PathFinder Software Configuration Guide - Trilogy Communications

PathFinder Version 4.22 User Guide7. GROUPS AND CONFERENCESBoth Groups and Conferences allow two or more people to speak together. A panel or portmust be a member of a Group or Conference before it can contribute.7.1 What are Groups?Groups are designed for creating communications between a number of panels and/or 4wires where there is a need to control how each source contributes to the group. A typicalexample for creating a group would be for Production or Omni talkback.For example, a Production Talkback group (PTB) may consist of:• Director and PA panels normally speaking onto the group but not listening, with keys ontheir panels to remove themselves from the group for privacy.• The Sound panel would listen to the group with a key to speak onto the group whenneeded.• On the studio floor, 4 wire circuits for the Floor manager and Cameras would bepermanently listening to the group but not speaking.7.2 What are Conferences?The Conference utility allows the user to create a "many to many" communication betweenports within the system. In its simplest form a Conference is a group of panels which havethe ability to speak to everybody in the Conference except himself.When building a Conference, as panels and 4 wires are added, the crosspoint map willgrow. This map shows all the available crosspoints within the Conference and allows theuser to edit the map to block individual crosspoints, thus customising who speaks to whom.Each panel member must have a listen and speak key targeted to the Conference whereasany 4-wire member is automatically listening and speaking to the Conference.Trilogy Communications LimitedIssue 1Page 43 of 43