Creating The Dial-Out Cascaded Link - Polycom RealPresence 4000 Administrator's Manual

Creating the Dial-out Cascaded Link

The dial-out link (participant) is created or added in the linked conference (Conference A).
The dial-out string defined for the participant is the dialing string required to connect to the
destination conference (Conference B) Entry Queue defined on the MCU hosting the
destination cascaded conference. The dial-out participant can be defined in the Address
Book and added to the conference whenever using the same cascade-enabled Entry Queue
and a destination conference (with the same ID and Password).
To define the Dial-out Cascaded Link:
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The new Entry Queue enabling cascading is created.
Display the list of participants in the linked conference
(Conference A).
In the Participant List pane, click the New Participant
The New Participant - General dialog box is displayed.
In the Name field, enter a participant name.
In the Dialing Direction field, select Dial-out.
In the Type list field, verify that H.323 is selected.
There are two methods to define the dialing string:
Using the MCU's IP Address and the Alias string.
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Using only the Alias string (requires a gatekeeper).
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Method A (If no gatekeeper is used):
In the IP Address field, enter the IP address of the Signaling Host of the MCU hosting
the destination conference (in the example, MCU B).
Chapter 5-Cascading Conferences
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