Conference & Discussion

If you can't see the DICENTIS Server Console Item in the right tab anymore this article will help you to surface them again.

Details on the RS232 connector can be found in the installation and User Instructions manual since version 3.1x for example found in the DCN-NG software ISO under docs

This article explains step by step wow to enable web server configuration for PRA-ES8P2S.

If you are facing problems with the API to construct your own synoptic view you can take a look at the RESTful API test page as well as Synoptic control example.

After upgrading to DICENTIS Conference system 3.60, TLS1.0 is disabled for security reasons, and TLS1.2 is enabled. Since the Multimedia device does not support TLS1.2, it does not show logo and participant images anymore.

Symptoms: When a meeting is recorded and the recording software (either Meeting Recorder or Open Interface connection) is shut down, the microphone control mode switches to "Open", independent of what it was before.

A very common mistake is to to forget to update your Windows and other Microsoft products which are also used by the DICENTIS.

In some cases it could be necessary that you need to maintain the Microsoft SQL database which DICENTIS is using to save participants, user, seats and settings. In the next steps I will explain some of the basics commands.

The DICENTIS cannot handle more than one enabled NIC at the same time and this could lead that it choose the wrong NIC and interrupts the system. This will be specially important if you use your own Server. To solve this problem it is necessary to precisely define the DICENTIS NIC. These next few steps will show you how to do that.

This is a small instruction how to update the DICENTIS wireless. All settings and license will not be affected from the update and can be used like before again.  

To send or receive a multicast Dante stream for example from different languages it will require some DCNM-LDANTE licenses but if you only need it for import and export audio signals the DCNM-LSYS includes already one channel (floor).

Possible causes and solution(s) Causes   The Dicentis does not need any additional encryption to be set via the OMNEO Firmware Upload Tool. (OFUT) If you have set this by accident it could lead to that you can not see or update your units with the OFUT any more.   Solution:   stop the Firmware Upload Tool delete the following file  C:\Program Files\Bosch\OMNEO\Firmware Upload Tool\FirmwareUploadHIConfig.ini start the Firmware Upload Tool   Encrypted devices did not show up and you can not update them anymore. Do not set a password for default!   Open and delete this file  C:\Program Files\Bosch\OMNEO\Firmware Upload Tool\FirmwareUploadHIConfig.ini   Open the OFUT and units will appear again.  

To back up your DICENTIS Server System is one of the most important maintenance task and it should be done on regular basis. Especially if you have to set up your Server for the first time it is highly recommended to do an backup to save your system, programs , settings and so on. The reason obviously for this is if a system crash occurred you should be prepared to set up or recover the Dicentis again. This will save you a lot of trouble if it is done properly beforehand. There are four main themes to perform for a 100% save back up which will be now explained how to do it.

Downloading firmware over the serial cable can be tricky, this document gives further information on the required equipment and settings for the serial connection and the system.

In some cases, especially if you use a 3rd party PC as DICENTIS Server, it could be necessary to update your network driver. For example, if discussion units show a red LED from time to time or your DICENTIS is dropping out it could be related to the network driver. Be aware that a normal Windows Update will not refresh this driver and you have to update it manually!

If accidentally a wrong country code is chosen during setup, there is no other way to change it in except for re-doing the setup, which in effect erases all prior  changes made to the configuration. This article describes a way to set the country code without having to re-run the setup completely.

A DCN-NG system is installed with a DCN-WAP but needs to be expanded and an extra WAP needs to be added. Is this possible?

The Meeting Application does not provide all the options it did before and the application does not request any log-in credentials when first started and simply starts.

Setting up a new system with a Integrus transmitter. As soon as the Integrus transmitter is connected to the system all kinds of problems start occurring:

DCN-NG Database Backup Note the name of the database files that need to be backed up. To check what those files are called, open the “Bosch DCN Conference Software Server Console” from the Windows notification area and note the name of the active database. Shut down all DCN-NG-related programs like ‘DCN-SW Operator Application’ and ‘DCN-SW Configuration Application’. Stop the DCN-NG service; Press the Windows button and search for ‘Services’ Open the Windows Services window Select the service called ‘DCN-SW Server (DCNNG) Right click and choose ‘Stop’. Still in the Services window, stop the services ‘SQL Server (SQLEXPRESS)’ and ‘SQL Server VSS Writer’ in the same way as outlined above. Open the folder that contains the DCN-NG database. On Windows 7 and 10, it’s located by default at “C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\[MS SQL Express version]\MSSQL\data”. Replace the line between [] with the right name, this can change. Right now it’s ‘MSSQL10_50.SQLEXPRESS’ Make sure that the user that is logged in is able to read/write from/to this folder. If this is not the case, the following step will not work. It’s possible to change permissions to folders for users within Windows, but that’s outside the scope of this document. Logging in to the server with an administrator account should be sufficient. Copy the right files to a safe location – make sure to copy both the file with extension ‘mdf’ as well as with the extension ‘ldf’.   DCN-NG Database Recovery Short version: simply follow the backup steps, but copy the files back to the database folder. Shut down all DCN-NG-related programs like ‘DCN-SW Operator Application’ and ‘DCN-SW Configuration Application’. Stop the DCN-NG service; Press the Windows button and search for ‘Services’ Open the Windows Services window Select the service called ‘DCN-SW Server (DCNNG)’ Right-click and choose ‘Stop’. Still in the Services window, stop the services ‘SQL Server (SQLEXPRESS)’ and ‘SQL Server VSS Writer’ in the same way as outlined above. Open the folder that contains the DCN-NG database. On Windows 7 and 10, it’s located by default at “C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\[MS SQL Express version]\MSSQL\data”. Replace the line between [] with the right name, this can change. Right now it’s ‘MSSQL10_50.SQLEXPRESS’ Make sure that the user that is logged in is able to read/write from/to this folder. If this is not the case, the following step will not work. It’s possible to change permissions to folders for users within Windows, but that’s outside the scope of this document. Logging in to the server with an administrator account should be sufficient. Copy the right files back to the database folder  – make sure to copy both the file with extension ‘mdf’ as well as with the extension ‘ldf’. Start all services once more; ‘DCN-SW Server (DCNNG)’, ‘SQL Server (SQLEXPRESS)’ and ‘SQL Server VSS Writer’. Run the ‘Repair’ function from the DCN-SW installation package. The Repair Wizard will run through the procedure of creating a new database or selecting an already existing one. Choose the existing database; If the repair process is successful, the following window will be shown: The “Bosch DCN Conference Software Server Console” from the Windows notification area will show the system is running correctly: