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  • Page 4 Conventions Various eye-catching symbols are used in this manual to indicate precautions during operations. These symbols are defined as follows: Symbol Name Description Multi-level For example, go to Conf Mgt>Template> > Menu General Info> Advanced Info interface. For example, <OK> button. Interfacial <>...

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    ....................9 MCC INSTALLATION .........................9 1.2.1 Run Environment ..........................9 1.2.2 How to Install ............................9 1.2.3 Login the SCS8000E .........................10 1.2.4 Reboot and Shut down the SCS8000E ..................11 2 MCC-SETUP WIZARD..................... GENERAL INFORMATION CONFIGURATION ..............12 2.1.1 Determining Network deployment..............- J -...
  • Page 6 2.1.2 Completed ..............................16 2.2 BACKUP MCU SETTINGS INFORMATION INTO LOCAL COMPUTER ....... 16 2.3 LOAD MCU SETTINGS INFORMATION FROM LOCAL COMPUTER ......16 3 MCC-ARRANGED CONFERENCE ..................3.1 I NSTANT ONFERENCE ......................... 16 3.1.1 Creating a Conference through T mplate ................17 3.1.2 Creating a Conference by Wizard..............
  • Page 7 7.1.3 Conf Password ..........................27 7.1.4 Conference Recording ........................28 7.1.5 Switching Participating MT Video Source ................28 7.1.6 Start/Stop Discussion ........................29 7.1.7 Mixing ..............................29 7.1.8 CP ................................30 7.1.9 Message ..............................31 7.1.10 Voice Activation ..........................31 7. 2 MCC – MT M ANAGEME N T ........................
  • Page 8 6.5 TROUBLES OF PICTURES ......................52 6.6 O THERS ............................... 52 APPENDIX A PORT USAGE OF SCS8000E .................53 APPENDIX B THE MEDIA PROCESSING ABILITY OF SCS8000E ......54 APPENDIX C DOWNLOADING AND INSTALLING THE PCMT ........55 APPENDIX D GLOSSARY ........................55 - M -...

  • Page 9: System Overview

    Creatively integrated GK Service, Standard H.460 Firewall Proxy Service, SAMCEN Private Proxy Service and so on. It is the most simple system architecture rather than the traditional "platform + ancillary services" architecture, providing a convenient way to deploy and maintain. The...
  • Page 10 collaboratively Streaming Media multicast 128 bits of high reliability encryption mechanism Support for a variety of network characteristics, such as Qos and so on Convenient Web management Support for conference record Support for H.460 Protocol Virtual Conf Room Hard Ware Introduction Picture Name SCS 8000E Multipoint Control Unit...

  • Page 11: Section One Equipment Installation

    Grounding is to prevent static electricity. Connect one end of the ground wire to the earthing column on the back of the SCS8000E and the other end to the earthing device. 1.1.4 Wireless Interference This product is A-class product. It may generate wireless interference, which users should take practical steps to prevent.

  • Page 12: Equipment Panel

    2 Equipment Panel 2.1 Equipment Appearance The SCS8000E adopts 19’ 2U rack-mountable chassis. The appearance of SCS8000E is shown as following: Figure 1-2.1 the Appearance of SCS8000E 2.2 The Front Panel The introduction of front panel: Figure 1-2.2 the Front Panel 2.3 The Rear Panel...

  • Page 13: Initial Configuration

    Figure 1-2.3 the Rear Panel 3 Initial Configuration The initial use of SCS8000E, we recommend you to log on the MCU Console (MCC) to configure the SCS8000E general information. Through the direct connection of MCC and SCS8000E, you can achieve the configuration.

  • Page 14: Cable Connection

    4 Cable Connection Figure 1-4-1 Cable Connection 4.1 Power Connection Connect power using the power line packed with the SCS8000E, the requirement of power is 100-240VAC, 50-60Hz. Push the power switch lasting for a period to power on. Caution: Click to automatically power off SCS8000E, do not push the power switch to force it powering off.

