ProVu Sponsor the European VoIP Summit

Having attended the European VoIP Summit last year, ProVu have decided to return as Exhibition Sponsors at the 2016 conference. Taking place in London on the 1st March, the summit offers visitors the opportunity to hear from thought-leaders of the VoIP industry covering a range of topics including; the trends, dynamics and future of the industry.

Established in 2015 and developed by the Cavell Group, last year’s European VoIP Summit brought together 110 people, from 7 countries and over 40 service provides to discuss the opportunities and issues that the industry face. One year on, and the Summit is set to become even bigger.

As part of the conference, the ProVu team will be demonstrating their world-class reseller portal, ProSys and how it gives service providers and resellers the power to take control of their orders both pre and post deployment.

Limited tickets are still available on the European VoIP Summit website, don’t forget to drop by and say hello to the ProVu team!

How to page to the Snom D765 from the 2N Net Audio Decoder

You will need to open up the 2N IP Audio Control Panel on your PC, have your 2N Net Audio Decoder connected to your network and a functioning Snom D765. Click ‘Destination & Zones’ using the left hand sidebar, then click Create RTP destination again on the left hand sidebar. You can give the RTP destination a more meaningful name if you wish rather than ‘RTP destination 1’. For better quality sound, you should choose Linear PCM 16 bit Stereo (44.1kHz), then choose the IP address e.g. 239.255.1.10, then set the port number to 7000 and leave TTL as -1. You will then need to save your configuration using the ‘Save configuration’ button located near the top left hand side of the window.

After you have followed the previous steps, you will need to navigate to ‘Sessions’, then right click in the centre in the white space, and click ‘Create session’. On the left hand side, providing you have some media ready such as an Internet radio station, you will need to drag this into the new session you just created. The Internet radio station will then be displayed on the session. Finally, you need to drag the RTP destination you created earlier on, and drag this onto the ‘DESTINATIONS’ section on the session. That’s the main configuration complete for the 2N IP Audio Control Panel (2N Net Audio Decoder). The next step is to configure your Snom phone for multicast.

You will need to obtain the IP address of your Snom phone by pressing the Menu key, pressing key number 6, then pressing key number 2. This will show the System Info which will display the IP address of the phone e.g 192.168.1.64

Web browse to the IP address of the phone using your web browser. You may be prompted for a username and password which you may not know about. If this is the case, you will need to consult your system administrator. By default, there is no username and password set, if this is the case, you should see the Snom web interface.

That’s the end of the configuration process. All you need to do now is go back to the IP Audio Control Panel, click ‘Sessions’, then ensure MASTER CONTROL and Internet radio station is set to on and the volume bar is up. The radio station should now page to your Snom phone.

If there are any questions, please email matthew@provu.co.uk

Meet the Konftel family

With many company travel budgets tightening, conferencing phones are becoming an essential tool for minimising costs and improving productivity for all types of businesses. Leading conference phone manufacturers, Konftel offer a wide range of solutions to meet your customer’s individual needs, including systems for those people on the move.

300Wx 55W 300IP
The Konftel 300Wx offers a wireless DECT solution, allowing users to hold conference calls where and when it is convenient for them, without the need for network points or power sockets. Specially designed to be the hub of your communications, the Konftel 55W allows you to simply connect your computer, mobile phone/tablet or desk phone for superior audio quality. The Konftel 300IP combines all of the benefits of IP telephony with conferencing functionality, ideal for meetings and boardrooms.

For pricing and stock information, please see our reseller portal ProSys, if you do not have a ProSys account and would like to register your interest with us, please complete our ProSys account request form.

ProVu launch the new Panasonic HDV Series

We are delighted to announce the launch of the new Panasonic HDV series of IP desk phones. Featuring an option of entry, mid or executive class of phone, the series offers attractive design and advance functionality at an affordable price. Available in black and white, users are able to select the colour to suit their working environment and personal preference.

KX-HDV130 KX-HDV230 KX-HDV330
2 SIP accounts 6 SIP accounts 12 SIP accounts
2.3″ (132×64 pixel) LCD display 2.3″ (132×64 pixel) LCD display 4.3″ colour TFT with touch screen display
2 x 10/100 ports Dual Gigabit ports Dual Gigabit ports
– 24 memory keys 24 memory keys
– Optional KX-HDV20 keypad Optional KX-HDV20 keypad
– EHS Support EHS & Bluetooth Support
RRP £49.00 RRP £115.00 RRP £176.00

Please see ProSys for pricing and stock information. If you do not have a reseller account and would like to register, please complete our reseller account form.

