Polycom RealPresence Collaboration Server (RMX) 1500/2000/4000 Administrator’s Guide

Gathering Phase Duration

The duration of the Gathering Phase can be customized by the administrator so that it is long enough to be viewed by most connected participants yet short enough so as not to over extend into the scheduled conferencing time.

The Gathering Phase duration is configured for the RMX, by the following System Flags in system.cfg using the Setup >System Configuration menu:

CONF_GATHERING_DURATION_SECONDS Range: 0 - 3600 seconds

Default: 180 seconds

The Gathering Phase duration of the conference is measured from the scheduled start time of the conference.

Example: If the value of the flag is set to 180, the Gathering slide is displayed for three minutes to all participants starting at the conference Start Time, and ending three minutes after the conference Start Time.

For participants who connect before Start Time, the Gathering slide is displayed from the time of connection until the end of the Gathering duration period.

PARTY_GATHERING_DURATION_SECONDS Range: 0 - 3600 seconds

Default: 15 seconds

The value of this flag determines the duration of the display of the Gathering slide for participants that connect to the conference after the conference Start Time.

Participants connecting to the conference very close to of the end of the Gathering Phase (when there are fewer seconds left to the end of the Gathering Phase than specified by the value of the flag) have the Gathering slide displayed for the time specified by the value of the flag.

Example: If the value of the flag is set to 15, the Gathering Phase slide is displayed to the participant for 15 seconds.

Enabling the Gathering Phase Display

The Gathering Phase is enabled for per conference in the Conference Profile. The profile also includes the dial-in numbers and the optional additional information to display on the slide.

Conferences that are configured to include a Gathering Phase that are not launched by the Polycom Conferencing Add-in for Microsoft Outlook need the following information to be entered via the New Profile or Profile Properties — Gathering Settings dialog box:

Display Name

(Optional, the Meeting Name is used if left blank.)

Displayed Language

 

Access Number 1 / 2

(Optional.)

Additional Information (Optional free text)

Info 1

Info 2

Info 3

Conferences launched by the Polycom Conferencing Add-in for Microsoft Outlook receive this information from the meeting invitation.

For more information see "Defining New Profiles” on page 2-18.

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DOC2702A, RMX 1500 specifications

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