CNX System Administrator Guide

Aastra CNX software

Conference capabilities

Each Aastra CNX supports 30 conference participants with up to 15 active conferences (60-port unit supports 60 participants with up to 30 active conferences; 120-port unit supports 120 participants with up to 60 active conferences). Participants can connect by TDM, VoIP, or both.

The following table describes the type of Aastra CNX conferences and the features associated with these conference types.

Conference

Description

Conference type features

types

 

 

 

Permanent

This type of conference is always available. It

 

 

uses ports from a pool dedicated for permanent

 

 

conferences.

 

 

You can use a permanent moderated bridge as

 

 

a personal bridge. Participants are put on hold

 

 

until the moderator joins and are disconnected

Moderated and Unmoderated - A user(s)

 

when the moderator leaves. The first person to

is designated as a moderator(s). The

 

join activates the conference in this type of

moderator uses a PIN that provides full

 

bridge.

control over the conference. You can also

 

Note: Permanent conferences must be setup

enable or disable a moderator as the

 

dominant speaker of the conference.

 

by a system administrator.

Note: The moderator PIN is different from

 

 

Scheduled

This type of conference exists for a specific

the conference participant’s PIN.

 

duration and uses a reserved number of ports

 

 

 

for the conference. Scheduled conferences can

 

 

handle early arrivals and over-runs and do not

 

 

require moderators.

 

 

Scheduled conferences can also have multiple

 

 

recurrences of a conference.

 

 

 

 

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