FrontRow CM3000 Montageanleitung
CM3000
INSTALLER GUIDE
Welcome to FrontRow™– the teacher- and tech-friendly way to improve the learning environment in every classroom.
To make your installation of the FrontRow CM3000 as efficient as possible, we recommend that you first read the section
in this guide called Before You Begin, and from there proceed to Steps 1 through 5.
If you follow the steps set out in this Installer Guide and organize everything you need beforehand, you’ll find setting up
your FrontRow CM3000 Networked Amplifier / Controller to be quite simple. Of course, if you run into any obstacles,
you can always find contact information for our technical support representatives at www.gofrontrow.com/contact-us.
Thank you for choosing FrontRow! You’re just steps away from a more productive classroom.
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Learning More Accessible
CONTENTS
Step 1: Before You Begin
Visualize your goal ......................................................................1– 2
Get Familiar with input and output ports ......................................................3
What do you want to amplify? What do you want to transmit and to what device?....................4
Gathering Information ....................................................................4-5
Step 2: Configuration
Connect to your CM3000....................................................................6
Name your CM3000 ........................................................................7
Secure you CM3000 ........................................................................7
Set audio parameters.....................................................................8–9
Set codec parameters ...................................................................9–10
Enable networking ........................................................................11
Serial Ports ..............................................................................12
Streaming ...............................................................................12
Enter command ..........................................................................14
Event Definition ..........................................................................15
Event Viewer .............................................................................16
Choose file store .........................................................................17
Step 3: Physical Installation Prep
Recommended tools and materials ..........................................................18
General safety precautions .................................................................18
Step 4: Plan Your Installation..................................................................19
Step 5: Install your CM3000
Connecting your CM3000 in an ezRoom installation .........................................20–25
Connecting your CM3000 in a Conductor installation ........................................26–28
Troubleshooting .............................................................................29
Appendix A: Control commands for the CM3000.............................................30–32
Appendix B: Network Settings .............................................................33-37
Appendix D: Changing CM3000 Line output from balanced to unbalanced......................38-39
Make sure you’ve got everything you need to install your CM3000. By taking the time to prepare, you’ll ensure the actu-
al set up is as quick and problem-free as possible.
1. Visualize your goal
Your CM3000 Networked Amplifier / Controller can be a component of a Conductor IP-based paging system or an ezRoom
classroom AV management system. When your CM3000 is part of an ezRoom installation it might look like this:
Step 1: Before you begin
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The FrontRow CM3000 is an amplification and control device that is used in ezRoom®classroom AV management systems
and in Conductor™paging, bell and intercom systems. This one device switches and amplifies analog audio, encodes/
decodes streaming audio, auto switches between local classroom audio and IP audio, includes a four port network switch,
and allows for “pass though” control of serial devices such as a projector. It resides on an IP network so it can be accessed
remotely and securely to execute its functions.
CM3000
ezRoom Installation
Mic dome receiver
HDMI Receiver
CB2000 CB6000
HDMI Audio
Extractor INSIDE OF THE ENCLOSURE
OR
+12V
+12V
+5V
AV Cable
VGA & video to projector
Projector
Mic Audio
HDMI
Audio
HDMI
Serial
CAT5e
TB14
RCA Audio
PC Audio
CAT5e
LAN
Network +12V
+12VDC
Speaker
Speaker
Audio to ezRoom
ezRoom Installation
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LAN
Speaker cable
Cat5e/6 cable
Audio cable
CB65
CM3000
Conductor Head End Installation
Shuttle Touch Screen PC
*Use with stereo to mono 3.5mm adapter (included)
CMP500
RJ11 phone line
LAN1
LAN1
Intercom
Audio Streaming Out (optional)
SPKR
DRS5000
To phone system
Audio Streaming In
Installed as part of a Conductor Admin Station, it may look like this:
Conductor Head End Installation
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2. Get Familiar with input and output ports
1 LAN Ports
2 Powered LAN Ports
NOTE: The Powered LAN Ports are +12V DC
and are used only for FrontRow devices
3 Device Power
4 Ground Switch
NOTE: The Ground Switch is to provide a harder
ground point in the event of ground loop hum
on Audio Input 1
5 Audio Inputs
1
Left Side
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1 IR Input
2 Line Out
3 Speaker Terminals and
Ground Terminal
(shown with Phoenix Connector)
4 IR Output
(shown with Phoenix Connector)
5 Serial Terminals with GPI
(input)
6 Wireless Mic
7 Intercom
8 Audio Streaming Out
From Conductor
9 Audio Streaming In and
Page Override
Right Side
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3. What do you want to amplify? What do you want to transmit and to what device?
