Cisco IPICS Dispatch Console User Guide, Release 4.0(2)
Index

Table Of Contents

A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - R - S - T - U - V - W - Y -

Index

A

account lockout 2-12

acknowledging, emergency mode 3-104

Activate Incident VTG button 3-43

Activate VTG button 3-37

activating

incident VTG 3-43

policy 3-88

VTG 3-37

Add a Channel pop-up window 3-63

Add an Image pop-up window 3-71

Add a Radio pop-up window 3-69

Add a User pop-up window 3-65

Add a Video pop-up window 3-73

Add a VTG pop-up window 3-68

adding

channel to incident 3-63

channel to VTG 3-63

image to incident 3-71

incident 3-86

incident resource 3-45

radio to incident 3-69

radio to VTG 3-69

resource to incident 3-62

resource to VTG 3-62

user to incident 3-65

user to VTG 3-65

video to incident 3-73

VTG 3-84

VTG resource 3-40

VTG to incident 3-68

VTG to VTG 3-68

alert

configured tones for 3-96

from IPICS Connect 3-35

message 3-105

Alert pop-up window 3-105

alert tone

downloading 2-2

select channel for 3-12

select incident for 3-21

select radio for 3-15

select resource for 3-94, 3-100

select VTG for 3-18

All Mute button 3-94

All role, IPICS Dispatch Console features available to 1-8

audio

device for output 3-53

input devices 3-55

master controls 3-93

time received 3-100

volume 3-22, 3-80, 3-94

audio connections options 3-53

audio replay

beep tone 3-21

channel 3-11

controls 3-21

description 3-21

hiding controls 3-11, 3-14, 3-17, 3-20, 3-22

incident 3-20

radio 3-14

save audio 3-22

showing controls 3-11, 3-14, 3-17, 3-20

VTG 3-17

audio select

channel 3-11

incident 3-20

radio 3-14

resource 3-100

VTG 3-17

Authentication.log log file 2-9

B

beep tone, in audio replay 3-21

C

call

from IPICS connect 3-34

placing 3-92

Call button 3-91

channel

adding

to incident 3-63

to VTG 3-63

audio replay 3-11

audio select 3-11

icon 3-9

incidents participating in 3-11

latch 3-10

move 3-11

mute 3-11

name 3-9

on radio 3-25, 3-29

patch 3-11

powered on 3-9

PTT 3-10

receive indicator 3-12

secure 3-9

traffic 3-12

transmit indicator 3-12

ChannelActivity.log log file 2-10

Cisco IPICS role, IPICS Dispatch Console features available to 1-8

Cisco IPICS server

downloading installation program from 2-4

IP address of 3-62

Cisco Security Agent (CSA 1-2

clearing emergency mode 3-104

client PC

audio devices on 3-55

description 1-2

guidelines 1-2

network interface card (NIC) 3-59

time on 3-93

connectivity, guidelines 2-11

Ctrl button, for serial control radio 3-27

D

dark theme 3-53

Deactivate Incident VTG button 3-43

Deactivate VTG button 3-37

deactivating

incident VTG 3-43

VTG 3-37

DebugLog.Txt log file 2-10

Dial button, in VTG 3-38

dialer-channel audio 3-60

dial-out action, in VTG 3-38

Dial Pad and Channel Patch area

access to 1-8

displaying 3-88

hiding 3-89

showing 3-89

direct connect number, for IPICS Connect 3-33

Dispatcher role, IPICS Dispatch Console features available to 1-8

downloading

alert tone 2-2

IPICS Dispatch Console 2-4

DTMF button 3-96

E

Emergency button 3-29

emergency log 3-103

emergency mode

acknowledging 3-104

clearing 3-104

description 3-101

indications 3-101

IPICS Dispatch Console 3-101

responding to

from Cisco IPICS Dispatch Console 3-102

from SRCI 3-104

serial control radio 3-32

Emergency pop-up window 3-103

encryption, for radio 3-26

Event Log tab 3-46

F

features, available to user 1-8

File menu 3-4

filtering

incident resource 3-45

VTG resource 3-40

G

group alias, for IPICS Connect 3-33

H

headset

audible hum 2-16

audio settings for 2-17

connecting to client PC 2-16

type 2-16

USB DSP 2-14

Help menu 3-5

hiding

Dial Pad and Channel Patch area 3-89

Items Tabs area 3-82

Master Audio Controls area 3-93

PTT and Patch Controls area 3-95

System Information area 3-92

high availability (HA)

