Visara 22L User Manual

VPAT™

Voluntary Product Accessibility Template®

Version 1.3

The purpose of the Voluntary Product Accessibility Template, or VPAT™, is to assist Federal contracting officials and other buyers in making preliminary assessments regarding the availability of commercial “Electronic and Information Technology” products and services with features that support accessibility. It is assumed and recommended that offerers will provide additional contact information to facilitate more detailed inquiries.

The first table of the Template provides a summary view of the Section 508 Standards. The subsequent tables provide more detailed views of each subsection. There are three columns in each table. Column one of the Summary Table describes the subsections of subparts B and C of the Standards. The second column describes the supporting features of the product or refers you to the corresponding detailed table, e.g., “equivalent facilitation." The third column contains any additional remarks and explanations regarding the product. In the subsequent tables, the first column contains the lettered paragraphs of the subsections. The second column describes the supporting features of the product with regard to that paragraph. The third column contains any additional remarks and explanations regarding the product.

Date: May 11, 2010 Name of Product: 22L Console Concentrator Contact for more Information (name/phone/email): Visara Intellicenter / [email protected]

Summary Table

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Criteria Supporting Features

Section 1194.21 Software Applications and

Operating Systems

Included

This product utilizes a 508 compliant command line interface for configuration and operation. All configuration input is

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Remarks and

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text based and relies on keyboard for navigation. All functions of the 22L can be configured and monitored through command line interface via an attached terminal.

Section 1194.22 Web-based Internet

Information and Applications

Section 1194.23 Telecommunications

Products

Section 1194.24 Video and Multi-media

Products

Section 1194.25 Self-Contained, Closed

Products

Section 1194.26 Desktop and Portable

Computers

Section 1194.31 Functional Performance

Criteria

Section 1194.41 Information,

Documentation and Support

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Not Applicable Included

Included

Section 1194.21 Software Applications and Operating

Systems – Detail

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(a) When software is designed to run on a system that has a keyboard, product functions shall be executable from a keyboard where the function itself or the result of performing a function can be discerned textually.

(b) Applications shall not disrupt or disable Supports The text based

Supports

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Text based command line interface and keyboard interface is provided via an attached terminal.

activated features of other products that are identified as accessibility features, where those features are developed and documented according to industry standards. Applications also shall not disrupt or disable activated features of any operating system that are identified as accessibility features where the application programming interface for those accessibility features has been documented by the manufacturer of the operating system and is available to the product developer.

command line interface does not impact or disrupt activated features of the configuration when being used to monitor the 22L. The text based command line does impact activated features when it is being used specifically to configure the 22L which may involve de-activating features or causing a machine IML.

(c) A well-defined on-screen indication of the current focus shall be provided that moves among interactive interface elements as the input focus changes. The focus shall be programmatically exposed so that Assistive Technology can track focus and focus changes.

(d) Sufficient information about a user interface element including the identity, operation and state of the element shall be available to Assistive Technology. When an image represents a program element, the information conveyed by the image must also be available in text.

(e) When bitmap images are used to identify controls, status indicators, or other programmatic elements, the meaning assigned to those images shall be consistent throughout an application's performance.

Supports

Not Applicable

The text based command line interface provides focus to the keyboard and video presentation via the attached terminal.

The 22L user interface is fully text based.

The 22L user interface is text based and does not support bit mapped images.

(f) Textual information shall be provided through operating system functions for displaying text. The minimum information that shall be made available is text content, text input caret location, and text attributes.

Supports

The 22L user interface is fully text based.

(g) Applications shall not override user selected contrast and color selections and other individual display attributes.

Supports

The attached terminal used to control the text based interface to configure and monitor the 22L is not affected by applications. The presentation of data on terminals attached to the 22L for the purpose of displaying host based application data may be affected and influenced by those host applications.

(h) When animation is displayed, the information shall be displayable in at least one non-animated presentation mode at the option of the user.