  • Page 15: Host Network Connection

    4.2 Host Network Connection Connect the SCS8000E to network. 4.3 MCC Connection Connect the PC having been installed with MCC software to network. 4.4 Live Conferencing Connection Connect the Live Conferencing system to network. 4.5 MTs Connection Connect the MTs to network. For detailed information, please refer to Samcen Series Administrator’s Guide.

  • Page 16: Section Two Mcu Console-Mcc Operations

    It implements various videoconferencing functions by controlling a SCS8000E Multipoint Control Unit (MCU). Multiple MCCs can connect the same MCU, but a MCC can only control a real-time MCU at the same time.

  • Page 17: Mcc Software Overview

    1.1 MCC Software Overview MCC supports the Management Conference, MCU and MT. Operations can be carried out as follows: o Hold conference o Manage conference o Monitor conference o Manage MT o Manage MCU 1.2 MCC Installation To introduce the environment and the methods of install MCC software. 1.2.1 Run Environment Software Environment: Operating system: Windows 2000 or later...

  • Page 18: Login The Scs8000E

    Caution: If a security setting alert appears during the installation, please click <Yes> or <Run> according to the actual situation. Only in this way can the installation be completed successfully. 1.2.3 Login the SCS8000E Method 1: local login 1） Double click icon to start the MCC, and the login interface appears;...

  • Page 19: Reboot And Shut Down The Scs8000E

    Note: If the SCS8000E has been configured several IP addresses, the MCC can type any one of these addresses to login the SCS8000E. But this situation is not available when the SCS8000E was deployed in LAN and the MCC was deployed in WAN.

  • Page 20: General Information Configuration

    2） Configure the alias information of the MCU. Select the General Information Configuration in the Setup Wizard interface, click <Next>. Note : For details on configuring general information, please refer to SCS8000E Quick Start Guide. 2.1.1 Determining Network deployment Videoconferencing system can be deployed in the LAN network, WAN network or LAN &...
  • Page 21 Figure 2-2-2 WAN Network O LAN & WAN Mixed Network: Some terminals are in LAN and some terminals are in WAN, as shown in the following topology. Figure 2-2-3 Mixed Network 2.1.1.1 LAN Network Determining all equipments in your videoconferencing system are deployed in the LAN, then click <Next>...
  • Page 22 H.460 proxy and your SCS8000E located in the DMZ, please select <Enable DMZ>, then input the router's public network address. Note: The SCS8000E located in the DMZ is only applicable to the single ISP (Internet Service Provider) line, does not apply to multiple ISP lines.
  • Page 23 H.460 proxy and your SCS8000E located in the DMZ, please select <Enable DMZ>, and then enter the router's public network address. Note: The SCS8000E located in the DMZ is only applicable to the single ISP (Internet Service Provider) line, does not apply to multiple ISP lines.

  • Page 24: Completed

    2.1.2 Completed Show Configuration Clicking <Details> button, you can view detailed configuration information in the< SCS8000E MCU Network Configuration> interface. Print Configuration All detailed configuration information showed in the interface can be printed. Reboot MCU After the configuration, please kicking <Need to further configuration, reboot the MCU after exiting>...

  • Page 25: Creating A Conference Through T Mplate

    Use of the template; Use of the wizard. 3.1.1 Creating a Conference through Template 1） Click the Conf Mgt > Templates; 2） Select the desired template in the list; 3） Click <Hold Conf>, an instant conference starts. Support the type of conference: O Audio and Video Conferencing;...

  • Page 26: Mcc-Casual Conference

    4.1 Start Virtual Conf Room After the configuration for the SCS8000E has completed, the Virtual Conf Room can be started following these steps: 1） Set the properties of the Virtual Conf Room in Conf Mgt > Virtual Conf Room >Edit interface;...
  • Page 27 E.164 ID MTs can use the E.164 number to call the virtual Conf Room after both of the sites register to the same or adjacent GK. Note: In Virtual Conf Status interface, the status of the Virtual Conf Room and its maximum participant information will be displayed. 2）...