description 1-10

operation 1-10

Hld button 3-91

hot keys, assigning 3-56

I

icon

channel 3-9

incident 3-19

radio 3-13

VTG 3-16

IDC

See IPICS Dispatch Console

IDCTrace.txt log file 2-9

image

adding to incident 3-71

in incident 3-44

uploading to Cisco IPICS server 3-75

viewing 3-44

incident

active 1-9

adding

image to 3-71

radio to 3-69

user to 3-65

video to 3-73

adding channel to 3-63

adding VTG to 3-68

audio replay 3-20

audio select 3-20

creating 3-86

description 1-9, 3-43

icon 3-19

inactive 1-9

journal 3-45

latch 3-20, 3-43

listen only 3-43

move 3-21

mute 3-20

name 3-19

overview 1-9

patch 3-21

powered on 3-18

PTT 3-19

receive indicator 3-21

resource

adding 3-45

filtering 3-45

removing 3-45

status 3-44

types 3-44

RX mute 3-43

title 3-43

traffic 3-21

transmit indicator 3-21

VAD 3-43

Incident Details tab

displaying 3-21, 3-40, 3-86

Incidents tab

access to 1-6

items on 3-84

incident VTG

activating 3-43

deactivating 3-43

description 1-9, 3-41

state 3-42

installation directories, required privileges 2-2

installation program, downloading 2-4

installing, IPICS Dispatch Console 2-4

IPICS Connect

accessing 3-29

alert 3-35

call 3-34

direct connect number 3-33

group alias 3-33

page 3-35

IPICS Connect tab 3-32

IPICS Dispatch Console

color theme 3-53

emergency mode 3-101

exiting 1-5

features available by user type 1-8

high availability (HA) 1-10

installation

directories 2-2

guidelines 2-2

procedure 2-4

installation program 2-4

installation program, downloading 2-4

keep on top 3-62

license types 1-6

log files 2-8

logging in to 1-3

logging out of 1-5

Main window 3-2

menu bar 3-4

off-line mode 1-7, 3-93

on-line mode 1-6, 3-93

operating mode 1-6, 3-93

overview 1-1

Platinum user license 1-6

Region tab 3-6

Silver user license 1-6

starting 1-3

themes 3-52

uninstalling 2-6

upgrades 1-10

version 3-5

Items Tabs area

description 3-82

hiding 3-82

showing 3-82

J

journal

adding to incident 3-43, 3-45

definition 3-45

entry 3-45

in incident 3-46

K

Keep on Top check box 3-62

key assignments 3-56

L

last call transmit 3-100

latch

channel 3-10

incident 3-20, 3-43

radio 3-14

resource 3-100

VTG 3-17, 3-37

Latch button

channel 3-10

incident 3-20

radio 3-14

resource 3-100

VTG 3-17

license

Platinum 1-6

Silver 1-6

light theme 3-53

listen only

incident 3-43

VTG 3-37

log file

Authentication.log 2-9

ChannelActivity.log 2-10

DebugLog.Txt 2-10

IDCTrace.txt 2-9

uploading to Cisco IPICS server 2-10

log in, to IPICS Dispatch Console 1-3

log out, of IPICS Dispatch Console 1-5

M

Main window 3-2

Master Audio Controls area

hiding 3-93

location 3-93

showing 3-93

Master Volume slider 3-94

menu bar 3-4

microphone

type 2-16

using with IPICS Dispatch Console 2-15

monitor, radio 3-26, 3-30

move

incident 3-21

resource 3-7, 3-8, 3-97, 3-100

mute

all 3-94

channel 3-11

incident 3-20

radio 3-14

resource 3-99

VTG 3-17

Mute button

channel 3-11

global 3-94

incident 3-20

radio 3-14

resource 3-99

VTG 3-17

N

name

incident 3-19

radio 3-25, 3-28

VTG 3-16

network interface card (NIC), selecting 3-59

network settings 3-59

network time protocol (NTP) server 1-2