(i) Color coding shall not be used as the only means of conveying information, indicating an action, prompting a response, or distinguishing a visual element.

Not Applicable

Supports

Animated displays are not supported by the 22L.

The 22L text based presentations provide bold, underscore, and reverse prompts in addition to color. These presentation modifiers are under control of the host application creating the text based display presentation. Color is used only as an enhancement, not as the only way to distinguish keys, controls, or labels.

(j) When a product permits a user to adjust color and contrast settings, a variety of color selections capable of producing a range of contrast levels shall be provided.

Supports

The 22L text based presentations provides the ability to display a variety

(k) Software shall not use flashing or blinking text, objects, or other elements having a flash or blink frequency greater than 2 Hz and lower than 55 Hz.

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of colors and contrast settings dependant on the host application being used to create the presentation.

The 22L text based command interface does not use flashing displays. The host applications that create display presentations for the purpose of displaying user data on attached terminals may influence the presentation space to have blinking or flashing text.

The 22L does not natively use

(l) When electronic forms are used, the form shall allow people using Assistive Technology to access the information, field elements, and functionality required for completion and submission of the form, including all directions and cues.

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Not Applicable

electronic forms. The text based command interface is used to complete table based configurations for basic machine setup and operation.

Section 1194.22 Web-based Internet information and

applications – Detail

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(a) A text equivalent for every non-text element shall be provided (e.g., via "alt", "longdesc", or in element content).

(b) Equivalent alternatives for any multimedia presentation shall be synchronized with the presentation.

(c) Web pages shall be designed so that all information conveyed with color is also available without color, for example from context or markup.

(d) Documents shall be organized so they are readable without requiring an associated style sheet.

(e) Redundant text links shall be provided for each active region of a server-side image map.

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Not Applicable

(f) Client-side image maps shall be provided instead of server-side image maps except where the regions cannot be defined with an available geometric shape.

(g) Row and column headers shall be identified for data tables.

(h) Markup shall be used to associate data cells and header cells for data tables that have two or more logical levels of row or column headers.

(i) Frames shall be titled with text that facilitates frame identification and navigation

(j) Pages shall be designed to avoid causing the screen to flicker with a frequency greater than 2 Hz and lower than 55 Hz.

(k) A text-only page, with equivalent information or functionality, shall be provided to make a web site comply with the

Not Applicable

provisions of this part, when compliance cannot be accomplished in any other way. The content of the text-only page shall be updated whenever the primary page changes.

(l) When pages utilize scripting languages to display content, or to create interface elements, the information provided by the script shall be identified with functional text that can be read by Assistive Technology.

(m) When a web page requires that an applet, plug-in or other application be present on the client system to interpret page content, the page must provide a link to a plug-in or applet that complies with

§1194.21(a) through (l).

(n) When electronic forms are designed to be completed on-line, the form shall allow people using Assistive Technology to access the information, field elements, and functionality required for completion and submission of the form, including all directions and cues.

Not Applicable

(o) A method shall be provided that permits users to skip repetitive navigation links.

(p) When a timed response is required, the user shall be alerted and given sufficient time to indicate more time is required.

Note to 1194.22: The Board interprets paragraphs (a) through (k) of this section as consistent with the following priority 1 Checkpoints of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0 (WCAG 1.0) (May 5 1999) published by the Web Accessibility Initiative of the World Wide Web Consortium: Paragraph (a) - 1.1, (b) - 1.4, (c) - 2.1, (d) - 6.1, (e) - 1.2, (f) - 9.1, (g) - 5.1, (h) - 5.2, (i) - 12.1, (j) -

7.1, (k) - 11.4.

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Not Applicable

Section 1194.23 Telecommunications Products – Detail

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(a) Telecommunications products or systems which provide a function allowing voice communication and which do not themselves provide a TTY functionality shall provide a standard non-acoustic connection point for TTYs. Microphones shall be capable of being turned on and off to allow the user to intermix speech with TTY use.

(b) Telecommunications products which include voice communication functionality shall support all commonly used crossmanufacturer non-proprietary standard TTY signal protocols.