  • Page 28: Hold Conference In The Virtual Conf Room

    4.2 Hold Conference in the Virtual Conf Room MTs can join the Virtual Conf Room simply by dialing the E.164 number, MTs will failure to join when the total authorized participant number is more than 16. Note: The Virtual Conference Room can not invite MTs actively. 4.3 Stop Conf Room Click <Stop Conf Room>...

  • Page 29: Conference Monitoring

    5.3 Conference Monitoring To go to conference monitoring O Select Conf Mgt > Current Conf, then double click a conference name; O Click the right interface of Conference Information > Conf List in Boardroom interface, select conference name. The default monitoring object is the first conference in the Conf List. Shortcut icon explanation large icons display, small icons display,...

  • Page 30: Site Video Monitoring In Monitoring

    O Capture Picture O Camera RC 5.4.2 Site Video Monitoring in Monitoring Go to Monitoring, select an ongoing conference to be operated from the Conf List drop-down, and then in the MT List, drag the MT to the monitoring window. And the MT monitoring operations are not different from in Boardroom interface.

  • Page 31: Mcc-Templates Management

    O Send Back: The list shows the Send Back MT on Lower Level MCU, it is available only in Combined Cascade Conference (See Part III, section 4.2). 6 MCC-Templates Management SCS8000E can store up to 128 templates, use MCC to manage template reflected in the following: O Create template...
  • Page 32 The verification password of the conference, it is also a Conf password for attending the Data Conference or for MCC to Password control the conference. Select a encryption mode for transmitting information of a Encryption conference. If the user selects the Encryption, the encryption mode will be applied to all MTs.
  • Page 33 Media Option The SCS8000E MCU supports the H.264 and H.263 video compression Video Format standards. If “H.264” is selected as the video format, the resolution of CIF, 4CIF, Resolution 720Pand 1080p/i can be selected from the drop-down list; while for the H.263 video format, only CIF resolution is supported.

  • Page 34: Edit Template

    This option is used to select which video streams that the speaker will receive after a conference starts. If the selected object does not exist in the conference, the picture of the Speaker Recv speaker itself will be received by default. If With Audio check box is selected, audio and video code streams will be received simultaneously.

  • Page 35: Mcc- Conference Management

    7 MCC- Conference Management Depending on MCC software to manage conference, participating terminals and switching the conference mode to achieve a perfect control of the conference functions. 7.1 MCC-Conference Control The control of conference including Prolong Conf, Conf Password, MT Video Source and so on.

  • Page 36: Conference Recording

    7.1.4 Conference Recording Conference recording needs the support of the Live Conferencing Recorder. Recording 1） Click Settings in Boardroom, select Record; 2） Select online recorder, click <start>; 3） Enter the record-file name in the pop-up interface and select record mode; O Strobe Recording: Used to record video streams in key frame mode;...

  • Page 37: Start/Stop Discussion

    The operating procedure for the Single Mode is as follows: 1） Click Settings in Boardroom, select Mixing in the pop-up menu； 2） In the Mixing Style field select the number of mixing channels; SCS8000E supports up to 32 channels; 3） Drag the MTs from the boardroom to each channel, and click <Start> ;...
  • Page 38 Click Settings in Boardroom, select CP on the pop-up interface, and then select Solution and Layout on the Continuous Presence interface, drag MTs to the layout window (For more information see SCS8000E Quick Start Guide), tick or do not tick Broadcast Stream and CP with mt’s alias, click Start/Stop to start or stop the CP.

  • Page 39: Message

    7.1.9 Message Click Message in Boardroom, edit the contents of the message, then send to participating MTs. How to send message 1） Fill in the parameters and the contents of the message; 2） Select MTs who will receive the message; 3）...

  • Page 40: Mcc-Mt Management

    7.2 MCC–MT Management Go to Boardroom to execute the operations. 7.2.1 Invite MT to Join Invite MT during meeting 1） In the Boardroom interface, right click an empty area of the conference; 2） Input the MT’s parameters, and click < Add >; Parameters Introductions Fill in the MT E.164 ID, IP address, or select...

