Conferencing Center Installation & Upgrade
Configuring Conferencing Center
Once Conferencing Center is installed, its configuration is available on the Conferencing Center
Scheduler via the administrator's account.
To configure Conferencing Center settings:
1. Open an IE window.
2. Enter
http://<webserver_name>/avecs
into the address field. Ensure that the PC name does
not contain an underscore or any other non-standard character prohibited by standard PC
naming conventions. Permissible characters include a-z, A-Z, 0-9 and hyphens (-).
3. Enter the user name and password for the Conferencing Center administrator that was created
during installation.
The following system parameters and settings are configurable via the
Configure
tab in the
Conferencing Center Scheduler:
•
SMTP Server (Empty for Local):
Enter the email server's address. This is required only if you are not using the SMTP service
on the local machine.
•
IP Office IP Address:
Enter the IP address of the IP Office control unit.
•
IP Office Password/Confirm IP Office Password:
Enter the system password of the IP Office control unit. This is required by the conferencing
server to access the IP Office control unit.
•
Maximum Conference Duration:
Default = 60 minutes.
This will set the maximum conference length (in minutes) in which a conference can be
scheduled.
•
Email From Address:
Enter an Email address from which conference confirmation/reminders are sent. The email
account should represent a user account created for the Conferencing Center server.
•
Percent of Audio Resources Allocated :
Default = 50%
Audio resources reflect the audio channels available on the IP Office Control Unit. The
percentage is taken from the total amount of audio resources allocated for the entire IP
Office suite. This percentage of available resources can be altered if needed. Available
resources will depend on the audio channels being taken up by the VoiceMail system and
other systems that may use this resource. Audio channels are released after the end of
every conference.
If more resources need to be allocated because of user demand, move the bar accordingly,
but remember that these resources are also used by other systems. Increasing resources
for conferencing may greatly effect other systems, such as the Voicemail system.
Note:
Reducing resources may invalidate existing data. For example, if there are booked
conferences that are relying on the pre-existing resources, configuration changes may make
those conferences obsolete.
•
Percent of Conference Resources Allocated:
Default = 50%
Conference resources reflect the conferencing channels available on the Control Unit.
Conferencing channels are released after the end of every conference.
•
Default Conference Language:
Language in which every conference will be defaulted to.
•
Default Conference Bridge Number:
13
Enter the bridge number for external participants to call and join an audio conference. This
number will be offered as the default bridge number when a conference is booked. The