notification action, in VTG 3-38

Notify button 3-38

O

off-line mode 1-7, 3-93

on-line mode 1-6, 3-93

P

page, from IPICS Connect 3-35

password expiration 2-12

patch

incident 3-21

in Dial Pad and Channel Patch area 3-92

radio 3-15

resources 3-96

select channel for 3-12

select incident for 3-21

select radio for 3-15

select resource for 3-94, 3-100

select VTG for 3-18

VTG 3-18

Patch button 3-96

Platinum user license 1-6

Policies tab 3-87

policy

activating 3-88

alert message 3-105

Policy Execution Status tab

description 3-48

displaying 3-48

powered-off resource 3-8

powered-on

channel 3-9

incident 3-18

radio 3-12

resource 3-8

VTG 3-15

powering off, resource 3-98

powering on, resource 3-98

power level, radio 3-26, 3-31

primary Cisco IPICS server 1-10

PTT

button 3-95

channel 3-10

incident 3-19

radio 3-13, 3-25, 3-28

resource 3-99

select channel for 3-12

select incident for 3-21

select radio for 3-15

select resource for 3-94, 3-100

select VTG for 3-18

VTG 3-16

PTT and Patch Controls area

hiding 3-95

location 3-94

showing 3-95

PTT button 3-95

push-to-talk

See PTT

R

radio

adding

to incident 3-69

to VTG 3-69

audio replay 3-14

audio select 3-14

icon 3-13

incidents participating in 3-15

latch 3-14

move 3-15

mute 3-14

name 3-13

patch 3-15

powered on 3-12

PTT 3-13

receive indicator 3-15

secure 3-13

serial control

channels available 3-29

Ctrl button 3-27

Emergency button 3-29

emergency mode 3-32

monitor 3-30

name 3-28

power level 3-31

PTT 3-28

receive indicator 3-32

releasing 3-29

repeater or talkaround (RTA) 3-30

reserving 3-28, 3-29

scan 3-28

status 3-32

traffic 3-32

transmit indicator 3-32

transmit mode 3-31

tone control

channels available 3-25

encryption 3-26

monitor 3-26

name 3-25

power level 3-26

PTT 3-25

receive indicator 3-26

scan 3-25

traffic 3-26

transmit indicator 3-26

traffic 3-15

transmit indicator 3-15

Radio Details tab

displaying 3-15

serial control radio 3-26

tone control radio 3-23

receive indicator

channel 3-12

incident 3-21

radio 3-15, 3-26, 3-32

resource 3-99

VTG 3-18

Records per Page field 3-62

region 3-7

Regions list

collapsed region view 3-98

displaying 3-96

expanded region view 3-97

hiding 3-96, 3-98

moving resources 3-97, 3-100

showing 3-96, 3-98

Region tab 3-6

Release button 3-29

releasing, serial control radio 3-29

removing

incident resource 3-45

VTG resource 3-40

repeater or talkaround (RTA), radio 3-30

replay audio

See audio replay

Res button 3-91

Reserve button 3-29

reserving, serial control radio 3-28, 3-29

resource

adding

to incident 3-62

to VTG 3-62

adding to incident 3-45

adding to VTG 3-40

audio select 3-100

channel 3-9

icons 3-8

incident 3-18

in incident 3-44

in VTG 3-39

latch 3-100

move 3-8, 3-97, 3-100

mute 3-99

patching 3-96

power

off 3-8

on 3-8

powering off 3-98

powering on 3-98

power on 3-8

PTT 3-99

radio 3-12

receive indicator 3-99

removing from incident 3-45

removing from VTG 3-40

transmit indicator 3-100

VTG 3-15

role

All 1-8

Dispatcher 1-8

RunIDC.exe process 1-2

RX mute

incident 3-43

VTG 3-38

S

scan 3-25, 3-28

secondary Cisco IPICS server 1-10

secure

