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Configure the MCU

Configure the MCU

To Configure the MCU, open ‘System Configuration’ and ‘MCU Configuration’. Shown in the figure below is the
‘System Configuration’.

PRI Configuration

To configure the PRI settings on the MCU, open ‘PRI’ as shown in the figure below.

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Summary of Contents for MCU

Page 1: ...Software version D3 D12911 03 This document is not to be reproduced in whole or in part without permission in writing from User Manual MCU ...

Page 2: ...2 TANDBERG MCU ...

Page 3: ...holders and are hereby acknowledged Portions of this software are 1996 2003 RADVision Ltd All intellectual property rights in such portions of the Software and documentation are owned by RADVision and are protected by United States copyright laws other applicable copyright laws and international treaty provisions RADVision and its suppliers retain all rights not expressly granted This product incl...

Page 4: ...t Grounding or Polarization Do not defeat the safety purpose of the polarized or grounding type plug A polarized plug has two blades with one wider than the other A grounding type plug has two blades and a third grounding prong The wide blade or third prong is provided for your safety If the provided plug does not fit into your outlet consult an electrician Power Cord Protection Route the power co...

Page 5: ...start up 14 Accessing the MCU 14 Using the MCU 15 Conference Overview 15 Set up a new conference 18 Manage an active conference 25 Manage the Phone Book 33 View System Status 37 PRI Status 37 H 323 Status 39 System Information 39 Available Resources 40 Configure the MCU 41 PRI Configuration 41 IP Configuration 46 H 323 Configuration 48 Dataport Configuration 50 SNMP Configuration 51 Miscellaneous ...

Page 6: ...6 TANDBERG MCU Dial Profiles 57 Conference Template 58 File Management 59 Appendices 61 Appendix 1 Using the file system 61 Appendix 2 Declaration of Conformity 62 Appendix 3 Capacity 63 Index 64 ...

Page 7: ...nuous Presence 7 1 modes are supported in addition to traditional Continuous Presence 4 Continuous Presence 9 Continuous Presence 16 and Voice Switched mode Dual Stream support for Duo VideoTF on both ISDN and IP and People Content on ISDN Duo VideoTF automatically distributed to conference participants supporting DuoVideo Endpoints not supporting DuoVideo will receive main stream only Downspeedin...

Page 8: ... a broken connector in the transmit TX part of the PRI cable This could also indicate weak or noisy signal in the transmit TX part of the PRI cable G r e e n L a y e r 1 O K R e d D C h a n n e l D o w n R e d L a y e r 1 R e d A l a r m Y e l l o w L a y e r 1 Y e l l o w A l a r m G r e e n L a y e r 1 O K R e d D C h a n n e l D o w n R e d L a y e r 1 R e d A l a r m Y e l l o w L a y e r 1 Y ...

Page 9: ... Capacity typical scenarios 16 video sites and 16 telephony calls option Below is an overview of the number of video calls possible to connect on different bandwidths when 4xE1 or 4xT1 PRI ISDN lines are connected In addition to the video calls telephony calls can also be added Bandwidth Non encrypted Encrypted 128 kbps 16 16 14 256 kbps 16 15 13 384 kbps 16 9 11 512 kbps 15 0 10 768 kbps 10 0 7 1...

Page 10: ...alled near to the equipment and shall be easily accessible Never install cables without first switching the power OFF This product complies with directives LVD 73 23 EC EMC 89 366 EEC R TTE 99 5 EEC This product complies with the standards GR 63 CORE and GR 1089 CORE and is NEBS approved by UL For NEBS compliance the product should be installed in the following manner Use the enclosed rack bracket...

Page 11: ... MCU Do not place hot objects directly on top or directly beneath the MCU Use a grounded AC power outlet for the MCU You will need a CSU Channel Service Unit between the MCU and the PRI line from your network provider Rack Mounting optional The MCU comes with brackets for mounting in standard 19 racks 1 Disconnect the AC power cable 2 Make sure that the mounting space is according to the Installat...

Page 12: ... your network provider LAN cable To use the MCU on IP connect a LAN cable from the LAN 1 connector on the MCU to your network The LAN 2 connector is not used and should be left open RS 232 cable To control the MCU using the dataport connect an RS 232 cable between the MCU s RS 232 connector and the COM port on a PC For further information please refer to the Dataport Configuration section under Co...

Page 13: ...Subnetmask type ipaddress 1 subnetmask subnetmask 3c To assign an IP Gateway address type ipaddress 1 gateway gateway IP address 4 Restart the MCU 5 Start a WEB browser and enter the IP address of the MCU Default password TANDBERG 6 To configure the MCU for ISDN dial in enter the PRI numbers and dial in number s For details see the PRI Configuration section and the MCU Dial In Numbers section unde...

