Darren Garland and Ian Godfrey will be joining Snom this week on stand C123 at the UC EXPO – London ExCeL. If you are about at the show, why not drop by and say hi!
On Snom’s stand there will be the chance to preview some brand new products including the Snom D785 IP phone and the Snom C520-WiMi next-generation IP conference phone.
We are thrilled to announce that we have been shortlisted for the Distributor of the Year award in the 2017 Comms Business Awards!
Due to take place at the Royal Lancaster Hotel, London on 15th June the awards will be hosted by comedian, Al Murray. We are looking forward to attending the awards and joining our Channel Partners for what is set to be a fantastic night celebrating the various achievements throughout the Channel over the last 12 months.
Congratulations to all finalists, we look forward to seeing you next month!
In order to use the 2N RFID reader you need to install the correct driver software. This is only available for Microsoft Windows and can be downloaded from this page:
https://www.2n.cz/en_GB/products/access-control/2n-access-unit#tab-2
Scroll down to the Documents section and you’ll see the driver listed in the “Software & Firmware” list.
Once installed, you will see an icon in the task bar on your computer:
Right click this and select “Settings”. This window will pop-up:
The device field may be empty, make sure you have the USB reader plugged in:
You may need to click refresh in the settings window. Make sure you have the correct device selected before clicking “OK” to close that window.
Now you can use the reader to scan compatible RFID/NFC cards into the 2N Access Commander software or in the web interface for 2N intercoms and access control devices.
For example, in the web interface for an Access Control unit:
Click on the card icon and you will be prompted to scan a card:
That’s it, you’ll now be able to use that device to open the door.
It’s that time of year again when we don the ‘posh frocks’ and kick off the year’s Channel awards. One of the first industry awards in our calendar is the Comms Dealer Sales and Marketing Awards, for which we were shortlisted for five awards! Designed to celebrate the work and achievements of Sales and Marketing teams throughout the Channel, the awards are a great event to celebrate success throughout the industry.
Taking place at the Park Lane Hotel on 4th May myself, our Managing Director, Darren and Sales Team Leader, Anna travelled down to London to attend the awards. Having been shortlisted for five awards, we were sceptical about how we may perform; all 5 awards had strong competition and following our success at last year’s awards, we didn’t think we’d do it again.
Much to our delight, we were named winners of the following awards:
We were also thrilled to be highly commended for the Distributor Marketing Team of the Year award.
The last 12 months have seen some great achievements for the ProVu team, with yet another record-breaking year in the bag. We are continuously striving to bring more to the Channel and develop our services. But, for us, there are four core messages that we believe stood out to the judges.
Compared to many of our fellow entrants, we are a very small team – to be named among them is a great achievement in itself!
We would like to congratulate all finalists and thank our Channel and vendor Partners for your continued support over the past year. But most of all, well done to each and every member of the ProVu team, without your hard work and determination this simply would not have been possible! Here’s to another great year!
The 2N 2Wire adapter kit is extremely useful. Giving you the capacity to use exisiting 2 wire cable runs to connect IP devices to a network and power the device via PoE.
But it’s worth doing your homework so you can get the most out of them.
To help with this we have created this guide to help you get to grips with using them.
Essentially they are plug and play straight out of the box but……. this depends on how you want to use them.
Each 2Wire kit comes with two adapters and one power supply.
The solution works fundamentaly using a Master and Slave approach.
Any adapter that you connect the power supply to will become a Master.
Any adapter that you then connect to the Master via the 2wire connection becomes a Slave.
The Master should be connected to the network and the Slave connected to the IP device.
Any Master adapter can have up to 4 slaves connected to it.
Here we will look at three use case scenarios.
For the first two scenarios, where only a single Master adapter is required, the 2Wire kit is simply plug and play.
PLEASE BE AWARE that in the case of scenario 3, where multiple Master adapters are required on a single network, a pairing procedure must be executed.
