edge
- 3.1 Installing the FreeSpeak Edge transceiver
- 3.2 Clear-Com cable recommendations
- 3.3 Daisy-chain transceivers
- 3.4 Installing and removing an E-IPA-HX card
- 3.5 Adding an E-IPA-HX card to the software
- 3.6 Configuring the E-IPA-HX card for FreeSpeak Edge
- 3.7 Beltpack roaming between E-IPA-HX cards
- 3.8 Connecting the FreeSpeak Edge transceivers to a matrix
- 3.9 Adding transceivers to the matrix
- 3.10 Beltpack roles
- 3.11 Registering the beltpack to a matrix
- 3.12 Connect the beltpacks
- 3.13 Radio Frequency (RF) channel selection and power settings
- 3.14 De-register beltpacks from a system
- 4 Site survey features
- 5 RF channel selection 5 GHz
- 5.1 Radio Frequency (RF) channel selection and power settings
- 5.2 Channel selection
- 5.3 Channel re-use
- 5.4 Using Dynamic Frequency Selection (DFS) channels
- 5.5 Radar scanning in DFS channels
- 5.6 Transceiver - excluded channels
- 5.7 Wireless Regulatory Region (WRR)
- 5.8 Change RF channels on the Edge transceiver
- 6 Operating the Edge beltpack
- 7 Operating the Edge transceiver
- 8 Upgrading FreeSpeak Edge
- 9 Specifications
- 10 Regulatory compliance
- 10.1 Part numbers and regulatory models
- 10.2 FCC notice
- 10.3 FCC/IC/EC RF exposure warning
- 10.4 Industry canada compliance statement
- 10.5 Korean notice
- 10.6 Japan notice
- 10.7 Australia compliance statement
- 10.8 New Zealand compliance statement
- 10.9 European Union (CE mark)
- 10.10 Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE)
- 10.11 General Battery Safety Instructions for Battery Models: BAT41, BAT50, BAT60, BAT70, BAT80
- 10.12 배터리 모델에 대한 일반 배터리 안전 지침 : BAT41, BAT50, BAT60, BAT70, BAT80
- 10.13 BAT41, BAT50, BAT60, BAT70, BAT80
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3 Installing FreeSpeak Edge
To install the FreeSpeak Edge system use the following general guidelines (overview). In the
first instance you will need:
l An RF scan of the local area. You can scan the local area using the beltpack Channel
Scanning mode. Use this to find out which channels have the least existing RF traffic and
will therefore provide the best environment for reliable audio transmission.
l For a substantial installation, you need a site survey to determine the best placing of
your transceivers (see
FreeSpeak Edge RF Configuration Guide
for detailed information).
You will use the transceivers in Standalone mode for an initial assessment of radio
coverage in any given area.
l A network infrastructure that can support an AES67 network (See
Clear-Com AES67
Network Recommendations
for detailed information).
Then you will need to:
l Install transceivers according to the site survey findings
l Configure the E-IPA card
l Create beltpack roles. A role is an audio configuration for your beltpack, defined in the
configuration software. Then go to Panels in the EHX software and populate the keysets.
l Cable transceivers to your network
l Discover transceivers on the network and connect them to the matrix. Discover the
transceivers using the Transceivers page in EHX and click on the blue Detect IP TCVR
button . After you tick the check box on the selected transceiver(s), then click the up-
arrow to bring the newly discovered transceivers into the upper box in that window.
When all the new transceivers are in the upper window, click on the DONE button on
the bottom of that window. Then Apply Map to Matrix.
l Register the beltpacks to a matrix
l Connect the beltpacks to your matrix. You will select a role from the EHX software on
connection
Once you have completed these steps you will be ready to start using your beltpacks.
Note: EHX v. 12 or above.
3.1 Installing the FreeSpeak Edge transceiver
The Edge transceiver can be mounted on a wall or on a microphone stand. It also has a lanyard
hole for convenient hanging. The transceiver will transmit audio in any position but it must be
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