Chapter 8 Interoperability with Legacy Video Conferencing Devices

Configuring Cisco TelePresence Interoperability

Table 8-4

Static Meetings Table Field Descriptions

 

 

 

Field

 

Description

 

 

Switching Policy

Displays the defined switching policy (site or segment) for this

 

 

static meeting.

 

 

 

Max Rooms

 

Displays the maximum number of sites that can participate in this

 

 

static meeting.

 

 

 

Quality

 

Sets the maximum bit rate and video resolution to be used for the

 

 

meeting.

 

 

 

Interop

 

A green check indicates that this particular Cisco TelePresence

 

 

multipoint meeting supports Cisco Unified Video Conferencing

 

 

(CUVC) systems (interoperability mode). A red “X” indicates that

 

 

this meeting is not configured to cascade with CUVC systems.

 

 

 

CUVC Number

 

(Optional) Number dialed to CUVC for interoperability meetings.

 

 

 

To delete one of the defined static meetings, click the radio button to the left of the table entry, and then click Delete.

To edit one of the defined static meetings, click the radio button to the left of the table entry, and then click Edit.

To define a new static meeting, click New.

Step 3 When you click Edit or New, CTMS Administration software takes you to the Static Meeting Settings table. Enter settings as described in Table 8-5:

 

 

 

 

Table 8-5

Static Meeting Settings

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Field or Button

 

Setting

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Access Number

 

Defines the telephone number that participants call to attend this

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

static meeting.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Meeting Description

Text describing or identifying this static meeting. The maximum

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

number of characters for this field is 62 characters.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Switching Policy

 

Defines how CTMS calls are displayed during a meeting. CTMS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

displays active speakers on screen. There are two active speaker

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

display options:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Segment: (Speaker) With segment switching, each individual

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

table segment (defined as a display and a camera) is displayed

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

on the screen as that segment becomes the active speaker.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Site: (Room) When you select “site,” all table segments for a

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

particular room are displayed on screen when any segment in

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

that room is the active speaker.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Click the appropriate radio button to select.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Note

 

If you are running CTS 1.3 or later, you can control how

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cisco TelePresence calls are displayed from the Cisco

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TelePresence phone interface. Press the Speaker softkey to

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

display the active segment; press the Room softkey to

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

display all segements from a particular site.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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