Polycom WEBCOMMANDER 8 manual

MGC W ebComman der User ’ s Gu ide Ve r s i o n 8 . 0[...]

Copy r ight © 2006 Po lycom, I nc. All Righ ts Rese rve d Cata log No. DOC2136 B Ve r s i o n 8 . 0 Pro priet a ry an d Conf identi al The i nfo rmat ion co ntained here i n i s th e so le in te llec tual prop erty of P olyc om, Inc. No dis tribu t ion, repr oduct i on or un autho riz ed us e of t hes e m ate ria ls i s pe rmit te d with out the e[...]

i T able of Content s Introduc tion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1- 1 Pr ere qu i si te s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2 Ab ou t M G C W ebC o m m an d er U ser’ s G ui d e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1- 2 Con v en t ion s . . . .[...]

T ab le of Cont ents ii Dup l ic at e B ook i n g . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1 6 Defini ng a New P art ici pant from the Ne w Meeting Window . . . . . . . . . 4-19 Sc he d u lin g a C on fe re n ce . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4- 2 4 Cr ea ti n g a R ec urr e nt[...]

ii i Disc onnect ing Parti c ipant s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-40 Re c onn ec t in g Pa r ti ci p ant s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4 1 Ad di ng P a rti ci p an t s t o t he C on f eren c e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 - 42 Defini ng a New Pa rtic ipant Dur[...]

T ab le of Cont e nts iv Man a gi n g a Q& A Ses sion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5- 10 2 Enab l in g Q & A Op t io ns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 - 10 2 Contr olling Q&A Queues with the Q&A list butt ons . . . . . . 5-102 Vie w in g t h e Q &A Li st . . . . . . .[...]

v Pa r ti cip an t C o nne ct io n t o t he C o n f ere nc e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 -8 C onf e re nce Ac ce ss fo r Di a l-in P art ic ipa n ts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 - 9 Entr y Q ueu e A cc es s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 -1 0 Con f ere nce I VR A c ce ss . . [...]

T ab le of Cont e nts vi Conference Te mplates – Partia l View Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-1 De fi n ing a N e w Vi d eo Co nf er e n ce Te mp l at e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 - 2 Con f ere nce Te mp l at e M en u s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 - 17 Con f ere nce M en u . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

vi i Def a ul t C o nfe r en c e T em pla te P ro p er t ie s - V id e o-S w itch . . . . . . . A- 1 6[...]

T ab le of Cont e nts viii[...]

1-1 1 Introduction The MGC W ebCommander i s a brows er -bas ed appli cati on f or mon itori ng, managing a nd sche duli ng vide o and aud io conf eren ces. W ebCommander users ha ve control over a ll a spects of s etti ng up and r unning c onf erence s using a st andar d W e b browser . Using MGC W ebCommand er , u ser s with t he appropr i ate p [...]

Chap ter 1 - Introductio n 1- 2 For a unique look a nd f eel to the MG C W ebCo mmander windo ws, th e colors and link s of the W eb pages di spla yed ca n be cust omiz ed. For more infor mation on t he Conf igura tion T ool, r efer t o the MGC W eb Manager Instal lat ion and Con figura tion Guide , Chapter 7 . Pr er eq ui si tes This ma nual as su[...]

MGC W ebCommander Us er ’s Gui de 1-3 • Ch apte r 5 - M onit oring On Going Conf ere nce s Desc ribes op e rations that c an be perf ormed du ring confe renc es to accommoda te a lmost any s ituat ion w hich might a ris e duri ng the c onf eren c e. • Cha pter 6 - R eser vation Cale nda r Enabl es viewing of schedul e d confere nces and their[...]

Chap ter 1 - Introductio n 1- 4 Conve ntions Before usi ng MGC W ebComma nder , i t is impor tant for you to unde rsta nd the terms and convent ions us ed i n thi s manual. • The ter m “sel ect” is us ed when you hi ghli ght a part of the wind ow , dia log box or menu th at you want to be cha nged wit h your ne xt act ion. • The te rm “ c[...]

MGC W ebCommander Us er ’s Gui de 1-5 Cookies Cookie s must be enabl ed in the W eb browse rs, ot herw ise W ebCommander will n ot fun c tion prop erly . En ab lin g C ookie s i n Mic ro so ft In te rn et Exp lo r er T o enabl e cookies in I nternet Explor er: 1. In t he Mi crosoft I nternet Ex plo rer appl ica tion, on the To o l s me nu, click [...]

Chap ter 1 - Introductio n 1- 6 3. Click the Cu sto m Le vel butt on. The Se curity Setti ngs w indow opens. 4. Sc ro ll dow n unti l th e Cookies e ntry i s show n and make s ure t hat both optio ns are se t to En able . 5. Click OK . The sy stem ret urns to th e Intern e t Optio ns – S ecur ity window . 6. Click OK .[...]

2-1 2 Connecting to W ebCommand er Y ou c an connec t to the W ebCommander W eb si te in one of two w ays using: • W indows Authe ntica tion • W ebCommander Use r Logi n name a nd pass word Connecting to W ebComman der W eb Site us ing W indo ws Authen ticati on Th e Windows Au the n tica tion m ec han ism al lo ws user s r egiste re d with th [...]

Chap ter 2 - Conn ecting to Web Commande r 2- 2 The Ente r Network Passwor d dialog box opens: 2. Ente r yo ur Use r N ame , Passw or d and ne twor k Do mai n as def ined in your ne twork . 3. Click OK . On fi rst e ntry , the W e bCommander W e lcome window opens . When you acc ess t he WebCommand er Web si te for the fi rst t ime, and the defaul [...]

MGC W ebCommander Us er ’s Gui de 2-3 4. Sel ect the la ngu a ge , and then cl ick the Ent e r button. If the site is al re ady disp layed in the re quired la ng uag e, cl ick th e En te r bu tton. Fro m th is po int on , th e syste m re m ember s the se lec ted la ng uage a nd w ill sk ip this windo w when l ogging i nto the W ebCommander sit e,[...]

Chap ter 2 - Conn ecting to Web Commande r 2- 4 The W ebCommander Login w indow ope ns. 3. If the W eb site pa ge is not dis pla yed i n the d esire d la nguage, c li ck the button of the language to be u sed in t he MGC W ebCommander t o displ ay the sc reen s, menus, a nd comma nds. F or exa mple, c li ck the English button t o displ ay t he W eb[...]

MGC W ebCommander Us er ’s Gui de 2-5 • Sev e ra l O n G oi n g c on feren c es - The Meetin g Directo r wi ndow li sting t he On Going c onfe re nce l ist ope ns, enabl ing yo u t o select t he c onfe rence to moni tor: • One O n G oi ng c o nf eren ce - T he Meeti ng D ir ect or window open s, enabli ng yo u to m onito r t his c on ferenc e[...]

Chap ter 2 - Conn ecting to Web Commande r 2- 6 • No On Go ing co n fe re nc es - The New Me eting monitor windo w ope ns, e nabl ing yo u t o st ar t a n ew conf ere nce : Connect ing to W ebComma nder W e b Site us ing a We bPort al The W ebCommander c an be access ed usi ng a W ebPortal . Depe nding on t he W eb Portal configur a tion you may [...]

3-1 3 Mai n Menu In the W e bCommander sit e, the Main Menu appea rs in t he l eft pane of all screen s ena bling q uick and easy acce ss to a ll system m odule s. Th e item s that appear o n the menu vary a ccordi ng to you r permiss ions. Mai n Menu The W eb p ag e disp l ay i s opt imized t o desk top ar ea of 768 x 102 4 p ixels . In Nets cape [...]

Chap ter 3 - Main M enu 3- 2 Ma in Menu L inks The foll owing link s are ava ilabl e in the Main Men u. Clicki ng the link ope ns the appr opri ate w indow , as de scribed be lo w . • Ne w Me et ing – D is p l a ys t he New M ee tin g wi ndo w to cr eat e and la u nch a ne w c onf er enc e q u ickly . F or m ore in for mati o n, s e e Ch apte r[...]

MGC W ebCommander Us er ’s Gui de 3-3 pers o nal det ails (E -mai l addr ess a nd W e bOf fi ce UR L). For more inf orma ti on, see “Confi gurat ion ” on page 3-5. • Login – Ret urns you to t he Login wi ndow t o login a s a dif fere nt use r and to se lect anoth er l anguage. This li nk is avail able i n the W e bCommander user Log-i n. [...]

Chap ter 3 - Main M enu 3- 4 Configur ation Basi c or Administrat or Change Passwor d Meet ing Di rect or , Meet ing Sc hedul er or Pr ofessi ona l Login/ Langua ge Selecti on Basic or Administrat or WebCo mmander us er logi n/Wi ndows authent i cation Meet ing Di rect or , Meet ing Sc hedul er or Pr ofessi ona l Database Basi c or Administrat or U[...]

MGC W ebCommander Us er ’s Gui de 3-5 Config uration From the Configur ati on wi ndow , you can c hange your W ebCommander W eb sit e passwo rd and you c an ad d/ change/d elete your E -mail addre ss an d We b O f f i c e U R L . Y ou c an change the pa ssword onl y if t he appr opria te permi ssi on is se t in the W e b Ser ver Manage r . The pa[...]

Chap ter 3 - Main M enu 3- 6 The Conf igurat ion w indow op ens. This w indow is sp lit into tw o ar eas: Change Password - T o c hange your pass word t o the W ebCommander site. Per son al D et ails - T o add o r update your E -mail add ress and W ebOff ice URL . The E- mail a ddres s an d W e bOff i ce URL are opt iona l. If an E-mai l addr ess i[...]

MGC W ebCommander Us er ’s Gui de 3-7 7. T o exit the Conf ig ur ati on wind ow , click one of th e options in the Main Menu pa ne. Dat abase Selection If more th an one databa se is confi gured in t he W e bCommander , you c an sele ct the dat abase for the curr ent se ssi on. Th e dat abase box indi cate s th e name of the database c urrent ly [...]

Chap ter 3 - Main M enu 3- 8 Lang uage Sele ction In W indows Aut hent icati on mo de, afte r f irs t e ntry , the W elcome /Langu age Select ion windo w is s kippe d. T o change the W ebCommande r lan guage, access the Languag e Sele ction w indow fro m the Mai n menu. T o change the la nguage of t he W ebCommande r W eb sit e : 1. In the Main Me [...]

MGC W ebCommander Us er ’s Gui de 3-9 The W elcome /Language Sel ection w indow ope ns. 2. Click the r equir ed langua ge but ton. The W eb sit e page s are refr e shed a nd displ ay ed in the sele cted l angua ge.[...]

Chap ter 3 - Main M enu 3- 10 Resizing the Win dow Pane s The main w indow is c ompr ised of two pane s. Ea ch pane can be re si zed by draggi ng the edge bet ween the Main Me nu pane and t he Li st/ paramet ers pa ne (rig htpane ), w hich enabl es y ou to vi ew addi tion al info rmation . Y o u can al so displ ay addit iona l inf ormat ion i n the[...]

4-1 4 New Meeting W indow The New Meeting wind ow is or g anized i n a ma nner tha t ena bles yo u to quic kly an d easil y st art/sc hedul e a new me eting. The New Me eting wind ow is divi ded i nto fou r ge neral a rea s: • Partic ipan ts Lists – Displays the li st of de fine d part icipa nts . • Par ticipa n t Act ions – Cont ai ns comm[...]

Ch ap ter 4 - N ew M e eti ng Wind ow 4- 2 • Co nf er en ce La unc h Opt i ons – C o ntains c ommand but tons tha t enabl e you to st art the confe rence immed iately o r to s chedu le it to s tart in th e fu tu re. Pa rti ci pant s Li st s Conf e ren ce Det ails Conf ere nce Lau nch Opt ions Participan ts Act ions[...]

MGC W ebCommander Us er ’s Gui de 4-3 Partic ip an t s List s Area V ariou s part icipa n ts lists are u se d to quic kly add p artici pa nts to the confe renc e. Y ou can choose to vie w t he l ist of avail abl e Parti cip ant templa tes by cl icking o ne of the thre e tabs : • Direc to ry • Recent • Fa vorit es Th e fol lowin g f igur e d[...]

Ch ap ter 4 - N ew M e eti ng Wind ow 4- 4 Di re ct ory Pa r tic ip ants List Th e D irect or y list d ispla ys pre- def ined p artic ip ant te m plate s fr om the foll owing sourc es: • Parti cipa nt templa tes sto red in th e W e bComm a nd er datab a se • PathN avigat or r egiste red e ndpoint s • Polyc o m Dat astor e dat ab ase tem pla t[...]

MGC W ebCommander Us er ’s Gui de 4-5 PathNav igator and Polycom Datastore T emplates List The Pol ycom Pat hNavigat or i s an enterpr is e gatekee per t hat e nables you t o see w hen endpo ints a re onl ine and t o connec t to t hem wi th a singl e cli ck. In such a case, you do not need t o defi ne the end point s, as t he defin iti on is take[...]

Ch ap ter 4 - N ew M e eti ng Wind ow 4- 6 Re ce nt P ar ti c ipant Li st Th e Re ce nt list is a uto matic all y create d by the system . Th is list is ma de o f partic ipa nts who have re centl y atte nded a meeting . The l ist ho lds up to 20 names. Y ou cannot add ne w part ic ipants to t his l ist . If the Rece nt tab is se lect ed and you def[...]

MGC W ebCommander Us er ’s Gui de 4-7 Favo r ite s P a rt ici pant Li s t Th e Fa vorite s list is us ed t o fac ilitate t h e sele ctio n o f part icip ant s to jo in a meeti ng. Y ou c an use one of t he fol lowing metho ds to add a part icipa nt t o the Fav orite s list : • Duri ng the defi nit ion of a new p artic ipan t, se lect the Ad d t[...]

Ch ap ter 4 - N ew M e eti ng Wind ow 4- 8 Par ticipant A cti on s Are a Ther e are fiv e comman d butt ons that are used t o a dd, remove or d ele te particip a nts to the m ee ting , add par tici pan ts to th e F avori tes list and defi ne a new p a rticip ant: • Add – A dd s sele cte d parti cipan ts i n Par tici pan t Lists ar ea (left pa n[...]

MGC W ebCommander Us er ’s Gui de 4-9 Co nf eren ce D etails Ar ea Th e Co nfe ren ce De tails are a disp la ys t he foll ow ing inf orm at ion: • Te m p l a t e G r o u p – The gr oup in t he dat aba se where th e c onfere nce templa te is st ored . • Te m p l a t e – Th e name of t he Confe renc e te mplate contai ning t he confe ren ce[...]

Ch ap ter 4 - N ew M e eti ng Wind ow 4- 10 Conf er ence La unch Opt ions A rea Th er e a re two C on f er ence La u n ch Op ti ons : • S tart Im medi ate ly – Att empt s to sta rt the new me eting no w , wit hout chang ing t he conf erenc e par ameter s on a n MCU as de fined in t he Con fere nce temp late . If the m eetin g is sche duled succ[...]

MGC W ebCommander Us er ’s Gui de 4-11 St art i ng a N e w M ee t i n g St artin g a New Me eti ng Us ing a D ef au lt Con fe r en ce T emp lat e The W ebCommander is s hipped with fi ve de fa ult conf eren ce t emplat es. Th ese te mp late s do not in clud e par ticip ant te m plate s and all par ticipa n ts must dial -in to the co nfe ren ce to[...]

Ch ap ter 4 - N ew M e eti ng Wind ow 4- 12 • SW CP ( Soft ware Cont inuous P rese nce fo r H .323-o nly co nfe rences) • V id eo- Swi tch Th e adm inist ra tor c an m od ify the De fa ult tem pla tes na m e and param e ters and ca n add new temp la tes to th e D efaul ts list. Fo r m ore info rma tion about the Defa ult Confere nce t empl ate [...]

MGC W ebCommander Us er ’s Gui de 4-13 MGC W eb Server and the MC U field is set to Aut o in t he C onf eren ce temp la te, the syst em sele cts th e MC U to run the con fere nce acco rd ing to the or der in w hich th e y are def ined in the M C U table or in th e MC U list ass igne d to the lo gged in us er . If no MCU is c onnec ted to the MGC [...]

Ch ap ter 4 - N ew M e eti ng Wind ow 4- 14 Sen ding an E -mail to Conferen ce Par ticipant s Follow ing th e success ful laun ch of a re servati on or On Going c onfere nce, t he syst em enables you to send an E -mail w ith a meeti ng no tifica tion to co nfer enc e p artic ip ants. T o se nd an E -m ail: 1. Click OK to send an E-m ail o r clic k [...]

MGC W ebCommander Us er ’s Gui de 4-15 infor mation on P erson al Det ails , r efer to pa ge 3-5. I f no E -mail a ddress was de fine d, you c an add it manua lly . 4. T h e Subject field in cl ude s the c onf er enc e p ar ame ter s. 5. T h e E- ma il body i ncl udes the conf erenc e st art d ate a nd time, dial-in /dial- out numbe rs, I P addr [...]

Ch ap ter 4 - N ew M e eti ng Wind ow 4- 16 When th e recipi ent of the conf erence invi tati on clic ks the vCalendar atta chment, the user' s defa ul t app ointment cale ndar ope ns. The confe renc e is pl ace d as an appoint ment in t he ca lendar ( or if t here is alrea dy an a ppoint ment se t for tha t time , t he appr opria te noti fica[...]

MGC W ebCommander Us er ’s Gui de 4-17 • Pa rti cipant s wit h the same ISDN phone numbers , or • Partic ip ants w ith th e sa me I P add ress Dependi ng on the conne cti on type of a parti cip ant, dif feren t crite ria are use d to dete rmine if in deed the “ same” part ic ipant i s doubl e booked. T he follow ing tabl e lists t hes e c[...]

Ch ap ter 4 - N ew M e eti ng Wind ow 4- 18 T able 4 -2 det ails the infor matio n tha t is d isplaye d: T o resolv e pa rtici pant co nf lict s: 1. Sele ct the c heck b ox(es ) of the r equested pa rti cipant (s) you would li ke t o keep in t he confe ren ce curr en tly b eing sc hedul ed. 2. Clear t he ch eck box(es ) of t he requ este d part ici[...]

MGC W ebCommander Us er ’s Gui de 4-19 Defining a New Particip ant from the New Meeti ng W indo w If you w ant t o add a part icipa nt who was not prev iousl y defi ned, you can do thi s during t he s cheduli ng of the new meeti ng. Y ou must h ave the approp riate permi ssi ons to de fine a n ew part icipa nt . T o define a new p a rticip ant fr[...]

Ch ap ter 4 - N ew M e eti ng Wind ow 4- 20 The Part ic ipant Dial og P age opens. 2. D ef ine the p a ram eters a s detai led in T able 4-3. T able 4 -3: Pa r tic ipant Dialog Page p aram eters Option Desc ri ption Name The system d i sp lays t he defaul t n ame def ined i n the cu rrent ly acti ve Parti cip ant Defaul t set. T ype the p arti cipa[...]

MGC W ebCommander Us er ’s Gui de 4-21 Con necti on ( con’t ) • Dial -out - The MCU calls the parti cip ant at c onferen ce t ime. Y ou must ent er the p articip ant’s p hone number in th e Pa rticip ant Number box, or IP address/Al ias whe n defini ng the p articip ant. If the M anual Dial -Ou t opt ion is sel ect ed for th e c onferen ce [...]

Ch ap ter 4 - N ew M e eti ng Wind ow 4- 22 SIP Select the SIP option i f the par ticip ant is an SIP p artici pa nt/SI P ph one pa rtic ipant . SIP Add res s sip: [u ser name]@[dom ain] . Note t h at t h e S IP URI adhere s to URI rules: no sp aces or special ch aracter s suc h a s co mmas, quo tati on mar ks, inver t ed tags and s o for th eit he[...]

MGC W ebCommander Us er ’s Gui de 4-23 3. The na me of t he ne w parti cipa nt is added to th e new mee ting and displ aye d in t he Co nference De ta ils ar ea o f the N ew M eet in g w indow . 4. C lic k OK . Sa ve Parti cipan t in the Dat aba se Se lect th is check box to save the par t icip ant in t he c urrent g roup an d dat abase, cr eatin[...]

Ch ap ter 4 - N ew M e eti ng Wind ow 4- 24 Sc h edu l i n g a C o nf e r e n ce Using the New Me eting window , you can schedule a conf erence to Sta r t Imme diatel y (On Goi ng conf erenc e) or to start a utoma tic ally a t a pr edef ined date an d time ( Calender reser vati on) . T o sc hed ule a c onf erenc e f r om th e Ne w M eetin g wind o [...]

MGC W ebCommander Us er ’s Gui de 4-25 contai n s pr e- def ined p artic ip ants, th ey a re listed in the Co nf erence Deta ils pane. 3. In t he Participant s Li st s elect t he che ck boxe s ne xt to th e part ic ipants t o invite to the m ee ting . Y ou c an sel ect part icip a nts fr om all pa rticip ants lists (Dir ec tory , R ece nt an d Fa[...]

Ch ap ter 4 - N ew M e eti ng Wind ow 4- 26 6. D ef ine th e fo llow in g para m eters:. T able 4 -4: S t art window p arameters Option Descr iptio n Name A defaul t confere nce na me is a utomati cal ly ass ign ed to the new con ference , compos ed of the name of tem plate on which the conferenc e is based, th e user name or the user’ s E-mai l [...]

MGC W ebCommander Us er ’s Gui de 4-27 Num er i c ID (co nt. ) Note : If the MCU is conf igured to support only au t om at ic assi gnmen t of Numer ic Confer enc e ID s, then this f iel d i s disabl ed and the system will a utomati cal ly assi gn a Numeric Conf ere nce ID after y ou save the conf er ence on the MCU. Con f. En try Pa ssword T he p[...]