Introducing the new Algo 8188 SIP Ceiling Speaker

Algo’s new 8188 SIP ceiling speaker is now in stock and available to order from ProVu. Expanding on their SIP alerting systems, Algo’s 8188 SIP ceiling speaker provides an attractive solution for voice paging, loud ringing, emergency notification and background music in environments such as; retail, education, healthcare and manufacturing.

Utilising wideband G.722 codec support, the 8188 provides optimum speech clarity and intelligibility in a HD voice environment. With an integrated microphone which enables talkback and listens for ambient noise, the 8188 automatically increases page volume when necessary, enabling a consistent ratio of page to ambient noise level.

Cost Effective and Scalable

Deployed as a SIP endpoint, the 8188 can be configured to multicast to any number of additional speakers, providing cost-effective scalability as well as minimising network traffic. Multicast can be simply accessed through Algo’s web interface which offers a range of management features.

For more information, please see our Algo 8188 webpage.

Trade pricing and stock information is available on our reseller portal, ProSys. If you do not have a ProSys log in, please complete our ProSys account request form.

The New Yealink VP-T49G is now available!

The new Yealink VP-T49G is now available from ProVu! This excellent new videophone joins Yealink’s T4 range and provides the ultimate executive-level business videophone.

The VP-T49G offers industry-leading video and sound quality as well as robust features such as three-way video conferencing, built-in Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, USB ports and much more.

Yealink VP-T49G Key Features Include:

  • Supports up to 16 SIP accounts
  • Large 8″ 1280 x 800 pixel HD LCD touchscreen
  • 2 mega-pixel HD camera
  • 8 Feature keys
  • 29 one-touch DSS keys
  • Lifetime Warranty

The VP-T49G is now available to order through our reseller portal, ProSys. If you do not have a ProSys log in, you can register via our online reseller application form.

Renaming of 2N’s IP Audio Products

2N has announced some changes to product names in their IP audio devices portfolio. The new product names better reflect the feature set of the individual products, so will give a better indication as to what the products do. Please note; only the naming has changed, the order codes will remain the same.

There will be a cross-over period in this time it may mean that although the product name has changed the items you and your customer receive may still have the old names.

Below is a table outlining these name changes:

New name Old name
2N Net Audio Decoder 2N NetSpeaker
2N Net Audio Encoder 2N NetStreamer
2N Net Mic 2N NetMic
2N Net Speaker 2N IP Speaker
2N SIP Audio Converter 2N SIP Speaker
2N IP Audio Manager 2N NetSpeaker Server SW

ProVu Apprentice Luke Warby Wins ‘Apprentice of the Year’!

Our very own Technical Support Apprentice, Luke Warby was named ‘Apprentice of the Year’ last week in the Kirklees College COLS (College Outstanding Learner Success) Awards.

The awards took place at the Kirklees College Huddersfield Centre on 10th December where 39 students enjoyed a glamorous evening to celebrate their achievements.

Luke joined ProVu in October 2014 and has quickly become a valuable member of the team. We are very proud of his achievements so far – Congratulations Luke!

Since joining the apprenticeship scheme with Kirklees College, we have recruited three apprentices to date, all of whom are making a great impact to our workforce.

Image left to right: Luke Warby (Technical Support Engineer), Ben Cavill (Software Developer), and Matthew Heaney (Technical Pre-Sales Engineer).

2N Licenced Features

I have had a growing number of enquiries recently regarding licences for 2N intercoms and what they do and what they will allow the user to do.

With this in mind, we have set about creating a new information page detailing everything you could ever want to know about 2N’s licences.

http://www.provu.co.uk/2n-licences.html

These licences have been designed because 2N realise that most of their intercoms will “do the job” without these features, so by not coming preloaded with these features, they are able to keep the price down. Anyone who does need one or more of these features can then simply buy the relevant licences.

If you have any queries that are not answered by this new page, then please let us know! We will get an answer for you and probably add it to the page as well.

USB headsets available for softphone applications

As well as supplying standard headsets for our range of VoIP phones, we also supply a wide range of USB headsets which are ideal for computer softphone applications including CounterPath’s Bria Stretto and Skype for Business.

With a choice of manufacturers including Eartec, Jabra, Sennheiser and Plantronics and options for wired, wireless DECT or bluetooth solutions, we can help you select the right headset for your application.

Take a look at our headset selector helping you to choose the ideal headset for your customers, based on their connection requirements and personal preferences:

View our Headset Selector