  • Page 41: Set The Role Of Mts

    The role of MTs in three sub-terminals: chairman, spokesman and common terminals. The role of the different roles and conference operations, please refer to Samcen Series User Manual. The role-set can be operated before the conference start or after. Set the role before the conference start 1）...

  • Page 42: Adjust Input/Output Sound Of The Mt

    Go to Boardroom interface, click to select the MT: O Select conference mute (quiet), stop conference mute, conference dumb, and stop conference dumb. o Right click to select the MT Mute/MT Dumb in the pop-up menu, the corresponding selection button of the terminal have been mute or dumb was ticked.

  • Page 43: Mcc-Mcu Management

    8.1 MCU General Information Go to MCU Mgt > General Info interface, to view the current status of the SCS8000E MCU. O CPU Utilization: Displays the CPU utilization of the MCU. O Register to GK: Displays whether the MCU has registered to GK or not.

  • Page 44: Peripheral Status

    Click < Upgrade MCU> can upgrade SCS8000E, for detailed operation, please refer to the section three of Version Upgrade. Click <MCU License > to import the MCU license file. If you have not authorized license file, you can through automatically generate the MCU message to get the file.

  • Page 45: Qos Settings

    MCU Alias: Setup the MCU alias. E.164 ID: Setup the E.164 ID of the MCU. The E.164 ID is mainly used to GK registration and calling. After completing settings, click <Save> button. 8.3.2 Qos Settings The Qos (Quality of Service) settings are used to get satisfied video quality. We recommend best use of the default settings.

  • Page 46: Other Settings

    3） Click <Rename> to rename the solution. 8.3.4 Other Settings Select <Other> button, you can complete following settings: Save Bandwidth of MT (s) When not Transmitting Streaming: It is used to select whether to decrease the bandwidth usage of MTs who do not need to transmit streaming.

  • Page 47: Adding/Deleting/Modifying User Group

    will be deleted either. Users are divided into three levels based on their rights: Super administrator, administrator and operator. Super administrator: Can make complete control over the MCU; An administrator can support all the control functions except MCU configuration; however, it can only manage conferences and templates created by itself or users in its own group;...

  • Page 48: Adding Mcc Users

    Modifying a user group 1） Select a MCC user group, then right click and choose <Edit Group>; 2） Modify the group information in the pop-up interface, click <OK> button to take the changed contents effect. 9.2 Adding MCC users 1） Select a MCC user group which is going to add users, click <Add User> button in the user information column;...

  • Page 49: Entrygroup

    E.164 ID or IP address; 2） Click <Search Next>. 10.2 EntryGroup Adding an entry group 1） In the bottom of the Address Entry list, click <Add>; 2） Fill in the name of the entry group, and click <OK>. Editing an entry group name 1）...

  • Page 50: Mt Status Icon In Boardroom

    Custom menu 1） Go to Preferences > User Settings >User Interface Settings interface, tick the Custom Menu; 2） Click <Config…> button, then configure the Conf Setting Menu or MT Shortcut Menu in the pop-up interface; 3） Select menu item, click the moving-button to make corresponding menu displayed or hidden;...

  • Page 51: Event Log

    Camera Strobe Monitor: Used to select whether to make strobe playing when a camera is used for picture monitoring. If there is no high requirement for image continuity, this option can be enabled to play key frames, in order to reduce the bandwidth usage.

  • Page 52: Section Three Related Services And Applications

    Method One: Use SCS8000E packaging CD, select “Install The Gatekeeper Console Software” to install. Method Two: Enter such address as “IP of SCS8000E/gk.html” in the URL to install. If a security setting alert appears in the initial use, please click <Yes> to launch the auto-installation.

  • Page 53: Data Conferencing Services

    IE: Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 and above 2.2 DCC Installation Installation Method: Use SCS8000E packaging CD, select “Install The Data Conf Console Software” to install. If a security setting alert appears in the initial use, please click <Yes> to launch the auto-installation.