If you connect multiple Master adapters to a single network without performing the necessary unpairing/pairing procedures YOU MAY EXPERIENCE NETWORK CONFLICT ISSUES.
Good thing is….. the unpairing/pairing procedure is very simple. Here we will guide you through it.
First let’s take a look at how to connect a single Master and Slave set up.
This is the simplest configuration and works straight out of the box.
Just make sure you connect the 2 wire correctly to each adapter. Positive to positive & negative to negative.
Now let’s take a look at how to connect multiple Slaves to a single Master.
This is similar to a single Master / Slave configuration in that it works straight out of the box. Multiple Slaves can be wired into a single Master.
Again make sure to connect the 2 wire correctly to each adapter. Positive to Positive & negative to Negative.
Finally we have the multiple Masters & multiple Slaves on a single network configuration.
If this configuration is required and you are installing multiple Master adapters on to a single network, it is very important to perform an unpairing/pairing procedure. If you do not you may experience network conflict issues.
Unpairing and Pairing your adapters
Each adapter has a small hole labelled ‘Grp’. There is a button inside this hole that is used to initiate the unpairing/ pairing procedures.
To access the button you will need a small screwdriver or similar tool.
To perform unpairing/pairing procedures the adapters must be powered.
So you must connect the power supply to the Master and connect the Slave via the 2 wire connection.
But DO NOT connect them to the network or the IP device….. yet.
To unpair an adapter press and hold the ‘Grp’ button for 10 seconds, until you see all lights on the adapter go off.
After unpairing is complete you should see only the power light illuminated.
You should do this on all adapters before attempting a pairing procedure.
To perform a pairing procedure press and hold the ‘Grp‘ button for 2 seconds. When you release the button the ‘TWP’ light will begin steadily blinking letting you know that the adapter is in ‘seek’ mode and is looking for another adapter to pair to.
Once an adapter has found another adapter to pair to the ‘TWP’ will become static, letting you know pairing is complete.
In a single Master & single Slave pairing it doesn not matter which adapter you put into pairing/seek mode first.
But if you wish to have multiple Slaves connected to a single Master, then you must connect all Slaves via the 2Wire connection to the Master first, then run individual pairing procedures for each connected Slave.
To do this you must initiate the pairing/seek mode on the Master first and then the first Slave.
Then repeat this for each Slave connected to the Master.
But remember, unpairing & pairing is only needed when installing more than one Master adapter on a single network.
Thanks for reading.
The Yealink YHS32 has been discontinued and replaced by the new YHS33.
What are the differences?
Improved audio quality:
Yealink has upgraded the quality from narrowband to wideband audio which brings users a more natural sound for clearer conversations.
Distinctive new design:
The new design makes it easier to adjust the distance between the headset’s microphone and the user’s mouth.
New materials:
The featherweight ear pads are made from biomimetic protein-based leather (leatherette) for added comfort.
We’re teaming up with Snom and 3CX to host a new Spring partner event; Supercharge your 3CX sales with Snom.
Taking place at the Etrop Grange Hotel, Manchester Airport on the 24th May 2017 – the event is designed to equip you with the knowledge to successfully position and sell integrated PBX and telephone systems to small and medium-sized businesses.
To join us simply register for free below.
If you want to know how to configure a Vega 50 FXO Gateway with a Sark 200 then click the link below to a quick and simple guide:
https://www.provu.co.uk/pdf/sark/sark-vega50fxo-setup.pdf
If you have any further questions please don’t hesitate to contact our support team.
We’ve teamed up with Sangoma to bring our resellers a brand new promotional offer! Available throughout May and June, purchase five s700 IP deskphones and receive one for free.
Sangoma’s s700 IP executive-level phone offers a feature-rich device. With 6 SIP accounts, 5-way conferencing, 45 programmable soft keys and a 4.3″ full colour display, the s700 marks the most advanced model in the Sangoma phone range.
How Sangoma s700 is different to the competition?
To take advantage of this offer, simply contact our sales team on 01484 840048 or email contact@provu.co.uk