Guidelines - Polycom RealPresence 4000 Administrator's Manual

Polycom® RealPresence Collaboration Server (RMX) 1500/2000/4000 Administrator's Guide
In order to avoid cluttering in the cascaded window, it is advised to select appropriate video
layouts in each conference before cascading them.
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Cascade
During
Cascading
Figure 5-1

Guidelines

To ensure that conferences can be cascaded and video can be viewed in all conferences the
following guidelines are recommended:
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Conference A
Video layout of Conf. B in
window of Conf. A
Video Layouts in Cascaded Conferences
The same version installed on all MCUs participating the cascading topology
The same license installed on all MCUs participating the cascading topology
Same Conference Parameters are defined in the Profile of the conferences participating
in the cascading topology
— Conference line rates should be identical
— Content rate should be identical
— Same encryption settings
DTMF codes should be defined with the same numeric codes in the IVR services
assigned to the cascading conferences
DTMF forwarding is suppressed
The video layout of the link is set to 1x1 by the appropriate system flag.
When the Mute Participants Except Lecturer option is enabled in the Conference
Profile, all participants (including the link participants) except the lecturer are muted.
Only the lecturer is not muted.
Gathering is not supported in Cascading Conferences.
Conference B
Video layout of Conf. A in
window of Conf. B
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