TANDBERG MCU 4500, MSE 8510 manual Displaying general status for additional

Sets the conference start time to the current time	The current time on the MCU is determined by
on the MCU.	the settings in the	page, which
	can only be modified by the administrator. See
	Displaying general status for additional
	information.
Allows you to retain a conference and its settings
for an infinite period of time.
Limits the duration of the conference for one	These fields are not available or necessary for
instance of the conference.	conferences set to permanent.
Which days and / or weeks the conference	The start date is taken into account when
repetitions will occur.	determining when the first repetition should
The repetitions will always start at the same time	occur. For instance, if the start date is a
	Wednesday and the conference is scheduled to
of day: the conference's configured Start time (see
	repeat every Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday
above), and will last for the same amount of time:
the configured Maximum duration.	then it will occur only on Wednesday in the first
	week and on all three specified days in subsequent
	weeks.
If a conference is set to repeat, its repetitions can	The first activation of a conference counts as a
be configured to go on forever, stop after a	"repetition", so configuring a conference to
certain date, or to occur only a certain number of	repeat but terminate after 1 repetition is
times.	equivalent to it not repeating at all.

You can choose to pre-configure endpoints to be part of a conference. These endpoints will be automatically invited into the conference by the MCU. This is useful if you regularly invite the same participants into a conference. To select which previously configured endpoints will be pre-configured for this conference, press

. (This button may also show a number in parentheses to indicate the number of participants that are currently pre-configured). Refer to Adding participants for more details.

There are two types of conference participant: chairperson and guest. IDs and PINs allow participants to connect to conferences as the correct participant type.

Chairperson participants use Numeric ID and optionally, PIN; guest participants use Guest numeric ID and optionally, Guest PIN.

A conference will not begin until the first chairperson joins. This means that guests will see a black screen/hear silence with on screen text 'Waiting for conference chairperson' and an audio prompt after five seconds and then every minute thereafter. Streaming viewers will see a black screen/hear silence although mark-up and text chat will work.

You can control the behavior when the last chairperson leaves the conference (that is the When only guests remain setting). The two options are:

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