Your CM3000 can amplify and switch a variety of audio inputs, and can control devices with serial interfaces. Now is the time to
plan what you want to do.
Example 1: Typical ezRoom setup with a projector
In the ezRoom Installation diagram on page 1, the CM3000 works with other ezRoom components to turn a projector on
and off, switch audio inputs, handle the transport controls for a Blu-ray player, and control audio volume from the teacher’s
computer, an MP3 player and two FrontRow wireless microphones. If Conductor is being used in the school the CM3000
can also amplify PA announcements and provide for two-way intercom calls between the ezRoom classroom and the office
with Conductor.
Example 2: Typical Conductor setup
You can also use the CM3000 to manage the intercom and paging audio for the Conductor system in the front office. The
Conductor Head End Installation diagram on page 2 shows a configuration with which a school administrator can make
an announcement or page via the FrontRow CB65 microphone and the CM3000 will encode the analog audio into stream-
ing (or IP) audio for transmission over Cat 5/6 cables and the LAN. Also, when a teacher communicates with the front
office via intercom, the CM3000 converts the streaming audio to analog audio and plays it over the front office speakers.
4. Gathering Information
You will save a lot of time by working with the school to gather information up front.
Will this CM3000 be used as part of a Conductor setup or an ezRoom setup? If part of a Conductor setup:
• The IT department will provide you with IPv4 for the CM3000, Shuttle Touch Screen PC and DRS5000 Server.
If the CM3000 will be part of an ezRoom setup:
• Make a list of all rooms to be outfitted and the equipment to be controlled in each one.
• The IT department will provide you with IPv4 addresses for each CM3000 and other FrontRow IP addressable components
(these must be static, or fixed, IP addresses), along with other network information, such as the subnet mask, router IP
address and Frontrow server IP address.
• Will the room include a FrontRow Symbio™wireless voice amplification system?
• Will the room be served by a Conductor system for paging? For intercom?
• Will there be an IR-controlled device?
• Will the room controller be a FrontRow CB2000 or CB6000?
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• Organize the network information in a spreadsheet such as the one found at
http://gofrontrow.com/how-to/room-control-project-planning-template.xls:
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Your CM3000 has several parameters that can be configured to tell it how to communicate with other devices in an ezRoom or
Conductor installation. While each installation is different most of the default parameters will be appropriate.
1. Connect to your CM3000
• Connect your laptop computer’s LAN port to the CM3000 LAN 1 port with a CAT-5, or network, cable.
• Change the IPv4 address on your laptop to static address 192.168.1.100. See Appendix B for instructions.
• Open a web browser on your laptop and in the URL field type the IPv4 address 192.168.1.103 and press enter. This is
the default static IP address of the CM3000 and will likely be changed when you configure it per the school’s IP
addressing scheme.
• You will be connected to your CM3000 and see a screen like this:
Step 2: Configuration
CM3000 - Left Side
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2. Name your CM3000
The name you choose should contain meaningful information, such as the classroom number, so that a person accessing the
device remotely will have appropriate context. Also on this screen you can see the device MAC address and firmware version.
3. Secure your CM3000
If the project requires it you can password-protect the CM3000 configuration screens by setting Security Level to Admin after
which a person can access the configuration screens only by entering the password. (If Security Level is set to None, no
password is required.)
The old password is calypso. Choose a new one based on the school’s guidelines and record the information.
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