Indications In The Video Layout; Site Names - Polycom RealPresence Getting Started Manual

Polycom® RealPresence Collaboration Server 800s Getting Started Guide

Indications in the Video Layout

During conferences, different indications can be displayed on the screen of the endpoint
participating in the meeting, usually as an overlay layer on top of the video layout that
includes the participants video.
These indication include:
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Site Names

During conferences you can view the names of the endpoints that are connected to the
conference in your endpoint's video layout windows. The MCU can display up to 33
characters of the endpoint's name, depending on the window's layout (size).
The following is an example of endpoint name display in the endpoint screen:
The display of the site names is enabled or disabled in the conference Profile for CP Only or
Mixed CP and AVC conferences and AVC-based endpoints.
SVC-based endpoints handle the display of the site names themselves and are not
dependant on the conference Profile.The displayed name is determined as follows:
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Site Names displaying the names of the endpoints that are connected to the conference
Text messages sent by the meeting organizer to all conference participants or selected
participants
Network Quality icon indicating the quality of the network used by a participant to
connect to the conference
Tarney
Orion Room
The system displays the name that is defined at the endpoint.
If the endpoint does not send its name:
— For a defined H.323 or SIP participant:
• The system displays the name from the participant definition.
— For an undefined H.323 participant:
• Display the H.323 ID alias.
or
Display the E.164 alias.
or
Display nothing if all the fields are empty.
Saturn Room
Adam
Endpoint names (in
Unicode or ASCII)
in 2 x 2 video layout
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