Ch ap ter 4 - N ew M e eti ng Wind ow 4- 28 7. Click OK . Th e sy stem t rie s to star t the c o nfer enc e o n o n e of the M C Us c urr ently conne cte d to t he MGC W eb Serv er . If sever al MCUs are conne cted to t he W e b Server and the MCU f iel d is se t to Auto in th e Co nfe ren ce temp la te, the syste m sele cts the MC U to run th e c [...]

MGC W ebCommander Us er ’s Gui de 4-29 If t he co nfere nce i s star ted su ccessf ull y on the MC U a nd the Meet Me Pe r C on ference o ptio n is set f or the confe ren ce, the system disp lays t he dia l-i n numb er th at should b e used by t he c onfe renc e parti cip ants, for ISDN /T 1-CA S a nd H .3 23 pa rticip ants. The I SDN phone numbe[...]

Ch ap ter 4 - N ew M e eti ng Wind ow 4- 30 Creating a Rec urrent Re serva tion R ecu rre n t res erv atio ns ( re ser va tion s th at occu r repe ate d ly) a re creat ed fr om the St a r t w indow . Y ou must defi ne the sta rt da te a nd ti me of t he fi rst res e rva tion , an d s peci fy the r ec urr ence p atte rn. Fo r exa m pl e, if you p la[...]

MGC W ebCommander Us er ’s Gui de 4-31 The Reserva tion Recurr ence pane opens. 3. Def ine the fo llow ing pa ramet ers: T able 4-5 : Recurr ing Reser vat ions pa r ameter s Fiel d Descr iptio n Rep eat Select th e frequ ency (Dail y , W eek ly or Mont hly) at which t he reserv ation occ ur s. If Daily is se lec ted, th e s ystem au t omat ical l[...]

Ch ap ter 4 - N ew M e eti ng Wind ow 4- 32 4. Click OK . If no MCU is connect ed to the MGC W eb Server , a n appropr iate error mess age is displ ayed. Repea t (cont .) If Mont hly is sel ected, the sys tem autom atic ally set s the c urrent day as define d in th e Schedul er dialog box . With Monthl y you are requi re d to choo se either the “[...]

MGC W ebCommander Us er ’s Gui de 4-33 If th e c onfer en c e w as star te d succe s sfully on the M C U and the Meet Me Pe r C on ference o ptio n is set f or the confe ren ce, the system disp lays t he dia l-i n numb er th at should b e used by t he c onfe renc e parti cip ants, for ISDN /T 1-CA S a nd H .3 23 pa rticip ants. The I SDN phone nu[...]

Ch ap ter 4 - N ew M e eti ng Wind ow 4- 34 a. If no t all the res ervati ons are suc cessf ull y schedule d on t he MCU, a dia log box a ppear s reque st ing whet her t o lis t the unsc he duled c onf eren c es. b. C lic k OK to v i ew th e Recu rrence Status Li st dialog box o r cl ick Cancel to c ontinue w ithout listi ng the unsche duled conf e[...]

MGC W ebCommander Us er ’s Gui de 4-35 When a n E-m ail is se nt to p artici pa nts, y ou can incl ude a V ia V id eo an d vCal ender /iCa lende r forma t at ta chment s (f or more in format ion, s ee “Sending an E-ma il to Conf eren ce Parti ci pants ” on page 4-14 ) by se lect ing t he appr opria te c heck b oxes. W it h re curre nt re se r[...]

Ch ap ter 4 - N ew M e eti ng Wind ow 4- 36 The na me of e ach of the r ecurr ent r eserva ti ons c annot b e modif ied. However , the para mete rs of an i ndivi dual rec ur rent conf eren ce can be modifi ed by d oubl e-cli cki ng the speci fic reser vation. E-mail Up date a fter Res ervation Ch ange Based on t he us er pe rmissi on, Partia l Para[...]

MGC W ebCommander Us er ’s Gui de 4-37 The Co nference Re s erv a tio n window opens. 3. C lic k the Send E- mail l ink. a. F or u ser s wi th the V iew m od e: Basi c p ermi ssio n, clic k the Sen d E ma il button.[...]

Ch ap ter 4 - N ew M e eti ng Wind ow 4- 38 4. When you do not select th e Send E-mail link/but ton, th e system prompts the or gani zer if he /she requi res the send ing of a n E- mail. 5. Click OK , to send th e E -mail . When y ou cl ick Cancel , conference par tici pant s do not receive the e-mail .[...]

MGC W ebCommander Us er ’s Gui de 4-39 Diali ng in to the Confer ence Defin ed ISDN Par ticipant s Dial- in ISDN p ar tic ipan ts ca n d ial-in to a c onf eren c e di rect ly or via a n En try Qu e ue. A ltern ati ve ly , if the co n fer en ce is d efin ed as M ee t Me Pe r Co nf erence or Meeting Room, p artici pants c an si mply di al-in to th [...]

Ch ap ter 4 - N ew M e eti ng Wind ow 4- 40 T o displ ay the list of On Going c onfe renc es: • In th e Main Men u pane, clic k the On Going Confer ences l ink. The ISD N phon e number is base d on the dial- i n phone numbe rs r ange defin ed f or the MC U. I f the PB X trunca tes the first d igits th es e digits have to be added t o the number c[...]

MGC W ebCommander Us er ’s Gui de 4-41 Defined H.323 Participants Dial-i n The dia ling stri ng tha t shoul d be us ed by pa rti cipant s to co nnect to t he con fer en ce is d isp la yed w he n th e c onf eren c e is s aved on the MCU a n d is also sent to par tici pant s in the E-mail ( if you h ave sele cte d to se nd one ). When th e confe re[...]

Ch ap ter 4 - N ew M e eti ng Wind ow 4- 42 Figure 4- 1: T ypical SI P Confer enci ng Layout Dial-in S cen ario—S IP En vironm ent P artici p a nts ca n di al in to an E n try Q ueu e, o r dire ctl y to a co nfe re nce o r to a Meeting Room. Us ing an Ent ry Queu e minimi zes t he numbe r of confere nces that r equir e regis tr ation w ith the SI[...]

MGC W ebCommander Us er ’s Gui de 4-43 Direct Dial-in Scenario— SIP Envi ronment If t he IP add ress of the MCU IP ca rd is known, a di rect e ndpoint to MCU conne ction i s possible , but not re commende d. This di rect connect ion uses the Redirect mode onl y . The SIP endpoi nt di als t he IP addre ss of th e IP ca rd or i ts hos t name. Fig[...]

Ch ap ter 4 - N ew M e eti ng Wind ow 4- 44 Mi xed Enviro nmen t s Conferen ce Scenar io In mixe d envi ronment s, pa rti cipan ts c an conne ct to t he sa me confe renc e on the MCU eithe r over I SDN or ove r I P . Figure 4- 3: SI P Mi xed Envir onment After e stabl ishi ng a conne ction t o the confe rence (each over its co rres pondin g network[...]

5-1 5 Monitoring an On Going Confere nce A n On Goin g conf er enc e is a confer en c e that is s tar te d imme d iate ly or when the Calender’ s sche duled reser vation da te an d ti me is re ached. An On Goi ng confe renc e can be invo ked in o ne of th e fol lowing ways: • S t arted i mmedi ate ly fro m N ew M eet in g defi nition • S tar [...]

Ch ap ter 5 - Mo nito r ing a n On G oin g Co nfe r ence 5- 2 In al l conf eren ces, you ma y conne ct a nd disc onnect pa rti cipa nts, mut e and unmute the part ic ipant’ s audio channe l, change t he par tici pant ’ s audio volume, add new partici pant s to th e conf erence, e xtend t he conf eren ce durat ion, t ermi nate t he conf erenc e [...]

MGC W ebCommander Us er ’s Gui de 5-3 Spe cia l icon s ar e use d to indic at e the p a rticip ant sta tu s in an O n Go ing con f eren ce . Dial -out pa rti cip ants are usua lly connect ed dir ectl y to t he conf erence. Dial- out pa rtic ip ants are call ed by t he MCU and ar e conne cted t o the conferen ce when the connect ion be tween the M[...]

Ch ap ter 5 - Mo nito r ing a n On G oin g Co nfe r ence 5- 4 The Me eti ng Di re ct or Pan e The Meeting D ir ector p ane l ists the On Going c onf erence s runni ng on all con nect ed M CUs . T o ac cess t he Mee ti ng Direc tor from t he WebCo mm a nde r sit e: 1. In the Main Me n u pane, clic k the On Going Confer ences link. • If ther e are [...]

MGC W ebCommander Us er ’s Gui de 5-5 • If t her e are mo re than t wo O n G oin g c o nferen ce s r unni ng th at you have permis sio n to monito r, the lis t of thes e confere nc es opens in the Meeting Dir ect or wi ndow: The l ist may i nclude On Going c onfer ence s that were s tart ed by ot he r users f r om te mplate s assign e d to Grou[...]

Ch ap ter 5 - Mo nito r ing a n On G oin g Co nfe r ence 5- 6 If you h a ve a dministr ator right s t o vie w all On Goi ng confe rences , the lis t can i nclud e all the On Going c onf erence s starte d by a ll t he users o n all t he c onnected MCUs. A” ke y” icon n ext t o the confe rence na me indi cate s that t he conferen ce can be monit [...]

MGC W ebCommander Us er ’s Gui de 5-7 Follow in g i s the Me eti ng D ir e ctor monitoring w indow f or a video c onf eren c e: Follow in g i s the Me eti ng D ir e ctor monitoring w indow f or an Audio Only c onfer en c e: Partic ipant S tatus Display Pane T ool bar Vi deo Lay out T oo lbar Vi de o La you t Pa ne Con ference m enu Scrol l Ba rs [...]

Ch ap ter 5 - Mo nito r ing a n On G oin g Co nfe r ence 5- 8 Conf eren ce Ic on s a nd In di ca ti o ns V a rious i cons and T oolT ips ar e used to indi cate the confer ence and par ticipa nt status , enabli ng you to co ncentra te on thos e par ticipa nts tha t req uire your he lp in con necti ng or d isconne cting t o/f rom the confe renc e. T [...]

MGC W ebCommander Us er ’s Gui de 5-9 Lecture Mode - T o selec t the Le cture mode fo r the confer ence st a rts a l ecture i n the confer enc e. Clic king this bu tton open s t he Le cture Mode window . Y ou a r e abl e to sel ect th e Presen t ation Mode or No ne . For m ore d et ails s ee the MGC Manager User’ s G uide, V olu me I, Ch a pt e[...]

Ch ap ter 5 - Mo nito r ing a n On G oin g Co nfe r ence 5- 10 Ex tend Confere nce Tim e - M anual l y exte nds th e c onferen ce dur ation. T er minate Confe renc e - Man ually t erminat es t he c onferen ce. Se cure Confere nce (IVR-en abl ed confer ences only ) - Indi cat es that the confer ence i s in Secure Mode. For d etai ls, see p age 5- 24[...]

MGC W ebCommander Us er ’s Gui de 5-11 Par ti cip ant Ic on s a nd I nd ica tio n s Con fere nce part icipa nt s can h a ve diffe rent role s: a sta nda rd par tic ipan t, a c hai r per son , o r an o per ato r . • S t andard part icip ant s take part in t he conf er ence . They pe rfo rm op erations via their tel ephone using t he tou ch-t one[...]

Ch ap ter 5 - Mo nito r ing a n On G oin g Co nfe r ence 5- 12 Par ticip ant Ico ns P artici pa nt ico ns are u sed to in dica te th e statu s and the ty pe o f the p artici pa nt. T abl e 5-2 de scr ibes the icon s th at are used to in dicat e the t ype of c onfere nce pa rti cipan t. T ab le 5-2: Par tici pant i con s Ico n Des cripti on S t anda[...]

MGC W ebCommander Us er ’s Gui de 5-13 VIP (V ery Impor t ant Perso n) - A part ici pa nt designa ted as VIP will be displa yed with a spec ial VIP icon. Y ou can designa te a VIP part icip an t from the Par ticip ant Propert ies dia log bo x duri ng the conf ere nce def initi on or during t he On Goi ng con ferenc e. Exclusi ve Sp eaker - T hi s[...]

Ch ap ter 5 - Mo nito r ing a n On G oin g Co nfe r ence 5- 14 Co nn ec tio n Status Ic on s T abl e 5-3 de scrib es the icon s that a re used to in dicat e the s tatus of the pa rti cipan t c on necti on to th e con fe ren ce. T oolT ips ar e used to indi cat e stat uses and the funct io nalit y of butt ons. T o Displ ay the T oolT ips, poi nt to [...]

MGC W ebCommander Us er ’s Gui de 5-15 The conn ection is proble mati c. In vi deo co nferenc es it may b e caused whe n the sync hroniz ation i s lost or when the p art ici pan t is conne cted a s s econdary ( th e vid eo c hanne l cou ld not be conne cted s o t he p arti cipa nt i s c onnec ted v i a i s audi o chann el onl y) . Click ing the b[...]

Ch ap ter 5 - Mo nito r ing a n On G oin g Co nfe r ence 5- 16 Au di o Con ne c tion St atu s Ico ns T abl e 5-4 de scrib es the icon s that a re used to in dicat e the s tatus of the a udio ch ann el c onne cti on o f th e par tic ipan t to th e c on feren c e. Th ese icon s ar e rel evant t o vide o con ference s. Most of t he ic ons are rel evan[...]

MGC W ebCommander Us er ’s Gui de 5-17 The audio chan nel of the p arti cipa nt is muted by t he pa rticip ant and the MCU. The audio chan nel of the p arti cipa nt is muted by t he operato r and the tr ansmi ssion of audio to the par tici pa nt site i s blocked. (App licab le to vid eo conf erence onl y . ) The audio chan nel of the p arti cipa [...]

Ch ap ter 5 - Mo nito r ing a n On G oin g Co nfe r ence 5- 18 Vide o St atu s Ico ns T abl e 5-5 de scrib es the icon s that a re used to in dicat e the s tatus of video co nne cti on of the p artic ip ant to the c on fere nce. T hese ico ns ar e r elev ant to video conferen ces only. Th e audi o channe l of the pa rtic ip ant is muted by the o pe[...]

MGC W ebCommander Us er ’s Gui de 5-19 T able 5 -5: V ideo connectio n s t atus i cons S tat us Ic on/ Button Descr iptio n (green) The video chan nel of the par ticipa nt is conne cte d. (gr ay ) The video c hanne l is di sc onnec ted, and theref ore the ico n is graye d-ou t and does not appe ar as a button . The video chan nel is conn ect ed a[...]

Ch ap ter 5 - Mo nito r ing a n On G oin g Co nfe r ence 5- 20 Q&A B uttons The Q&A but tons ar e enab led du ring a n On Going Conf eren ce i n the Q&A list. T hese but tons mus t be activate d in t he MGC W e b Server Manager Perm ission P r opert ies - Setting 2 ta b. Th e f ollo wi ng Q&A b utt on s ar e ava i la ble: Th e fol l[...]

MGC W ebCommander Us er ’s Gui de 5-21 Connecti on T ype Ic ons T able 5- 7 descr ibes t he ico ns th a t ar e used to in dic ate the p artic ip ant conne ction t o the confe rence; dial- in, dial- out or di r ect. Next qu estioner Sets t he pa rtic ipant as the next que stione r in the queue . T able 5 -7: Co nnection t ype i co ns S tat us Ic o[...]

Ch ap ter 5 - Mo nito r ing a n On G oin g Co nfe r ence 5- 22 Q&A Th e Q&A ses sion orga nizes pa r tic ipant 's ques t ions or c omment s during an On Goi ng c onfere nce. Th e conf ere nce moder ator can see who is current ly a sking a quest i on, who is in the queue t o ask a quest ion, the or der of the p arti ci pan ts in the que[...]

MGC W ebCommander Us er ’s Gui de 5-23 Sor tin g Part icip ant Pro pert ies When moni tori ng an On Going conf er ence, part icula rly c onfere nces w ith a long par tici pant li st, the part icipa nt p roperties - Name, St at us, Mut e/ Un-mut e, V olume, Party Phone, Conn ect ion T ype and Q&A - c an be sor ted in asce nding or desce nding [...]

Ch ap ter 5 - Mo nito r ing a n On G oin g Co nfe r ence 5- 24 Se cu re Co nf er en ce M od e S ecur e Co n fer en ce M ode co mp le tely lo c ks a co nf er ence an d den ies o ut sid e partie s f rom monitor ing and con troll ing t he conf erence includi ng syst em administ rat or a nd MGC Manager op e rator . The Secur e Confer ence S ta tus is i[...]

MGC W ebCommander Us er ’s Gui de 5-25 O nly t he con f er ence ch air per so n can c an ce l th e se cu r e mo de f ro m h is/ he r endpoi nt usi ng the appropr i ate DTMF code . For mor e detail s se e the MGC Man age r Us er ’ s Gu ide , V olu me I, Ch a pter 6. T o o l Ti ps When poi nting t o the P arti cipant i con, a T oolT ip i s dis pl[...]

Ch ap ter 5 - Mo nito r ing a n On G oin g Co nfe r ence 5- 26 The foll owing part icipa nt s tatuse s may be i ndic ated i n the P arti cipant T oolT ip: • S t and B y - In a dial- out confere nc e, the part icipa nt wait s to be connecte d to t he conf erence by the opera tor . When connec ting, the sta tus changes to Connecti ng . • Connecte[...]

MGC W ebCommander Us er ’s Gui de 5-27 When poi nt ing t o the co nne ct ion t yp e i con , the ToolTip sho ws the P a rticip an t Co nne ctio n typ e: Dial- in, D ial - out or Di re ct. T able 5 -8: T oolTi p opti ons T ool T ip Indicates The top segment in T oolT ip pop-up wi ndow indic ates the button functi onal ity , i. e. Mut e V ideo i ndi[...]

Ch ap ter 5 - Mo nito r ing a n On G oin g Co nfe r ence 5- 28 Gene ra l C o nfere nce I n fo rma tion P oin ting to th e Inform ation ic on lis ts the c onfe renc e gene ral setti ngs a nd status. T o vie w t he co nferenc e statu s from t he In form ation icon: • On th e T ool bar area of th e M eeting D ir ector/C onfe r enc e Manager wind ow [...]

MGC W ebCommander Us er ’s Gui de 5-29 IP Dial - in number Th e IP dia ling st ring t hat p arti cipa nts use to acces s the conf er ence . The dial ing str ing is compos ed of the H. 323 Ne t work Serv ice P r efix a nd the c onferen ce ID. Numeri c ID Th e Numeri c ID of the conf erence. A numeri c ID may be added manual ly or alloc ate d autom[...]

Ch ap ter 5 - Mo nito r ing a n On G oin g Co nfe r ence 5- 30 The V ide o Layo ut Pan e Accordi ng to t he vi deo sessi on se t for the c onfer ence , the V ideo Layout pane displ ays the vide o layou t cur rent ly s electe d for the confer ence or for t he pa rticip ant. W he n the v ideo sessio n is set to Continuous Pr esence (Cl assi c, Softwa[...]

MGC W ebCommander Us er ’s Gui de 5-31 The V ideo Lay out pane enable s y ou t o selec t the p a rticip ant th a t wi ll be vie wed in each video layou t window (video for cing) . The forcing can be done at the confe renc e le vel or per pa rti cip ant. I n additi on, you c an view and modify each part icipa nt ’ s Persona l La yout a nd sele c[...]

Ch ap ter 5 - Mo nito r ing a n On G oin g Co nfe r ence 5- 32 T o h ide the V ideo L ayout pan e: • Point to the Con ference Ac tio ns menu, a nd clic k Hide Layout Pane . The lay out pan e is hi dden. T o sho w the V ideo Layout p ane : • Point to the Con ference Ac tio ns menu a nd then clic k S how La yout Pane .[...]

MGC W ebCommander Us er ’s Gui de 5-33 Operati ons Pe rformed during On Going Co n f er en c es Ope ra tio ns pe rf orme d du ring A ud io a nd Video co nf eren ce s If you h a ve t he appr opria te permi ssi ons t he fo l lowi ng opera tio ns may b e perf orme d while monit oring a n On Going c onf erenc e (bot h Audi o Only and vide o confe ren[...]

Ch ap ter 5 - Mo nito r ing a n On G oin g Co nfe r ence 5- 34 • Lock or unloc k the c onfer ence to di al-in p artic ipan ts - for de tai ls see “Loc king an d Unlocki ng a Confere nce f or Di al-in P art icipa nts ” on page 5 -64 • Mo dify th e confe ren ce B illin g Co de, u ser defin ed f ields and r ema rks - fo r det ails s ee “ Add[...]

MGC W ebCommander Us er ’s Gui de 5-35 • Sel ect the L ect u re opti on to be u se d for the con f eren ce - f or det ails se e “Controll ing t he Le cture Mo de” on pa ge 5-94 • Mute and unmut e t he video c ha nnel of a par tici pant - fo r det ails see “Muting/Unmu ting a Parti cipa nt” on page 5-61 • Bloc k the audi o trans miss[...]

Ch ap ter 5 - Mo nito r ing a n On G oin g Co nfe r ence 5- 36 Se lec tin g Op tio n s The part icip ant level opera tions are pe rforme d by se lec ting t he appropr iate opti on from t he Participant me nu. Other ope rat ions are perfor med by cli cki ng the appropri at e b utton in the pa rticip ants l ist. Most of t he c onfere nce le vel op er[...]

MGC W ebCommander Us er ’s Gui de 5-37 Other o pe rati ons a re pe rforme d by c licki ng the appropr i ate but ton i n the Me eti ng D ir ecto r toolbar. Eac h of the men u opt ions and t he oper ations performed i n the M eeting Direct or module is a vaila ble on l y t o user s with the app ropri ate pe r missi ons . T o olbar but tons[...]

