Specifying Dial Options For The Conference; Forcing Mcu Usage - Polycom ReadiManagerSE200 Software Manual

Specifying Dial Options for the Conference

Forcing MCU Usage

You can determine whether a conference will require all endpoints to dial in
to the conference, or whether a combination of dial-in and dial-out will be
allowed.
When you want an MGC (also known as an MCU or a bridge) to create a
dial-in conference for which a particular phone number and pin code are
created for all conference participants, use the Dial-In Only setting. With a
dial-in conference, any audio or video system can dial in, and all participants
will be connected to the same conference inside the bridge. This allows
participants to dial into the bridge at their convenience from anywhere they
choose.
When you want an MCU to be able to dial-out to a video system, as well as to
have participants dial in, use the Dial In+Dial Out setting.
When you specify Dial In+Dial Out, you can specify the individual resources
that you want to dial in. For example, you might specify that a particular
end-point should use dial-in, in which case a bridge will create a dial-in
number for it.
W hen sel ect i ng t he D i al - i n onl y opt i on f r om t he Advanced Set t i ngs di al og box, al l
sel ect ed r esour ces ar e f or ced t o be di al - i n onl y. I f you change t hat sel ect i on t o
D i al - i n/ D i al - out , t he i ndi vi dual sel ect ed r esour ces r em ai n set t o di al - i n. I f you w ant
t hem t o be di al - out , you w i l l need t o m anual l y change t he set t i ngs. See
O pt i ons f or a Vi deo Endpoi nt "
When you want an MCU to dial out to all participants in the conference, use
the Dial-Out only setting.
If you want a conference to always use an MCU, regardless of the number of
participants, select the option "Always Use MCU" in the Advanced Settings
dialog box. When this is selected, video endpoints cannot connect to each
directly, even if there are only two in the call.
"Always Use MCU" is set automatically if you select Audio Only as the
Conference Type.
When this setting is not selected, the endpoints can connect directly to each
other with either point-to-point configurations or using one endpoint's built-in
multipoint capability.
Using Advanced Settings When Scheduling
on page 2- 7.
" Edi t i ng D i al
3–3