(c) Voice mail, auto-attendant, and interactive voice response telecommunications systems shall be usable by TTY users with their TTYs.

(d) Voice mail, messaging, auto-attendant, and interactive voice response telecommunications systems that require a response from a user within a time interval, shall give an alert when the time interval is about to run out, and shall provide sufficient time for the user to indicate more time is required.

Remarks and

explanations

Not Applicable

(e) Where provided, caller identification and similar telecommunications functions shall also be available for users of TTYs, and for users who cannot see displays.

(f) For transmitted voice signals, telecommunications products shall provide a gain adjustable up to a minimum of 20 dB. For incremental volume control, at least one intermediate step of 12 dB of gain shall be provided.

(g) If the telecommunications product allows a user to adjust the receive volume, a function shall be provided to automatically

Not Applicable

reset the volume to the default level after every use.

(h) Where a telecommunications product delivers output by an audio transducer which is normally held up to the ear, a means for effective magnetic wireless coupling to hearing technologies shall be provided.

(i) Interference to hearing technologies (including hearing aids, cochlear implants, and assistive listening devices) shall be reduced to the lowest possible level that allows a user of hearing technologies to utilize the telecommunications product.

(j) Products that transmit or conduct information or communication, shall pass through cross-manufacturer, nonproprietary, industry-standard codes, translation protocols, formats or other information necessary to provide the information or communication in a usable format. Technologies which use encoding, signal compression, format transformation, or similar techniques shall not remove information needed for access or shall restore it upon delivery.

Not Applicable

(k)(1) Products which have mechanically operated controls or keys shall comply with the following: Controls and Keys shall be tactilely discernible without activating the controls or keys.

(k)(2) Products which have mechanically operated controls or keys shall comply with the following: Controls and Keys shall be operable with one hand and shall not require tight grasping, pinching, twisting of the wrist. The force required to activate controls and keys shall be 5 lbs. (22.2N) maximum.

(k)(3) Products which have mechanically operated controls or keys shall comply with the following: If key repeat is supported, the

Supports

Keys on the front operator panel which are tactilely discernible without activating them are provided.

Keys on the front operator panel which are required on a regular basis are reachable and operable with one hand and minimal dexterity.

Keys on the front operator panel do not provide an

delay before repeat shall be adjustable to at least 2 seconds. Key repeat rate shall be adjustable to 2 seconds per character.

(k)(4) Products which have mechanically operated controls or keys shall comply with the following: The status of all locking or toggle controls or keys shall be visually discernible, and discernible either through touch or sound.

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Supports

automatic repeat function.

Keys on the front operator panel do not lock or toggle. The front panel mounted power switch position is discernible through touch or sight.

Section 1194.24 Video and Multi-media Products – Detail

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a) All analog television displays 13 inches and larger, and computer equipment that includes analog television receiver or display circuitry, shall be equipped with caption decoder circuitry which appropriately receives, decodes, and displays closed captions from broadcast, cable, videotape, and DVD signals. As soon as practicable, but not later than July 1, 2002, widescreen digital television (DTV) displays measuring at least 7.8 inches vertically, DTV sets with conventional displays measuring at least 13 inches vertically, and stand-alone DTV tuners, whether or not

Not Applicable

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The 22L Console Concentrator product contains no audio or video

they are marketed with display screens, and computer equipment that includes DTV receiver or display circuitry, shall be equipped with caption decoder circuitry which appropriately receives, decodes, and displays closed captions from broadcast, cable, videotape, and DVD signals.

(b) Television tuners, including tuner cards for use in computers, shall be equipped with secondary audio program playback circuitry.

(c) All training and informational video and multimedia productions which support the agency's mission, regardless of format, that contain speech or other audio information necessary for the comprehension of the content, shall be open or closed captioned.