  • Page 54: Video Conferencing Live Online

    Cascade conference means a joint of conferences ongoing in different MCUs. 4.1 Simple Cascade This kind of cascade conference applies to combine conferences holding on the Samcen MCU and other manufacturer’s MCU. Characteristics The cascaded MCU (no matter the master or the slave) cannot view MTs of other MCUs;...

  • Page 55: Combined Cascade

    MCU’s conference just as call a MT into the conferenc 4.2 Combined Cascade Combined cascading MCUs are all Samcen’s MCU. Both the MTs of the master MCUs and slave MCUs can be viewed by MCU. Characteristics Increase in the number of participating terminals, each slave MCU occupies a channel to transmit data;...
  • Page 56 In a combined cascade conference, when CP is conducted in a master MCU, its member can be an MT of the local MCU or an MT of a slave MCU (a slave MCU only supports one MT). If CP is performed in a slave MCU, its member can be an MT of the local MCU or the broadcast channel of the master MCU.

  • Page 57: Version Upgrade

    2） Click < Select Files> in the pop-up interface, then select a file needed to upload; 3） Click < Upgrade> button, the file will automatically upload; 4） After the completeness of uploading, reboot the SCS8000E to make the upgrade into effect. - 49 -...

  • Page 58: Troubleshooting

    6 Troubleshooting This chapter describes the use of MCU in the progress of frequently asked questions, and possible causes and solutions. 6.1 Download troubles of MCC Phenomena Phenomena Solutions Please temporarily turn off the PC opens the firewall. firewall. Check whether such security software as Internet Assistant is Disable these configurations, and installed or plug-in download is...

  • Page 59: Troubles Of Mt Joining Conference

    Phenomena Phenomena Solutions Please temporarily turn off the PC opens the firewall. firewall. Please delete this Control from Your PC has been installed MCU C:\WINNT\Downloaded Program console software. Files,re-download the file. 6.3 Troubles of MT joining conference Phenomena Phenomena Solutions The connection between MCU and Use “ping”...

  • Page 60: Troubles Of Pictures

    6.5 Troubles of pictures Phenomena Troubles Solutions After setting The speaker makes a self-test to Speaker video source fault. an MT as check the picture effect. speaker, all Speaker withdraws from the other conference, then matches the Speaker’s call rate is too low. participants conference rate to recall the can not view...

  • Page 61: Appendix A Port Usage Of Scs8000E

    Appendix A Port Usage of SCS8000E This chapter mainly introduces the port usage of SCS8000E MCU, you may need the following information when configure the firewall of video conferencing system. SCS8000E MCU start port default value of the UDP, TCP: Data Receive Port: Default value is 61000.

  • Page 62: Appendix B The Media Processing Ability Of Scs8000E

    Right), 4 Pictures, 9 Pictures and 16 Pictures; o The 1+N CP Layout of SCS8000E MCU could be 2 Pictures (1 Larger and 1 Smaller), 3 Pictures (1 Top and 2 Bottom), 4 Pictures (1 Larger and 3 Smaller), 6 Pictures (1 Larger and 5 Smaller), 8 Pictures (1 Larger and 7 Smaller) and 13 Pictures (1 Larger and 12 Smaller).

  • Page 63: Appendix C Downloading And Installing The Pcmt

    MCU Console. Continuous Presence Unit, a kind of device embedded in the MDSC/HDSC CP Unit module of SCS8000E that can merge multiple channels of images into one channel of image in small picture mode according to certain format SCS-DCS Data Conference Server...
  • Page 64 Stream The multimedia data stream is transmitted from the server to the client through the Media network, and the receiver can play the media while receiving it. Meeting Terminal: a videoconferencing terminal with the capability of audio/video collection and coding, as well as the capability of audio/video decoding. The MT ceases to output the local audio signal to the network so that other MTs MT Dumb that receive this MT fail to hear the sound of the dumb MT...

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