Chapter 8 Interoperability with Legacy Video Conferencing Devices

Configuring Cisco TelePresence Interoperability

•Suppress reflected video for the initial caller. When a caller joins the CUVC as the first participant of a Cisco Telepresence conference, the default behavior is for that caller to see his or her own image. To have that initial caller see a black screen instead, you must suppress reflected video. To suppress the reflected video:

–From the MCU configuration page, select the Settings tab, then click Advanced. The page refreshes and displays a Command button.

–Click Commands. The Advanced Commands window appears.

–In the Commands field, enter: mc:notselfseeforfirstpart

–In the Parameter field, enter the service prefix number followed by either 0 (to deactivate) or 1 (activate) suppressed reflection.

–Click Send to issue request to the CUVC. If the command is successful, the response field indicates “OK.”

•Network Configuration: The CUVC MCU and EMP cards each have their own Ethernet cables and IP addresses. Make sure that the switch to where the two cables attach is defined to allow QoS to be passed through to the network as a trusted device. This requirement applies to all video devices including CTS and CTMS. Configuration example is as follows:

interface TenGigabitEthernet 4/2

description ===connection to telepresence gateway 2=== ip address 10.xx.xx.xx 255.255.255.252

ip pim sparse-dense-mode mls qos trust dscp end

For general information about the CUVC configuration tasks, refer to the Configuration Guide for the Cisco Unified Videoconferencing 3545 MCU Release 5.5.

Configuring CTMS for Cisco TelePresence Interoperability

The next step is to configure a static meeting in CTMS in “interop mode.” When the first CTS caller joins the teleconference, CTMS dials out to the CUVC using the Interoperability number configured in the CTMS meeting definition. CTMS dials out to the CUVC using the SIP trunk defined in Unified CM. CTMS cannot use H.323 signaling for this connection. When configuring the SIP trunk, specify a device pool with a region configured for a video bandwidth of 768 kpbs or higher.

Creating Static Meetings in CTMS for Interoperability

To create a static meeting:

 

Step 1

Click Static Meetings under the Meetings Management folder in the Navigation Pane.

 

Step 2

The Static Meetings setting screen initially displays a table providing the following information about

 

 

already defined static meetings.

 

 

Table 8-4

Static Meetings Table Field Descriptions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Field

 

Description

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Access Number

 

Displays the access number that rooms call to attend this meeting.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Description

 

Displays the defined description for this static meeting.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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