Not Applicable

The 22L Console Concentrator

product contains no audio or video

The 22L Console Concentrator product contains no audio or video

(d) All training and informational video and multimedia productions which support the agency's mission, regardless of format, that contain visual information necessary for the comprehension of the content, shall be audio described.

(e) Display or presentation of alternate text presentation or audio descriptions shall be user-selectable unless permanent.

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Not Applicable

The 22L Console Concentrator

product contains no audio or video

Section 1194.25 Self-Contained, Closed Products – Detail

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Criteria Supporting Features Remarks and explanations

(a) Self contained products shall be usable by people with disabilities without requiring an end-user to attach Assistive Technology to the product. Personal headsets for private listening are not Assistive Technology.

(b) When a timed response is required, the user shall be alerted and given sufficient time to indicate more time is required.

(c) Where a product utilizes touchscreens or contactsensitive controls, an input method shall be provided that complies with §1194.23 (k) (1) through (4).

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Not Applicable

(d) When biometric forms of user identification or control are used, an alternative form of identification or activation, which does not require the user to possess particular biological characteristics, shall also be provided.

(e) When products provide auditory output, the audio signal shall be provided at a standard signal level through an industry standard connector that will allow for private listening. The product must provide the ability to interrupt,

Not Applicable

pause, and restart the audio at anytime.

(f) When products deliver voice output in a public area, incremental volume control shall be provided with output amplification up to a level of at least 65 dB. Where the ambient noise level of the environment is above 45 dB, a volume gain of at least 20 dB above the ambient level shall be user selectable. A function shall be provided to automatically reset the volume to the default level after every use.

(g) Color coding shall not be used as the only means of conveying information, indicating an action, prompting a response, or distinguishing a visual element.

Not Applicable

Supports

The 22L text based presentations provide bold, underscore, and reverse prompts in addition to color. These presentation modifiers are under control of the host application creating the text based display presentation. Color is used only as an enhancement, not as the only way to distinguish keys, controls, or labels.

(h) When a product permits a user to adjust color and contrast settings, a range of color selections capable of producing a variety of contrast levels shall be provided.

(i) Products shall be designed to avoid causing the screen to flicker with a frequency greater than 2 Hz and lower than 55 Hz.

Supports

The 22L text based presentations provides the ability to display a variety of colors and contrast settings dependant on the host application being used to create the presentation.

The 22L text based command interface does not use flashing displays. The host applications that create display presentations for the purpose of displaying user data on attached terminals may influence the presentation space to have blinking or

(j) (1) Products which are freestanding, non-portable, and intended to be used in one location and which have operable controls shall comply with the following: The position of any operable control shall be determined with respect to a vertical plane, which is 48 inches in length, centered on the operable control, and at the maximum protrusion of the product within the 48 inch length on products which are freestanding, non-portable, and intended to be used in one location and which have operable controls.

(j)(2) Products which are freestanding, non-portable, and intended to be used in one location and which have operable controls shall comply with the following: Where any operable control is 10 inches or less behind the reference plane, the height shall be 54 inches maximum and 15 inches minimum above the floor.

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flashing text.

The 22L Console Concentrator is a standard rack mountable device and depending on where the user mounts it, it complies with this requirement.

(j)(3) Products which are freestanding, non-portable, and intended to be used in one location and which have operable controls shall comply with the following: Where any operable control is more than 10 inches and not more than 24 inches behind the reference plane, the height shall be 46 inches maximum and 15 inches minimum above the floor.

(j)(4) Products which are Supports The 22L Console

Supports

The 22L Console Concentrator is a standard rack mountable device and depending on where the user mounts it, it complies with this requirement.

freestanding, non-portable, and intended to be used in one location and which have operable controls shall comply with the following: Operable controls shall not be more than 24 inches behind the reference plane.

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Concentrator is a standard rack mountable device and depending on where the user mounts it, it complies with this requirement.

Section 1194.26 Desktop and Portable Computers – Detail

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(a) All mechanically operated controls and keys shall comply with §1194.23 (k) (1) through (4).