Ch ap ter 5 - Mo nito r ing a n On G oin g Co nfe r ence 5- 38 Viewin g Co nf er en ce Nu me ric ID A Conferenc e Nume ric ID is a unique number a ssi gned t o a conf eren ce, ide ntif ying it to the sy stem. I t ca n be u sed b y pa rticip a nts to acc ess th e confe rence. A Confe rence Nume ric ID can be assi gn ed via t wo methods : Aut oma t i[...]

MGC W ebCommander Us er ’s Gui de 5-39 Conn ec ting Dia l-o u t Par ticipant s Wh en th e Dia l-out Manuall y opti on is selec ted f or the co nfe ren ce, the oper ator has to in itia te t he c onnecti on from t he MCU to t he di al-out par ticip ant. Fo r furth er in for matio n o n th e c onne ctivit y op tion s se e “Parti cipant Connecti on[...]

Ch ap ter 5 - Mo nito r ing a n On G oin g Co nfe r ence 5- 40 Di sco n ne ct ing P a rtici p an t s On occa sio n, a par tic ipan t w ill not n ee d to c on tinu e with a con f eren ce . In such a c ase, you c an di sconnec t t he partic ipant. W hen you disc o nnect a p articip an t, the r esou rces a ssigne d to th e par tic ipan t rem ain alloc[...]

MGC W ebCommander Us er ’s Gui de 5-41 Re co nn ec tin g P ar tic ip ants A disconne c ted part ic ipant c an be r econne cted t o the conferen ce. T o recon n ec t a di sco nn ect ed pa rt ici pa nt : • In t h e St atus column , cl ick the Connection button. Alt ernativ el y , point t o the par tici pan t’ s arr ow , an d th e n clic k Co nn[...]

Ch ap ter 5 - Mo nito r ing a n On G oin g Co nfe r ence 5- 42 Ad d in g Pa rt ici pant s to t he Co nf er en ce Y o u c an ad d a P artici pan t temp la te t o an On G oi ng c onfer en c e. T o add a pa rticip ant to th e On G oin g conf eren ce: 1. Po int to the Con ference Ac tio ns me nu, and c lick Add Pa rt icip ant s . A ltern ati vel y , cl[...]

MGC W ebCommander Us er ’s Gui de 5-43 The Add Parti cipant w indow opens, le tt ing you se lect the Pa rti cipa nt tem plate (s) from the list . The system displa ys the Database Name as a re fere nc e. The Add Pa rtici pants li st inclu des a ll the Par tici pan t tem pl ate s curren tl y ass igne d to t he selec ted Group t o which you h ave a[...]

Ch ap ter 5 - Mo nito r ing a n On G oin g Co nfe r ence 5- 44 3. If the list i s very l ong , you c an nar row your sea rch t o displ ay a shor ter , more c oncise l ist by clic king t he Filter button. The Filter wi ndow open s. — Define th e filte r op tion s as desc ribe d in T a b le 5- 10. 4. Click OK to apply the se lec ted se arch criter [...]

MGC W ebCommander Us er ’s Gui de 5-45 5. Se lect the check box ne xt to t he na me of t he par ticipan t to add to the conf erenc e. Y o u can a dd sever al pa rtic ipant s in one opera ti on by sel ecti ng their chec k boxes . 6. C lic k OK t o a dd the par tici pan t( s) to the c on fere nce. The Ad d P artici p ants wind ow closes and the sel[...]

Ch ap ter 5 - Mo nito r ing a n On G oin g Co nfe r ence 5- 46 Defin in g a N ew Pa rt icipant Du rin g an On Go ing Confe re nce Y ou can de fine a new part icipa nt duri ng the monit orin g of an O n Going co nfer enc e. T he p ar ticip ant is a ut om atic ally a d ded to th e con fer en ce . If desir ed, the part icipa nt c an also be add ed to [...]

MGC W ebCommander Us er ’s Gui de 5-47 For use rs with Vi e w M o d e : B a s i c Permission , the Partici pant Di alog Page wi ndow open s. — Define the pa rti ci pant pr opert ies a s de scri bed in Chapte r 4, “Defin ing a New P artic ipan t from the New Meet ing W i ndow” on page 4- 19. Dif ferent fiel ds are enabl ed for V ideo and Aud[...]

Ch ap ter 5 - Mo nito r ing a n On G oin g Co nfe r ence 5- 48 For user s w ith the V iew M o de: A dministrato r permiss ion, the Parti ci pant Pr operties – B asic wind ow opens. — Def ine the part icipa nt pr opert ies a s descri bed i n Chapt er 4, “Defi ning a New Part ic ipant f rom the New Meeti ng W indow” on page 4-19 . 2. For us e[...]

MGC W ebCommander Us er ’s Gui de 5-49 3. For use rs wi th the V iew M ode: Ad minist rat or permi ssi on, the A dvanced ta b is avail able fo r defi ning a ddit ional p arameters . If re quire d, cli ck t he Ad van ced tab . The Par ticipant Pr opert ies - Advanced w indow op ens. 4. Def ine the Advanced Parti cipant Pr operties a s de scrib ed [...]

Ch ap ter 5 - Mo nito r ing a n On G oin g Co nfe r ence 5- 50 T o d efine a new T1 -C AS part icip a nt d ur ing a n On G oin g c onf erenc e: 1. Po int to the Con ference Ac tio ns me nu, and t hen cli ck Ne w Pa rt ic i p ant . A ltern ati vel y , cli ck the Ne w Partici pant butt on f rom the Meeting Direc tor t oolba r . For user s with th e V[...]

MGC W ebCommander Us er ’s Gui de 5-51 permi ssi on the Partic ipant Dialog P age wi ndow open s. 2a. Define the pa rtic i pant pr opert ies a s des cri bed in Chapte r 4, “Defin ing a New P artic ipan t from the New Meet ing W i ndow” on page 4-19. For use rs w ith the V iew Mode - A dmini st rator permi ssi on, the Par ticipant Pr opert ies[...]

Ch ap ter 5 - Mo nito r ing a n On G oin g Co nfe r ence 5- 52 3. In the Conne ction T y pe list , sele ct Dia l - o ut . Only dial-o ut T1-CA S partic i pants ma y be de fine d. Undefi ned di al -in T1 -CAS p artic ipan ts ma y join Me eti ng Roo ms, M ee t Me Pe r confe renc es and Entr y Queues by d iali ng the appr opria t e T1- CAS dia l-i n n[...]

MGC W ebCommander Us er ’s Gui de 5-53 Viewin g th e Par t icipant P r oper ti es Y ou c an view the bas ic pr opert ies o f a par tici pant . T o vie w the part icip ant p rop erti es: • In t h e Na me colu mn , clic k on the pa rticip a nt hype rli nk. Alt erna tivel y , point to the arrow to the ri ght o f the par tici pan t’ s na me an d [...]

Ch ap ter 5 - Mo nito r ing a n On G oin g Co nfe r ence 5- 54 If t he par tici pant is d isconnecte d, you ma y cha nge the c onnecti on type from di al- in t o dia l-out . Us ually , you do t his to c onnect t he pa rti cipa nt if the re are c onnecti on probl ems. Mod ify i ng t he P art ici p ant Pr op er tie s Y ou can c han ge a part icipa nt[...]

MGC W ebCommander Us er ’s Gui de 5-55 The Par ticipant Dia log Page opens. 2. Delete th e nam e cur ren tly d ispla y ed in t he Name fi el d an d en ter th e ne w particip a nt n ame. 3. C lic k OK . The name is ch anged i n the Name co lu m n .[...]

Ch ap ter 5 - Mo nito r ing a n On G oin g Co nfe r ence 5- 56 Viewin g and M odifying the P ar ticip ant’s Properties du ring an O n G oing co nfere nce Durin g an On Goi ng co nfere nce you can view the Parti cipant Prope rti es of any par t ic i pa nt. T o v i ew t he P art ici p an t Pr op er ti e s: 1. Po int to the p articip a nt’ s ar ro[...]

MGC W ebCommander Us er ’s Gui de 5-57 Designating P articipant as V IP Y ou ca n d e sig nate par tic i pan t as VIP i n th e Pa rtici pant Properties dia log box defi ned dur ing t he part ic ipant’ s templat e def inition o r during t he conf eren ce defi nit ion. A part icipa nt or c ha irpe rson designa ted as VIP i s dis pla yed wit h a s[...]

Ch ap ter 5 - Mo nito r ing a n On G oin g Co nfe r ence 5- 58 M on it oring V IP P art ic ipa nt s dur ing a n O n G oing conf eren ce During an O n Going conf erenc e a part ic ipant de si gnated as V IP , appears w ith the VIP ic o n. VIP Participa n t[...]

MGC W ebCommander Us er ’s Gui de 5-59 Designating a Pa rticip ant as the Chair person Duri ng an On Going I VR-ena bled conf er ence a pa rti cip ant can re quest to become the confer ence ch airp er son throug h one of the fo llowi ng metho ds: • Ente ring th e ap prop r iate DTM F c ode from the p artic ip ant’ s D T M F- enba bled endpo i[...]

Ch ap ter 5 - Mo nito r ing a n On G oin g Co nfe r ence 5- 60 Delet in g a Pa rt icip a nt f rom an On G oing Co nfer en ce When a pa rti cipant no longe r needs t o be par t of a confe renc e and t here is no need to r e connect him/he r , you ca n rel ease th e re sour ces a llocat ed t o the part icipa nt (f re eing the m for us e by ot her e n[...]

MGC W ebCommander Us er ’s Gui de 5-61 Mut ing/Un m utin g a Part icip ant Occasi onal ly , a confe renc e or ganiz er may wa nt t o exclude the audio and/ or vide o channe l of a part ic ular part icipa nt fro m pa rt of an On Going confe renc e. A par ticipa nt’ s audio a nd/or video signals can b e muted. A par ticipan t whose audio and/or v[...]

Ch ap ter 5 - Mo nito r ing a n On G oin g Co nfe r ence 5- 62 T o M ute/U nmu te th e par tic ipant ’ s vide o chann el: • In th e P artic ipant s list - Mult ime d ia colum n, clic k the V ideo button. When th e parti cip ant is mute d by the opera tor , a red diagon al li ne appears o n the Vi d e o butto n in the Multim ed ia co lu mn. T o [...]

MGC W ebCommander Us er ’s Gui de 5-63 Co nt roll ing t he Par tic ipant ’ s Bro ad cas ti ng an d Li st en ing Vo l u m e The Broa dcasti ng and Li ste ning vol ume of t he pa rti cipant ’ s ca n be c hanged duri ng an On G oing c onfere nce. Y ou can modi fy the volume of the audi o tra nsmit ted f rom the pa rti cipa nt’ s e ndp oint to [...]

Ch ap ter 5 - Mo nito r ing a n On G oin g Co nfe r ence 5- 64 Lo cki ng a nd Un lo cki ng a Con fe r en ce fo r D ial- in P arti cipants Y o u ca n loc k or u nlock a n O n Goi ng conf er ence t o d i al- in p ar t ic ip a nt s . Th e Lock/Unloc k opti on is dynami c and can be a ppli ed a ny ti me bef ore or during the conf er ence. This opt ion [...]

MGC W ebCommander Us er ’s Gui de 5-65 T o unl o c k a co nf er en ce : • Point to the C onfer ence Ac tions menu, and t hen c lick Unl oc k . Alt erna tivel y , unlo c k th e con f eren ce by c lic king th e Lock button on the toolba r . The ic on in t he t oolbar changes to a n unlocked stat e.[...]

Ch ap ter 5 - Mo nito r ing a n On G oin g Co nfe r ence 5- 66 Ad d in g or View in g t he Co nf er en ce ’ s A ddi ti on al In fo rmat io n Dur ing a n On Go ing Confe rence Y o u c an ad d o r mo dif y the co nf er ence Billi n g co de, th e Co nf er ence Ge n eral Info rmat ion as i t a ppear s in the Us er Defi ned fi e lds and Rema rks. Rema[...]

MGC W ebCommander Us er ’s Gui de 5-67 The Confe r enc e Addi tional Infor mat ion w indow ope ns. 3. Def ine the fo llow ing pa ramet ers. T ype a n ew remark i n the Remar ks fie ld Click Add R emar k to ad d th e rem ar k to the R emar ks His tor y Dis play s re mar ks p rev ious ly enter e d by us ers or MGC Mana ger Ope rato rs w it h access[...]

Ch ap ter 5 - Mo nito r ing a n On G oin g Co nfe r ence 5- 68 Confer ence User Defin ed 1- 3 There a r e 3 User Defi ned fiel ds t hat enable you to enter gene ral inf or mation for the con f erence , such as the co m pan y n ame, th e cont ac t person name, t he conta c t pers on’ s E-mai l or tel epho ne number , or any requir ed info rmat ion[...]

MGC W ebCommander Us er ’s Gui de 5-69 Ch an gi ng th e C onf er en ce E nt ry Pas swor d an d Web/ Chair p erso n Pass wo rd Du rin g a n On Go in g C onfe renc e Y ou c an change the Conf erence Entry Password a nd the W eb/Cha irpe rson Passw ord d uring a n On Going c onf erence. T his i s usef ul for addi ng e xtra secur ity to a conf e renc[...]

Ch ap ter 5 - Mo nito r ing a n On G oin g Co nfe r ence 5- 70 2. T yp e a ne w passwor d (digit s onl y), and t hen cli ck OK . Ch an g in g t he Du ra ti on o f a Co nf er en ce It i s ofte n ne cessar y to ma nua lly ext end t he d urat ion of a confe re nce or ter m inat e a conf eren ce before its sch edule d complet ion time . Y o u ca n chan[...]

MGC W ebCommander Us er ’s Gui de 5-71 The End T i me w indo w opens. 2. Se t the ne w time the c onfere nce sho uld end usi ng a 24-ho ur format ; sel ect the n ew hour and mi nute s. Y ou can end the co nfere nce befor e its pred efin ed time, or you can ext end it. The maximum confe rence durat ion al lowed i s 99 hour s a nd 59 minut es. If y[...]

Ch ap ter 5 - Mo nito r ing a n On G oin g Co nfe r ence 5- 72 T o ex te nd the c o nf erenc e du rat io n: 1. Po int to the Con ference Ac tio ns me nu, and t hen cli ck Exte nd Co nf er en ce T i me . Alter n ati vely , in the M eeting D ir ector to olba r, click the Exte nd Co nf er e nce T ime icon. The Ex t end T ime window ope ns. 2. Sele ct [...]

MGC W ebCommander Us er ’s Gui de 5-73 T erm in a tin g a Co n feren c e If a confer en ce ends before it s schedul ed en d t ime, you can man ually term ina te it. T o term inat e a co n fe rence : 1. Po int to the C onfer ence Ac tions menu, and t hen c lick Te r m i n a t e . Alt erna tivel y , in the Me eti n g D ir e ctor toolbar, c lick t h[...]

Ch ap ter 5 - Mo nito r ing a n On G oin g Co nfe r ence 5- 74 3. If you cl ick OK , the f ollowi ng dia log box opens . 4. Click OK to exit to th e Me eting D ir e ctor window . Sele ct i ng t he V ideo Layo ut The MGC W ebComma nder en ables you t o se lect a diff ere nt vi deo layout during Continu ous P resenc e conf erence s. Y o u can se lect[...]

MGC W ebCommander Us er ’s Gui de 5-75 2. Point to t he icon w ith the nu mber of vi deo w indows to be dis pla yed on the sc re en . A pop- up men u appears, li sti ng the avail able layou ts for the se lec ted nu mber of w indows. On t he layout s menu, cl ick the icon of the desir ed la yout a rrangeme nt. Al l partic ipan ts who a re view ing[...]

Ch ap ter 5 - Mo nito r ing a n On G oin g Co nfe r ence 5- 76 T able 5 -12: Vi deo l ayou t opt ions Number of V ideo Wi ndows A vailab le Layout s 1 Classi c Mode Quad Views m ode 2 Classi c mode Quad Views m ode Soft war e mod e 3 Class ic mode Note : Th is wi ndow is o nl y avai lable in CP Classic mode . 4 Classi c mode Quad Views m ode Soft w[...]

MGC W ebCommander Us er ’s Gui de 5-77 Auto Layou t In conferen ces whe re the V ideo L ayout is set to “Aut o Layout " the syst em aut omatical ly s elects the confe renc e la yout ba sed on t he number of part icipa nts c onnect ed t o the conf erenc e. W ith Auto L ayout , when a new vide o part icipa nt i s connec ted/dis conne cted, t[...]

Ch ap ter 5 - Mo nito r ing a n On G oin g Co nfe r ence 5- 78 T o enabl e the Aut o Layout m ode: • In th e V ideo Lay out pane, click the Au to Layout button. When you se lect Aut o L ayo u t al l ot her lay out for mats a re di sable d. T o sele ct a s pecif ic l ayout for the conf er ence you have first to c an cel th e Auto Lay out mode . Au[...]

MGC W ebCommander Us er ’s Gui de 5-79 Selectin g a Per sonal Layou t Pers onal la yout i s vie wed only by t he i ndivi dual partici pant. Part ic ipants not vie wing the ir pe rsona l l ayout see t he conf erence layout. Part icip ants in Clic k&V i ew-enable d c onfere nces c an cha nge t heir persona l vide o layo uts usi ng DTMF codes . [...]

Ch ap ter 5 - Mo nito r ing a n On G oin g Co nfe r ence 5- 80 2. Se lec t th e C onf erenc e radio but ton t o have the p artic ipant vi e w the Confer ence layout . Sele ct the Pe rso nal r adio b utton to have t he part icipa nt vi ew his/ her P ersonal l ayout . 3. If the Perso nal ra dio but ton i s se lecte d, se lect a new la yout f or t he [...]

MGC W ebCommander Us er ’s Gui de 5-81 V ide o Fo rc ing Y ou c an selec t the part icipan t to appear i n each of th e video l ayout windows. V ide o forci ng ca n be per formed at the confer ence level or at the part icipan t leve l. V id eo for cing at the co nf er ence lev el app lie s to all the confer en c e par ticipa n ts but i t may be m[...]

Ch ap ter 5 - Mo nito r ing a n On G oin g Co nfe r ence 5- 82 Video Forcing at th e C onfer ence L evel V ideo f orci ng is done int eract ively b y dragging and dr opping the pa rti cipant icon o nto t he desire d vide o windo w in the V ideo L ayout pane. T o video f orc e: 1. In the P artici pants list , click t he p artici pan t’ s ic on an [...]

MGC W ebCommander Us er ’s Gui de 5-83 T o can cel the v ide o fo r c ing: • Clic k the rota ted pin. Th e te xt box is r ese t to Au to , indic ating tha t autom at ic sw itchi ng is a ctiv a ted. T o s et a win do w to appe a r as a bla ck scree n: • Dra g and dro p the Bl ack S c r een icon f rom the M eetin g D irector too lb ar to the de[...]

Ch ap ter 5 - Mo nito r ing a n On G oin g Co nfe r ence 5- 84 Video Forcing at th e Par ticip ant L evel F or e ac h co nfe re nce pa rt icipa n t yo u ca n sele ct t he p ar tic ipan ts to b e view ed i n each of t he vi deo l ayout wi ndow assi gned t o the m. T o for c e a p arti cipan t’ s layout: 1. In the Vi e w e d b y list, select the pa[...]

MGC W ebCommander Us er ’s Gui de 5-85 6. T o cancel t he vi deo for cing i n a de sire d window , clic k the p artic ipan t’ s pin. S el ec t th e pin to u nf orc e th e par ti ci pan t V ideo For cin g a t the Con f erenc e l eve l ove r ride s t he vi deo f orcin g at the part ic ipan t le ve l.[...]

Ch ap ter 5 - Mo nito r ing a n On G oin g Co nfe r ence 5- 86 End poi nt ’ s V is ua l C o nf er en ce I n di cat ions V isual I ndications (te xt and icons) can be displ ayed on the pa rtic ipant ’ s endpoi nt, eit he r in addi ti on to or inste ad of audi o mess ages. The vis ual indic ati ons are displ ayed o n the top o f the endpoint ’ [...]

MGC W ebCommander Us er ’s Gui de 5-87 The dis pla y of the visua l ind ication s and voice messa ge s can be configur e d and set in the syst em. cfg. Fo r a deta il ed desc ript ion se e the MGC Manager Release Notes, versi on 8 .0. Enab ling Visual Indicati ons Ro ll Ca ll setti ngs f or the audi o and voi ce i ndicat ions a pply t o the visua[...]

Ch ap ter 5 - Mo nito r ing a n On G oin g Co nfe r ence 5- 88 V i su al Eff ect s V isual Ef fe cts a llo w you to mo dify t he app earan ce of the bac kgrou nd and border s of t he vi deo image s sent t o endpo i nts in a Conti nuous Pre se nce c onf eren c es . Th e V isua l E ffect op tion s ar e: • Background c olor • Layout Bor der • Sp[...]

MGC W ebCommander Us er ’s Gui de 5-89 The Set V i su al Eff ect s d ialog box ope ns. T o modi fy the Backg round col or: 2. C lic k the ar row n ext to th e B ackgr ound c olor box. The Color dia log box o pe ns. 3. Cli ck a pr edef ined col or , or you c an cr eate yo ur ow n colo r by ent eri ng the v al ues for th e c olor in the Red , Gr ee[...]

