Direct access
In order to guide a conference, several conference modes are available.
Chairman microphones are not affected by any conference mode and can be activated at any time with a maximum of 8 chairman units.
This enables the participant to turn on his microphone at any time by pressing the MIC icon (
) on his conference unit.
Several participants can be active simultaneously until the microphone limit setting (see chapter 12.5) is reached. The chairman can cancel all the active microphones by briefly pressing the PRIOR icon. This can cause a chime (on the condition this setting is activated: see chapter 12.9).
Holding the PRIOR button (
) will temporarily mute all active microphones. Releasing the button will return the state of the microphone to before the PRIOR button was pressed.
Activation mode
In the direct access mode there is an additional setting to define the way a delegate is granted the floor.
Toggle
Represented by animation sequence: 
The microphone icon needs to be pressed to activate the unit and once more to deactivate the unit.
Push to talk
Represented by animation sequence: 
The microphone is only active as long as the MIC icon is pressed.
Makes it possible to activate 1 to 8 delegates simultaneously depending on microphone limit setting (see "Configure microphone settings" on page 1). Whenever the microphone limit is reached, and a delegate presses the microphone icon, the longest active microphone will be deactivated. The chairman can cancel all the active microphones by briefly pressing the PRIOR icon.
Holding the PRIOR button (
) will temporarily mute all active microphones. Releasing the button will return the state of the microphone before the PRIOR button was pressed.
Activation mode
In the override mode there is an additional setting to define the way a delegate is granted the floor.
Toggle
Represented by animation sequence:
The microphone icon needs to be pressed to activate the unit and once more to deactivate the unit.
VOX
The microphone of the delegates will be activated based on the fact that they start to talk. Once they stop talking the microphone will automatically be switched off when the release time has expired (see chapter 10).
Whenever the microphone limit is reached pressing the MIC icon (
) will add the delegate to a waiting list. The unit will enter into request state.
A unit in request is visualized via the green LED bar on the delegate unit, the green LED of the microphone button and by the blinking microphone LED ring.
The chairman can activate delegate unit that are in request state by pressing the NEXT icon (
) on his unit. The LED bar of the first delegate unit in the queue list will become red and the microphone will be activated.
The chairman can cancel all the active microphones by briefly pressing the PRIOR icon (
. Holding the PRIOR button will temporarily mute all active microphones. Releasing the PRIOR button will return the status of the microphones to as before the PRIOR button was pressed.
