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Cisco TelePresence System Release 1.6 Administration Guide
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A
ACU
Auxiliary Control Unit. Provides the ability to conserve energy by powering the lights, projector, and
optional peripherals for Cisco TelePresence systems on and off.
auto answer
A phone set to automatically answer an inbound call.
B
bit rate
Speed at which bits are transmitted, usually expressed in bits per second.
C
Cisco Unified
Communications
Manager
Cisco Unified CM. Application that extends enterprise telephony features and capabilities to packet
telephony network devices such as IP phones and multimedia applications. Open telephony application
interfaces make possible services such as multimedia conferencing and interactive multimedia response
systems. See also
CUCM
codec
Contraction of coder-decoder. Integrated circuit device that typically uses pulse code modulation to
transform analog signals into a digital bit stream and digital signals back into analog signals.
CTS device
Cisco TelePresence System (CTS) device: CTS 500, CTS 1000, CTS 1300, CTS 3000, CTS 3200.
CUCM
Cisco Unified Communications Manager.
D
default gateway
A router on a computer network that serves as an access point to another network.
DHCP
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol is a network application protocol used by devices (DHCP
clients) to obtain configuration information for operation in an Internet Protocol network. This protocol
reduces system administration workload, allowing devices to be added to the network with little or no
manual intervention.
display screen
animation
System information icons that may be displayed on the Cisco TelePresence System (CTS) display
screen. System information includes call connection status alerts, meeting alerts, and maintenance
alerts. These alerts fade from one state to another to show the status of the system.
