Polycom ef2280 detailed setup

[Haddood]

thanks a lot Keith ...
waiting for the boundary mics to arrive ... then it is gonna be construction xmas

[keithj69]

I did not find anything else saved on my pc's at home.  Did you get your mic's in yet?

[Haddood]

got the mics, a while ago ... took few days to get some cables with XLR to connect to the mics. my last obstacle is that my xap800 came without the phoenix connectors ... trying to find a way to connect the cables to it ... few options in mind including, desoldering all the connectors and convert them to standard 3.5mm stereo female sockets ...
one find a way will document all the setup ...
BTW ... many thanks for the links they are really useful 

[keithj69]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/10sets-2EDG-3Pin-Plug-in-Screw-Terminal-Block-Connector-5-08mm-Pitch-Straight-/281288824250?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item417e1ed5ba

I accidentally ordered these when I got the polycom.  I was really grateful for my mistake later.

[Haddood]

Thank you Keith  ... I have been looking for those all over the net and couldn't find them at a decent price ... Ordered 2 sets
However still considering modify the board and replace those with 3.5trr for ease of use later on ...
Anyway mean while looking for a temp solution to start testing and configuring the system ..,

Btw, did you manage to feed mic gate status back to VC?

[keithj69]

I haven't tried to feed the pc back yet.  Work has me to the point that I really do not want to touch a pc when i get home.  Hopefully in the next week or 2 the project will wrap up and I will find interest again.

[Haddood]

once you think about it, take a look at http://www.eterlogic.com/Products.VSPE.html .... it allows wonders with serial port ... including sending data from comport to server, using UDP or TCP ... that will allow VC to connect to xap800

maybe if James sees this, and feels like experimenting with VSPE... can tell us how to stream data from com port to VC

[Kalle]

Hi Haddood, VC can read/write data from/to serial port with the python plugin and a script. Is this for what you looking for?

[Haddood]

Kalle yes and no ....
I installed the serial lib in PY plug-in folder ... now I can declare serial (import serial) ...but did not had time to do more ... if you have samples, examples or anything that helps will be great

the software I mentioned can route data from com port to UDB or TCP (among many other wonderful things)... which means there is a possibility to make VC eavesdrops on com port that control XAP800 (or other com devices)... giving the change to get feedback about which mic gated and as well VC can become XAP800 brain
 

[Kalle]

We use serial communication with python for our arduino sensors, maybe a example script give you a hint. I will post the python script later (or tomorrow). The script listen to a specified serial port for incomming data and send a event to VC.

I wish you a happy new year,

Kalle

here the link for download the python serial script:  https://www.dropbox.com/s/bistkn41gr2n3wj/ArduinoStartupGatewayMonitoring04.py?dl=0
 

[nime5ter]

... if you have samples, examples or anything that helps will be great

See also Example 2 on the Arduino page of the wiki. http://voxcommando.com/mediawiki/index.php?title=Arduino

[jitterjames]

Note that you do not need to install any additional libraries to do serial communication in the python plugin for VoxCommando.

[Haddood]

Thank you guys ....

and wish you a happy new year ...

[nime5ter]

Likewise, cheers!

[jitterjames]