Cisco Cisco IPICS Release 1.0 Important Safety Instructions

Cisco IPICS provides a high-quality IP standards-based solution that enables 
voice interoperability among disparate systems. The Cisco IPICS solution 
interconnects voice channels, talk groups, and virtual talk groups (VTGs) to 
bridge communications from radio networks to IP networks and devices, such as 
the Cisco IPICS Push-to-Talk Management Center (PMC) PC application, and 
supported models of the Cisco Unified IP Phone.

To provide this functionality, Cisco IPICS uses components, such as the 
Cisco IPICS server and the PMC. It also incorporates existing technologies, such 
as Land Mobile Radio (LMR), Cisco gateways, and Voice over IP (VoIP) 
technology, along with new applications of existing technologies, such as the use 
of the router media services (RMS) functionality for channel mixing.

As part of the Cisco IPICS solution, the server includes the Administration 
Console, which is an incident management framework graphical user interface 
(GUI). The Administration Console facilitates the tasks that are associated with 
operations and command and control. By extending the reach of push-to-talk 
(PTT) voice technology from the LMR environment to the IP network, 
Cisco IPICS enables rapid deployment and management of disparate audio 
communications systems.

The PMC application provides the interface for users to host push-to-talk audio 
communications. By using a simplified GUI, the PMC allows simultaneous 
monitoring and participation in one or more talk groups or VTGs at the same time.

The PMC includes buttons that allow you to interact with the Cisco IPICS server. 
Click with your mouse, or push, the PTT channel button and hold it to talk. When 
you are done talking, release the mouse button to return to listen-only mode. Other 
buttons on the GUI activate and deactivate the channel and control the volume 
level. The PMC also includes indicators that blink when you receive and transmit 
traffic and indicators to display the volume levels.

Because the Cisco IPICS server controls the configuration of the PMC 
application, PMC users have limited access to the configuration parameters; 
however, Cisco IPICS includes the ability for PMC users to customize the PMC 
GUI skins for mouse-based or touch screen-based display.