Page 14: ...ssword is case sensitive IF YOU DO NOT KNOW THE IP ADDRESS PLEASE FOLLOW THE PROCEDURE IN THE MCU CONFIGURATION SECTION UNDER INSTALLATION TIP THE PASSWORD CAN BE CHANGED IN THE SYSTEM CONFIGURATION MISC TAB SEE ALSO THE MISCELLANEOUS CONFIGURATION SECTION UNDER CONFIGURE THE MCU TIP MCU start up To start the MCU make sure that the power cable is connected and press the power switch button to 1 On...

Page 15: ...es currently active on the MCU Conference Shows each active conference MCU Conference A conference is active Click on MCU Conference to see conference status in details It is possible to change the conference name Idle No conference is active Click on Idle to set up a new conference Videos Shows the number of connected video sites and the maximum number of allowed video sites in the conference ...

Page 16: ...alls are allowed The MCU must dial out to all participants Encryption Secure conferenceTF The MCU supports Secure Conference DES and AES The single padlock symbol indicates that DES 56 bit encryption is used The double padlock symbol indicates that AES 128 bit encryption is used Indicates that the conference is not encrypted Password For privacy a conference can be password protected The key lock ...

Page 17: ...ected to the MCU Maximum is 16 Telephone Calls 0 of 16 indicate that no telephone calls connected to the MCU Maximum is 16 ISDN Channels 12 of 120 indicate that 12 ISDN channels are used on the MCU Maximum is 120 Total Bandwidth 1536 kbps of 7680 kbps indicate that 1536 kbps bandwidth is used on the MCU Maximum is 7680 kbps ISDN Numbers Shows the ISDN dial in numbers for Conference 1 Conference 2 ...

Page 18: ...w conference To set up a new conference click on Conference 1 2 or 3 to begin a new conference Shown below is the set up for Conference 3 TO MODIFY THE DEFAULT CONFERENCE TEMPLATE SEE THE CONFERENCE TEMPLATE SECTION UNDER CONFIGURE THE MCU TIP ...

Page 19: ...selected incoming calls are automatically answered If unselected all incoming calls will be rejected Cascading Mode Used when two or more conferences are joined together Auto will automatically determine which conference is master and which conference s are slave The master conference will have control over the video layout When left in Auto the conference dialing in to the other conferences will ...

Page 20: ... then use it for billing purposes Video Picture Mode Defines the picture layout for the conference Auto Best ImpressionTF will automatically select Enhanced CP see below Voice Switched will show the current speaker in full screen to all the other participants regardless of how many participants in the conference Current speaker will see the previous speaker Enhanced CP will automatically select th...

Page 21: ...ant If there are more than eight video participants the last eight speakers will be shown With less than eight video participants the empty quadrants will be black Continuous Presence 9 will split the screen into nine equal quadrants where each participants is shown in one quadrant If there more than nine video participants the last nine speakers will be shown With less than nine video participant...

Page 22: ...nts regardless of the levels transmitted When selected the MCU maintains the audio signal level at a fixed value by attenuating strong signals and amplifying weak signals Very weak signals i e noise alone will not be amplified Example In most conferences the participants will speak at different levels As a result some of the participants are harder to hear than others The Audio Levelling corrects ...

Page 23: ... accept the password without having to press a confirmation key Should the password be incorrect the participant is met with the Password Incorrect screen and after a few seconds the Password Enquiry screen and sound appear again If the participant enters a wrong password three times the participant will be disconnected If no password is entered in this field participants can join the conference w...

Page 24: ...er of Telephone Participants allowed in the conference Welcome Picture and Sound When selected a Welcome screen and audio message will be shown to each new participant of the conference Entry and Exit Tones When selected a tone signal will be heard each time a participant is entering or leaving the conference Add Participants Selecting Add Participants will create a conference with the above speci...

Page 25: ...e below Conference Status Numbers ISDN IP Shows the conference ISDN and IP dial in number Each conference has separate dial in numbers Call Duration Shows the call length of the current conference Video Out Shows the outgoing video rate video encoding algorithm and resolution that is transmitted from the MCU to the participants ...

Page 26: ...ideo and telephone participants in the conference The maximum allowed number of participants are shown in brackets Conference Mode Stand Alone indicates that a normal conference is active Cascading Master indicates that this conference has become Master when connecting to another MCU If the Warning Multiple masters irregular behavior expected is seen more than one conference has been forced to mas...

Page 27: ... add several participants at the same time use the Add button Use Copy entry to Manual Dial to modify an existing participant Conference Configuration To change the conference configuration for this conference press Conference Configuration and the Conference Configuration window is shown Some settings cannot be changed when a conference is active Disconnect All To disconnect all participants in t...

