How to connected New Cisco Ceiling Microphone Pro with Room Kit pro

[batistarodris]

One of customer  wants to use 2 units of the Cisco Ceiling Microphone Pro (CS-MIC-CLGPRO=) with the Cisco Room Kit Pro Bundle (CS-KITPRO-K9) Could you please confirm how the microphones should be connected to the CODEC?

Thanks for help.

[Matt_W]

The Cisco Mic Pros connect through a Ethernet connection.  If you are limited on those connections due to peripherals connecting to the codec then you would want to connect a locally managed switch to the codec and then connect the mics to the switch. 

[Nithin Eluvathingal]

You should use Audio over IP. Connect the MICS Pro to a PoE port on the Room Kit Pro. If you have multiple devices, ensure you have a PoE switch between the codecs and MICs.

[Idelfonso-Amador]

So once the Mic is on to POE port of the Room Kit Pro, only then will setup screen pop up on my Navigator? As of now I dont see how to bring up the screen on the attached image.  

[Wayne DeNardi]

Correct - if the Room Kit Pro cannot see the microphones connected to its ports, the configuration screen will not be presented.

[Robin CPH · Accepted solution]

Thanks for confirming the PoE requirement.

Clarification:

• When a PoE switch sits between Cisco Pro Microphones and a Room Bar/Room Kit, a RoomOS upgrade also upgrades the microphone firmware.
• The Pro Microphones don’t power-cycle automatically after the upgrade, so echo cancelling doesn’t work until the PoE switch is power-cycled (which in turn power-cycles the microphones).

Recommended actions:

• After each RoomOS upgrade, perform a controlled PoE power-cycle on the switch ports feeding the Pro Microphones (or reboot the switch if per‑port power-cycle isn’t available).
• Add a short post‑upgrade checklist: verify microphone firmware, confirm echo cancelling

[Matt_W]

Many POE switches allow you to schedule a power cycle of the ports the mics are connected to.  You could have these set to auto power cycle each morning before the facility opens in order to allow any updates to take effect.

[Idelfonso-Amador]

 

[Stefan Mihajlov]

@batistarodris 

The Cisco Ceiling Microphone Pro (CS-MIC-CLGPRO=) connects to the Room Kit Pro Codec over Ethernet (PoE), not via the older mic ports. We use CBS switch for 4- micro on EQ