Polycom FX Leaflet

Polycom ViewStation FX Specifications

Part No. 3726-06361A   Rev. 12/03

• User-friendly graphical interface
• Customisable home screen
• Custom logo on main screen
• Administrator controlled speed dial numbers

accessible from custom logo

• Kiosk mode for custom applications
• Speed Dial List
• Alert Signal on home page
• Keypad audio dialling confirmation
• Do Not Disturb (On/Off)
• Web interface
• Picture-in-Picture (PIP) On/Off, Automatic

• Enhanced, grip-sensitive remote control
• Quick buttons for most common tasks
• Colour-coded buttons grouped by functionality

• Intelligently selects frame rate and video 

algorithm for best performance video
- Up to 30 fps and 60 fields per second

• Automatic VCR recording of all endpoints 

based on the person who is talking

• Automatic Picture-in-Picture (PIP)
• See graphics content and far video on a 

single monitor

• MGC™ Click & View™ for individual screen 

layouts in MGC bridge calls

• H.261: D
• H.263+: F, I, J, L, N, T
• H.263++: U, W
• H.264**
• ITU 60 fields per second: Letterbox

• 1 x S-Video; 4-pin mini DIN 

(Second camera with PTZ control)

• 1 x S-Video; 4-pin mini DIN (Document camera)
• 1 x Composite; RCA/Phono (VCR)

• 4 x S-Video; 4-pin mini DIN 

(Support for 4 independent monitors)

• 1 x Composite; RCA/Phono (Main monitor)
• 1 x Composite; RCA/Phono (VCR)
• 1 x XGA (Graphics display)

• NTSC / PAL
• Graphics: SXGA, XGA, SVGA, VGA

• Interlaced video (60/50 fields full-screen video

for NTSC/PAL): Letterbox

• 4CIF (704 x 576)
• CIF (352 x 288)
• QCIF (176 x 144)
• SQCIF (128 x 96)
• Display aspect ratios: 4:3

• Ultra-quiet, ultra-fast action pan/tilt/zoom (PTZ)
• Tilt Range: +/- 25° (Up/Down)
• Pan Range: +/- 100° (Left/Right)
• Zoom: 12x Zoom (10x optical & 1.2x digital);

f=4.2 to 42mm

• Horizontal field of view: 65°
• Total horizontal field of view: 265°
• Auto focus
•  Automatic white balance
• Camera presets: 20

Local camera 10; Far-end camera 10

• Voice activated camera positioning to 10 presets

• Full-duplex audio
• Instant Adaptation Echo Cancellation
• Automatic Gain Control (AGC) – voice activated
• Automatic Noise Suppression (ANS)
• Built-in tonal speaker test
• Real-time audio level meter
• Audio mixer: Mike, VCR, telephone, line-in
• Ability to talk over VCR audio

• 7 kHz bandwidth with G.722.1, G.722 on IP/ISDN
• 3.4 kHz bandwidth with G.711, G.728 on IP/ISDN

• 1 x RJ-9 to microphone arrays
• 2 x RCA input for VCR
• 1 x RCA input for mixer
• 1 x RJ-11 for analogue speaker telephone
• Integrates with Polycom Vortex® installed 

voice products

• 2 x RCA for main audio
• 2 x RCA for VCR record
• 1 x RJ-11 for analogue speaker telephone
• Integrates with Polycom Vortex installed 

voice products

• 360-degree voice pick-up
• Cardioid elements per microphone array: 3
• Integrated mute button
• Can be mounted to ceiling or wall
• Number of microphone arrays in base unit: 2

• Receive or Transmit dual images 

(View/Send people and high-resolution 
content simultaneously)

• Dual audio (Transmits audio from room 

microphones and laptop simultaneously)

• Supports IP, ISDN and Serial calls
• Supports People+Content dual streams from 

any endpoint (not just host site)

• Maximum graphics resolution: 

1280 x 1024, 60 Hz Input
1280 x 1024, 60 Hz Output

• Table-top audio input for laptop*
• Second table-top projector output*
• Triple 10/100 table-top Ethernet hub*

• PC Presents™ for Microsoft® PowerPoint®
• Polycom SNAP™
• T.120 Microsoft NetMeeting® support over

ISDN calls

• Streaming in and out of a call compatible with

Apple® QuickTime®, Cisco® IP/TV

• SXGA (1280 x 1023), XGA (1024 x 768), SVGA

(800 x 600), VGA (640 x 480)

• Up to 4CIF with motion
• Up to 16CIF still images (H.263)
• Up to 4CIF H.261 Annex D still images

• Automatic IP/ISDN calling
• Polycom OneDial™ intelligent call management

attempts call on preferred network (IP or ISDN)
and automatically rolls over to secondary net-
work if needed

• Down speeding over IP and ISDN
• IP address conflict warning
• Maximum call length digital timer
• Auto SPID detection and configuration
• Software upgradeable Inverse 

Multiplexer (IMUX) 

• PathNavigator™ support for easy call placement

and network cost optimisation

• TCP/IP, DNS, WINS, DHCP, ARP, HTTP, FTP, Telnet
• SNMP for enterprise management
• T120 interface for Microsoft NetMeeting
• Chair control from endpoints or host systems

on IP and ISDN

• Maximum Data Rate IP or Serial: Up to 2 Mbps
• Maximum Data Rate ISDN: Up to 2 Mbps