Page 28: ...ew Provides a basic overview of all the participants in the conference Participants Shows the name of the participants Status Shows the status of the connection Establ Out Shown during call setup between the participant and the MCU Alerting Waiting for the participant to answer the outgoing call Connected 384 kbps The participant is connected at 384 kbps bandwidth Requesting Password To join the c...

Page 29: ...ipant is connected on ISDN using the H 320 protocol ISDN The participant is connected on ISDN as a telephone Audio Shows the audio status for each participant The participant is transmitting audio The participant has muted the microphone The participant is connected as a telephone The conference administrator has manually muted the participant Video Shows the video status for each participant The ...

Page 30: ... in a conference with Continuous Presence 7 1 layout and is currently transmitting video to all the other participants in the larger quadrant The participant is in a conference with Continuous Presence 4 layout and is currently transmitting video to all the other participants in the top left quadrant The participant is in a conference with Continuous Presence 9 layout and is currently transmitting...

Page 31: ...nality To release the floor again press the Release Floor button This button is shown if the floor has been assigned by the conference administrator or if the participant have request the floor themselves To mute a participant press the Mute Site button and the participant will not be heard by the other participants Note that muted participants will not be able to un mute themselves since this is ...

Page 32: ...32 TANDBERG MCU Using the MCU Terminal List List the participants in the conference If the conference is cascaded to another conference this is also shown here ...

Page 33: ...in the MCU The Phone Book can be used to dial out to a participant either through ISDN or IP and can contain up to 99 single entries and 16 group entries They are listed alphabetically as can be seen in the figure below Delete By selecting an existing Entry in the Phone Book and then pressing the Delete button you will delete the selected entry ...

Page 34: ...up a new conference section under Using the MCU 2nd Number If two numbers are required both should be specified 2x64 kbps 2x56 kbps calls Sub Address Used to address different participants on the same ISDN line or TCS4 dialing Dial Profile Select which network dial profile to use Restrict 56K Use 56 kbps per ISDN B channel Press Create New to save the entry in the phone book Create New To save the...

Page 35: ... press the Add New Group Entry button and the Add New Group Entry will open as shown in figure below Each group entry can contain up to 16 video and 16 telephone participants Name Enter the name of the group entry Add Select the participant from the Phone Book and press Add and they will be added into the Participants list in the Group Entry Remove To remove a participant from the Participants lis...

Page 36: ... Entry in the Phone Book and then pressing the Edit button you will be able to edit the selected entry The same fields as for the Add New Entry will be available Save The entry will be updated with the changes made Create New This will create a new entry instead of replacing the old one The old entry will not be changed Cancel Will discard all changes and display the Edit Phone Book page ...

Page 37: ...tatus as shown in the figure below PRI Status To view status of the PRI open PRI Status as shown in the figure below If a participant has been disconnected the cause code can be viewed by pressing the link next to the PRI channel that was disconnected See next page for a cause code example ...

Page 38: ...larm or Loss of signal LOS indicates that there is no signal and thus no framing info received The same effect will be obtained by pulling out the PRI cable This may also be caused by a broken connector in the receive RX part of the cable Yellow Alarm or Remote Alarm Indicator RAI means that the MCU is receiving framing info but in this framing info the other side tells the MCU that it is not read...

Page 39: ...f the Gatekeeper which the MCU is registered to Inactive means the MCU is not registered to a gatekeeper Registering means the MCU is having problems registering with the selected gatekeeper System Information To view MCU information open System Information as shown in the figure below This page provides information on installed software and hardware PARTICIPANTS CAN ALSO JOIN CONFERENCE 1 BY DIAL...

Page 40: ...40 TANDBERG MCU System Status Available Resources To view available resources on the MCU open Available Resources as shown in the figure below ...

Page 41: ...onfigure the MCU To Configure the MCU open System Configuration and MCU Configuration Shown in the figure below is the System Configuration PRI Configuration To configure the PRI settings on the MCU open PRI as shown in the figure below ...

Page 42: ...ssage information element Sending Complete Off The MCU will not send Sending Complete Send Own Number On The MCU will send its own number to the far end Off The MCU will not send its own number to the far end but please note that the network may still send your number to the far end PRI Trunk Grouping When Trunk Grouping is enabled PRI 2 3 and 4 will use the same number range as specified for PRI ...

Page 43: ...Outwatts 3 FX 4 TieTrunk 5 Service profiles for MCI NSF Service VNET Vision 1 800 2 PRISM1 PRISMII WATS 3 900 4 DAL 5 Example Below is a list of common service profiles As these profiles may change contact your service provider to get the correct profile Service profiles forAT T NSF Service Disable 0 SDN including GSDN 1 Megacom 800 2 Megacom 3 Accunet 6 Long Distance 7 International 800 8 MultiQu...