Ch ap ter 5 - Mo nito r ing a n On G oin g Co nfe r ence 5- 90 6. T o modify t he bor der colors , c lick the arrow next to the L ayou t Bor der col or box . The Color di alo g box opens . 7. Sele ct a color fo r the Layout Border . For de tail s, se e “B ackgro und Color” above . 8. Click OK . Th e sele ct ed colo r is di spl ayed in th e L a [...]

MGC W ebCommander Us er ’s Gui de 5-91 Us ing Ch at M ess ag in g Confer ence mo derator s can c hat w ith one anothe r du ring a meeti ng usi ng te xt mess aging. U ser ’ s are requi red t o logi n int o the W ebCommander using Modera tor P ermi ssi ons. The r e are t wo ways t o cha t: • Public • Priv ate By defa ult , “ Public ” cha [...]

Ch ap ter 5 - Mo nito r ing a n On G oin g Co nfe r ence 5- 92 2. Pr ess the Cl ear button to e ras e all previ ously t yped messa ge s. Mo derat or sel ec tio n* Ch at b oar d Me ssa ge box Cl ea r M es sag es bu tto n Ne w messages app ear fir st in th e Chat boar d and incl ude the time (loc al) the mes sage wa s p ost ed.[...]

MGC W ebCommander Us er ’s Gui de 5-93 Enablin g the Chat opt ion: “Chat” can only be enable d/di sable d in the MGC W eb S erver Manag er Permiss ion Pr opert ies - Setti ng2 ta b, by se lect ing the Mod e rat ors Ch at check box.[...]

Ch ap ter 5 - Mo nito r ing a n On G oin g Co nfe r ence 5- 94 Cont ro lli ng the Lect ure Mo de The Lecture mode include s severa l lect uri ng opti ons which can be enab led or disable d dur ing an On Going co nfere nce. If the Lec tur e Mode is ena bled for t his con f er en ce d uri n g th e con fe re nce defini tion s, t he conf erence swi tch[...]

MGC W ebCommander Us er ’s Gui de 5-95 • Duri ng an On Going confe ren ce set to Pr esent ation Mode that is r unning on the sta ndard V ideo card , asymme tri c con fere nce layo uts are bloc ked and una vai lable for select ion. • When a confe renc e set to bot h Aut o Layout and Pre sen tation Mode is run on the S t andard V ideo c ard, t [...]

Ch ap ter 5 - Mo nito r ing a n On G oin g Co nfe r ence 5- 96 The L ectur e mode w indow opens. 2. In the dr op-d own box, s elect a ny of the f oll owing mod es : — Lec ture Mode — Pres ent ation Mode — None (when se lect ed di sable s t he mode) 3. T o e nab le the au tom a tic switc h ing betw een par tic ipan ts on the L ec ture r mon it[...]

MGC W ebCommander Us er ’s Gui de 5-97 Duri ng Lec ture Mode or P resen tati on Mode, the Le ctu r e Mo de but ton i n the tool bar i s pr essed. In Lecture Mode t he par tici pant sele cted as t he le ctur er ap p ears w i th th e Le ctu r er ic on. T o disa b le t he L ect ure M ode or P res e nt atio n M od e: In th e L ectur e Mode dialog b o[...]

Ch ap ter 5 - Mo nito r ing a n On G oin g Co nfe r ence 5- 98 Bl oc kin g /Un blo ck in g t he Au di o T r an smis sio n The Audio bl ock feat ure e nables the W e bCo mmander u ser to block the a udio tra nsmission fr om the c onfer ence to t he par tici pant’ s e ndpoint , p reventi ng thi s partici pant fr om hearing any audi o. Bloc king t h[...]

MGC W ebCommander Us er ’s Gui de 5-99 Exc lu siv e S p ea ker One part ic ipant c an be designa ted a s the conf e rence lec ture r/spe aker , while al l the o ther par ticipa n ts are m uted so th ey d o not int errup t the le ctu r e. Wh en desi gnating a pa rticipa nt as Excl usive Speak er , th e syste m auto ma tica lly mu tes all oth er p [...]

Ch ap ter 5 - Mo nito r ing a n On G oin g Co nfe r ence 5- 100 2. From the Ex cl us iv e Sp eak er list, sele ct t he name of th e pa rtic ipan t to be th e con f er en ce ex cl us i ve s pea k e r . 3. Click OK . Th e par tic ipan t is se t as an E xclu siv e Spea ker and all oth e r partic ip ants are m uted . A n icon i ndic ati ng th at t he p[...]

MGC W ebCommander Us er ’s Gui de 5-101 Pl ac i ng the C onf e ren ce On Ho l d A n On Goin g c onf eren c e ca n be p lac ed on hold . Wh e n a con f eren ce is o n hold, a ll part icipa nts hea r bac kgro und music. A confe renc e can be plac ed on hold a nd rele ased dur i ng an On Going co nfere nce. T o plac e a con fe rence O n H old: • P[...]

Ch ap ter 5 - Mo nito r ing a n On G oin g Co nfe r ence 5- 102 Mana ging a Q&A Se ssi on The Q&A sessi on or ga niz es par tici pant' s questi ons o r comment s dur ing a n O n Go ing co nf er ence . When a part icipa nt wa nts t o ask a questi on or comment on t he s ubje ct bei ng discusse d, t he par ti cipant pres ses the approp r[...]

MGC W ebCommander Us er ’s Gui de 5-103 Viewing th e Q&A L ist The c onfere nce mode rat or can see wh o i s curre ntl y ask ing a qu esti on, w ho is in t he queu e to as k a q ue stion, the order of the part ic ipants in t he que ue, what number a part icipa nt i s i n the queue, a nd how muc h time a par tici pant has been in the que ue wa[...]

Ch ap ter 5 - Mo nito r ing a n On G oin g Co nfe r ence 5- 104 on the Q&A tool bar , clic k: — Move Pa rtici pant t o First Pos ition in Q&A button or — Move Pa rtici pant t o Last Pos ition in Q &A bu tt on • Alter n ati vely , ch a nge the p ositio n o f a par ticipa n t in th e Q& A q ueue b y righ t-cl ic king th e Part i[...]

MGC W ebCommander Us er ’s Gui de 5-105 Lettin g the part icipa nt ask a questi on: • Point to the C onfer ence Ac tions menu, and t hen c lick Next Que stion er . Alt erna tivel y , clic k th e Next ques tioner butt on on the tool bar: The f irs t pa rti cipant in t he queu e can now ask hi s/he r que stio n. Clea ri ng all pa rtic ipa nts fro[...]

Ch ap ter 5 - Mo nito r ing a n On G oin g Co nfe r ence 5- 106 Mana ging a V oting / P oll in g Se ssio n A voting se ssi on al lows pa rti cipant s to vot e on a set of cho ices presente d to the m by t he con f eren ce ch airp er so n or sy stem ope rator . A voting se ss ion is compri se d of u p to 10 c hoice s fo r one i tem/s ubje ct. Ea ch [...]

MGC W ebCommander Us er ’s Gui de 5-107 Alt erna tivel y , clic k th e Vo t i n g button on t he t oolba r: The Vo t i n g window ope ns. The Vo t i n g window i s divi ded into t wo main se c tions : V ot ing Se tting s : where the vo ting sessi on para me ters, s u ch as t he vot ing sub ject a nd choi ces, a re de fine d, an d whether the voti[...]

Ch ap ter 5 - Mo nito r ing a n On G oin g Co nfe r ence 5- 108 T o st art a V o ting session : 1. Inf orm t he co nf er en ce part icip a nts o f the c h oi ce s avail able a nd th e dig it ass igned to e ach op tion . 2. In the V oting window , cli ck St a r t V o t i n g . In th e V o ting Resu lts area , the re su lts ar e sh o w n as desc rib [...]

MGC W ebCommander Us er ’s Gui de 5-109 T o conc lu de the votin g se ssion: • In t h e V o ting wi ndow , c lick t he St o p V ot i ng bu tton in th e V otin g w indow . Alt erna tivel y , clic k th e St o p V o t i n g button on the toolba r . T o can cel the vo tin g se ss ion: • In t h e Vo t i n g window , cli ck t he Cancel V otin g bu [...]

Ch ap ter 5 - Mo nito r ing a n On G oin g Co nfe r ence 5- 110 Sen ding th e V oting Re sult s Via E-mai l V oting re sul ts ca n be s ent b y the conf e renc e admini stra t or , via E-ma il, to co nfer enc e p artic ip ants. T o se nd v ot ing result s by E- mail: 1. In the V oting window , cli ck t he Se nd E- mail butto n. The Se nd E-mail win[...]

MGC W ebCommander Us er ’s Gui de 5-111 Mu te “ Me et Me” Pa rties A conf erence can be set to mut e all “Meet Me” ( undefi ned di al- in) par tic ipan ts. “Mee t Me ” p articip a nts co nnect to a confer enc e b y dial ing a pre - defi ned co nfe rence numbe r or the Entry Q ueue n umber . T hey ar e usual ly 'und efined' p[...]

Ch ap ter 5 - Mo nito r ing a n On G oin g Co nfe r ence 5- 112 Particip ant/Ch airpers on Operat ions via DTMF Codes During an On Goi ng confe rence t he cha irpers on and par tici pant s can perfor m various opera tio ns usi ng the touch- tone signals ( D TMF codes ). T abl e 5-16 de tail s is a list of operati ons tha t may be p erfor med duri n[...]

MGC W ebCommander Us er ’s Gui de 5-113 Mute all ex cept me - T o mute all par tici p ants exc ept y ours elf, p ress : st a r , f ive. Cance l Mute all except m e - T o cance l mute sett ing s of all p art ici pa nt s exce pt you rself , press: pou nd, fiv e. *5 #5 Chairp erson Chairp erson Change Password - T o ch ange your pas swor d, press: s[...]

Ch ap ter 5 - Mo nito r ing a n On G oin g Co nfe r ence 5- 114 Cancel a l l q uest ions - T o cancel all ques tions , press: st ar , two, four . *24 C hairper son Di a l o ut t o Inv it e e - T o dial out t o i nv itee, p ress: star , four . *4 Chai rperson Admit i nvi tee and continue dia l-out - T o a dm it an invit ee and conti nue dial-o ut pr[...]

MGC W ebCommander Us er ’s Gui de 5-115 S tar t Click & Vi ew - T o star t the Cl i ck & Vie w app licat ion, pr ess : st ar , st ar . ** Ever yon e Change to Ch air person - T o change the st a tus of a par ticipa nt to Cha i rper son, press: st ar , seven, eight . *78 Ever yone Increa se m y listeni ng vol ume - T o increas e you r volu[...]

Ch ap ter 5 - Mo nito r ing a n On G oin g Co nfe r ence 5- 116 Reque st DTMF Help Menu A par ticipant in an On Goi ng conferenc e can request a playbac k of t he lis t of a ll a vaila ble ope rat ion and t heir assigne d DTMF code s that c an b e perfor med during an On G oing con feren ce. The IVR M essage Service can be confi gured to play the l[...]

MGC W ebCommander Us er ’s Gui de 5-117 Dialin g ou t to In vit e P a rticipant s to J oin the Co nf eren ce In an I nvit e sessio n, the C hair p ers on in a co n fer en ce can di al o ut to a n um ber and invi te the c alle d per so n to pa rt icip at e i n th e con fere n ce . Usi ng th is op tion , the O p er ator is m ov ed to a si de ar ea [...]

Ch ap ter 5 - Mo nito r ing a n On G oin g Co nfe r ence 5- 118 Ch an g in g t he C o nf eren ce P as sw or d During an On Going con ference the confere nce password or the chairper son passwor d can be modified by the chair pers on or part icipa nt (dependin g on the permissi on configura tio n) using DTMF c od es. W hen the chair per son enters t[...]

MGC W ebCommander Us er ’s Gui de 5-119 If the chairpe rson/p a rticip ant exits prior to passwor d conf irmati on t he passwor d is not updated. I t i s not possib le to change Passwords when a conf erence is in any of the foll owing modes: • V ot ing session • Invi te se ssi on • Roll Call session • The parti cipa nt i s wait ing in the[...]

Ch ap ter 5 - Mo nito r ing a n On G oin g Co nfe r ence 5- 120 Se cu ri ng th e C onfe r en ce The Secure Mode locks the confe rence and deni es outside parti c ipant s, includi ng op erator s, fr om joini ng t he c onfere nce, m onit oring a nd contr olling the conf erence in any way . However , the Operator or the c onf ere nce ch airp er son ca[...]

MGC W ebCommander Us er ’s Gui de 5-121 Roll Ca ll If the Roll C all opti on is enabled in the in the IVR Ser vice assi gned to the On Going confer ence, usi ng the appr opria te DTMF code, the chairper son can reques t t he syst e m t o pl ay the names of a ll c onnec ted conf erenc e par ticipants a t the beginni ng of the confer ence, or at an[...]

Ch ap ter 5 - Mo nito r ing a n On G oin g Co nfe r ence 5- 122 Roll Call Review Names *33 Enteri ng *3 3 o n the DTMF inpu t devi ce acti vat es a Roll Cal l and t he syst em pl ays th e recor ded na mes of t he p arti cip ants conne cted to the conf erence, one af ter the ot her , in the order i n wh ich t hey enter ed th e confe ren ce. Roll Cal[...]

6-1 6 Reserv ation Calendar The Reserva ti on Calend ar allows you t o view the sch edule d confere nces for the group s to which you ha ve ac cess ri gh ts. If y ou ha ve the a pprop riat e Permissi on , you c an view and/or modify t he r ese rvat ion pro per ties be for e th e con f er ence ’ s s che dul e d s t ar t ti me . The Reserv a tion C[...]

Chap ter 6 - Reservation Calend ar 6- 2 The Reservat ion Cal endar window ope ns in t he l ast vie w displ ayed - Monthl y , We e k l y or D aily . T he fi rst t ime a user ope ns t he W e bCommander site, the Monthly view i s dis played . By clic king the app ropri ate but ton on the menu bar you can see t he ca lend a r in M o nthly , We e k l y [...]

MGC W ebCommander Us er ’s Gui de 6-3 Viewin g th e R e se rv ati on Pr op er ti es Reserv ati on Propert ie s enabl es the vie wing o f a confe rence ’ s prop er ties schedu led to s ta rt at a s pecif ic da te and t ime. Based on you r a cces s r ights defi ned i n the W e b S erver Manager Permissio n - Pr operties you ca n view the Re serva[...]

Chap ter 6 - Reservation Calend ar 6- 4 For user s with th e V iew Mode - Ba sic permiss ion, t he New Meeti ng wind ow opens. For user s with th e V iew Mode - Admini st rat or p ermissi on, the Rese rvation P r o perti es wind ow opens. Th e Te m p l a t e an d Te m p l a t e Gr oup are d isp la ye d Sa ves chan ges and c los e s t h e M eet i n [...]

MGC W ebCommander Us er ’s Gui de 6-5 The r eserva ti on proper ti es are the same as thos e de scri bed in the Con fere nce temp la te def initio n. F or deta ils, see Chap te r 9 ( P artia l V ie w) and Cha pter 10 (Full V ie w). Adding Participant s to t he Conferenc e Res ervation Us ers with the V iew M ode - Ba sic permi ssi on can a dd par[...]

Chap ter 6 - Reservation Calend ar 6- 6 Sendin g an e-ma il af ter you chan ge the Pr opertie s of an Existi ng Reservati on: 1. Access the W e bCommander and c l ick Cale ndar . The Reserv a tion Ca lendar w indow o pens. 2. Doubl e-cli ck any exist ing r eserva tio n lin k. The Conf erence R ese r vatio n window opens. 3. Click the Send E -ma il [...]

MGC W ebCommander Us er ’s Gui de 6-7 a. F or u ser s wi th the V iew m od e: Basi c p ermi ssio n, clic k the Sen d E ma il button. 4. When you do not select t he Send E-mail li nk/but ton, wh en a c hange has is ma de, the syst em promp ts the or gani zer if he /she r equires t he s endi ng of an E -m ail. 5. C lic k OK , to s end th e E- mai l[...]

Chap ter 6 - Reservation Calend ar 6- 8 6. The Se nd E-mail dia log box opens . 7. E n ter re q uire d de tail s in th e E-m a il and cl ick Se nd . Th e E-ma il is se nt to con fere nce pa rtic ipants.[...]

MGC W ebCommander Us er ’s Gui de 6-9 Viewin g th e P r oper t ies of a P rote cte d R es er va tio n If you h a ve ad ministr ator per missio n to vi ew all rese rvat ions in t he cale ndar , you ca n see re se rvat ions s chedule d by othe r use rs usin g templa tes a ssi gned to Groups t o whi ch you ha ve ac cess ri ghts . Th ese co nfere nce[...]

Chap ter 6 - Reservation Calend ar 6- 10 Viewing a Specific Con ference Reservati on Reserva tio ns that a re assi gn ed to Group s to which you do not have access right s do n ot appea r in t he ca lend ar . However , you can view a rese rvat ion by enteri ng the re serva tio n name a nd pas sword. T o v ie w a spe cific co nf erenc e rese rva ti [...]

MGC W ebCommander Us er ’s Gui de 6-11 Add it ion al Cal e ndar V ie ws Y ou c an disp lay t he re servat ion c alenda r in mon t hly , w eekly or da ily v iews. T o change the view of the r e servat ion calendar : • In t h e Re serv ation Calendar window cli ck th e Monthl y , We e k l y or Da ily bu tton . The f oll owing vie ws are di splay [...]

Chap ter 6 - Reservation Calend ar 6- 12 Cu st o mi zin g Ba ckgr o und View C ol ors The backgr ound c olor a s wel l as o th er color s i n the ca lende r can be mo dified usin g th e MGC W eb Co nf igurat io n T oo l, whic h is in stal led w ith the M G C W eb Serve r Mana ger on t he ne t work ser ver . F or more i nfor mation, refer t o the MG[...]

7-1 7 Conference T ypes The MGC W ebCommand er provide s var ious methods t o set up a nd schedule confe renc es. T he foll owing Sch eduling M ethods a re a vaila ble: • New Meeti ng/On Goi ng Conf erence s • Reserva tio n T em plate s • On de mand conf erence s - Me eting Roo ms and Ad-h oc ena bled E ntry Q ueu es The Ad Hoc enable d Entry[...]

MGC WebCommander User ’ s Guide 7- 2 Conferen ce Schedu ling Meth ods The syst em s upports both schedule d and on -demand con ference s. Re servati on T empl ate s conta ini ng confe renc e para meters can be us ed to sc hedul e con fere nces sav in g t he n e e d t o d ef i ne con f er en ces for eac h t ime a new co nferen c e w ith the sa m e[...]

Ch ap ter 7 - C onf ere n c e T y pe s 7-3 On-d em a nd Co n feren ce s (Reser va tio n -le ss Con f er en cing ) Re serva tion -less c onf eren c ing en able s pa rticip a nts to im m edia tely sta rt a nd conne ct to a n On Goi ng confe renc e from the ir e ndpoi nt, w ith no advance d schedu ling. T he MGC Manager of fers t wo metho ds for Reser[...]

MGC WebCommander User ’ s Guide 7- 4 Confere nce En try P assword a nd Cha irpe rson Passwor d (when app licable ), billing c ode and Confe renc e gene ral infor mation ( c orre sponding t o the User Define d 1 fie ld i n the Profi le propert ie s). I n ad dition e ach u ser is ass igne d a PIN code , and hi s/h er VIP st at us may be de fine d. [...]

Ch ap ter 7 - C onf ere n c e T y pe s 7-5 Confere nce T ypes Confer ences may be de fine d as one of the foll owing types: • St a n d a r d - is a c onfer ence that inc ludes a ll the audi o and vi deo para mete rs. It i s sche dule d once, a nd w hen th e conf erence e nds, i t i s del eted fr om t he MCU. Y ou c an sched ul e a recurr ing re s[...]

MGC WebCommander User ’ s Guide 7- 6 En tr y Qu eue An E ntry Q ueue is a sp ecial r outi ng lobby t o whi ch one or se veral di al -in numbers ar e ass igned. A dif ferent En try Queue may be define d for V ide o and for Audio O nly part icipa nts, or t he same V ide o En try Q ueue may be u sed by all pa rti cipant s pr ovided that t he audio a[...]

Ch ap ter 7 - C onf ere n c e T y pe s 7-7 Particip an t Roles Confer ence p artici pants c an hav e diff e ren t funct ions : a sta ndard pa rti cipant , a c hai r per son , o r an o per ato r . • S tan da rd pa rticip a nt - t ak es part in t he confe re nce, pe rf orming op erations via the telep hone us ing th e t ouch-tone si gnals (DTMF cod[...]

MGC WebCommander User ’ s Guide 7- 8 Particip ant Co nnec tion to the Conferenc e C onf er enc e p artici pants ca n cal l th e con f eren c e (dia l- in ) or can b e c all ed b y the system ( dial- ou t) at th e c onfer enc e sta rt or durin g th e O n Go ing confe rence. The me thod in which pa rti cipant s c onnect t o the confer ence infl uen[...]

Ch ap ter 7 - C onf ere n c e T y pe s 7-9 Co nf er ence A cc es s f or D i al- in P ar tic ip ants A conf erence can be accesse d by di al -in pa rtici pant s via Entry Q ueue, confe renc e IVR queue or dir ect ly . Co nf er en ce IVR In terac tive V oic e Response (I VR) is an ap plica tion th at allo ws ca ll ers t o communi cate with the confer[...]

MGC WebCommander User ’ s Guide 7- 10 En try Q ueue Access When the Ent r y Queue Ac cess opt ion i s de signate d fo r an Audi o Onl y or V id eo con fe ren ce, a ll the p arti cip ants c o nnecti ng to tha t co nf er ence follo w a tw o- stag e p ro ces s : 1. Fi rs t t hey conn ect to an E ntr y Q ueu e, w her e the y are rout e d t o th e i r[...]

