Polycom MGC Manager, User Manual

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Chapter 1 - VoicePlus Overview
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Audio Only Conferences
The MGC Manager provides various methods to set up and schedule
conferences.
Each method is represented in the MCU tree by a name and an
icon.
After the scheduling method is determined, you must select a conference
type, and determine how the participants connect to the conference
: .
Participants can connect to the conference by an accessing method such as
Entry Queue, conference IVR Queue, or directly and by the conferencing
service level, i.e. operator attended or unattended conferencing.
When user’s move from one conference to another, they maintain the
resources as allocated to them. A VTX 1000 user who moves from a VTX
enabled conference to a VTX disabled conference is able to move back to the
VTX enabled conference and maintain the wide band connection as initially
allocated.
Reservation Templates
A Reservation template contains a partial or complete definition of a single
conference. It is used to run a series of conferences that use the same
parameters, such as participants, transmission rate and phone connections.
You can use a Reservation template to schedule a conference to start
immediately (On Going Conference), or to start automatically at a predefined
date and time (Reservation).
For information on defining a reservation template, see the MGC Manager
User’s Guide Volume II, Chapter 7.
Default Reservation Templates
Five default Reservation templates are installed with the MGC Manager:
• Default-Audio : is the only Reservation template designed for Audio
Only conferencing. It includes the default IVR Service.