Permanent Conference; Detailed Description - Polycom MGC-25 Release Notes

MGC Release Notes - Version 9.0

Permanent Conference

The Auto Extension mechanism has been changed to enable the system to automatically
extend an ongoing conference indefinitely, creating a permanent ongoing conference on the
MCU.

Detailed Description

The automatic extension of the conference indefinitely is enabled by activating the Auto
Extension mechanism and setting the conference duration to 99.59, making sure that it is
the duration when the conference becomes ongoing.
Changing the duration once the conference is started will not change its permanent status.
In the AUTO_EXTENSION section of the confer.cfg file the flag
EXTENSION_TIME_INTERVAL=30 determines the number of minutes by which the
conference is extended during a conference. For example, if you enter 30 (default), the
conference is automatically extended by 30 minutes each time the system verifies whether
to extend the conference.
The Auto Extension flag MAX_EXTENSION_TIME is ignored when the conference
duration is set to 99.59, and the conference can be extended indefinitely.
When the MCU is reset, the conference is restarted on the MCU but it is not permanent as
the duration changes to the actual time left as calculated by the MCU. In such a case, a new
permanent conference must be created.
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