Ch ap ter 7 - C onf ere n c e T y pe s 7-11 In addition, an I VR Servi ce may b e assi gned to the conf erenc es ac cessed from th e En tr y Qu eue . Figur e 7- 1: Conf er ence Acc ess vi a Ent ry Q ueu e using Numer ic ID and Conference IVR As sh own in Fi gure 7- 1, one or severa l di al-in numbers are alloc ated t o an En try Q u eue. In ad diti[...]

MGC WebCommander User ’ s Guide 7- 12 Figure 7- 2: Con f erence Ac cess via Entry Q ueue using t he Confere nce Pass word and Confere nce IVR As shown i n Fi gure 7-2 , one or se veral d i al-i n numb ers ar e al locat ed to a n Entry Queue. In addi tion, a passw ord is ass igned to each confer ence. The dial-i n number (which i s us ual ly t he [...]

Ch ap ter 7 - C onf ere n c e T y pe s 7-13 En try Q u eu e Acc es s can be de fine d for: • A Stand ard co nf er ence wit h or wit h out I V R s ervi ce • A Meeti ng Room with o r withou t IVR se rvic e Conferen ce IVR Access Part icipan ts dial t he conf eren ce dial- in numbers a nd are conn ected to t he IV R queue of the co nfere nce, w he[...]

MGC WebCommander User ’ s Guide 7- 14 queue wher e the y are reque sted t o ent er th e conf eren ce password a nd oth er infor mation us ing the tele phone tou ch-t one keypa ds. The caller s are adm itted to t he conf erence when they have ke yed in the appr opriate confe renc e password a nd/or chairp e rso n pas sword . In th e sy ste m , suc[...]

Ch ap ter 7 - C onf ere n c e T y pe s 7-15 The Mee t Me Pe r Conf erence is the basi s for Meeti ng Rooms de fini tion. Figur e 7-4 : Direct Conf eren ce Acces s In Figu re 7-4, the di al- in numbe r assign ed to c onfere nc e1 is 9251 222 and the dial- in number assigne d to co nfe rence2 i s 925122 3. Part ic ipants wh o dia l 925122 2 are c onn[...]

MGC WebCommander User ’ s Guide 7- 16 Dial-out Particip ants Access In vide o confe renc es or una ttende d Audi o Only conf er ences wit h no I VR servi ce assi gned t o the m, a di al-o ut par tici pant is conne cted di r ectly to th e confe rence wit hout go ing t hrough an Ent ry Queu e or an IVR Queue. I n IVR-ena ble d Audi o Only and V i d[...]

Ch ap ter 7 - C onf ere n c e T y pe s 7-17 Operato r A ssis ted Conferenc e A n Op er ator Ass i sted con f er ence is a s e rvic e d esi gne d usua lly for large confe renc es tha t re quire th e per sonal touc h. I n man y atte nded conferen ces , the name and t he te leph one number s of e ach d ial-out part ic ipant a re gi ven t o the op e ra[...]

MGC WebCommander User ’ s Guide 7- 18 Gree t an d Guid e co n ference (Welco me Q u eue ) Greet and Guid e V i deo co nfere nces ( wit h an A V Messa ge Serv i ce assigne d to them) ca n eithe r run un a ttend ed, o r may be managed by a n Operat or . However , becau se no IVR S erv ice is ava ilabl e, the parti c ipants or t he meeti ng orga niz[...]

Ch ap ter 7 - C onf ere n c e T y pe s 7-19 Confere nce Media Se ttings Confer ences are based on the tw o Medi a categori es : Audi o On ly and Vid e o an d Au di o . T able 7 - 1 d eta ils th e diff er ent co nf er ence o p tion s av ail able. T able 7 -1: Co nf e rence T ype Options Media Conf T ype Network Vi deo Sessi on Notes Audio S tanda rd[...]

MGC WebCommander User ’ s Guide 7- 20 Video S t andard and Meet ing Room All (ISDN, A TM , I P , MPI) • V ideo Sw it chin g • T ranscodi ng • Conti nuous Presenc e — Class ic — Quad Vie w s T1-CAS par tic ipa nts are o nl y sup ported i n Audio Onl y con ferenc es depe nding on the MCU con figur ation IP onl y • V ideo Sw it chin g ?[...]

Ch ap ter 7 - C onf ere n c e T y pe s 7-21 Au di o O nl y Con fer e nc e T y p es In an Au di o O nly con fer e nce , th e par tic i pan t ca n co nnec t t o t he conf er en ce using di f fer ent net work con necti ons: PSTN lines , cell ular phones , V oIP , or via T1 -CAS li nes. The se c onf eren c es allo w the u se of V oicePlu s c apabili ti[...]

MGC WebCommander User ’ s Guide 7- 22 V i deo C onf e ren ce T ype s V ideo Con ference s can inc lude both vi deo and audio o nly par tici pants . In a vi deo conf eren ce, t he p arti c i pant ca n con nec t to t he c on f er en ce usi ng dif fere nt ne twork conn ectio ns: ISDN, H.323 , A TM, M PI (s eria l conne ction ) an d T1- CAS (if the M[...]

Ch ap ter 7 - C onf ere n c e T y pe s 7-23 • Cont in uous P resen ce (C P) - A c o nferen c e in w h ich se v eral p artic ip ants can be view ed simu lta neou sly . In this ty pe of sessi on, e ach c onne cte d endpoi nt use s it s own h ighest vi deo, audi o and da ta capab ilities. Th is op tion al so enab les s pecia l vi deo layout s to be [...]

MGC WebCommander User ’ s Guide 7- 24 Th e H ig hest Com m on me ch an ism is e nab le d i n the Conf erence Pr operti es - Setti ngs di al og box by sett ing the V ideo Pr otoco l opt ion to Au to . The ot her video paramet ers t hat a re pa rt of the High est Common me ch anism ( V ideo Frame Rate , V ide o Format a nd Anne xes) ar e automa tic[...]

Ch ap ter 7 - C onf ere n c e T y pe s 7-25 For exam p le , in a c onf er en c e def ined w ith a lin e ra te of 7 68 Kbps , a part icipa nt wit h a lin e rate of 1 28 Kbps connect s as Se condary (audio only) Parti cipa nt s atte mp ting to co nn ect at rate s belo w t he set m i nim um t hresho ld are connect ed as S econda ry in o rder t o ma in[...]

MGC WebCommander User ’ s Guide 7- 26 In Lec ture mode, whi le the le ctur er is speaki ng, th e sys tem aut omatic ally switc h es betw ee n part icip an ts in pred e fine d tim e int erva ls, sho wing th em sequent ially i n the lec ture r ’ s video window . Lect ure Mode i s set i n the confe rence l evel onl y . Th e f ollo wi n g fea tu re[...]

Ch ap ter 7 - C onf ere n c e T y pe s 7-27 For mor e d etails r e gard ing H.243 a nd MIH Cascading c onf erenci ng, se e the MGC Mana ger Use r’ s Guide V olume II, C hapt er 4. H.243 Chair Con trol Chair Cont rol e nables an en dpoint to co ntrol t he conf eren ce and ot her confe renc e parti cip ants. Th e endpoint tha t has c ontr ol over t[...]

MGC WebCommander User ’ s Guide 7- 28 The LSD cha nnel is al locat ed fr om the video channe l band width, r esult ing i n a lower lin e rate for t he conf erenc e. In a V ide o Switc hing c onfer ence, if a n endpoi nt does not suppor t LSD and ca nnot op en the LSD channel, the partici pant connec ts as a udio onl y (S econdary) . In Continuo u[...]

Ch ap ter 7 - C onf ere n c e T y pe s 7-29 the d ata t oken i s invoke d by an o per ator c onnect ed to the sl ave MCU, th e sla ve MCU check s if anot her pa rti cip ant posse sses t he data token. I f ye s, the r equ est i s rej ect ed. If n o, t he re qu est is tran sf er red to the M aste r MC U, w hich op ens th e F EC C/L SD chan nel of all[...]

MGC WebCommander User ’ s Guide 7- 30 T .120 Conferen ces The MGC W ebComma nder en ables you to de fine T . 120 c onfere nces. Th e T .12 0 i s a sta ndard t hat contai ns a seri es of protoc ols and spec ific ations descri bing applic ati on shari ng in mu lti- point data co mmunica tio n. The foll owing options may be ava ila ble, depending o [...]

Ch ap ter 7 - C onf ere n c e T y pe s 7-31 H.239/Pe ople+Con tent (H.239/P +C) Opti ons H.239 a nd People +Conte nt ar e very simila r i n functi on, but di f fer in t he t ype of s ignali ng used f or each prot ocol. P eopl e+Content i s the Poly com propri et ary prot ocol while H.239 i s th e industr y st andar d. When an e ndpoint can sup port[...]

MGC WebCommander User ’ s Guide 7- 32 • 4CIF • Enc ry pt ion • FECC (H. 320 and H.3 23) Li m i t a t i ons • In Contin uous P resenc e conf eren ces - Softw ar e and Quad V iew modes are d is a bled • H.239 i s not s upport ed in: — ISDN (H.320) call s — H. 320 Casca ding c onfe rences — MIH Casc ading c onfer ences — S i mpl e [...]

Ch ap ter 7 - C onf ere n c e T y pe s 7-33 Figur e 7-5: Possi bl e config ura tion using V i sual Concert PC In order t o u se the V isual Concer t fe atur e the f ollow ing c ondit ions mus t be met: • In t he W ebCommande r - Confere nce te mplat e Prope rti es ( Dual S tre am Mode) , th e V isual Concer t PC opti on is sel ected f or the c on[...]

MGC WebCommander User ’ s Guide 7- 34 Po lycom Visual Concert FX The V is ual Concer t FX (V CFX) feat ure en ables you to vi ew simul tan eous live vi deo and content (data) pre sentat ion us ing high resol ution gra phics. It is avail able wit h V ie wSta tion F X endpoint s. VCFX tr a nsmits t he vi deo s tream in H.26 3 for mat and i n a hi g[...]

Ch ap ter 7 - C onf ere n c e T y pe s 7-35 Duo Vi deo Duo V ideo support s tw o si multane ous ISDN confe renc es - a regu lar v ideo confe renc e, and c onten t confer ence . A T a ndber g DuoV ideo c apable endpoi nt accommoda tes t wo ca lls, o ne for t he pa rti cipa nt c onfere nce a nd the second fo r a demo/pr ese nta tion on a sec ond moni[...]

MGC WebCommander User ’ s Guide 7- 36 Conf eren ce T y pe s Ac co rdi n g to th e MCU C on fig u ra ti on Th e fu nctio na l m odule s in stal led in the M CU d ete rmi ne th e c onf eren c es that can be run by the MCU. • Audio O nly con fere nce s ar e auto m atica lly r outed to th e A udi o+ ca rd. I f no ca rd is av a ilabl e an e rro r me[...]

Ch ap ter 7 - C onf ere n c e T y pe s 7-37 T abl e 7-4 list s the c urrent ly a vai lable con fere nce type s a nd fu nctiona liti es as applic ab le to sp eci fic MC U c onfig ura tion s. T able 7 -4: Co nf e rence t ype s accordi ng to M CU c onfig urati on MCU Con f igu ration Ava ilab l e Conferenc e T ypes Functi onali ty • Audio+ • Net-2[...]

MGC WebCommander User ’ s Guide 7- 38 By default , a ll Audio Only c onfe rences ar e run on t he Audio+ c ards t o enable the IVR system fu nction a lity . V ideo confe rences s ta rted on M CUs that inc lude both t he S tandar d Audio a nd th e Aud i o + c a rd s u s e th e Sta nda rd a udi o ca r d by d e fa ul t, un l e s s an I V R se rvic e[...]

Ch ap ter 7 - C onf ere n c e T y pe s 7-39 Based on c onnec tion and a ccess method s, t he foll owing conf erenc e types a re avail abl e for V ideo confe renc es usi ng the S tanda rd Audi o car d: • S tanda rd - No Meet Me P er Confe renc e, No IVR Se rvic e or E nt ry Que ue Access • Stand ar d - wi th Me et- M e pe r Conf er en ce • S t[...]

MGC WebCommander User ’ s Guide 7- 40[...]

8-1 8 Meeting Rooms List A Meet ing Room is a rese rv ation se t to M ee t Me Pe r Co nference , without resour c e all ocati on. The re ser vation i s sa ved in th e MCU memory a nd is inac tive a nd r em ai ns ina ctive for an u nlim ite d tim e, un til the fi rst par tic ipan t conne cts t o it . Other pa rti c ipants ma y joi n the confer ence [...]

Ch ap ter 8 - Me et i ng R oo ms Li st 8- 2 An IVR-ena bled Mee ting Room ca n be co nfigur ed to start onl y when the ch air per son co nne cts to the M eet ing R oom. I n such a c ase, p a rticipan ts co nne cti ng to th e Meeti ng R oo m p rio r to the ch air per son con nect io n are placed on hold a nd hear backgr ound mu sic (w hen avai lable[...]

MGC W ebCommander Us er ’s Gui de 8-3 V ie wing the Me etin g Rooms Lis t Y ou c an view the Meeti ng Rooms li st onl y if you ha ve th e appro pria te permi ssi on and t he appr opr iate so ftware pro duct ( Profe ss iona l or Meet ing Schedul er). T o vie w the list of cu rr ently d efin ed Meetin g Ro oms: • In t h e Mai n M en u pa ne, clic[...]

Ch ap ter 8 - Me et i ng R oo ms Li st 8- 4 T abl e 8-1 lis ts t he i cons used t o des cri be t he var ious Me eting Room type s a nd the ir st atu s. T ab le 8-1: Meet i ng Room T yp es and Icons Ico n Des cripti on Meet ing Rooms - A catego ry in the MCU tree that l ist s the Meet ing Rooms def in ed in the syst em. (gre en) Acti ve Meet ing Ro [...]

MGC W ebCommander Us er ’s Gui de 8-5 V ie wing the Properti es o f a Meeti ng Room T o vie w the pr operti es of a Meeting Room: 1. Click the Meeting Roo m l ink. The Meeti ng Roo m Pr ope rties window ope ns. If yo u hav e clicke d a Meet ing Room wit h a “k ey” icon , the f oll owing wi ndow opens: 2. Ent er th e Meeting Room Name a nd Pas[...]

Ch ap ter 8 - Me et i ng R oo ms Li st 8- 6 Figur e 8 -2: Audio Only Meet ing Roo m Pr operti es Fo r m or e det a il s on conf er ence ’ s, s ee Ch ap te r 7, C onf er ence T ype s . Viewin g the Pr ope rt ies of a S peci fic Me et ing Ro o m Y ou can vi ew Meeti ng Roo m s that a re not assi gned t o you r gr oup, as long a s you kno w the Meet[...]

MGC W ebCommander Us er ’s Gui de 8-7 The f oll owing wi ndow opens. 2. In t he C onf er e n ce N am e field, ente r the Meeti ng Room na me. 3. In t he W eb/Chairperson Password fie ld, enter t he pa ss word assi gned t o the Meeti ng Room du ring it s de fini ti on. 4. C lic k OK . The Meeti ng Roo m Pr ope rties (Audio O nly or V ideo) window [...]

Ch ap ter 8 - Me et i ng R oo ms Li st 8- 8[...]

9-1 9 Confe renc e T emplat es – Part ia l V i ew Mode The use r permi ssi on Par tial V iew mode simpli fie s the process of defi ning a new Confere nce temp late by di spla ying onl y a limi ted number of fields to be defi ned. All t he ot her pa ra meters are take n from t he ac tiv e set of Reserv ati on Def aults de fine d in t he data base [...]

Ch ap ter 9 - Conf e ren ce T e mp lat e s – Par ti al View Mod e 9- 2 Definin g a New V ideo Confere nce T emplate The foll owing sect ion deta i ls defini ng a new Confere nce templa t e for a vide o c onf eren c e. T o de fi n e a ne w vid e o co nf er en c e t em pl at e: 1. In the Main Me nu pane, c lick t he R eserv at ion T emplat es li nk[...]

MGC W ebCommander Us er ’s Gui de 9-3 The Co nference T em p la tes window opens . The le ft pa ne displ ays the name of the Grou p t o which t he new Confer ence t emplat e will be as signed and l ist s ot her Confere nce templa tes a lre ady assi gne d to this Gr o up. The t op right Con f er en ce Par am et er s pane d isplays the confere nce [...]

Ch ap ter 9 - Conf e ren ce T e mp lat e s – Par ti al View Mod e 9- 4 3. In the menu ba r , point t o the C onf er ence T emp l at e menu, and t hen cli ck N ew Conf eren ce T empla te . The Confe r ence Pr o perties - Basic window opens. 4. Define t he conf eren ce ba sic pa ramete rs a s de tail ed in T able 9-1 . T able 9 -1: Ba sic Confe ren[...]

MGC W ebCommander Us er ’s Gui de 9-5 5. C lic k the Ad van ce d tab to def ine additi onal paramet ers. The Co nference Prope rtie s - Advanced wi ndow open s. Con f. En try Pa ssword Ent er a pa s sw o r d t o be en t er ed by par tic ip an t s to joi n the confe ren ce. This p asswo rd is requi red onl y in I VR-en abled conf er ence s which a[...]

Ch ap ter 9 - Conf e ren ce T e mp lat e s – Par ti al View Mod e 9- 6 6. Define the confer en ce Advanc ed par ameter s as de scri bed i n T a ble 9- 2. T a ble 9-2: Adv ance d Con ferenc e Pa rameters - P artia l V i ew Opt ion Descr iption Durati on Displ ays the default durat ion as de fined i n the We bCommander Se rver Manager - > Res er[...]

MGC W ebCommander Us er ’s Gui de 9-7 En d Time Al ert T one x Min Se lect this op tion to en able t he End of Confer ence rem inder ton e to be pl aye d once to a ll t he con nected p arti cip ants, n minut es befor e the end of the c onferen ce. Th is t one is d if f erent f rom other t ones . T he tone i s embedde d in t he M CU's sof twa[...]

Ch ap ter 9 - Conf e ren ce T e mp lat e s – Par ti al View Mod e 9- 8 Line Rat e (con’t ) For mor e d et ails regar di ng the Line Rate set tings f or Softwa re CP conf ere nces, see MGC Manager User’s Gui de V olum e II, Chapter 1. Note: The high li ne rat e transm issi on is enabled with the s t anda rd video c ard (ver si on 1.43 and up) [...]

MGC W ebCommander Us er ’s Gui de 9-9 Au dio Al g. (co n t.) When Si ren7 ( 16, 24 or 32 bit) is availabl e, se l ect th e a udio algo rith m in the f ollowi ng order: Siren 7 (16) , G .728, G .72 2, G .71 1, Siren 7 1 6 b it a nd G . 728 a lgori thms ar e in tercha ngeabl e, a nd a p arti cip ant usin g ei th e r one w ill b e fully co nnected w[...]

Ch ap ter 9 - Conf e ren ce T e mp lat e s – Par ti al View Mod e 9- 10 V ideo S ession (cont .) Up to 100 par t icip ant s at 128Kbp s ca n t ake p art in a co nferenc e running on t he Audio+ car d. T ranscod ing - A confer ence in whic h parti cip ants us e dif fer ent li ne rates, v ideo, au dio an d dat a format s , while mai ntai ni ng th e[...]

MGC W ebCommander Us er ’s Gui de 9-11 7. If t he V ideo Se ssi on is set to Conti nuou s Pr esence , cl ick th e Vi d e o Layo ut tab to selec t t he appropri at e vide o la yout. V ideo Sess ion (co n t.) • Quad V ie ws - T he Quad V iews m ode requi res the V i deo+ card . It inc lu des layout s for large v ideo c onf erences. Thi s mod e s [...]

Ch ap ter 9 - Conf e ren ce T e mp lat e s – Par ti al View Mod e 9- 12 The Conf er ence Pr operties – V ideo Lay out wind ow opens. The vide o la yout de ter mines t he numbe r o f vide o win dows displa ye d on the endpoi nts s creen, t he ir arra ngement a nd w ho they see on in e ach wind ow . The s elec tion of a vide o layou t for the c o[...]

MGC W ebCommander Us er ’s Gui de 9-13 b. Click on t he de sir ed layout . T here are 25 la youts a vaila ble f or sele ction, a s de scr ibed in T able 9-4 . Soft ware ( IP c onferen ces on ly) T able 9 -3: Conti nu ous Presence Layout O pti ons CP V ideo Mode Layou t s V iew T able 9 -4: Video Sources La yout V iews Number o f V ideo Wi ndows A[...]

Ch ap ter 9 - Conf e ren ce T e mp lat e s – Par ti al View Mod e 9- 14 T o use the Auto Layo ut opt ion i t must be enabl ed in the MCU conf ig uratio n fi le. F o r mor e de tail s, see th e MG C A dm inistr ator ’ s Gu ide , Chapter 5, “E dit s ystem.c fg” . Fi gure 9-5 de scri bes the layout a utomat ic ally s el ected by th e syste m a[...]

MGC W ebCommander Us er ’s Gui de 9-15 T able 9-5: Default Auto Lay out for CP Cl assi c and Quad Modes Number of Vi deo Par t ic ipan ts Select ed Layout for Classi c CP Select ed Layout for Quad Mode CP 2 1x 1 1x 1 3 1x 2 1x 2 4 2x 2 2x 2 5 2x 2 2x 2 6 1+5 2x 2 7 1+5 2+ 8 8 1+7 2+ 8 9 1+7 2+ 8 10 1+7 2+ 8 11 1+7 2+ 8 12 + 1+7 4x 4 So ftware CP [...]

