MK2 Panel ‘Compass’ Keys
The MK2 panels feature a brand new 4-way user key design, developed specifically for Telos Infinity, a custom adaptation of a cutting-edge proprietary tactile button technology built for highly demanding environments like broadcast, industrial applications, and gaming. Other important features include a significantly increased button size, improved viewing angle, larger fonts, more characters, and native support for logographic languages.
The image above highlights the profile of the new keys. It shows the raised ridges (colored green for illustration on the IFB1 Key) which can be used by the operator to easily find the optimal position to press the button in any of the four directions without needing to look at the panel.
Talking
Pressing the lower part of the key activates the Talk function. Within Infinity Dashboard, this operation may be latching, momentary, it may force the target to listen (Force Listen mode) or any of several options described elsewhere in the Dashboard section.
Momentary Mode
This enables a user to speak to the designated contact for as long as the key lever is pressed. To initiate this, push the key lever down for more than half a second. And then release the key to end the call. During this time the key will change color to red to indicate a call is active.
Latched Mode
This allows the user to speak to a contact without having to hold down the key lever. The call is initiated by pushing down the key for less than half a second. The key legend will change color to red and stay connected until the call is cancelled by pushing the key lever down again for less than half a second. The key color will then revert to its default color.
It is possible to disable the latching function for all contact keys from the Web GUI using the “Link Global Latch” control option, or for individual contact keys from the Dashboard GUI.
Also, each key can be individually latched and unlatched.
Listening
In many key modes incoming calls are automatically answered, and the caller’s audio is heard without any user interaction. It is possible to configure contact keys to simply signal an incoming call request and make the user manually answer the call, like a telephone call.
When an incoming call is received, the contact’s key color will blink green for 3 seconds indicating a call is incoming and will light solid green for as long as the listen function is active.
Adjusting the Listening Volume of an Individual Contact
The listening volume of each individual contact can be adjusted independently. This allows the user to vary the level of each input to improve their listening experience.
To adjust the listening level for an individual contact:
Push and hold, or tap, the right hand side of the contact key to increase the volume.
Push and hold, or tap, the left hand side of the contact key to decrease the volume.
Gain can be adjusted from -24dB to +12dB in 1dB steps.
Release the contact key and the level setting will be stored.
Adjusting the Main Listening Volume
To adjust the listening volume of the headset, internal speaker, rotate the “vol” control rotary encoder on the front Panel.
Rotating the encoder clockwise (to the right) increases the volume. Rotating the encoder counter-clockwise (to the left) decreases the volume. The LEDs to the side of the VOL encoder will change color in a gradual phase from white to green, to orange and then finally to red as the level is increased.
Pushing the encoder mutes and unmutes the loudspeaker or headset. When muted, the encoder LED will flash between bright green and off.