Monitoring Ip Participants - Polycom 1500 Administrator's Manual

RealPresence Collaboration Server (RMX) 1500/1800/2000/4000 Administrator's Guide

Monitoring IP Participants

The following parameters are displayed for an IP participant.
Participant Properties - Media Sources Parameters
Field
Name
Endpoint Website
(link)
Endpoint Type
Layout Type
Video Layout
Mute/Suspend
Block
1 Click the Connection Status tab to view the connection status, and if disconnected the cause of the
disconnection.
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Description
Indicates the participant's name.
Note: This field is displayed in all tabs.
Click the Endpoint Website hyperlink to connect to the internal website of the participant's
endpoint. It enables you to perform administrative, configuration and troubleshooting
activities on the endpoint.
The connection is available only if the IP address of the endpoint's internal site is filled in
the Website IP Address field in the Participant Properties - General dialog box.
Note: This field is displayed in all tabs (excluding ISDN/PSTN participants).
Endpoint Website hyperlinks are not supported when the Collaboration Server is in Ultra
Secure Mode. For more information see
Indicates whether the participant is using an AVC-based or SVC-based endpoint.
Fields, tabs and options are enabled or disabled according to the endpoint type.
Note: This field is displayed in all tabs.
Indicates whether the video layout currently viewed by the participant is the Conference or
Personal Layout.
If Personal Layout is selected, you can select a Video Layout that will be viewed only by
this participant.
Indicates the video layout currently viewed by the participant. When Personal Layout is
selected in the Layout Type you can force participants to the video windows in a layout
that is specific to the participant. For more information, see Polycom RealPresence
Collaboration Server (RMX) 1500/1800/2000/4000 Getting Started Guide,
Video Layout of a Conference (AVC-Based CP and Mixed CP and SVC
Indicates if the endpoint's audio and/or video channels have been muted/suspended. The
entity that initiated audio mute or video suspend is also indicated.
• MCU – Audio or Video channel has been muted/suspended by the MCU.
• User – Channels have been muted/suspended by the Collaboration Server user.
• Participant – Channels have been muted/suspended by the participant from the
endpoint.
You can also cancel or perform mute and suspend operation using these check boxes.
Note: If the participant muted his/her audio channel, the system displays the mute icon
only for H.323. This icon is not displayed for SIP participant due to SIP standard limitation.
When checked, the audio transmission from the conference to the participant's endpoint is
blocked, but the participant will still be heard by other participants.
Ultra Secure Mode .
Changing the
Conferences).
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