Ch ap ter 9 - Conf e ren ce T e mp lat e s – Par ti al View Mod e 9- 16 the p arti cip ant w ill b e view ed in th e selec ted w ind ow b y all t h e par ticip ants w h en th e c onfer en c e starts. 11. C li ck t h e V ideo Layout tab t o displ ay t he vid eo layout wind ows. T o video f orce in th e parti cul ar window where the partic ipa nt i[...]

MGC W ebCommander Us er ’s Gui de 9-17 Co nf er en ce T e m plate Menu s At thi s point , depe nding on your permissi ons, add it iona l menus may be ena b led: Con f er e nce , Co nf er e nce T emp l at es and Partic ipant T e mpla te s . When pl acing t he cur sor on top of t he me nu name, a pop- up menu ap pears. Conferen ce Me nu Dependi ng [...]

Ch ap ter 9 - Conf e ren ce T e mp lat e s – Par ti al View Mod e 9- 18 Request a Meeti ng Select this opt ion to save t he meeting t o the datab ase and to en able the admi ni strat or t o v iew an d st art your request ed Meet ing. A conf irmation wi ndow opens . Note : T o be able to sav e the request ed meet ings to t he datab ase, thi s opti[...]

MGC W ebCommander Us er ’s Gui de 9-19 Conferen ce T emplates Menu Dependi ng o n the use r ’ s Per missions, the fo llow ing op tions may be a vaila ble in th e Co nf er enc e T e mpl at e s menu: Reque st a Meeting con ’t. • The Requ ested M e etings in Accor dDB window ope ns. In th e Def aul t t empla te, s t art th e r equeste d meet i[...]

Ch ap ter 9 - Conf e ren ce T e mp lat e s – Par ti al View Mod e 9- 20 Par ticip ant T emplate Menu Dependin g on the user ’ s P ermis sions , the foll owing options may be available in the P artici pant T e mplat es menu: New Co nferenc e T em p late ( c ont .) Click OK to save the c ur rent Co nferenc e t empl ate i n the dat aba se or Cance[...]

MGC W ebCommander Us er ’s Gui de 9-21 In i nstalla tion s in wh ic h an LDA P com pa tib le dir ec tory is c onfig ure d as the dat abase, you ma y assign p ar ticip ants f rom a publ ic or perso na l LDAP compati ble dire ctor y. T w o additi onal opti ons are added to t he Partic ipant T e mpla te s me nu: Add Partic ipan ts fr om Pu blic Dire[...]

Ch ap ter 9 - Conf e ren ce T e mp lat e s – Par ti al View Mod e 9- 22 Definin g an Audio O nly Confere nce T empl ate Audio Onl y confe re nce te mplate s ca n be def ined in Part ia l Para mete rs V i ew if th e Me di a optio n in the Con fer ence Def au lt s (in th e W eb Serv er manager ap plica tion ) is set to Audio O nly . Only field s an[...]

MGC W ebCommander Us er ’s Gui de 9-23 The Co nference T em p la tes window opens . The le ft pa ne displ ays the name of the Grou p t o which t he new Confer ence t emplat e will be as signed and l ist s ot her Confere nce templa tes a lre ady assi gne d to this Gr o up. The t op ri ght pan e (Co nfere nce P aramet ers pane ) d ispla ys the conf[...]

Ch ap ter 9 - Conf e ren ce T e mp lat e s – Par ti al View Mod e 9- 24 The Confe r ence Pr o perties - Basic window opens. 4. Define th e conf eren ce ba sic pa ramete rs a s de scribed i n T able 9-9. T a ble 9-9: Audio Only Basi c Conf erence Para meter s - Partial Vi ew Opt ion Descr iption Name This f ield di splays the defaul t confer ence [...]

MGC W ebCommander Us er ’s Gui de 9-25 5. C lic k the Ad van ce d tab to d e fine ot her pa ra mete rs a s we ll as the star t ti me and date of t he c onfe rence. The Co nference Prope rtie s - Advanced wi ndow open s. W eb/ Chairper son Pa ssword Enter a num er ic pass word that wi ll be used by the p arti cip ant to identi fy hims elf/ hers el[...]

Ch ap ter 9 - Conf e ren ce T e mp lat e s – Par ti al View Mod e 9- 26 6. Define the conf eren ce Advanc ed p a ramet ers as de scri bed in T a ble 9- 10. T a ble 9-10: Audio Only Adva nced Conf erence Par amete rs - Partial Vi ew Opt ion Descr iption Durati on Displ ays the default durat ion as de fined i n the We bCommander Se rver Manager - &[...]

MGC W ebCommander Us er ’s Gui de 9-27 7. On t he menu b ar , c li ck Save to sav e the n ew C on fere nce t em plat e in the dat abase . 8. At this p oint , depending on your permi ssions , addi tional menus may be enab le d: Co nf erence , Co nference T empla te s a nd Part icipant T emplat es . For fur ther detai ls, see pag e 9-17. En d Time [...]

Ch ap ter 9 - Conf e ren ce T e mp lat e s – Par ti al View Mod e 9- 28[...]

10 -1 10 Confe renc e T emplates – Full Parame ters V iew Full Pa ram eters v iew e n able s user to d e fine or m od ify a ll the confe ren ce pro per ties. It is in te nded for syst em adm i nistra tors a nd expe rie nced use rs with ba ckgro und in vi de o confe renc ing who are acq uainte d with t he vi deo par ameter s. Defin ing a New Confe[...]

Cha pte r 10 - Con f er en ce T e mp lat e s – F ull Pa ram et ers V iew 10 -2 The Conf erence T empla te s wi ndow opens. The Main M enu pane i ncludes t he name of the Group to w hich th e new Con fere nce tem pla te is a ssign ed an d lists o the r Con fer ence tem pla tes alrea dy ass igne d to thi s Group. The Con ferenc e P ar amet ers pane[...]

MGC W ebCommander Us er ’s Gui de 10-3 — Define new par tici pants f or the conf erence a nd, if de si red, add the m t o the d ataba se — Assig n p artici p an ts fro m th e da tabase to the C onf er ence tem pla te — Ed it the pa ram et ers of a P art icipa nt tem p late o r an em be dde d partici pant — Start a n O n Go in g co nf er e[...]

Cha pte r 10 - Con f er en ce T e mp lat e s – F ull Pa ram et ers V iew 10 -4 Def i ning a N ew V i deo C onf eren ce The foll owing sect ion deta i ls defini ng a new Confere nce templa t e for a vide o c onf eren c e. The Conf er e nce Pr ope rti es - G eneral windo w allow s the setup of dif f erent types o f confe re nces t o defi ne t he ge[...]

MGC W ebCommander Us er ’s Gui de 10-5 T o def ine a ne w co nf er en ce te m pla t e: 1. Def ine the confe re nce Gene ral paramet ers a s desc ribe d in T able 10-2. T able 10- 2: General Conferenc e Parameter s Op tion Description Name T his field display s t he defaul t confe ren ce name. The d efault name is t ak en f rom the Reservat ion De[...]

Cha pte r 10 - Con f er en ce T e mp lat e s – F ull Pa ram et ers V iew 10 -6 Entry Queu e Acc ess Select this che ck box t o for ce par tic ip ants t o acce ss the conf er ence via an Entr y Queue. When sele cted, the par t icip ant mus t dial the Ent ry Queue dial -in numbe r and enter t he correc t conf erence p assword in orde r to be trans [...]

MGC W ebCommander Us er ’s Gui de 10-7 Numeri c ID A Numeric ID is a unique num ber assi gned to a c onferen ce tha t ident ifi es it to th e syst em. I t can be u sed by the par tici p ant s rout ed and acce ssi ng the c onferen ce. A Numer ic ID can be assigned in two ways: Manual o r Au to ma ti c. T o m anual ly assi gn the Num eric I D, us e[...]

Cha pte r 10 - Con f er en ce T e mp lat e s – F ull Pa ram et ers V iew 10 -8 Conf. T ype Select the type of conferen ce you ar e defini ng: • Sta nd a rd - a confer ence ot her t hat a Meeti ng Room or Oper ator conf erence . • Meet ing Room - a Meeti ng Room is a p assive con ferenc e that is r eserved f or up to 99 hours witho ut resour c[...]

MGC W ebCommander Us er ’s Gui de 10-9 V ideo Sess ion Se lect the appr opriat e Video Session: Vid e o Switching - T o set a con ferenc e in which all the p ar ti cipan ts use the same vid eo and audio for mat s, by se ttin g the communicat ion p aramete rs t o the com mo n capa bilit ie s . Wh e nev er a part ic ip ant s tart s to s peak, h e/ [...]

Cha pte r 10 - Con f er en ce T e mp lat e s – F ull Pa ram et ers V iew 10 -1 0 V ideo S ession (cont .) If th e n umber of par tici p ant s is les s than or equal to the number of partic ip ants di sp layed, ea ch p arti cipa nt can see all of the othe r pa rtic ipant s . When sel ecti ng Cont inuous Pre sence the fo llowi ng layou t optio ns a[...]

MGC W ebCommander Us er ’s Gui de 10-11 2. C lic k the Basic tab to de fine basi c confe renc e set tin gs. The Co nference Prope rtie s - Basi c window ope ns. 3. Def ine the confe renc e bas ic para mete rs as descr ibed in T able 10- 3. T able 10- 3: Basic Conf er ence Param eters Op tion Description Restr icte d Se lect th is option if all co[...]

Cha pte r 10 - Con f er en ce T e mp lat e s – F ull Pa ram et ers V iew 10 -1 2 Line Rat e Spec ify th e tr ansf er rate in Kbps. V ideo Swi tching - you must select the highe st tran sfe r rate comm on to all pa rti cip ant s. For ex ample, i f two parti ci pan ts ca n co nnect at a t ransf er rate of 384 Kbp s a nd one part icip ant can conn e[...]

MGC W ebCommander Us er ’s Gui de 10-13 V ideo Rat e In/Out This f i eld i s relev ant to So ftware Con tinuou s Prese nce conference s. It displ ays t he rati o betwee n the i ncomi ng video rat e of a singl e endpo int and th e v ideo rat e of the outg oing str eam (4 times t he inc oming vi deo rat e of a s ingle en dpoint ). T he V ideo Rat e[...]

Cha pte r 10 - Con f er en ce T e mp lat e s – F ull Pa ram et ers V iew 10 -1 4 Same Layo ut Same Layo ut is a f eatur e t hat i mpos es an identi ca l video l ayou t for al l part ici pan t s. It also al lo ws co nferenc e p ar tici p ants to vie w hi s/her own v ideo image. Durin g t he reser vat ion s t age, t he meet ing or gan ize r is abl [...]

MGC W ebCommander Us er ’s Gui de 10-15 Le cture Mode Se lect the Lect ure Mode from the drop- down lis t: No te: Lect urer sel ecti on is manda tory at the rese r vati on st ag e. The lect urer canno t be chan ged o r del ete d d uring t he On Goi ng confer ence . • Non e - Se lec t t his op t ion to disa bl e t he Lect ure Mode op tion. • L[...]

Cha pte r 10 - Con f er en ce T e mp lat e s – F ull Pa ram et ers V iew 10 -1 6 Lec ture Mode (con’ t.) Present ation Mode In Con t inuou s Pr ese nce confer ences yo u ca n se le ct the Pres ent ati on mode. In thi s mode, the act ive sp eaker is di splaye d i n fu ll scr een on all th e co nferenc e p ar ticip ant monit ors whil e the layou [...]

MGC W ebCommander Us er ’s Gui de 10-17 FECC/LSD Rate Us ing cert a in video ca meras and their a ccomp anying so f tware , a p arti cip ant can contro l a far -en d camera. Thi s fiel d is used to def ine the F ECC/LSD mode. A confer ence ca n be set to one of the f ollowi ng LSD modes: • LSD Dynamic - The On Going confer ence st arts wit h th[...]

Cha pte r 10 - Con f er en ce T e mp lat e s – F ull Pa ram et ers V iew 10 -1 8 T .120 Rat e (cont .) If the c onference Li ne Rate is set to 2B, t he fol l owing T .120 r ate s are avail able for sel ectio n: • MLP - 6. 4k • MLP - 14.4k • MLP - 16k • MLP - 22.4k • MLP - 24k • MLP - 30.4k • MLP - 32k • MLP - 38.4k • MLP - 40k ?[...]

MGC W ebCommander Us er ’s Gui de 10-19 Au dio Al g. Selec t the p ref erred aud io al gor ithm. Th e a vaila ble a udio a lgo rith ms ar e: 8 (G .729/G . 723.1) , 16 (G .728/ Sir en7) , 24 (Siren14/ G .7 22. 1/Sir en7), 32 (Sir en14/ G .722. 1/ Siren7 ), 4 8 (Siren1 4/G .722/ G . 71 1) , 56 (G . 722/ G .71 1) , or 56 (G .71 1). Sir en 7 a nd Sir[...]

Cha pte r 10 - Con f er en ce T e mp lat e s – F ull Pa ram et ers V iew 10 -2 0 Audio Al g. (cont .) In T ransc odi ng or Conti nuous Pr esen ce co nferenc es, you c an set the audio al gor ithm t o any of the ava ilabl e audi o algor ithms as in a Vide o Switc hing c onference. I f se t to " Auto ", the system will try to con nect the[...]

MGC W ebCommander Us er ’s Gui de 10-21 Pro- Motion I nt erlac ed Vi deo is enabl ed only i n the V ideo Sw itch in g mode. Pro- Moti on is a vi deo en coding mechan i sm that impr oves the v ideo qua lity in Video Switchi ng ( VSW) conf eren ces, set to NTSC or P AL (4CIF) res oluti on. Se lect eith er 50 Fields (P AL ) or 60 Fields (NTSC) . Pro[...]

Cha pte r 10 - Con f er en ce T e mp lat e s – F ull Pa ram et ers V iew 10 -2 2 Dual S tream M ode (con’ t) When an endp oin t can support both H.239 and Peop le+Cont ent prot ocol s, H.239 i s select ed as the pref err ed communi cati ons pro tocol . In the Rese rva tion T empl ate Se t tin gs - Dual S tream mode dr op down box, thr ee H.239 [...]

MGC W ebCommander Us er ’s Gui de 10-23 Dua l St ream Mode (con’ t ) • MI H Cascadi ng con ference s • Simpl e c asca din g conf ere nces • T . 120 c onf eren ces • Do ubl e G a t e w a y co nf igu r a ti ons Us ing t his f eatur e the Peo pl e vi deo st ream and t he Co ntent vi deo strea m are treat ed dif f erent ly by the e ndpoint [...]

Cha pte r 10 - Con f er en ce T e mp lat e s – F ull Pa ram et ers V iew 10 -2 4 V ideo P r otocol The V ideo Prot oco l, Vi deo Format and QCIF Frame Rate are p ara meters th at deter mine t he highest co mmon video used by all th e conf eren ce par tic ipan ts . The V ideo Protoc ol deter mine s the video compres sion s tandard use d by t he en[...]

MGC W ebCommander Us er ’s Gui de 10-25 V ideo Pro tocol (con’ t ) H2 64 - The H.26 4 st andar d provi des bet ter c ompressi on of video images in lowe r line ra te connec t ions an d is part o f the Hi ghes t Common mec hanism in Vid eo Swit ching conf er ence s. When the confer ence l ine rat e is up to 384 Kbps , a nd the Vid eo Protoco l i[...]

Cha pte r 10 - Con f er en ce T e mp lat e s – F ull Pa ram et ers V iew 10 -2 6 V ideo F or mat (cont .) • Using th e H. 263 prot ocol, yo u c an sel ect on e of t he fol low in g op tio ns : A ut o, Q CIF , CIF , 4CI F , 16CIF , VGA, SV G A, XGA and NTSC. 4C IF - High Quali ty 4CIF video res ol ution ava ilabl e in Cont i nuous Pre sence conf[...]

MGC W ebCommander Us er ’s Gui de 10-27 Fram e Rate T he F rame Rat e i s enab led on ly in Vi deo Switc hing mod e an d the V i d eo P rotocol is set to H.261 or H.263. If you have sel ec ted QCI F , CIF , 4 CIF , 16 CIF , VGA, SVGA, XGA, or NTSC, sele ct the number of fr ames per sec ond ra te to define th e qual ity of the v ideo tr ansmi ssio[...]

Cha pte r 10 - Con f er en ce T e mp lat e s – F ull Pa ram et ers V iew 10 -2 8 Anne xes - P , N and F Anne xes are a dditions to t he V id eo Format when us ing H.263 V ideo Prot ocol and incre ases t he qua lit y of th e v ideo d is play . Anne xes N, P and F are enable d only when you are in Vi deo Switc hing m ode an d the V ideo Pr ot ocol [...]

MGC W ebCommander Us er ’s Gui de 10-29 Roll Ca ll Ro ll Call is a featu re of the IVR Mess age Servic e u sed to re cor d the partic ipant s n ame an d play it back wh en ente ring and l eavi ng a confer ence. T he c hairpe rso n c an req uest the sys tem to play t he n ames of all connect ed con ference par tici p ants at the begi nn ing of the[...]

Cha pte r 10 - Con f er en ce T e mp lat e s – F ull Pa ram et ers V iew 10 -3 0 4. Click the Advanced tab to view /d ef ine ad diti o nal con fer en ce setti n gs. The Conf er ence Pr operties - Advance d win dow opens. End time Al ert T one Select this opt ion to enab le the End of Conf erence rem inder t one, which is to be played on ce to all[...]

MGC W ebCommander Us er ’s Gui de 10-31 5. Def ine the Advanced parame ters as desc ribe d in T abl e 10-4. T able 10- 4: Adva nced Confer ence Par amete rs Op tion Description Au to T e rminat ion Se lect this check box to automati call y term inate the conf eren ce by the MCU when: • No p arti cipa nt has connect ed t o the conf er ence d uri[...]

Cha pte r 10 - Con f er en ce T e mp lat e s – F ull Pa ram et ers V iew 10 -3 2 Allo w und efined Pa rt ic ipan ts Select t his check box t o all ow u ndefin ed p ar tici p ants to conne ct to the conferen ce withou t prior setti ngs of the par t icip ant p aram eters . In such a case, p arti cipa nt s will be abl e to connec t to the conf eren [...]

MGC W ebCommander Us er ’s Gui de 10-33 Max nu mber of Pa rtic ip ants En ter t he maxi mum n umber of p arti cip ants t hat ca n c onnect to the confer ence at one ti me, tak i ng int o a ccoun t both the de fined and undefine d par tici p ants . Us e thi s optio n t o save resour ces f or ot her c onferen ces. Wh en se t to Auto , the maxi mum [...]

Cha pte r 10 - Con f er en ce T e mp lat e s – F ull Pa ram et ers V iew 10 -3 4 Chair Cont rol Chair Con t rol is an opt ion that enables an endpo i nt to c ontrol the confe renc e a nd other conf er ence par tic ipan ts . Select this che ck box to enable the Chai r Contr ol mode. When the Chair Cont rol opt ion i s ena bled, any p articip ant w[...]

MGC W ebCommander Us er ’s Gui de 10-35 Mes sage Servi ce Ty p e ( c o n ’ t ) If bot h the IV R check box and the Ent ry Que ue Ac cess check box ( General T a b) are c le ared, di al-i n p arti cip ants can only conn ect to the conf er ence once d ialing th e conf erence dia l-i n number (Mee t Me c onferen ce) or i f t hey are defined p rior[...]

Cha pte r 10 - Con f er en ce T e mp lat e s – F ull Pa ram et ers V iew 10 -3 6 Mute “Meet Me” Parti es Select t his check box to a ut omati cal ly m ute a l l d ial- in p arti cipa nts once they are c onnec ted to t he co nferenc e. The pa rtic ipant s can then be ind ividu ally un mut ed by the operat or or the co nferenc e ch airper son. [...]

MGC W ebCommander Us er ’s Gui de 10-37 Ta l k H o l d T i m e Indi cat e the m ini mum per i od in se conds that a p arti cip ant has to spea k to bec ome the main c onferen ce spea ker . During t his peri od, no othe r p arti cip ant is allowed t o beco me t he main speaker . T his p ar amete r is de si gned to pr eve nt p arti cipan ts fr om b[...]

Cha pte r 10 - Con f er en ce T e mp lat e s – F ull Pa ram et ers V iew 10 -3 8 6. Click the Me et Me P er C o nf tab to def ine a “Meet Me Pe r Confer ence ” or Meet ing Room pa ra meters . Encrypt i on Enc rypti on is a proc ess of disgui sing in for mation i nto “ci pher text,” or da ta t hat will be unint ell igibl e to an una uthori[...]

MGC W ebCommander Us er ’s Gui de 10-39 The Confer ence Pr operties - Meeting Me Per Confer ence window op ens. In t his window you a ssi gn dia l-in numbe rs to t he c onfe renc e. Callers wishin g to p artic ip ate in s uch a c onf eren c e m ust d ial one of the d ia l- in numbe rs, a nd w ill be au tom atical ly c onne cted t o the appropr ia[...]

Cha pte r 10 - Con f er en ce T e mp lat e s – F ull Pa ram et ers V iew 10 -4 0 7. Define th e fol lowing Meet Me Per Conf erenc e par ameter s: 8. The l ist of dia l i n numbers ass igned to th e confere nce i s dis pla yed in a tabl e f ormat . Th e fir st co lum n d ispla ys the Ne two rk Ser vice n ame . The Pho ne 1 and Phone 2 colu mns dis[...]

MGC W ebCommander Us er ’s Gui de 10-41 dia l-i n n umber i s the MCU number def ined in t he N etwo rk Se rvic e. If no nu mber is defi ned for the MCU in the N etwork Ser vice, the syst em al loca tes th e fi rs t fre e numbe r i n the dial- i n numbe rs r ange de fine d in t he Netw ork Se rvic e. T he Network S ervi ce i s defi ned i n the MG[...]

