Using The Mcu; Creating Conferences - Cisco TelePresenceMCU 5300 Series Getting Started

Using the MCU

Creating conferences

To create a conference:
1 In the web interface of the MCU, go to
.
conference
2 Type a
Name
3 Type an optional numeric identifier, for example
telephone number that participants can use to join the conference when calling
in to the MCU via a gatekeeper or SIP registrar.
There are two types of conference participant: chairperson and guest.
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IDs and PINs allow participants to connect to conferences as the correct
participant type. Chairperson participants use the Numeric ID and
optionally, the PIN; guest participants use the Guest numeric ID and
optionally, the Guest PIN. For more information, refer to the online help.
4 If you are using a gatekeeper, select
registrar, select
5 Ensure the
Maximum duration
hour).
6 All other values can be left at their default settings. Refer to the online help for
further information about the available settings.
Note that if you do not configure the conference to start immediately, it
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will become a scheduled conference and will be inactive until its start
time.
7 Scroll down and click
The conference you have created is now active (if you used the default immediate
start time) and participants can join in one of two ways: either the MCU can call out
to specified endpoints or endpoints can dial in. Any endpoints that have been added
to a conference, as pre-configured participants, will be called in to the conference by
the MCU.
for the conference, for example SalesMeeting.
.
SIP registrar
Add conference
Conferences
123
H.323 gatekeeper
of the conference is sufficient (the default is one
.
Using the MCU
and click
Add new
. This will be the
; if you are using a SIP
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