RealPresence Collaboration Server (RMX) 1500/1800/2000/4000 Administrator’s Guide
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3Define the following fields:
New Participant - General
Field Description
Name Enter the name of the participant or the endpoint as it will be displayed in the
Collaboration Server Web Client.
The Name field can be modified using Unicode encoding.
•
English text uses ASCII encoding and can contain the most characters (length
varies according to the field).
•European and Latin text length is approximately half the length of the maximum.
•Asian text length is approximately one third of the length of the maximum.
Maximum field length in ASCII is 80 characters.
The maximum length of text fields varies according to the mixture of character sets
used (Unicode and ASCII).
This field may not be left blank. Duplicate participant names, comma, and semi-colon
characters may not be used in this field.
This name can also become the endpoint name that is displayed in the video layout.
For more details about endpoint (site) names, see the Polycom RealPresence
Collaboration Server (RMX) 1500/1800/2000/4000 Getting Started Guide, Audio and
Visual Indications (AVC CP Conferencing).
Note: This field is displayed in all tabs.
Endpoint Website
(IP only)
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
defined in the Website IP Address field.
Note: Endpoint Website hyperlinks are not supported when the Collaboration Server
1500/2000/4000 is in Ultra Secure Mode. For more information see Ultra Secure
Mode. Ultra Secure Mode is not supported with Collaboration Server 1800.
Dialing Direction Select the dialing direction:
• Dial-in – The participant dials in to the conference. This field applies to IP
participants only.
• Dial-out – The MCU dials out to the participant.
Note:
•Dial-out is forced when defining an ISDN/PSTN participant.
Type The network communication protocol used by the endpoint to connect to the
conference: H.323, or SIP or ISDN/PSTN.
The fields in the dialog box change according to the selected network type.
IP Address
(H.323 and SIP)
Enter the IP address of the participant’s endpoint.
•For H.323 participant define either the endpoint IP address or alias.
•For SIP participant define either the endpoint IP address or the SIP address.
For Collaboration Servers registered to a gatekeeper, the Collaboration Server can be
configured to dial and receive calls to and from H.323 endpoints using the IP address
in the event that the Gatekeeper is not functioning.
Note: This field is hidden when the ISDN/PSTN protocol is selected.