Cha pte r 10 - Con f er en ce T e mp lat e s – F ull Pa ram et ers V iew 10 -4 2 The Conf er ence Pr operties – V ideo Lay out wind ow opens. The vide o la yout de ter mines t he numbe r o f vide o win dows displa ye d on the endpoi nt scr eens, t he ir arra ngement a nd w ho they see on in e ach wind ow . The s elec tion of a vide o layou t fo[...]

MGC W ebCommander Us er ’s Gui de 10-43 b. Click on t he de sir ed layout . T here are 25 la youts a vaila ble f or selecti on, a s des cribed i n T able 10- 8. Quad V iews Soft ware ( IP c onferen ces on ly) T able 10- 7: V ideo Sourc es CP Layout Opti ons CP V ideo Mode La yout s Vi ew T able 10- 8: V ideo Sourc es Layou t V iews Number o f V i[...]

Cha pte r 10 - Con f er en ce T e mp lat e s – F ull Pa ram et ers V iew 10 -4 4 2 Classi c mode Quad Views m ode Soft war e mod e 3 Class ic mode Note : Th is wi ndow is o nl y avai lable in CP Classic mode . 4 Classi c mode Quad V iews m ode Soft war e mod e 5+ Classi c mode Quad Views m ode T able 1 0-8: Video Sour ces L ayout Views Number of [...]

MGC W ebCommander Us er ’s Gui de 10-45 In c onfe renc es where the V ide o Layout is s et to “ Auto Layou t" t he syst em au tomati call y sele cts t he co nfere nce l ayout based on the numbe r of pa rti cipa nts co nnected to th e conf erence. Wit h Auto L ayout , when a new video par tic ipant i s conne cte d/dis connect ed, the confe [...]

Cha pte r 10 - Con f er en ce T e mp lat e s – F ull Pa ram et ers V iew 10 -4 6 When you se lect Aut o L ayo u t al l ot her lay out for mats a re di sable d. T o sele ct a s pecif ic l ayout for the conf er ence you have first to c an cel th e Auto Lay out mode . 12. If t he conf eren ce is handled by t he V ide o+ car d, you can ad d visual ef[...]

MGC W ebCommander Us er ’s Gui de 10-47 The follo w in g V isual E ffe cts op tio ns are a v aila b le: — Backgrou nd co lor - th e color di spl aye d when a video layout i s empty . T his may happe n when the vide o layou t conta ins more windows t han conne cted pa rti cip ants. — La you t B or der - th e bord er s fr ame of ea ch w in dow [...]

Cha pte r 10 - Con f er en ce T e mp lat e s – F ull Pa ram et ers V iew 10 -4 8 The Color di alo g box opens . 14. Click on a prede fine d color , or you can cr eate your own color by enteri ng the c olo r va lues in the Red , Gr ee n and Bl ue boxes . If you c rea te your own color , cli ck Se lec t to view th e colo r an d u se it. 15. Click O[...]

MGC W ebCommander Us er ’s Gui de 10-49 21. T o modify the de faul t Spea ker Ind ica tion color , click the arr ow next to the Spea ker N otati on c olor box . The Color dia log box a ppe ars. 22 . Sel ect a color for the Speaker I ndication borde r , using the same me thod desc ri bed for the b ackgro und color . 23. Click OK . 24. If yo u ha v[...]

Cha pte r 10 - Con f er en ce T e mp lat e s – F ull Pa ram et ers V iew 10 -5 0 26. Click the Re co rd i ng ta b. The Conf er ence Pr opertie s - Recor der w indow open s. T able 1 0-10 : Audi o Only Con ference Rec order p aramet ers Option Descr ipti on Recordi ng - Ena ble Recordi ng Enables t he rec ording of a udio in a audio or vi deo conf[...]

MGC W ebCommander Us er ’s Gui de 10-51 27. Fro m the Con ference menu, cl ick S ta rt I mmediatel y to sta rt the c onf eren c e, clic k Sta r t A t to st ar t t he c on f er en c e at a lat er t i me, or fro m the Conf er e nce T em pl at es menu c lick Save to sa ve it in the databa se f or fut u r e u s e. In bot h case s, i f the Mee t Me Pe[...]

Cha pte r 10 - Con f er en ce T e mp lat e s – F ull Pa ram et ers V iew 10 -5 2 The ISD N phon e number is base d on the dial- i n phone numbe r ’ s ra nge defin ed f or the MC U. I f the PB X trunca tes the first d igits th es e digits have to be added t o the number c ommunicat ed to the c onfere nce part icipa nts . The H.323 dialing st rin[...]

MGC W ebCommander Us er ’s Gui de 10-53 T able 10-1 1: Conferen ce Menu Opti ons Opt ion Descr iption Start Imm edi at ely This option appe ars in t he menu if t he S tart Confer enc e – S ta r t i mmedi ate ly opt ion i s s ele cted i n th e W eb Serv er Manag er , Permissi ons , Permiss ion Pr oper ties - Sett ing1 tab. Select this opt i on t[...]

Cha pte r 10 - Con f er en ce T e mp lat e s – F ull Pa ram et ers V iew 10 -5 4 Sta rt co n’t . In the MGC Manage r applicat ion the Admin istr ator acce sses the res erv ed Meeting. • On the Databa se menu, se lect Open D.B. Request Meeting T emplate and cho ose th e WebCo mmander’s Data base, Accord DB . The Reque sted Meeting s in Accor[...]

MGC W ebCommander Us er ’s Gui de 10-55 Co nf er en ce T em p l ate s Men u Dependi ng on the u ser ’ s permi ssi ons, t he f ollowi ng opti ons may b e availa ble in th e Co nf er enc e T e mpl at e s menu: T able 10-12 : Confere nce T emplate M enu Options Option Desc ri ption New Conferen ce Te m p l a t e Select this opt ion t o def ine a n[...]

Cha pte r 10 - Con f er en ce T e mp lat e s – F ull Pa ram et ers V iew 10 -5 6 Pa rtici pant T empla te M e nu Dependin g on the use r ’ s permi ssio ns, t he fol low ing opti ons ma y be a vaila ble in the P artici pant T e mplat es menu: In inst al lati ons i n which a n LDAP comp ati ble d irect ory is conf igure d as the databa se, you ma[...]

MGC W ebCommander Us er ’s Gui de 10-57 Defin in g a Ne w Au dio Only Co n fere nce The fo llow ing se ction de tail s de fini ng a ne w Confer ence templ ate for a n Audi o Only conf erence. If your site is c onfi gured to Audio Look and Fee l in th e MGC W eb Server Manage r - W eb Configu rat ion di alog b ox, or if your Defaul ts -Confer ence[...]

Cha pte r 10 - Con f er en ce T e mp lat e s – F ull Pa ram et ers V iew 10 -5 8 T o d efine the pa ram eters of a n Au dio Onl y c onf erenc e: 1. Define the confer en ce gener al pa ramete rs a s des crib ed in T able 10- 14. T able 10-14 : Audio Only General Conf eren ce Parame ters Option Descr ipti on Name This fi eld dis plays th e defa ult[...]

MGC W ebCommander Us er ’s Gui de 10-59 Mee t M e Pe r Co nf Select the Meet Me Per Co nf check box i f the co nferenc e is a dial- in conf ere nce acc essed dir ect ly (wit h no Entry Queue) or if you want to allow a few p arti cipa nt s to di al the conferenc e d ial- in numbe r dire ct ly without goi ng thro ugh the Entry Queue whil e other pa[...]

Cha pte r 10 - Con f er en ce T e mp lat e s – F ull Pa ram et ers V iew 10 -6 0 Entr y Que ue Acc ess (con’ t ) When this che ck box is sel ect ed, the pa rt icip ant cann ot con nect d irect ly t o th e confe ren ce, bu t m ust dial the Entry Queue di al-i n number and enter the correc t con ference ID to be transf er red to this confer ence [...]

MGC W ebCommander Us er ’s Gui de 10-61 Nu me ri c ID A Nu meric I D ca n be ass igned i n t wo wa ys: Aut omat ic or M an ual. Manua l - Use t he number of dig its defined i n the app ropri ate f l ag in t he S yst em.cfg file. If th e Nu meric ID is alr eady in use in another Ent ry Queu e or a c onference, an er ror messag e is displ ay ed. Au[...]

Cha pte r 10 - Con f er en ce T e mp lat e s – F ull Pa ram et ers V iew 10 -6 2 2. Click the Advanced tab to de fine ad ditio na l p aramet er s. The Conf er ence Pr operties - Advance d win dow opens. Con ference Ty p e Select the type of con ferenc e y ou are defi ni ng: St andard - Click thi s option i f yo u a re defin ing a confer ence ot h[...]

MGC W ebCommander Us er ’s Gui de 10-63 3. Def ine the confe renc e adva nced pa ramete rs a s de scrib ed in T able 10- 15. T able 10- 15: Audi o Onl y–Adv anced Confer ence Opt ions Op ti o n Description Auto Te r m i n a t i o n Select this che ck box to au tomati cal ly ter mina te the co nferenc e wh en: • No pa rtic ipant has con nect e[...]

Cha pte r 10 - Con f er en ce T e mp lat e s – F ull Pa ram et ers V iew 10 -6 4 All ow und efined Part icip ant s Select t his chec k b ox to all ow un def ined p ar tici p ants to connect to the conf ere nce withou t prior setti ngs of th e p arti ci p ant p ar ame te rs. In such a ca se, pa rtic ipant s wil l be able to connect to t he confere[...]

MGC W ebCommander Us er ’s Gui de 10-65 Max n umber of Parti cipan t s Enter the maxi mum number of p arti cipa nts that can co nnect to th e confere nce at one time, t aki ng into ac count both the defin ed and undef ined pa rt icip ant s. Use thi s option t o save re sources f or other co nferenc es. When set to Auto , the max imum number of p [...]

Cha pte r 10 - Con f er en ce T e mp lat e s – F ull Pa ram et ers V iew 10 -6 6 IVR Select on e of the f ol lowing op tions: None - No Attende d serv ic es are used duri ng the audio onl y conf erence. Wel come (No W ai t) - Se lect t his option fo r a Greet & Guide conf ere nce in which the part icip ant is greet ed by an audio messag e and[...]

MGC W ebCommander Us er ’s Gui de 10-67 IVR S erv ice Na me If you have enabled th e IVR Serv ice, enter the name of the I VR Message Ser vice to be used for this co nferenc e. The IVR Mes sage Servi ce inclu des th e vo ice prompt s that are played when t he par tic ip ant enter s the IVR queue, and enabl es operat io ns during the conf er ence.[...]

Cha pte r 10 - Con f er en ce T e mp lat e s – F ull Pa ram et ers V iew 10 -6 8 En abl e Invite This c heck box is en abled if the IV R opti on is selected from t he IVR dr opdo wn box. Select this che ck box t o enable t he Inv i te fun ctiona lit y wit h a n e nabled IVR servi ce. When sel ected, pa rtic ip ants in t he confer enc e can invi t[...]

MGC W ebCommander Us er ’s Gui de 10-69 4. C lic k the Meet M e Per Conf tab. Entry T one Sel ect this opt ion to enab le the Entr y T one . This tone is pl ayed when a pa rtic ipant conne ct s to the co nferenc e and is hea rd by all the conf er ence p arti cipa nts curre ntly co nnected to the confe ren ce (but not by the connect ing pa r tic i[...]

Cha pte r 10 - Con f er en ce T e mp lat e s – F ull Pa ram et ers V iew 10 -7 0 The Confe r ence Pr o pertie s - M eet M e Per C onf window opens. The M ee t Me Pe r Con f er en ce optio n al lo ws par ticip ants to c onne ct to a confe renc e by s imply d iali ng a pre -defi ned c onfe renc e number . Up to 16 dia l-in numbe rs ( usuall y on e [...]

MGC W ebCommander Us er ’s Gui de 10-71 initia ting cal l. Oth erw ise, t he confe re n ce is d eleted f rom th e syste m on ce the co nf er en c e end s. The c onfer ence i s sav ed on t he MCU in pa ssi ve mode, wit hout usi ng any of the syst em res ou rces . T he C hai rperso n th at d ia ls in to th e c onf eren c e auto mat ica lly ac tivat[...]

Cha pte r 10 - Con f er en ce T e mp lat e s – F ull Pa ram et ers V iew 10 -7 2 If no di a l-i n number is d efin ed, the sys tem alloca tes the di al -in numbe r a cc or di ng to th e se t tin g s in th e W e b C on fi g ura t i on dialog box i n the MGC W eb Server Mana ger ap plic ation. Wh en t he W e b Defaul ts – Alloc ate P ermanent D i[...]

MGC W ebCommander Us er ’s Gui de 10-73 Netw ork Se rvic es are defi ne d in th e MGC Manager a ppli cati on. F or mo re info r m at io n , r efe r t o the MG C Ad ministrator ’ s Guide, Cha pter 3 . The list o f dia l-in numbe rs ass igned to t he c onfere nce is disp layed i n the Me et-M e Se r vic es tab le. Th e first co lum n disp lays th[...]

Cha pte r 10 - Con f er en ce T e mp lat e s – F ull Pa ram et ers V iew 10 -7 4 8. Click the Re co rd i ng ta b . The Conf er ence Pr opertie s - Recor der w indow open s. T able 10-18 : Audio Only -Confer ence Recorde r paramet er s Option Descr ipti on Recordi ng - Ena ble Recordi ng Enables t he rec ording of a udio in a audio or vi deo confe[...]

MGC W ebCommander Us er ’s Gui de 10-75 T o st art t he conf eren ce i mmedia t ely: 1. C lic k St ar t Immediat ely to star t the c o nfer enc e, click St a r t to star t the c onf eren c e at a la ter ti me, or cli c k Save to sa ve it i n the d atabase f or fut u r e u s e. In bot h case s, i f the Mee t Me Pe r Con f er en ce opti on is defi [...]

Cha pte r 10 - Con f er en ce T e mp lat e s – F ull Pa ram et ers V iew 10 -7 6 2. Click OK . The sys te m prompts yo u whet her t o sen d an E-mai l wit h the conf e rence param e ters to th e c onfer enc e par tic ipan ts. For m ore detai ls, see C ha pter 4, “S ending an E-ma il to Conf eren ce Par ticipant s” on pa ge 4-14 . The c onfere[...]

MGC W ebCommander Us er ’s Gui de 10-77 Addin g Partic ip an t s to C onferen ce T e mpla tes Th er e are tw o way s to ad d p artici p a nts to a Co n fer en ce temp la te: • De fine the p ar ticipa n t dir ect ly du ring t he C on fer en ce te mp late def in ition (t he par tici pant may be Embedde d in the Confe renc e templ ate or Link ed, [...]

Cha pte r 10 - Con f er en ce T e mp lat e s – F ull Pa ram et ers V iew 10 -7 8 The Add Parti cipants window opens. 2. In the Gr oup d ro p-do wn li st, sele ct th e Gr oup to w hich the P ar tici pant tem plate is assign ed. T he Gr oups li st displ ays onl y the g roups to w hich you h ave access ri ghts. 3. If the list i s very l ong , you c [...]

MGC W ebCommander Us er ’s Gui de 10-79 T he f oll o win g s e ar ch crit e ri a ca n b e us e d: 4. C lic k OK to ap pl y t he s e le c te d s e ar ch crit eri a and nar ro w t he l i st . The sy stem retur ns to the Add Part icipan t wi ndow , listi ng the par ticipa nts ac co rding to th e sele cte d filte r. 5. Se lect the ch eck box to th e [...]

Cha pte r 10 - Con f er en ce T e mp lat e s – F ull Pa ram et ers V iew 10 -8 0 Th e sel ect ed p artici pa nts ap pea r i n the Par tic ipan ts pan e of the Co nf er e nce T emp l at es L ist window . T able 10 -2 0 de tai ls the ic ons tha t ca n a ppea r in th e l eftm ost co lum n to ind ica te t he p artici pa nt ty pe. 7. Po int to the Con[...]

MGC W ebCommander Us er ’s Gui de 10-81 M odify ing th e P rop er t ies of a Li nked P ar tic ip ant Th e pro per tie s of part icip a nts l in ked to a C o nf eren c e temp la te m a y b e v ie we d and modi fie d by cl icking on the partic ipan t name hyperl ink i n the Partici pant pane. The Participant Pr operti es wi ndow opens. For mo re in[...]

Cha pte r 10 - Con f er en ce T e mp lat e s – F ull Pa ram et ers V iew 10 -8 2 Definin g a Ne w Pa rt icip ant d uring C on ferenc e T emplate Def inition This opt ion i s enab led if y ou have the a pprop riate permi ssi on. T o d ef ine a new pa rticip a nt dur ing the C o nferenc e temp la te def ini tion : 1. D isp lay th e C onf eren c e t[...]

MGC W ebCommander Us er ’s Gui de 10-83 4. Def ine the partici pant prop ertie s as descr ibed in Chapter 1 1, “Defini ng a New Part ic ipant” on pa ge 1 1 -4. 5. Once a ll the part icipa nt pr ope rtie s are defi ned, you c an do one of t he follow in g: — C lick OK to r egiste r the part icipa nt pro per tie s in the W eb Se rver and re t[...]

Cha pte r 10 - Con f er en ce T e mp lat e s – F ull Pa ram et ers V iew 10 -8 4 Deleti ng a Particip ant from a C o nferenc e Te m p l a t e Y ou can de lete part icipa nts fr om a Conferen ce t emplat e, provi ded you ha ve the appr opri ate pe rmis sion. T o d elete a p art icip an t: 1. C li ck th e par tic ipan t nam e in th e P articip a nt[...]

MGC W ebCommander Us er ’s Gui de 10-85 The Partic ip ant te m plate ope ns. 2. C lic k D el et e P art icip an t fr om th e P art icipant T emplat es menu. A co nfirma tion di alog box opens . 3. C lic k OK t o de lete th e par tic ipan t or Canc el to a bort th e ope ra tion .[...]

Cha pte r 10 - Con f er en ce T e mp lat e s – F ull Pa ram et ers V iew 10 -8 6 Deleti ng the Current Con ference T emplate from the Da t abase T o d ele te the cu rrent Con fe rence te mp la te : 1. Displa y the confer ence par ameters by cl icking o n the Conf eren ce tem plate nam e in the Conference T em plates L ist in th e Mai n M e n u pa[...]

MGC W ebCommander Us er ’s Gui de 10-87 The Con fere nce te m plate par ame ter s ar e disp laye d in th e Co n ferenc e T emp late D ef in ition pane. 2. Po int to the C o nf er enc e T e mpl at e s menu i n the me nu bar a nd cl ick De lete C o nf erenc e T e mpl at e fro m the pop -up menu. A co nfirma ti on windo w appears. 3. C lic k OK t o [...]

Cha pte r 10 - Con f er en ce T e mp lat e s – F ull Pa ram et ers V iew 10 -8 8 M o di f y i n g a C o nf e re nce T emp l a t e Th e op tion to m od ify c onfer enc e p arame ter s b efo re star ting it is a vaila bl e only t o users with t he a pprop riate pe rmiss ions. T o mo di fy a con f er ence tem pla t e: 1. T o modify t he pa ra meters[...]

MGC W ebCommander Us er ’s Gui de 10-89 3. Once you ha ve modi fie d al l the re quir ed para mete rs, poi nt to t he Con ference T em p la tes menu and then c lic k Save to sa ve the n e w para mete rs in the dat abase . Y ou can th e n st ar t an On G o ing c onf eren c e o r sc hed ule th e co nfe re nce to sta rt a t a f uture date and t ime [...]

Cha pte r 10 - Con f er en ce T e mp lat e s – F ull Pa ram et ers V iew 10 -9 0[...]

11 -1 11 Managing Par ticip ant T e mplates P ar t ic i pan t te mpl a te s a re m an ag e d f rom t he Parti cipant s T e mplat es window . There a re t wo types of p artici pants, l inked a nd embed ded. Lin ked Par tic ipan t A lin ked par tici pant is sto red in th e dat abase . W hen a l inked p articipa n t is adde d t o a Co nfe rence te m p[...]

Ch ap ter 11 - Ma nag ing Pa rtic ipant T e m plat es 11 -2 Particip ant T emplates P artici pan t temp la tes a re o r ga nize d int o Gr oups. T o incr ease sec urity , use rs are ass igne d access r igh ts to Groups an d can vie w only thos e t emplates assigne d to G roups in w hich they have access r i ght s. When you define n ew templa tes in[...]

MGC W ebCommander Us er ’s Gui de 11-3 The Par ticipant T empl ates w indow opens. Y ou c an re s i ze t he Part icipant Pr operti es and the Partic ipa nt List panes by mov ing the S plit bar b etw ee n th e tw o pa nes. • Y o u c an v iew the m a in p articipa n t prop ertie s in the Partic ipant List pane by mo ving t he scro l ling b ar or [...]

Ch ap ter 11 - Ma nag ing Pa rtic ipant T e m plat es 11 -4 Defin in g a N ew Pa rt ic ip ant A parti cip ant c an be defi ned i n thr e e ways: • Fro m th e New Me eting windo w . Fo r more in forma t ion, q • Fro m th e Co n fer en ce temp la te. F or mo re in for m ati on, se e C hap te r 10 , “Adding P art icipa nts t o Confere nce T empl[...]

MGC W ebCommander Us er ’s Gui de 11-5 Defin ing a Partici p ant T emplate in the Dat abase T o de fin e a ne w p arti cipan t di rectly in the d ata base : 1. In t he Mai n Men u p ane , in the Gr oup list, select th e Gr oup where you want t o ass ign t he new P artici pant te mplate . Only t he Gr oups to w hich you h a ve ac cess ri gh ts ar [...]

