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Polycom RMX 1800 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1

About the Polycom RMX 1800 Administrator’s Guide ....................................................1-1
Who Should Read This Guide? ....................................................................................1-1
Prerequisites ............................................................................................................1-2
How This Guide is Organized ......................................................................................1-2
About the Polycom® RMX 1800 System ...............................................................................1-2
Network Services Guidelines .......................................................................................1-3
IP Networks .............................................................................................................1-3
Workstation Requirements ...................................................................................................1-4

Conference Profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1

Conferencing Mode ................................................................................................................2-1
AVC Conferencing - Continuous Presence (CP) Conferencing .......................................2-2
Video Protocol Support in CP Conferences ........................................................2-3
AVC Conferencing Parameters ....................................................................................2-4
Basic Conferencing Parameters ............................................................................2-4
Supplemental Conferencing Features .................................................................2-5
Operator Conferences (CP only Conferences) ................................................... 2-5
Default Profile Settings in CP Conferencing Mode ...................................................2-6
Viewing Profiles .....................................................................................................................2-8
Profile Toolbar ................................................................................................................2-8
Modifying an Existing Profile ...............................................................................................2-9
Deleting a Conference Profile ...............................................................................................2-9
Defining New Profiles ...........................................................................................................2-9
Defining AVC - CP Conferencing Profiles ................................................................2-10
CP Conferencing Additional Information ........................................................................2-31
Overlay Layouts ...........................................................................................................2-31
Guidelines ..............................................................................................................2-31
Message Overlay for Text Messaging ........................................................................2-33
Guidelines ..............................................................................................................2-33
Chinese Font Types ......................................................................................................2-34
Site Names Definition ..................................................................................................2-35
Guidelines ..............................................................................................................2-35
Exporting and Importing Conference Profiles .................................................................2-36
Guidelines ......................................................................................................................2-36
Exporting Conference Profiles ....................................................................................2-36
Exporting All Conference Profiles from an MCU ............................................2-36
Exporting Selected Conference Profiles ............................................................2-37
Importing Conference Profiles ...................................................................................2-38

Video Protocols and Resolution Configuration for CP

Conferencing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1

Video Resolutions in AVC-based CP Conferencing .........................................................3-1
Video Display with CIF, SD and HD Video Connections ................................3-1