Polycom DOC2560C manual Conferencing Capabilities and Options

Chapter 1-System Overview

Conferencing Capabilities and Options

On Demand Conferencing

The following options are available to set up conferences:

•New Conference – set up once, use once.

The conference is deleted from the MCU after it ends.

•Meeting Rooms – set up once, use many times.

Meeting Rooms are saved in memory (using no resources) and can be activated as many times as needed.

•Ad Hoc Entry Queue – no setup, a new conference can be created when a user dials in and enters a conference ID that is not being used by an existing conference or Meeting Room.

•Gateway calls – from IP endpoints to other participants, using the direct dialing method, with up to 10 destination numbers contained in a single dial string.

Permanent Conference

A Permanent Conference is an ongoing conference with no predetermined End Time, continuing until it is terminated by an administrator, operator or chairperson.

Scheduled Conferencing / Reservations

Reservations provide calendar-based scheduling of single or recurring conferences. These conferences can be launched immediately or become ongoing, at a specified time on a specified date.

Polycom Conferencing for Microsoft Outlook®

Polycom Conferencing for Microsoft Outlook is implemented by installing the Polycom Conferencing Add-in for Microsoft Outlook on Microsoft Outlook e-mail clients. It enables meetings to be scheduled with video endpoints from within Outlook. The add-in also adds a Polycom Conference button in the Meeting tab of the Microsoft Outlook e-mail client ribbon.

Connection Methods

IPv4, IPv6, ISDN and PSTN communication protocols are supported for connection to the conference.

•Dial-out: automatically, to pre-defined participants (line rate detection is automatic)

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