Polycom 8 Participant Connection to the Conference, Dial-out Participants, Dial-In Participants

MGC WebCommander User’s Guide

Participant Connection to the Conference

Conference participants can call the conference (dial-in) or can be called by the system (dial-out) at the conference start or during the On Going conference. The method in which participants connect to the conference influences the definition of the conference and the required caller information.

Aconference can include only dial-in participants, only dial-out participants or both dial-in and dial-out participants.

Dial-out Participants

In a conference that includes only dial-out participants, each participant may be called individually by the meeting organizer (or the operator) and connected directly to the conference. Alternatively, an automatic dial-out mode (blast dial-out) can be performed by the system. In this mode, the system calls all the participants and connects them to the conference. In the manual or automatic mode, the meeting organizer/operator defines the participant parameters - mainly his/her name and telephone number. Usually, dial-out participants connect directly to the conference.

Dial-In Participants

In a conference that includes dial-in participants, the participants may be defined in advance and they are identified by their Calling Line Identifier (CLI) number once they connect to the conference. The conference can include “anonymous”, undefined participants. These participants were not defined by the operator/meeting organizer prior to the conference start and are connected to the conference if they have dialed the conference dial-in number and have entered the appropriate password (if one was assigned to the conference). Conferences that include “undefined” dial-in participants must be defined as Standard Meet Me Per Conference or Meeting Room.

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