channel 3-9

radio 3-13

select

channel, for PTT, patch, alert tone 3-12

incident, for PTT, patch, alert tone 3-21

radio, for PTT, patch, alert tone 3-15

resource, for PTT, patch, alert tone 3-94, 3-100

VTG, for PTT, patch, alert tone 3-18

Select check box

channel 3-12

incident 3-21

radio 3-15

resource 3-100

VTG 3-18

serial control radio, radio details tab 3-26

Serial Radio Control Interface (SRCI)

accessing 3-27

emergency mode 3-104

Server Address field 3-62

Settings tab

audio connections options 3-53

description 3-50

dialer-channel audio options 3-60

displaying 3-50

key assignments options 3-56

miscellaneous options 3-61

network settings options 3-59

themes options 3-52

showing

Dial Pad and Channel Patch area 3-89

Items Tabs area 3-82

Master Audio Controls area 3-93

PTT and Patch Controls area 3-95

Regions list 3-96, 3-98

System Information area 3-92

Show Rx Times check box 3-62

Silver user license 1-6

starting, IPICS Dispatch Console 1-3

state, of IPICS Dispatch Console 1-7, 3-93

status

of incident resource 3-44

of VTG resource 3-39

serial control radio 3-32

System Information area

hiding 3-92

location 3-92

showing 3-92

T

themes

dark 3-53

light 3-53

options 3-52

time, on client PC 3-93

time stamp, for audio received 3-100

tone control radio

DTMF tones 3-96

Radio Details tab 3-23

traffic

channel 3-12

incident 3-21

radio 3-15, 3-26, 3-32

VTG 3-18

transmit indicator

channel 3-12

incident 3-21

radio 3-15, 3-26, 3-32

resource 3-100

VTG 3-18

transmit mode, radio 3-31

U

uninstalling, IPICS Dispatch Console 2-6

Unmute button

channel 3-11

global 3-94

incident 3-20

radio 3-14

resource 3-99

VTG 3-17

Unpatch button 3-96

upgrades, IPICS Dispatch Console 1-10

Upload an Image pop-up window 3-75

Upload a Video pop-up window 3-77

uploading

image to Cisco IPICS server 3-75

video to Cisco IPICS server 3-77

USB DSP headset, using with IPICS Dispatch Console 2-14

user

adding to incident 3-65

adding to VTG 3-65

user, features available to 1-8

V

VAD

in incident 3-43

in VTG 3-37

video

adding to incident 3-73

format 3-78

in incident 3-44

type 3-73

uploading to Cisco IPICS server 3-77

viewing 3-44

YouTube 3-78, 3-81

View menu 3-4

VLC media player 1-2

Voice Activity Detection

See VAD

voice quality, guidelines 2-16

volume, audio 3-22, 3-80, 3-94

VTG 3-84

activating 3-37

adding

channel to 3-63

radio to 3-69

to incident 3-68

to VTG 3-68

user to 3-65

VTG to 3-68

audio replay 3-17

audio select 3-17

creating 3-84

deactivating 3-37

description 3-37

dial-out 3-38

icon 3-16

latch 3-17, 3-37

listen only 3-37

move 3-18

mute 3-17

name 3-16

notification 3-38

patch 3-18

powered on 3-15

PTT 3-16

receive indicator 3-18

resource

adding 3-40

filtering 3-40

removing 3-40

status 3-39

types 3-39

RX mute 3-38

state 3-37

title 3-37

traffic 3-18

transmit indicator 3-18

VAD 3-37

VTG Details tab

displaying 3-18, 3-35, 3-84

features 3-35

VTGs tab

access to 1-6

items on 3-82

W

WaveEngine.exe process 1-2

WAVE Engine service

description 2-7

restarting 2-7

status, determining 2-7

trusting 1-2

Windows time service 1-2

Y

YouTube video

source URL for 3-78

viewing 3-81