Critical Communications: Dispatch

Question   What does Dispatch products due in the cases of missed packets (lost due to jitter or errors)?   Answer   The products have a jitter buffer that allows for packets to be reordered if delivered out of sequence, if this buffer empties due to lost packets the unit will stop and restart once the "Packet delay before playback" buffer is filled.    The product looks at the source and destination address, when a correct incoming port number is recognized the unit will lock in on that source address and ignore packets coming from another source address until the first source stops sending then the second source has access. There is no protection against multiple packets from the same source address with the same multicast and port numbers as this shouldn't happen.  Add to this the same sequence bit in the packet (echoes) should never be allowed. Packets not received or lost before their play sequence (bit) time in the buffer are lost and next packets in the buffer pulled in.             © Copyright Bosch Security Systems All rights reserved. Text, images, graphics, sound, animations and videos as well as the arrangement of the same in Bosch offline knowledgebase (help file) are protected by copyright and other intellectual property rights. The content of these offline knowledgebase may not be copied, disseminated, altered or made accessible to third parties for commercial purposes. Some Bosch web sites may also contain text, images, graphics, sound, animations and videos subject to third party copyrights. Warranty Note This information is provided by Bosch Security Systems ''AS IS'' and without warranty of any kind, expressed or implied, including (but not limited to) any implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for any particular purpose or non-infringement. While the information provided in believed to be accurate, it may include errors or inaccuracies. Bosch Security Systems will not be liable for any damages of any kind arising from use of this tool, including, but not limited to, direct, indirect, incidental, punitive and consequential damages.  

Question   Multicast doesn't seem to be working on my Telex Dispatch system - What are good next steps to troubleshoot for possible network issues?   Answer   The problem can come from many reasons, the two most common are the following: 1. The TTL value entered isn't high enough for the number of router hops and Multicast packets are being pruned by the network before reaching the end point unit.  Try increasing the TTL value. 2. By default WAN or Layer 3 networks will not pass multicast traffic, a good next step to test overall port number addressing.  Configure a number of devices for "point to point" Unicast instead of "point to multi-point" Multicast: Enter the IP address of the far end IP unit into the Multicast address field of the local IP unit.  Do this for both ends. If console and radio traffic now work using Unicast the network is not configured correctly for Multicast traffic and you need to work with the IT manager for resolution.          . © Copyright Bosch Security Systems All rights reserved. Text, images, graphics, sound, animations and videos as well as the arrangement of the same in Bosch offline knowledgebase (help file) are protected by copyright and other intellectual property rights. The content of these offline knowledgebase may not be copied, disseminated, altered or made accessible to third parties for commercial purposes. Some Bosch web sites may also contain text, images, graphics, sound, animations and videos subject to third party copyrights. Warranty Note This information is provided by Bosch Security Systems ''AS IS'' and without warranty of any kind, expressed or implied, including (but not limited to) any implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for any particular purpose or non-infringement. While the information provided in believed to be accurate, it may include errors or inaccuracies. Bosch Security Systems will not be liable for any damages of any kind arising from use of this tool, including, but not limited to, direct, indirect, incidental, punitive and consequential damages.  

Question   How can I troubleshoot IP Console and Gateway Audio Transport across a network?   Answer   On initial set up of a console system, often the most frequent problem is the failure of Consoles and IP-223s to communicate across the network.  Common causes of this are: Typos in addressing, such as multicast addresses and port numbers not matching on end to end devices. Firewall turned "ON" in console computers Multicast being blocked across the network due to router settings, etc Use of the Telex “VU Meter” program (download at http://www.telex.com/us/dispatch/file?i=97544&lg=eng) is an excellent and quick way to determine if data is present on the correct port numbers. Open VU Meter with the appropriate multicast address and port number entered in the blanks. Turn the program on. Send a test call on the TX or RX port numbers and see if VU Meter indicates digital audio activity. You may open multiple instances of VU Meter to simultaneously monitor TX and RX port numbers.  Verification that audio data is being sent out on the correct address, but not arriving at the far end of the network may indicate a problem with network configurations, that is, blocking of multicast traffic. Please note that some newer switches are intelligent enough to contain routing functions, which can be unintentionally enabled in some situations.           © Copyright Bosch Security Systems All rights reserved. Text, images, graphics, sound, animations and videos as well as the arrangement of the same in Bosch offline knowledgebase (help file) are protected by copyright and other intellectual property rights. The content of these offline knowledgebase may not be copied, disseminated, altered or made accessible to third parties for commercial purposes. Some Bosch web sites may also contain text, images, graphics, sound, animations and videos subject to third party copyrights. Warranty Note This information is provided by Bosch Security Systems ''AS IS'' and without warranty of any kind, expressed or implied, including (but not limited to) any implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for any particular purpose or non-infringement. While the information provided in believed to be accurate, it may include errors or inaccuracies. Bosch Security Systems will not be liable for any damages of any kind arising from use of this tool, including, but not limited to, direct, indirect, incidental, punitive and consequential damages.  

