TANDBERG 4500 Series manual

Codian HD MCU MCU 4500 Series Getting started[...]

Codian MCU MCU 4500 Series Getting started[...]

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T able of conten ts General inf ormation .......... .......... .......... ........... .......... .......... ............. .......... ........... .......... .. .... . 1 About the M ultipoint Cont rol Unit (M CU) ................... .......... ............. .......... ..... 1 Package conte nts .... .......... .......... ............. .......... .....[...]

General information 1 General informa tion About the Multipoint Control Unit (MCU) The MCU 4500 Series is a range of tec hnolog ically ad vanced and po w erful Multipoint Contr ol Units. The y are designed to combine con tinuous presence a t high definition and the highest possible v oice quality . Package c ontents The follo wing items are include[...]

2 LED beha vior T able 1 descr ibes the behavior of the LEDs . T able 1: MCU LED behavior LED Co lor Indicates Compact Flash Activity Flashing gr een One of:  the MCU is booting  a configuration change has been made  the configuration is being transferred by F T P Console Link Green A PC is connected to the console port Status Green The MC[...]

LED behavior 3 Ethernet P or t Status, for each Ether net por t : FDX Green The link has been negotiated as a full- duplex link Act Green Pa c kets ar e being transmitted on this por t Link Green The speed of the link from this port, which is either 10, 100, or 1000 Mbps P ow er Blue The MCU is receiving po wer T able 1: MCU LED behavior (continued[...]

4 Co nnecting the MCU Before you star t Step one: Connect power Connect the po w er connector on the rear of the unit to the pow er supply using the supplied po wer ca ble . (There is no On/Off switch.) Step two: C onnec t to Ethernet Port A Connect an Ethernet cable from Ethernet P or t A to an Ether net switch (rather than a hub , to minimize int[...]

Initial configuration 5 Initial configur ation Step one: Connect to the console port 1 Ensure po wer is connected to the MCU and the Status LED is green. 2 Connect the console por t of the MCU to the serial por t of your PC using the blue RJ45 to DB9 cab le supplied. 3 Use a ser ial ter minal program, suc h as Secure CR T or HyperT erminal, to conn[...]

6  T o configure Ether net P or t A, enter the follo wing for auto-sensing mode: ethertype auto or to configure a speed and duplex, use the follo wing command: ethertype <10|100> <half|full>  T o displa y the cur rent configuration and sta tus of the Ether net por ts, enter: status F or example , to configure a full-du plex 100Mbp[...]

Configuring the MCU 7 Co nfiguring the MCU Step one: Log in to the MCU All administration of the MCU is perfor med v ia the w eb interface. T o log in to the w eb interface of the MCU: 1 Use your bro wser to na vigate to the IP addr ess of the MCU (to disco ver the IP address, r efer to the pre vious section). 2C l i c k t h e Log i n link on the t[...]

8 Step three: A dd endpoints (optional) One wa y to add par t icipants to a conference tha t you cr eate is to ha ve the MCU automaticall y call them when the conference star ts. T o do this, you configure their endpoints on the MCU. When you set up a conference , you can choose the endpoints from the P re- conf igured pa rticipants list. This is e[...]

Using the MCU 9 Usi n g t he M CU Creating conferences T o crea te a conference: 1 In the w eb interface of the MCU, go to Con fe re nc es and clic k Add new confer ence . 2T y p e a Name for the conference, for example SalesMeeting . 3 T ype an optional numeric identifier , for example 123 . This will be the telephone number that participants can [...]

10 Calling partic ipants in to a conferenc e T o call par ticipants in to a conference: 1 In the w eb interface of the MCU, go to Conf er en ce s and clic k on the name of an active confer ence. 2O n t h e Pa r t ic i pa nt s tab , clic k Add partici pant to call out to an H.323 or SIP endpoint. 3I n t h e Address field: where there is no H.32 3 ga[...]

Using the MCU 11 Streaming conferences Streaming is a wa y of viewing a conference in a standard w eb bro wser . The MCU allo ws streaming of video and, if enab led for a conference , the streaming of data. Y ou can also conduct a text ‘chat’ and add notes and dra wings to the data str eam. Y ou can configure tw o streaming options on the MCU t[...]

12 Instruc ting confer ence par ticipants Y ou need to tell conference par ticipants ho w to join conferences . Y ou can also tell them ho w to use the Far-End Camera Contr o ls (FECC) to na vigate menus in the auto attendant and choose conference la youts. Ther e is a document: Getting Started: Accessing Conferences a vailable in the documenta tio[...]

Troubleshooting and tec hnical support information 13 T r oubleshooting and technical suppor t information Using the ev ent log to help solve a problem Unless you are ex periencing a prob lem, all e v ent logging sources should be set to the default, which is Errors, warnings and information . F or more infor mation about configur ing the ev ent lo[...]

14 T echnical specifications P ow er requiremen ts Over- current protection Ensure the suppl y to this unit is protected b y a branch circuit protector rated b y a maximum of 20A. Operating environment The MCU must onl y be used within the follo wing envir onmental conditions: Anti-sta tic precautions When ser vicing or remo ving components or conn[...]

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