Advanced Use | TANDBERG Director Videoconferencing System |
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MCU services
A Multipoint Control Unit (MCU) enables several sites to participate in the same conference.
An MCU conference can have different modes:
Voice Switched
Means that the image of the person currently speaking will be broadcast to all the other conference participants. This will remain the case until another participant starts to speak.
Continuous Presence
Shows several participants on the same screen at the same time.
Chairman Control
functionality enables one participant to control the meeting by selecting which of the conference participants is to be broadcast to the other participants.
The system can also control external MCUs in a very flexible manner using the functions described below.
N O T E THIS SYSTEM HAS AS AN
OPTIONAL
MULTISITE, WHICH SUPPORTS UP
TO 3 VIDEO CALLS (4 SITES) AND
ONE TELEPHONE CALL. THE
MULTISITE SUPPORTS BOTH
VOICE SWITCHED AND
CONTINUOUS PRESENCE MODE,
SEE SECTION ‘MULTISITE’.
T I P DURING AN MCU CONFERENCE, A
STATUS LINE WILL PROVIDE
INFORMATION ABOUT THE CONFERENCE. TO REMOVE THIS STATUS LINE, SELECT ‘UTILITIES’,
‘MCU STATUS LINE: OFF’.
Quick Menu
When connected to an MCU
T I P
PRESS ANY QUICK KEY WHEN IN A
MULTIPOINT CONFERENCE TO
ACTIVATE THE QUICK MENU.
This menu provides access to the most commonly used MCU functions.
If ‘Request Floor’ is selected, ‘Request Floor’ will change to ‘Release Floor’.
If ‘View Site#’ is selected, ‘View Site #’ will change to ‘End View’.
Selecting ‘Take Chair’ will send a request to take chair. If granted, the QUICK KEYS will be:
If ‘Floor to Site#’ is selected, ‘Floor to Site#’ will change to ‘Rel. Floor To Site’. If ‘Release Chair’ is selected, you will return to the original ‘Quick Menu’.
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