Chapter 11 - Managing Participant Templates

3.Define the connection parameters in Participant Properties - Advanced tab as described in Table 11-5.

Table 11-5: Advanced Parameters for H.323 Video Participant

Option

Description

 

 

Service Name

Type the name of the H.323 Network Service

 

handling the call (the system is case sensitive).

 

If left blank, the default H.323 Network Service is

 

used.

 

 

Auto Video Bit

Select this option to use the Line Rate defined for the

Rate

conference.

 

 

Bit Rate KBits/sec

This option is enabled if the Auto Video Bit Rate

 

option is disabled. It allows you to specify the specific

 

video transfer rate (multiples of 100 bits/sec is

 

recommended) for the participants.

 

 

Quality of Service

Quality of Service (QoS) is a collective measure of

 

the level of service delivered to a customer, and is

 

the level of assurance for an application that the

 

network can meet its service requirements.

 

Click the Quality of Service button to modify the

 

QoS setting as defined in the Network Service for this

 

participant. The Participant QoS window opens. For

 

more information, see “Quality of Service

 

Parameters” on page 11-25.

 

 

Recording

This field is used to indicate whether the participant

 

being defined is a standard participant or it is a port

 

that will be used for conference recording.

 

None - indicates that this participant is a standard

 

participant. This is the default setting.

 

Dial up - select this option to define this

 

participant as a recording port when the port

 

(telephone) is connected to an external device

 

used for recording the conference. The defined

 

port can be connected to an analog recorder or to

 

a computer, where the recording is saved to a file

 

using a Windows recording utility.

 

The recording port appears in the Participants list of

 

the On Going conference, where you can monitor the

 

status of its connection.

 

 

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