Automatic Dial Out; Manual Dial Out; Gathering Phase (Avc Only Conferencing) - Polycom 1500 Getting Started Manual

RealPresence Collaboration Server (RMX) 1500/1800/2000/4000 Getting Started Guide

Automatic Dial Out

Dial-out participants are defined with their dial-out number. Once they are added to the ongoing conference,
the MCU automatically calls them at a rate of 1 dial-out per second, using the default IP or ISDN/PSTN
Network Service defined for them.

Manual Dial Out

In the manual mode, the Collaboration Server user or meeting organizer instructs the conferencing system
to call the participant. Dial-out participants must be defined (mainly their name and telephone number) and
added to the conference. This mode can only be selected at the conference definition stage and cannot be
changed once the conference is running.

Gathering Phase (AVC Only Conferencing)

The Gathering Phase of a conference is the time period during which participants are connecting to a
conference. It is enabled for the conference in the Conference Profile - Gathering Settings dialog box.
During the Gathering Phase, a mix of live video from connected endpoints is combined with both static and
variable textual information about the conference into a slide which is displayed on all connected endpoints.
All connected participants are kept informed about the current conference status including names of
connected participants, participant count, participant type (video/audio) etc.
During the Gathering Phase, the audio of all participants can be heard, and the video of active speakers is
displayed in the video windows as they begin talking.
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