Chapter 3: Starting A New Call; Starting A Meeting - Avaya Scopia XT Series User Manual

Chapter 3 | Starting a New Call
You can start a videoconference on the Avaya Scopia
to other endpoints in different modes, how to start videoconferences with many participants, and how to answer and
end a meeting.
To quickly dial with the settings best suited for a specific contact, we recommend setting up your phone book to
include calling preferences, along with the contact's information. For example, you can set a contact to audio-only,
and this setting is automatically used when calling this contact.
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Starting a Meeting
About this task
Like a mobile phone, your Avaya Scopia
dial string like a number, or choose a recently dialed entry, or dial a saved contact from your address
book.
If you want to join or host a meeting with several participants, you must decide which MCU is hosting the
meeting. You can host on your own built-in MCU, or on someone else's built-in MCU, or on a
dedicatedMCU like the Scopia
To host the meeting on your own built-in MCU, you can either call out to other endpoints to join your
meeting, or you can give out your endpoint's address for them to call in to your endpoint. The endpoint
address you give out can be an IP (like 1.2.3.4), or an H.323 alias (like john_smith) or a URI address
(like john@company.com). If you invite endpoints outside your network, verify with your system
administrator that your endpoint's address is valid for external endpoints.
Your call is securely encrypted when it shows a padlock icon
administrator to configure encryption (see Deployment Guide for Avaya Scopia
Important:
Using encryption is subject to local regulation. In some countries it is restricted or limited for usage.
For more information, consult your local reseller.
Procedure
1. To call a new endpoint, access the direct call screen. From the XT Series web interface,
User Guide for Avaya Video Collaboration Solution for IP Office
Version 8.3
on page 22
on page 26
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Elite MCU.
select Make your Call > Basic Options > Direct Call. From the endpoint's main menu,
select Call, or press on the XT Remote Control Unit.
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XT Series in several ways. This section outlines how to dial
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XT Series can dial another endpoint by directly entering a new
on the monitor. Ask your system
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XT Series).
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