Including Multiple Sites In Calls; About Multipoint Calls - Polycom VSX Series Getting Started Manual

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Including Multiple Sites in Calls

About Multipoint Calls

This MCU... Lets you include...
Internal MCU Up to four video
sites (six for the
VSX 8000) including
your site
External MCU Number of sites
allowed by the MCU
22
VSX S
ERIES
To assign an entry to a group:
1. Press Directory on the remote control.
2. Scroll to the entry you want to assign to a group and then select Edit.
3. Select Next and select the Category.
4. Select Save to save your changes and return to the directory.
You can use the VSX system to participate in multipoint conferences. During a
multipoint conference, a multipoint conferencing unit (MCU) enables the video
to switch between sites so that you can always see and hear the participant
who is speaking. You can also share content in a multipoint call, just as you
can in a point-to-point call.
The VSX 5000 and VSX 6000 systems can be used to participate as a site in a multipoint
call but cannot initiate a multipoint call.
With the VSX system you can make multipoint calls using an external MCU or
the internal multipoint option. The type of MCU affects the conference as
shown in this table:
Supports these calls...
IP
ISDN or V.35
SIP
Both SIP and ISDN/V.35
Both SIP and ISDN/V.35
IP
ISDN or V.35
Both IP and ISDN/V.35
For calls using the internal MCU option, the VSX system can initiate the call or
the other sites can call the VSX system to join the conference.
Lets you add sites...
Before the call begins, and
during the call
Before the call begins, and
depending on the MCU and
conference type, during the
call
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