• Ethernet port: Dual (10/100 Mbps)
• Integrated analogue speakerphone for audio 

add-in

• ISDN BRI (Basic Rate Interface) Quad BRI*

• ISDN PRI (Primary Rate Interface) T1/E: PRI*
• Serial Network Interface (V.35/RS-530/RS-449

with RS-366 dialling)

• Wireless LAN support via Ethernet port*

- Compliant with IEEE 802.11b or 802.11g
- Support for 64-bit to128-bit encryption (WEP)
- Infrastructure or ad hoc mode

• Initiates unscheduled MGC calls from 

the endpoint

• Utilises Polycom Office™ (PathNavigator 

and MGC)

• Dials all participants simultaneously

• Embedded MultiPoint Capacity: 5 sites 

(4 IP/ISDN sites + 1 telephone)

• Supports mixed multipoint calls: IP, ISDN, 

analogue telephone

• Supports IP and analogue telephones
• Automatic IP and ISDN MP down speeding
• Automatic mixed IP/ISDN down speeding
• Dial-in and Dial-out during MP calls
• Continuous presence - see all locations
• Voice switched - view current speaker
• Automatic MPPlus presentation modes to auto-

matically switch between presenter and continu-
ous presences modes

• Cascading up to 14 sites (10 IP, ISDN and mixed

sites + 4 telephones)

• Password protection for incoming calls
• Audio bridge: 5 sites (4 IP + analogue)

• Video and Audio Error Concealment
• IP Precedence (ToS) 
• Diffserv DSCP (CoS)
• Dynamic Bandwidth Allocation
• Proactive Network Monitoring
• Packet and jitter control
• Network Address Translation (NAT) support
• Automatic NAT discovery
• Configurable video/audio/FECC service value
• Asymmetric speed control
• TCP/UDP fixed-port firewall support
• Lip synchronisation
• Echo cancellation and suppression
• Auto gatekeeper discovery
• Automatic gateway dialling profiles
• Specify outbound call routing for gateway/ISDN
• Closed captioning and text chat support both in

and out of calls

• COMSEC tested by Titan Systems, Information

Security Systems Division, and independently
validated to operate with approved government
encryption technologies

• KG-194/KIV-7 encryptor support with on screen

and address book dialling

• Account validation number entry
• Secure password authentication
• Unique factory default passwords
• Administrator password
• H.243 MCU password
• Do not disturb control for point-to-point calls
• Auto-Answer Point-to-Point (On/Off)
• Password protect individual menu screens
• SNMP security alerts for failed and successful

password authentication attempts

• Ability to disable remote interfaces: FTP, Telnet, 

HTTP, SNMP

• Ability to disable mixed network calls 

• Advanced Encryption Standard (AES)
• FIPS validated by National Institute of Standards

& Technology (NIST) certified agency

• 128-bit key length
• Standard-based AES H.325 version 3 (IP)
• Standard-based AES H.233/H.234 (ISDN/Serial)
• Maximum Encrypted bandwidth: 2 Mbps

- IP, ISDN, Serial

• Automatic key generation and exchange
• Supported in People+Content
• Supported in point-to-point and multipoint calls

• 10,000+ number global directory*
• 1,000+ number local directory
• Limitless multipoint entries
• Live address book with Polycom Global Directory

Services automatically and quickly updates
directory with address changes, new endpoints,
or systems being turned off*

• Polycom Global Directory Services integrates

with Active Directory/LDAP*

• Automatic ISDN localisation of calls

• SNMP management
• Diagnostics and software upgrades via PC, LAN
• Software upgrades via ISDN call
• Integrated remote Web management 
• Remote administrator video-only monitoring of

room or calls from integrated Web server
(enabled/ disabled from endpoint for security)

• Place a call from Web interface
• System configuration from Web interface
• Call Detail Record (CDR) – Reports calls made

from the system along with call statistics

• Web interface for viewing CDR data
• Downloadable CDR files for processing 
• Account number validation at call initiation inte-

grated with Polycom Global Management
System™ for billing purposes*

• Administrator-configurable dialling speeds
• Complete support for The Polycom Office:

- Polycom Global Management System*
- Polycom OneDial*
- Polycom PathNavigator*
- Polycom Conference Suite*
- Polycom MGC*

• Control port for custom integration with 

remote devices such as Crestron and AMX 
control systems

• Communication port for transmission of serial

data (e.g. medical devices) over ISDN calls

• H.221 communications
• H.224/H.281 far-end camera control
• Annex Q standard for FECC in H.323 calls
• H.225, H.245
• H.231 in multipoint calls
• H.331 broadcast over Serial Network Interface*
• Bonding, Mode 1

• Number of Languages Supported: 9

- Chinese, English, French, German, Italian,

Japanese, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish

• Translated documentation
• Translated user interface
• Translated keypad audio dialling confirmation
• Translated web interface
• Translated remote control

• Auto sensing power supply
• Operating voltage/power: 90-260 VAC, 

47-63 Hz/40 watts

• Operating Temperature: 0 to 40° C
• Operating Humidity: 10 to 85% R.H. 

non-condensing

• Non-Operating Temperature: -40 to 70° C
• Non-Operating Humidity (Non-condensing): 

10 to 90%

• Base Unit Dimensions (WxHxD): 33 x 15 x 23 cm
• Base Unit Weight:  2.7 kg / 6.0 lbs

• Parts and labour: Three-year

* Optional 
** Planned for Release 6.0 in Q1  2004

©2003 Polycom, Inc. All rights reserved.

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