Poly Habitat Soundscaping End User Manual
User Manual: Poly Habitat Soundscaping Support | Poly, formerly Plantronics & Polycom
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Habitat Soundscaping End-User
Manual
2.0
Activate service features and maintain your system with the Habitat
Soundscaping software.
Supported browsers Google Chrome, Apple Safari
URL https://www.soundscaping.plantronicshabitat.com
Username/Password Username = contact's email, password = established by your partner
An installation location can have one or more spaces. A space can have one or more audio zones.
An audio zone consists of 4 speakers and 1 distraction sensor. A space may have video zones,
which consists of a video player connected to a display screen.
Change audio/video theme
1To change an audio theme, within a space, click on the SETTINGS > Theme dropdown.
2To change a video source, click on a video zone (purple) and make a selection from the Video
Source dropdown menu.
NOTE The video menu is populated with videos that are appropriate for the theme selected for the
space.
Mute a space
In a space, go to Master Volume and click the icon to mute/unmute audio. Muting a space
mutes all the zones within the space.
View data insights
View real-time audio heat maps for each space for insights on noise levels, distracting
conversation levels and how the system is responding to distracting noise.
1Within a space, go to SETTINGS > Show/Hide > Heat Map and select the box.
NOTE De-select Audio Zones for best visibility.
2Toggle between the heat map capabilities.
•Magnitude of Speech Distraction Visualization of distracting speech occurring within the office
•Ambient Noise Level View all ambient noise sources within an office space
•Adaptive Soundscaping Response How the system is responding to conversations to actively
mitigate speech distractions
NOTE Adaptive Soundscaping Intelligence must be enabled for this view to work.
Adaptive Soundscaping Intelligence
Adaptive Soundscaping Intelligence automatically adjusts the volume levels to reduce distractions
and maintain an optimum level of comfort for the occupants.
Within a space, go to SETTINGS and select Adaptive Soundscaping Intelligence to activate
automatic volume adjustments.
Schedule
Customize the schedule to reduce volume and turn off video (if applicable) during lower
occupancy.
• The default schedule is 8:00 am to 5:00 pm everyday
•If one or more days, but less than seven, are scheduled, the audio continues to play at the last
scheduled day's ramped down volume.
Operate and maintain
Manage spaces and zones
Customize and enable
system features
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1To add, edit or delete a schedule, within a space, go to SCHEDULING > + and click the edit icon.
NOTE If all the days have been scheduled, your only option will be to edit the schedule(s).
2Fine-tune the schedule by setting when and how much the volume decreases.
Recommended:
•Ramp up 30 minutes
•Ramp down 30 minutes
•Ramp gain -7dB
Set acclimation
The Acclimation feature slowly ramps the volume up to its normal operating level over a period of
1-2 weeks to adjust a space to a new Habitat Soundscaping system.
This feature is configured by your partner during initial installation. If you would like to stop this
feature, within a space go to ACCLIMATION > Stop.
Health checks
The system can verify that its speakers and sensors are functioning properly.
During the initial installation, your partner set up regular health checks.
To run a manual health check, within a space, go to HEALTH CHECK > Run Now . For best results,
run the test when the space is unoccupied (void of miscellaneous sounds like speech and typing).
When activated, Health Check produces an audible audio tone for a few seconds. After a moment,
each zone listing indicates its status: Blue check mark indicates success, Red warning indicates
failure.
TIP If one or more zones indicate failure, ensure that the area is free of miscellaneous sounds. Run
Health Check a few more times, if the same zone(s) continues to fail, it may mean that a speaker or
sensor is not functioning properly.
NEED MORE HELP?
plantronics.com/support
habitatsoundscaping@plantronics.com
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