Question   The time change occured and now is off one hour on my C-6200, IP-1616, and IP-2002.  How can I change the time on these consoles?   Answer   To change the time on the IP-1616 follow these steps: To set the console clock in quick mode, do the following: 1. On the IP-1616 keypad, press and hold the MUTE button, F16 button, and the XP button in that order. 2. Follow steps 3-17 in “CLK Menu” . To change the time on the IP-2002 follow these steps: To set the console clock in quick mode, do the following: 1. Press and hold Line 1’s MUTE button, Softkey 1,  and the * button, in that order. 2. Follow steps 3-17 in “CLK Menu” . To change the time on the C-6200 follow these steps: To set the console clock in quick mode, do the following: 1. On the C-6200 keypad, press and hold the MUTE button, the F16 button, and the C1 button, in that order. 2. Follow steps 3-17 in “CLK Menu” . The Programming Mode menu appears. 3. Press the CLK softkey. The clock menu appears. Options Edit, A/P, 12/24, and back appear. 4. Press the 12/24 softkey until 12hr displays. The 12-hour clock mode is selected. In the upper-right corner of the display, 12hr appears OR    Press the 12/24 softkey until 24hr displays. The 24-hour clock mode is selected. In the upper-right corner of the display, 24hr appears. 5. Press the A/P softkey to set the 12-hour clock time to AM or PM, if 12-hours clock mode is selected. The time appears with AM or PM on the right. 6. Press the Edit softkey. The clock settings appear on the display. 7. Press the Hours softkey. The Hours menu appears and displays the current setting. 8. Press the 12 softkey. The clock resets to 12 hours or 1200 hours depending on selected mode 9. Press the dwn or up softkey until correct hours displays. The hour setting changes. 10. Press the back softkey after setting the hours. The edit clock menu appears. 11. Press the Mins softkey. The minutes menu appears and displays the current settings. 12. Press the 0 softkey. The clock reset to 0 minutes. 13. Press the dwn or up softkey until correct minutes displays. The minutes setting changes. 14. Press the back softkey after setting the hours and minutes. The hour and minutes setting menu appears. 15. Press the back softkey. The edit clock menu appears. 16. Press the back softkey. The Programming Menu appears. 17. Press the EXIT softkey. The console displays, Resetting console. Changes are saved.         © Copyright Bosch Security Systems All rights reserved. Text, images, graphics, sound, animations and videos as well as the arrangement of the same in Bosch offline knowledgebase (help file) are protected by copyright and other intellectual property rights. The content of these offline knowledgebase may not be copied, disseminated, altered or made accessible to third parties for commercial purposes. Some Bosch web sites may also contain text, images, graphics, sound, animations and videos subject to third party copyrights. Warranty Note This information is provided by Bosch Security Systems ''AS IS'' and without warranty of any kind, expressed or implied, including (but not limited to) any implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for any particular purpose or non-infringement. While the information provided in believed to be accurate, it may include errors or inaccuracies. Bosch Security Systems will not be liable for any damages of any kind arising from use of this tool, including, but not limited to, direct, indirect, incidental, punitive and consequential damages.  

