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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

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.

2N Wiring Diagrams

As we continue to sell more and more 2N Door Intercoms, we have had an increase in support calls from customers enquiring about the wiring aspect of these products.

To help with this, we have created wiring diagrams for some of the most popular setups that we have encountered, these can be found on our website:

Wiring Diagrams

Of course, we would always recommend hiring a qualified electrician to wire these units up, as doing so incorrectly could damage them or even stop them working completely.

If you have any questions about these wiring diagrams, or the 2N range in general, please contact our support team

Webinar: 2N Product Review

ProVu Webinar: 2N Product Review
Thursday 30th July @ 10:30 GMT+1 (LONDON)

With the recent addition of several new 2N intercoms and access control product lines, we are holding a 2N Product Review Webinar. The 30 minute Webinar will take place on Thursday 30th July at 10:30am GMT+1 (London) and is aimed at giving you a better understanding of the products and the latest developments.

Please register now to take part.

2N Helios IP Force with new HD camera

2N Helios IP Force with HD Camera

We are pleased to announce the addition of the 2N Helios IP Force Intercom with new HD Camera.

Now fitted with a new HD Camera, these updated models provide a host of additional advantages:

  • Clearer images
  • Improved night vision with infra red lighting
  • Intelligent switching between daytime and night time settings
  • Plus all the security benefits associated with the IP Force

In addition, all IP Force variants are now available with a 10w speaker which make them ideal for installations in noisy environments. And with its IP69K rating the IP Force can withstand the harshest of weather conditions.

Features now available with the IP Force:

  • HD Camera
  • 10w Speaker
  • Visual Signals
  • RFID Ready
  • 1, 2 or 4 Buttons
  • Keypad

View the full range of IP Force Models.

IP Force with HD camera available to order on ProSys

Pricing and stock information is available on ProSys, our reseller portal.If you would like to become a ProVu reseller, you can apply via our online reseller application form.

How to: 2N Video on Snom Screen

The 2N door intercoms have built in XML that allows you to stream the video feed from the camera directly onto the screen of a snom phone (760, 821, 870 models only).
This works by getting a static JPEG image and refreshing it frequently to make it appear as a video.

The URL you need to use is:

http://ip.addr.of.2n:80/enu/snom-video.xml

** Make sure to edit the URL so that it actually contains your 2N units IP address **

Now you need to browse to the web UI of your snom phone and add your 2N intercom to the directory. In the number field, enter the extension number of the 2N (the unit it presents as its Caller ID). Then in the Action URL field enter the URL shown above. Click the Add button to add the directory entry.

Now when you receive a call from your door intercom, the video stream will be shown on the display of your snom phone.

Please note, we recommend that you have the following firmware versions on each unit as a minimum:

Snom: 8.7.3.25
2N: 2.10

If you have any problems getting this to work, please email us at support@provu.co.uk.

Webinar: Introduction to the 2N Indoor Touch

We are offering the opportunity to take a closer look at the new 2N Indoor Touch Monitor and get to know a lot more about this exciting new product and how it is going to shake up the intercom market.

Muhammad Bajwa our Head of Technical Pre-Sales and 2N’s Scott Foster will be holding two Webinars and they will talk you through the key product features and advantages, including:

  • Product over view
  • Key Features
  • The power of Android
  • User Scenarios
  • A look at the competition
  • Summary

The Webinars are being held on Thursday 22nd January at 11.30am and Wednesday 28th January at 2.00pm. We expect each webinar to last no longer than 25 minutes.

Register now for one of our upcoming webinars

Jingle Doorbells

Here in the sales office, we were very impressed by the technical office’s tree and thought we’d get into the festive spirit ourselves. By one-upping them!

Using a 2N Netspeaker we hooked up our doorbell so that whenever someone presses it, Jingle Bells plays! Along with a blue strobe light being activated.

This is, of course, far from the limit of what a NetSpeaker can do. If you want to know more about it, feel free to give our friendly (and very festive) sales team a call!

Merry Christmas from the ProVu sales team!

2n M2M – IoT (Internet of Trees)

Here in the ProVu technical office things are starting to get festive.

Our trusty old Christmas tree has gone up.

With so much in the news this year about the boom we are going to see in IoT & M2M, we thought we’d better smart-enable our Christmas tree to keep up with the times.

I’d been testing the 2n Smartcom Pro recently, so I used that:

This allows me to convert non-IP devices (and our old Christmas tree is definitely not an IP device) into IP-enabled devices I can access over my network.

To actually control the tree’s lights, I used a Zigbee power switch since the Smartcom Pro has a Zigbee interface (amongst others):

This set up allows me to use “AT” style commands over a telnet connection from any computer on our network to the Smartcom to turn the Christmas tree lights off and on. That works OK but is rather cumbersome so to finish this off I wrote a quick Python script which connects to the Smartcom and allows me to type in simple commands to control our tree.

Here is a short video of it in action:

What’s the point you might ask? Well there isn’t a great deal of point to this other than a bit of fun. However, one of the biggest causes of fires around Christmas time is tree lights being left on unattended (so I’m lead to believe) so ensuring these are automatically turned off when everyone has left the office is a good idea!

Cheers,
Paul.

2N’s New Quality Control Team

2N have a new development in their IP69 testing process, ensuring that your door entry intercoms can withstand an even wider range of situations!

 

 

* No goldfish were harmed in the testing of this intercom – in fact, they reported feeling very secure with their new intercom, and would recommend it for fishtanks big or small!