Polycom Real-Time Media Conferencing Platform RMX 2000 manual

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    1 RMX 2000 Installation & Configuration Guide General Safety Precautions Follow th ese rules to ensure general saf ety: • Keep the area ar ound the Polycom RMX 2000 unit clean and free of clutter and well ven tilated. • Decide on a suitable location for the equipment rack that will hold the RMX, ensuring that it is near a grounded power out[...]

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    2 Unpacking and Installing the RMX 1 Place t he RMX 200 0 on a s table flat surface in the s elected locatio n. 2 Remove the RM X 2000 fro m its packag e. You can insta ll it either in a rack or pl ace it o n a f lat surfa ce: — Install the R MX on a rack usin g one of two methods: • Install th e brackets s upplied by t he rack ma nufacturer on[...]

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    3 Initial RMX Configuratio n The system is shipped with the follow ing default IP addr esses: • Control unit I P addr ess – 19 2.168.1 .254 • Control unit su bnet mask – 255.2 55.255.0 • Contr ol unit defaul t gate way – 19 2.168.1 .1 When the RMX is installed for the first time, you m ust change the default IP ad dresses to yo ur local[...]

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    4 The RMX Web C lient is displayed and the Product A ctivation dialog box appear s wit h the RMX s erial numb er already fi lled in. 3 In the Activation Key box, enter the number that retrieved from the PRC website or paste it (if you copied it). 4 Click OK . The Fast Configuration Wizard appears. Configuring the IP Network Se rvice The default IP [...]

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    5 4 Click Next . 5 In the Fast Configur ation Wizard - Environment dia log box, select the Network Type : H.323 , SIP or H.323 & SIP . 6 Click Next . 7 If you selected SIP go to Step 11. 8 In the Fast Configur ation Wizard - Gatek eeper dialog box, enter the required informa tion: Field Descript ion Gateke eper Se lect S pecify to enable c onfi[...]

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    6 9 Click Next . 10 If you selected H.323 only go to Step 13. 11 In the Fast C onfiguration Wizard - SIP dialog box, enter the following info rma tion: 12 Click Next . Ty p e Select t he typ e that de fines the format in which the card alias i s sent to the ga tekeep er . • H.323 I D (alpha numeric I D) • E.164 (0-9, * #) • URL ID (URL style [...]

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    7 13 In the Fast Configur ation Wizard - Syst em Fla gs dialog box, enter the follow ing informa tion 14 Click the Finis h button. 15 In the Succes s Mess age box, click OK. 16 Log ou t of the RMX W eb Client an d log in ag ai n with th e new IP address. Flag Va l u e Confe ren ce ID Length (M CU) The numb er of di git s of the Conferen ce ID th at[...]

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    8 Conferencing Entities The RMX is shipped with one Entry Queues and four Meeting Rooms: •E n t r y Q u e u e De faul tEQ whose ID is 1000 , and it is used to access the default Meeting Rooms • Four M eetin g Rooms wh ose IDs a re 1001 , 1002 , 1003 and 10 04 . The default Entry Queue and Me eting Rooms are set to line rate of 384 Kbps. These c[...]