Question   What Addressing and Port numbers are in use by Dispatch products? What is the Multicast address range for Telex IP Dispatch products?   Answer   The products support both Unicast and Multicast addressing. Class A, B and C private addresses are supported Class D Multicast is in an address range starting at 224.0.0.0 and goes to 239.255.255.255 Acceptable Ports range from 1054 to 65535 for each address. Some IP Addresses and Port numbers are currently in use by our products and should be avoided,  TSM - Telex System Manager (used system wide): 233.15.18.22 Ports 7635/7636 Network Recorder and Remote Database Reviewer: Static IP address of Network Recorder, port # 12343 - by default - can be changed. My SQL Server port 3306 IP-223: 4235 - Telex devices connect to this port for  generating tones.  Specifically 5/6 tones and some DTMF tones. 4245 - Telex devices connect to this port for phone mode control, Remote Cross Patching, Scan List updates, and Cloning.           © Copyright Bosch Security Systems All rights reserved. Text, images, graphics, sound, animations and videos as well as the arrangement of the same in Bosch offline knowledgebase (help file) are protected by copyright and other intellectual property rights. The content of these offline knowledgebase may not be copied, disseminated, altered or made accessible to third parties for commercial purposes. Some Bosch web sites may also contain text, images, graphics, sound, animations and videos subject to third party copyrights. Warranty Note This information is provided by Bosch Security Systems ''AS IS'' and without warranty of any kind, expressed or implied, including (but not limited to) any implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for any particular purpose or non-infringement. While the information provided in believed to be accurate, it may include errors or inaccuracies. Bosch Security Systems will not be liable for any damages of any kind arising from use of this tool, including, but not limited to, direct, indirect, incidental, punitive and consequential damages.  

Question   Can I connect a secondary power source to the Dispatch console?   Answer   The Dispatch consoles have an Auxiliary Power connector and a primary power supply connector on the rear of the unit. These connectors are internally connected but not designed to supply power to the unit at the same time (either one but not both at the same time). If both sources are required a switch must be implemented on the backup power source requiring a manual switch over from primary to the backup source if the primary power source fails. Power should not be supplied simultaneously to both connectors as hum and noise could be introduced. When primary power is restored, the switch should then be returned to the normal position.                 © Copyright Bosch Security Systems All rights reserved. Text, images, graphics, sound, animations and videos as well as the arrangement of the same in Bosch offline knowledgebase (help file) are protected by copyright and other intellectual property rights. The content of these offline knowledgebase may not be copied, disseminated, altered or made accessible to third parties for commercial purposes. Some Bosch web sites may also contain text, images, graphics, sound, animations and videos subject to third party copyrights. Warranty Note This information is provided by Bosch Security Systems ''AS IS'' and without warranty of any kind, expressed or implied, including (but not limited to) any implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for any particular purpose or non-infringement. While the information provided in believed to be accurate, it may include errors or inaccuracies. Bosch Security Systems will not be liable for any damages of any kind arising from use of this tool, including, but not limited to, direct, indirect, incidental, punitive and consequential damages.  

Question   What are the part numbers for replacement power supplies?   Answer   The listed inline power supplies will require an additional power cord, order one for each unit if needed. Part Number F.01U.117.972, Power Cord US 115V For the following products order this power supply: Part Number F.01U.110.313, Power Supply, 12 VDC, 1.25 A 90-260vac C-2000 Series C-2002 Series C-1610 Series C-1616 Series IP-2002 HB-3 and 3+ Series ADHB-4 Note: The above 2 part numbers are listed on the Dispatch Price List and available using the normal Customer Order Desk at: Phone: 877-863-4168 Email: buv.orders@us.bosch.com For the following products order this replacement power supply from After Sales Service: Part Number F.01U.153.075, Power Supply, 12 VDC, 72W Desktop 90-260vac C-6200 Series IP-1616 Please contact our Parts and Repair department for pricing and availability at: Bosch Security Systems After Sales Services (ST-ASA/SRA1-AM) 8601 Cornhusker Hwy Lincoln, NE 68507 Tel: +1 800 553-5992 Fax: +1 800 366-1329 Web: www.boschsecurity.com Email: repair.lincoln@us.bosch.com           © Copyright Bosch Security Systems All rights reserved. Text, images, graphics, sound, animations and videos as well as the arrangement of the same in Bosch offline knowledgebase (help file) are protected by copyright and other intellectual property rights. The content of these offline knowledgebase may not be copied, disseminated, altered or made accessible to third parties for commercial purposes. Some Bosch web sites may also contain text, images, graphics, sound, animations and videos subject to third party copyrights. Warranty Note This information is provided by Bosch Security Systems ''AS IS'' and without warranty of any kind, expressed or implied, including (but not limited to) any implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for any particular purpose or non-infringement. While the information provided in believed to be accurate, it may include errors or inaccuracies. Bosch Security Systems will not be liable for any damages of any kind arising from use of this tool, including, but not limited to, direct, indirect, incidental, punitive and consequential damages.