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Customizing the V500 System
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Customizing the Workspace Appearance
You can customize the V500 system workspace appearance to suit your
environment functionally and aesthetically. For example, by customizing the
home screen into kiosk mode, anyone who uses the system only has to select a
site and press Call on the remote control to place a call.
Designing the Home Screen
Customize the system functionality according to your users’ needs, skill levels, and environments.
Advanced Users
Provide additional options for advanced video
conferencing users:
• Call Quality (bandwidth and call type)
• User Settings, Diagnostics, and System
Information
• Speed Dial list of frequently called sites
• Alerts
New Users
Provide more options but keep it simple:
• Dialing entry field
• Directory numbers
• Recent Calls
Infrequent Users (Kiosk Mode)
Provide a simple workspace so no training is
needed:
• Let users make calls to pre-defined
numbers with one button click.
• Include instructions on screen.
Use the marquee
to add instructions
Include a short
list of specific
Add features
for users
as needed
Add more
features as
users gain
experience
items for users
to select