Chapter 7 - Conference Types
the data token is invoked by an operator connected to the slave MCU, the slave MCU checks if another participant possesses the data token. If yes, the request is rejected. If no, the request is transferred to the Master MCU, which opens the FECC/LSD channel of all the participants in the Master conference.
Large Video Switching Conferences
Running video Switching conferences on the Standard Audio card limits the maximum number of participants in a conference to 16 (12 video and 4 audio only). This number of participants may be increased to up to 30 participants when configuring the Audio Bridge component of the standard Audio card to 1/30. With the Audio+ card, up to 100 participants at 128 Kbps may connect to one Video Switching conference (without special configuration).
Greet and Guide Conferences
A Greet and Guide conference is a conference with an AV Message Service assigned to it, where participants are moved by the operator from one stage to another during their connection to the conference.
An AV Message Service is a set of audio messages (two per Message Service) and a video slide assigned to a conference. This set is activated when a participant connects to an Attended conference to which the set is assigned.
There are two types of Greet and Guide - Attended conferences:
•Welcome (No Wait) conference
The participant is greeted by a video slide and the audio message when connecting to the conference. After a
•Attended (Wait) conference
The participant is greeted by the video slide and the audio message, and then waits for the operator‘s assistance in the Participants Queue.
You can define a Greet and Guide conference via the WebCommander, but conferences can be managed from the MGC Manager application. If you have the Audio+ card installed on the MCU, define an IVR enabled conference instead.
For more details regarding Greet and Guide conferences, see the MGC Manager User’s Guide Volume II, Chapter 3.