Ch ap ter 11 - Ma nag ing Pa rtic ipant T e m plat es 11 -6 The Part ic ipant Pr operti es - Ba si c win dow opens. The de faul t value s for ma ny of the f ields i n th e Part icipant P rope rti es pane are ta ken from the Parti ci pant Def ault s defi ned in th e curr ently loade d De faults set in the MG C W eb S er ver Ma nag er . T hese para m[...]

MGC W ebCommander Us er ’s Gui de 11-7 4. T o define th e prope rti es of a n ISDN , A TM, MPI or H.323 v id eo par ticipa n t, sel ect th e ap p ropri ate Ne tw ork inte rfac e in th e Inte rface T ype field, as f ollo ws: — Se l ec t ISDN if the pa rti ci pant conne cts vi a ISDN l ines. — Se l ec t AT M if the p artic ip ant is u sin g th [...]

Ch ap ter 11 - Ma nag ing Pa rtic ipant T e m plat es 11 -8 Defin in g ISDN, A T M, or M P I Video P art icipant s T o d ef ine ISDN /A T M/MP I v ide o part ici pa nts : 1. Define t he connect ion pa ramete rs i n Part icipant Pr opertie s - Basic ta b a s descr ibed in T ab le 1 1-2. T able 1 1-2: Basic Conne ction Par amet ers f or V ideo ISDN/ [...]

MGC W ebCommander Us er ’s Gui de 11-9 Pa rty P hones (con’ t ) In order to support Bonding wit h spec ific T elec ommu nicati on swit ches, the pound key ( #) symbo l needs to be adde d to the dial -out number seq uence . MCU Phones This fi eld is enabled when Dia l-in is s el ect ed fo r th e Conne ction typ e , and when Party or Channel is s[...]

Ch ap ter 11 - Ma nag ing Pa rtic ipant T e m plat es 11 -1 0 Pa rt ic ipan t Us er Defin ed 1-4 There a r e 4 User Defi ned fiel ds th at enable you to enter ge nera l inf ormati on f or the p ar tici p ant, suc h as the par t icip ant ’s: E-ma il addr ess , tel ephon e number , comp any name, locati on, o r any requi red infor mation. The tit l[...]

MGC W ebCommander Us er ’s Gui de 11-11 Meet Me Per Thi s field is applica ble to ISDN conf erences o nly . This fiel d is enabl ed when Dial-in is sel ecte d fo r th e Conne ction type. Channe l - t he p arti cip ant dials a uni que number for eac h vide o c hanne l. Party - the par t icip ant dials a uni que number for eac h group of chann els [...]

Ch ap ter 11 - Ma nag ing Pa rtic ipant T e m plat es 11 -1 2 2. Click the Advanced tab . The Part ic ipant Pr opertie s - A dvance d windo w opens. If you ar e de fining a T1-CAS p ar ti cipan t see “ Advanc ed T1-CAS Partici p ant Wind ow” on page 32.[...]

MGC W ebCommander Us er ’s Gui de 11-13 3. Def ine the c onnecti on para mete rs in P art ic ipant Pr ope rties - Advanced ta b as desc ribe d in T able 1 1- 3. T able 1 1-3: Advance d Connect ion Paramet er s for Video I SDN/A TM/MPI Optio n Descrip tion Ag gregation Sel ect the aggrega tion m ethod: Auto – Select this opt ion to conn ect the [...]

Ch ap ter 11 - Ma nag ing Pa rtic ipant T e m plat es 11 -1 4 V ideo P r otocol Sele ct t he Video compres sion standa rd: Auto - Sel ect thi s opti on to use the conf er ence’ s Video Pr otocol s etti ngs and ena ble the dyna mic adjust ment of the V id eo Prot ocol in Vi deo Switchi ng confer ences . H261 – The video com pressi on st a ndard [...]

MGC W ebCommander Us er ’s Gui de 11-15 Service Name T ype the name of the Network Servi ce t h at w i ll be use d to conn ect the pa rtic ipant to the conf ere nce exa ctly as i t is defined i n the Networ k Servi ce funct io n (t he s yst em i s case sensi t ive). If le ft blan k, the def ault Netwo rk Service is used, dep ending on the selecte[...]

Ch ap ter 11 - Ma nag ing Pa rtic ipant T e m plat es 11 -1 6 Encrypt i on Choose an y o f th e f ollo wing Encryp ti on opti ons: • Aut o - When par tici p ants co nnect to a confer ence, the confer enc e/Entr y Queue encrypt io n sett i ngs ar e automa tical ly appl ied t o the par tici pa nt. For exa mple, when a confere nce/ Entry Queu e i s [...]

MGC W ebCommander Us er ’s Gui de 11-17 Restr ict Only Sel ect t his c h eck b ox to ind ica te th at the p art ic ipan t is using a re stri cte d line whose tran sfer rat e per cha nnel i s 56 Kbp s (i nstead of 6 4 Kb ps). Th is opt i on is val id for a T r anscodi ng or Conti nuous Presen ce con ferenc es onl y . Su b-Service Name This fiel d [...]

Ch ap ter 11 - Ma nag ing Pa rtic ipant T e m plat es 11 -1 8 Def ini ng H. 32 3 V i deo and SI P Au dio Pa rt ici p ant s W hen sele cting H.323 or SIP in the Participant P roper ti es - Basi c , Int er face Ty p e field, th e Partic ip ant Pr op erties f iel ds c han ge.[...]

MGC W ebCommander Us er ’s Gui de 11-19 T o def ine th e pr op erti es of an H.323 Vide o or SIP Audio P arti cipan t: 1. Def ine the connec tion para me ters in Pa rtici pant Pr opertie s - B asic tab as desc ribe d i n T abl e 1 1-4. T able 1 1-4: Basic conn ect ion par amete rs for H.323 Audi o-Only ISDN/ H.323 Optio n Descrip tion Con necti o[...]

Ch ap ter 11 - Ma nag ing Pa rtic ipant T e m plat es 11 -2 0 Alia s Na me (H.323 ) Select t he alias na me format fr om the drop-down li st . E.164 and H.323ID ar e the f or mat s s upport ed by the system . E.164 f or mat incl udes only digit s, * an d #. H.323ID fo rmat suppor ts le tter s and numera ls. SIP Add res s (SI P) sip: [user nam e]@[d[...]

MGC W ebCommander Us er ’s Gui de 11-21 2. C lic k the Ad van ce d tab . The Par ticipant Pr opert ies - Advanced window op ens. Ad dress T y pe (SI P ) SIP URI: A SIP URI uses the fo rmat of an email address , ty pi cally c ontai ni ng a u ser name and a host name, sip :us er@host . For ex ampl e , sip: dan@po ly com.com . TEL URL: "T el&qu[...]

Ch ap ter 11 - Ma nag ing Pa rtic ipant T e m plat es 11 -2 2 3. Define the conn ectio n parame ters in Part ic ipant Pr opertie s - Ad vance d tab as descr ibed in T a ble 1 1-5. T able 1 1-5: Ad vanced Pa rameter s for H. 323 V ideo Par ti cipan t Option Descr iptio n Servi ce Name T ype the name of the H.323 Net work Servi ce handli ng the ca ll[...]

MGC W ebCommander Us er ’s Gui de 11-23 V ideo Pro tocol Select the V ideo com pressi on st an dard : Auto - Se lect t his op t ion to us e the conference ’ s V ideo Pr ot ocol set tings an d e nabl e the dy namic adjust ment o f th e V ideo Pro toc ol i n V ideo Switching con ferenc es. H261 – The video compr ess io n standar d mandat or y t[...]

Ch ap ter 11 - Ma nag ing Pa rtic ipant T e m plat es 11 -2 4 Enha nced V ideo Thi s o ption is ap plica ble t o s t andard Video car ds and is not req uired f or p arti cipan t s conne cting t o confer ences running on th e Vi deo+ ca rds (the VIdeo+ card provides the high qual ity vi deo combined wi th high Li ne Rates using one vid eo codec ). T[...]

MGC W ebCommander Us er ’s Gui de 11-25 4. T o sa ve th e P articip a nt tem pla te, r ef er to “Sa v ing the Pa rti cipan t T emplate” on page 1 1- 28. Qual ity of Service Par ameters Qua lity o f Ser vice (Q oS) can be se t for H. 323 parti cipant s. Th e pu rpos e of QoS is to prio ritiz e IP p acke t tr ansp ort f rom th e MC U to th e en[...]

Ch ap ter 11 - Ma nag ing Pa rtic ipant T e m plat es 11 -2 6 The Part ic ipant QoS window opens. 2. Fil l in the p aram e ters f or IP Qua lity of S ervi ce a s descr ibe d in T abl e 1 1- 6: T able 1 1-6: H. 323 Par ticip ant IP Q u ality of Ser vi ce Parameter s Option Desc ri ption IP Q uali ty of Servi ce From the IP Qu al it y of S er vice dr[...]

MGC W ebCommander Us er ’s Gui de 11-27 Au dio The oper ator can pr iori tize audi o IP pack ets, e nsurin g t hat a l l pa rtic ip ants i n the c onference hear e ach other and ensure that each pa rt icip ant is c learl y hear d. Select the des i red pr iori ty . T he scal e is fr om 0 to 5, where 0 is the lowest and 5 is the h ighest . The prio[...]

Ch ap ter 11 - Ma nag ing Pa rtic ipant T e m plat es 11 -2 8 Sa vin g th e Pa rtici pant T em pl at e T o save the P art icip ant te mplat e • Point to the P artici pant T e mplat e menu, a nd the n clic k Save . Th e new te mp late is a dde d to the li st o f Par tici pan t te mp late s assign e d to the se lec ted G r oup . Def ini ng Au dio O[...]

MGC W ebCommander Us er ’s Gui de 11-29 The Par ticipant Pr opert ies options c hange accordi ngly . 2. Select the Parti cip ant C onn e ction typ e. S ele ct e ither Dial- in if t he par ticipa n t ca lls the c o nferen c e/M CU or Dia l -o ut if the M CU ca lls the par ticipa n t. If t he pa rti cipant int erfa ce type is T1-CA S, y ou can only[...]

Ch ap ter 11 - Ma nag ing Pa rtic ipant T e m plat es 11 -3 0 The Part ic ipant Pr opertie s - A dvance d windo w opens. 6. Define the conn ectio n parame ters in Part ic ipant Pr opertie s - Ad vance d tab as descr ibed in Table 11-7 . T able 1 1-7: Advanced Param eters f or Audio- Only ISDN/H.323 /SI P Field Descr ipti on Servi ce Name T ype the [...]

MGC W ebCommander Us er ’s Gui de 11-31 7. T o sa ve th e P articip a nt tem pla te, r efer to pag e 1 1 - 28. Record ing This f ield i s used to indicat e whet her the pa rtic ipant being defined i s a st andar d par tic ipant o r it is a por t that wi ll be used for co nfe rence r ecording. • None - in dica tes th at thi s pa rtic ip ant i s [...]

Ch ap ter 11 - Ma nag ing Pa rtic ipant T e m plat es 11 -3 2 Advan ced T1-CA S Particip a nt W i ndow The T1- CAS par tici pan t’ s wi ndow d if fers from a ISDN , A TM or MPI partic ipa nt as part ic ipant’ s connect us ing A udio On ly . 1. Click the Ad van ce d tab . T he P arti cipant P rop erti es - A dvanced wind ow opens. 2. Define the [...]

MGC W ebCommander Us er ’s Gui de 11-33 3. Save the p artic ip ant te m p late. Record ing This fiel d is used to i ndicat e wheth er the par tici p ant being def i ned is a sta ndard par ti cip ant or it is a por t that will be used f or confer ence recor di ng. • None - indi ca tes that this p ar tici p ant is a sta ndard p arti cipan t. T hi[...]

Ch ap ter 11 - Ma nag ing Pa rtic ipant T e m plat es 11 -3 4 Deleti ng a Particip ant from the Dat ab ase A p artici p an t ca n be dele ted f rom the d a taba se. T o de lete a p artic ipan t, the partic ipa nt prope rti es mus t be displaye d. T o d ele te th e p a rt ic ipa nt fro m t he d a ta ba s e : 1. In the P artici pant T e mplat es wi n[...]

MGC W ebCommander Us er ’s Gui de 11-35 The Par ticipant s Pr opert ies window opens. 2. Po int to the P arti cipant T e mplate menu, and cli ck Del ete P art icip a nt . The f oll owing conf irmati on b ox opens: 3. C lic k OK t o de lete th e par ticip ant f rom the datab a se, or c lic k Can ce l to c an ce l th e op er at i on .[...]

Ch ap ter 11 - Ma nag ing Pa rtic ipant T e m plat es 11 -3 6 Mod ifying the Particip ant T empla te in the Dat a base Y o u c an m od ify the p r operti es o f a Pa rt icipa nt temp la te st ored i n t he d ata base ev en if the pa rticip a nt was de fine d dur ing t he Co nfe renc e tem plate de fini tion . T o modi fy the par ti cipan t t empla [...]

MGC W ebCommander Us er ’s Gui de 11-37 The temp late is sa v ed wi th the m od ified par ame ter s.[...]

Ch ap ter 11 - Ma nag ing Pa rtic ipant T e m plat es 11 -3 8[...]

A-1 A Appendix A: Default T emplates Th ere ar e f ive d e faul t Co nfe renc e tem plate s in clud e d in t he M GC W e bCommander databa se: • COP (D efau lt_C O P) • Vide o (D ef au lt_ Vid eo ) • Audi o ( Defaul t-Au dio) • So f twar e Co nt i nuo us P res e nce (SW C P) • V ideo S wit ch ing ( Video-Sw it ch) For a deta il ed desc ri[...]

Ap pe ndi x A: D efaul t T empl ate s A-2 De fa ul t C o nf er en ce T e mpla te Prop er tie s - D e fau lt _CO P Param eter Va l u e General Name Default_COP Remar ks (empty) Durati on 2:00 Ho urs Bill ing (empt y) Meet M e Per Con f . Y es Entry Queu e Ac cess No Confer ence Ent ry Passwor d ( empty - t o be allocat ed by sys tem) Web /Cha irper [...]

A-3 Sa me Layout Y e s (gr eyed out) Le cture Mode None Le cturer Name Auto sel ect (gr eyed out ) T imer (disabl ed) Int erv al 10 sec . (grey ed ou t) FECC/LSD Rate None T1 20 Rate None Au dio Al g. Auto VTX1 000 (dis abled) Sil ence IT Y e s (greyed ou t) Pro- Motion None Dua l S tr eam Mode None V ideo Pro tocol Auto V ideo For mat Auto Fram e [...]

Ap pe ndi x A: D efaul t T empl ate s A-4 Auto T er minati on Y es Min utes Be for e Firs t J oi n 25 Min utes Af t er La s t Qui t 5 Dial -Out Manu al ly No Allo w und efined Par tic ipant s Y es Min Numbe r of Particip ants 3 Max Number of Partici pan t s Auto Cascade None Mast er None Chair Cont rol None Lab el None Atten ded None Mess age Servi[...]

A-5 Numbe r of Occurr ence s (dis abled) V ideo Layout V ideo Layo ut 5+ Ba ckground ( enabl ed) La yout B or de r Y e s Sp eaker No t ation Y e s Rec ording En able Rec ord ing No Record ing Link Name Empty S tar t Rec ording Immed iatel y (greye d o ut) Paramet er Va l u e[...]

Ap pe ndi x A: D efaul t T empl ate s A-6 De fa ul t C o nf er en ce T e mpla te Prop er tie s - D e fau lt _Vid eo Param eter Va l u e General Name Default _V ideo Remar ks (empty) Durati on 2:00 Ho urs Bill ing (empt y) Meet M e Per Con f . Y es Entry Queu e Ac cess No Confer ence Ent ry Passwor d ( empty - t o be allocat ed by sys tem) Web /Cha [...]

A-7 Sa me Layout No Le cture Mode None Le cturer Name Auto sel ect (gr eyed out ) T imer (disabl ed) Int erv al 10 sec . (grey ed ou t) FECC/LSD Rate None T1 20 Rate None Au dio Al g. Auto VTX1 000 Y e s Sil ence IT Y e s (greyed ou t) Pro- Motion None Dua l S tr eam Mode None V ideo Pro tocol Auto V ideo For mat Auto Fram e Rate Auto Quality Auto [...]

Ap pe ndi x A: D efaul t T empl ate s A-8 Auto T er minati on Y es Min utes Be for e Firs t J oi n 25 Min utes Af t er La s t Qui t 5 Dial -Out Manu al ly No Allo w und efined Par tic ipant s Y es Min Numbe r of Particip ants 3 Max Number of Partici pan t s Auto Cascade None Mast er None Chair Cont rol None Lab el None Atten ded None Mess age Servi[...]

A-9 De fau lt Co nf er en ce T em p la te Pro pe r tie s - Def au lt- A udio Numbe r of Occurr ence s (dis abled) V ideo Layout V ideo Layo ut 5+ Ba ckground ( enabl ed) La yout B or de r Y e s Sp eaker No t ation Y e s Rec ording En able Rec ord ing No Record ing Link Name empty S tar t Rec ording Immed iatel y (greye d o ut) Paramet er Va l u e G[...]

Ap pe ndi x A: D efaul t T empl ate s A-10 Numeric ID (empty) Confer ence User Defined 1- 3 (empty) Media A udio Ne two r ks I P , IS D N, A T M , MP I Parti cip ant s None def ined Advan ced Auto T er minati on Y es Min utes Be for e Firs t J oi nt 25 Min utes Af t er La s t Qui t 5 Dial Out M anu ally No Allo w und efined Par tic ipant s Y es (gr[...]

A-11 Lo ck No On Hold No En able I nvit e Y es Roll Call No En try T one Y e s En d T i me Alert T one Y e s - 5 Minutes Exit T one Y e s Meet Me Per Con f Limi ted Occ urrence s gr eyed out Numbe r of Occurr ence s 1 Rec ording En able Rec ord ing No Record ing Link Name Empty S tar t Rec ording Immed iatel y (greye d o ut) Paramet er Va l u e[...]

Ap pe ndi x A: D efaul t T empl ate s A-12 De fa ul t C o nf er en ce T e mpla te Prop er tie s - S o ftw ar e CP Param eter Va l u e General Name SW CP Remar ks (empty) Durati on 2:00 Ho urs Bill ing (empt y) Meet M e Per Con f . Y es Entry Queu e Ac cess No Confer ence Ent ry Passwor d ( empty - t o be allocat ed by sys tem) Web /Cha irper son Pa[...]

A-13 Sa me Layout Y e s (gr eyed out) Le cture Mode None Le cturer Name Auto sel ect (gr eyed out ) T imer (disabl ed) Int erv al 10 sec . (grey ed ou t) FECC/LSD Rate None T1 20 Rate None Au dio Al g. Auto VTX1 000 No (greye d out) Sil ence IT Y e s (greyed ou t) Pro- Moti on None (gre yed out ) Dua l S t ream Mode None (gre yed out) V ideo Pro to[...]

Ap pe ndi x A: D efaul t T empl ate s A-14 Auto T er minati on Y es Min utes Be for e Firs t J oi n 25 Min utes Af t er La s t Qui t 5 Dial -Out Manu al ly No Allo w und efined Par tic ipant s Y es Min Numbe r of Particip ants 3 Max Number of Partici pan t s Auto Cascade None Mast er None Chair Cont rol None Lab el None Atten ded None Mess age Serv[...]

A-15 Numbe r of Occurr ence s (dis abled) V ideo Layout V ideo Layout 2, 4 (depen di ng o n the number of c onnected p artici p ants) Ba ckground No La yout B or der No Sp eaker No t ation No Rec ording En able Rec ord ing No Record ing Link Name Empty S tar t Rec ording Immed iatel y (greye d o ut) Paramet er Va l u e[...]

Ap pe ndi x A: D efaul t T empl ate s A-16 De fa ul t C o nf er en ce T e mpla te Prop er tie s - Vid eo -S w itc h Param eter Va l u e General Name Video -Switc h Remar ks (empty) Durati on 2:00 Ho urs Bill ing (empt y) Meet M e Per Con f . Y es Entry Queu e Ac cess No Confer ence Ent ry Passwor d ( empty - t o be allocat ed by sys tem) Web /Cha i[...]

A-17 Sa me Layout Y e s (gr eyed out) Le cture Mode None Le cturer Name Auto sel ect (gr eyed out ) T imer (disabl ed) Int erv al 10 sec . (grey ed ou t) FECC/LSD Rate None T1 20 Rate None Au dio Al g. 56 (G .722 /G .71 1) VTX1 000 Y e s Sil ence IT Y e s (greyed ou t) Pro- Motion None Dua l S tr eam Mode None V ideo Pro tocol Auto V ideo For mat A[...]

Ap pe ndi x A: D efaul t T empl ate s A-18 Auto T er minati on Y es Min utes Be for e Firs t J oi n 25 Min utes Af t er La s t Qui t 5 Dial -Out Manu al ly No Allo w und efined Par tic ipant s Y es Min Numbe r of Particip ants 3 Max Number of Partici pan t s Auto Cascade None Mast er None Chair Cont rol None Lab el None Atten ded None Mess age Serv[...]

A-19 Numbe r of Occurr ence s (dis abled) V ideo Layout V ideo Layout 1x1 ( fu ll s creen) Ba ckground ( enabl ed) La yout B or de r Y e s Sp eaker No t ation Y e s Rec ording En able Rec ord ing No Record ing Link Name Empty S tar t Rec ording Immed iatel y (greye d o ut) Paramet er Va l u e[...]

Ap pe ndi x A: D efaul t T empl ate s A-20[...]