Polycom® RealPresence Collaboration ServerVirtual Edition Administrator’s Guide
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IP Participant Properties

The following parameters are displayed for an IP participant

Table 12-9 Participant Properties - Media Sources Parameters
Field Description
Name Indicates the participant’s name.
Note: This field is displayed in all tabs.
Endpoint Website
(link)
Click the Endpoint Website hyperlink to connect to the internal website of
the participant’s endpoint. It enables you to perform administrative,
configuration and troubleshooting activities on the endpoint.
The connection is available only if the IP address of the endpoint’s internal
site is filled in the Website IP Address field in the Participant Properties -
General dialog box.
Note: This field is displayed in all tabs.
Endpoint Type Indicates whether the participant is using an AVC-based or SVC-based
endpoint.
Fields, tabs and options are enabled or disabled according to the endpoint
type.
Note: This field is displayed in all tabs.
Layout Type Indicates whether the video layout currently viewed by the participant is the
Conference or Personal Layout. If Personal Layout is selected, you can
select a Video Layout that will be viewed only by this participant.
Video Layout Indicates the video layout currently viewed by the participant. When
Personal Layout is selected in the Layout Type you can force participants
to the video windows in a layout that is specific to the participant. For more
information, see Polycom® RealPresence Collaboration Server Virtual
Edition Getting Started Guide, "Changing the Video Layout of a
Conference (AVC-Based CP and Mixed CP and SVC Conferences)” on
page 3-59.
Mute/Suspend Indicates if the endpoint’s audio and/or video channels have been muted/
suspended. The entity that initiated audio mute or video suspend is also
indicated.
•MCU – Audio or Video channel has been muted/suspended by the
MCU.
•User – Channels have been muted/suspended by the Collaboration
Server user.
•Participant – Channels have been muted/suspended by the
participant from the endpoint.
You can also cancel or perform mute and suspend operation using these
check boxes.
Note: If the participant muted his/her audio channel, the system displays
the mute icon only for H.323. This icon is not displayed for SIP participant
due to SIP standard limitation.
Block When checked, the audio transmission from the conference to the
participant’s endpoint is blocked, but the participant will still be heard by
other participants.