(b) If a product utilizes touchscreens or touchoperated controls, an input method shall be provided that complies with §1194.23 (k) (1) through (4).

(c) When biometric forms of user identification or control are used, an alternative form of identification or activation, which does not require the user to possess particular biological characteristics, shall also be provided.

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Not Applicable

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See 1194.23(k) 1 through 4.

(d) Where provided, at least one of each type of expansion slots, ports and connectors shall comply with publicly available industry standards

Not Applicable

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Section 1194.31 Functional Performance Criteria – Detail

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(a) At least one mode of operation and information retrieval that does not require user vision shall be provided, or support for Assistive Technology used by people who are blind or visually impaired shall be provided.

(b) At least one mode of operation and information retrieval that does not require visual acuity greater than 20/70 shall be provided in audio and enlarged print output working together or independently, or support for Assistive Technology used by people who are visually impaired shall be provided.

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The 22L Console Concentrator utilizes a text based command line interface which can be accessed via an attached 3270 Coax device or a PC using Telnet or TN3270. Alternate means of data retrieval can be provided by those attaching devices as provided by the end user.

(c) At least one mode of operation and information retrieval that does not require user hearing shall be provided, or support for Assistive Technology used by people who are deaf or hard of hearing shall be provided

(d) Where audio information is important for the use of a

Not Applicable

The 22L Console Concentrator utilizes a text based command line interface which can be accessed via an attached 3270 Coax device or a PC using Telnet or TN3270. Alternate means of data retrieval can be provided by those attaching devices as provided by the end user.

The 22L Console Concentrator utilizes a text

product, at least one mode of operation and information retrieval shall be provided in an enhanced auditory fashion, or support for assistive hearing devices shall be provided.

(e) At least one mode of operation and information retrieval that does not require user speech shall be provided, or support for Assistive Technology used by people with disabilities shall be provided.

(f) At least one mode of operation and information retrieval that does not require fine motor control or simultaneous actions and that is operable with limited reach and strength shall be provided.

Not Applicable

Supports with Exception

based command line interface which can be accessed via an attached 3270 Coax device or a PC using Telnet or TN3270. Alternate means of data retrieval can be provided by those attaching devices as provided by the end user.

The 22L Console Concentrator utilizes a text based command line interface which can be accessed via an attached 3270 Coax device or a PC using Telnet or TN3270. Alternate means of data retrieval can be provided by those attaching devices as provided by the end user.

The 22L Console Concentrator utilizes a text based command line interface which can be accessed via an attached 3270 Coax device or a PC using Telnet or TN3270. Alternate means of data retrieval can be provided by those attaching devices as provided by the end user. Note that during initial installation of the 22L Console Concentrator individuals with fine motor control issues may experience difficulty connecting certain cables to the I/O ports on the rear of the unit.

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Section 1194.41 Information, Documentation and Support

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Criteria Supporting Features Remarks and explanations

(a) Product support documentation provided to end-users shall be made available in alternate formats upon request, at no additional charge

(b) End-users shall have access to a description of the accessibility and compatibility features of products in alternate formats or alternate methods upon request, at no additional charge.

(c) Support services for products shall accommodate the communication needs of end-users with disabilities.

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Operational information for the 22L Console Concentrator is available in printed and machine readable formats. Downloadable support documents are available at

www.visara.com

Accessibility and Compatibility information for the 22L Console Concentrator is available in printed and machine readable formats. Downloadable Accessibility and Compatibility documents are available at

www.visara.com .

Support services are provided by Visara’s Intellicenter which is accessible via telephone or email. Additionally, Visara’s Authorized Service Providers respond directly to service request via telephone call centers.

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Note: The Visara 22L is not generally considered an operator interactive device. Direct contact between an operator and the 22L unit only occurs during initial installation and configuration or while performing after installation configuration changes. Often, after initial installation no direct operator contact occurs. 22L’s can be installed in non-operator accessible areas such as equipment cabinets or “closets” and all configuration can be accomplished remotely after initial physical installation.