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Configure system behavior

  1. Open a browser and navigate to the IP address of your Icon. NOTE: This can be found on your Phone HD by tapping Start > System.
  2. Scroll down to the System Behaviors section and set the following:
    3. Auto-answer Incoming Calls Enables incoming calls to be automatically answered. If disabled, you must manually answer or ignore incoming calls. By default, you must manually answer or ignore incoming calls.
    Presentations Start Automatically If you connect a laptop to a video input on the system, a presentation starts automatically. The default is enabled. 
    Audio Output Specifies the location for audio output during video calls
    Dual Display Mode Select Self-View (default) or Mirror Mode. Learn more below.
    Anti-flicker 50Hz Lights powered by a 50 Hz power source can produce a flicker that the camera captures and transmits to the system. If you are using lights powered by a 50 Hz power source and observe a flicker in the video, set Anti-Flicker to 50 Hz. The default value is Auto.

    NOTE: The value you choose for this preference applies to all cameras connected to the system.

    Some camera exposure settings designed for use in rooms lit by sunlight may result in a flicker. To remove the flicker, increase the Brightness setting.
  3. Click Save.

 

 

Dual Display Mode (Lifesize Icon 500 and 700 only)

When you connect a second display to your system, you can select a display mode, and your system automatically configures the second display. Depending on the mode, your two displays function differently while in a video call and outside of a video call. 

  

    Display Mode Call Status  Display 1 Display 2

    Self-View (default)

    		 In a call  Other participant's video, or a composite view if 3 or more participants

    If picture-in-picture (PIP) is On: Your camera view is shown in the PIP       		 Local camera’s view 

    If PIP is On: Shows background 

    If presenting your screen locally (via HDMI or Lifesize Share) or when the other participant is presenting their screen: Shows the presentation  
    Not in a call 
    		 Background Background or digital signage  

    If presenting your screen locally (via HDMI or Lifesize Share): Shows your presentation   

    Mirror Mode 

    		 In a call

    Other participant's video, or a composite view if 3 or more participants

    If PIP is On: Your camera view is shown in the PIP

    Local camera’s view

    If PIP is On: Shows background

    If presenting your screen locally (via HDMI or Lifesize Share) or when the other participant is presenting their screen: Shows the presentation
    Not in a call 

    Background or digital signage

    If presenting your screen locally (via HDMI or Lifesize Share): Shows your presentation

    Background or digital signage

    If presenting your screen locally (via HDMI or Lifesize Share): Shows your presentation

 NOTE: 

  1. If your system was previously configured for Self-View PIP Mode, your system retains its current settings until you change modes to one of the two modes above.
  2. CLISH commands can be used to always show the camera view on Display 1 in Self-View Mode when not in a call.
  3. Your local camera can always be shown temporarily on Display 1 by pressing the Camera button on Lifesize Phone HD.