Page 44: ...It is only necessary to enter the digits indicating the range If the range is 67828669 to 67828699 then just enter 8669 Maximum amount of digits is 24 Number Range Stop Here is where the last number in the PRI number range is entered If the range is 67828669 to 67828699 then just enter 8699 PRI CRC 4 Used for most E1 PRI configurations If your network equipment does not support this feature turn i...

Page 45: ...nnel Indicates the lowest numbered E1 T1 B channel the MCU is allowed to use for each PRI line when selecting channels for outgoing calls High Channel Indicates the highest numbered E1 T1 B channel the MCU is allowed to use for each PRI line when selecting channels for outgoing calls Search Specifies where the MCU will start searching for available B channels for each PRI line If Search is set to ...

Page 46: ...d because these parameters are assigned by the DHCP server Static If Static assignment is used the MCU s IP address and IP subnet mask must be specified in the IP address field IP Ethernet Speed Auto The MCU will automatically detect the speed duplex on the LAN 10Half The MCU will connect to the LAN using 10 Mbps Half Duplex 10Full The MCU will connect to the LAN using 10 Mbps Full Duplex 100Half ...

Page 47: ... Mask defines the type of network Your LAN administrator will provide the correct value for this field Static IP Gateway The Static IP Gateway defines the Gateway address Your LAN administrator will provide the correct value for this field Save When ready to store the new settings press Save These settings will take effect when the system is restarted Restart This button will restart the MCU Any c...

Page 48: ...d alarm on the Conference Overview page Off Set Gatekeeper to Off if the MCU should not register to any Gatekeeper The H 323 Gatekeeper Status window will show Inactive and it is only possible to dial in to conference 1 by using the MCU s IP address Gatekeeper IP Address Enter the Gatekeeper IP Address that the MCU should register to To dial in to a conference from IP requires the use of H 323 num...

Page 49: ...have in an IP network The priority ranges from 0 to 63 for each type of packets Precedence is used to define which priority audio video data and signaling should have in an IP network The higher the number the higher the priority The priority ranges from 0 off to 7 for each type of packets In addition to Precedence Type of Service can be used and enables the user to define what type of connection ...

Page 50: ...nd the MCU are identically configured Configuration Baudrate Possible values are 1200 bps 2400 bps 4800 bps 9600 bps 19200 bps 38400 bps 56600 bps and 115200 bps Parity Select None Odd or Even Databits Select 7 or 8 databits Stopbits Select 1 or 2 stopbits Save Press Save to activate the new settings WHEN CONNECTING TO A PC THE CONNECTING CABLE MUST BE A STRAIGHT THROUGH RS232 CABLE THERE ARE NO H...

Page 51: ...sts SNMP requests must have this password in order to receive a response from the SNMP agent in the MCU SNMP Trap Host 1 2 and 3 Identifies the IP address of the SNMP manager Up to three different SNMP Trap Hosts can be defined Your LAN administrator should provide the correct values for these fields System Contact Used to identify the system contact via SNMP tools such as HPOpenView or TANDBERG M...

Page 52: ...me Password To change the system password of the MCU enter the new password in the New Administrator Password To delete the existing password select Delete Password Services The different IP services on the MCU FTP Telnet Telnet Challenge HTTP HTTPS and SNMP can be independently disabled to prevent access to the MCU In addition the SNMP Service Read Only Traps Only will make it possible to read SN...

Page 53: ...anagement on the MCU using an illegal password The Security alert that is sent to the Management Application will contain information about the IP address and the service WEB Telnet FTP being used for the attempt If TANDBERG Management Suite is used email notifications or alarms about the attempt can be sent to selected persons Save Press Save to save changes and then Restart ...

Page 54: ...Options Shows the currently installed Options Current Option Key Shows the current Option Key Software Option New Option Key Enter the option key in the Key field and press Enable Option The system will validate the key and if valid a restart would be requested for the new option to take effect Install Software Release Key Enter the release key in the Key field and press Install Software You will ...

Page 55: ...DN number each participant should dial to join conference 3 when dialing from ISDN H 323 Numbers E 164 Alias Conference 1 Enter the H 323 number each participant should dial to join conference 1 when dialing from IP Conference 2 Enter the H 323 number each participant should dial to join conference 2 when dialing from IP Conference 3 Enter the H 323 number each participant should dial to join conf...

Page 56: ...o capabilities to be transmitted through the MCU When disabled no H 264 video capabilities will be transmitted H 264 is supported in Voice Switched conferences and conferences with Continuous Presence 4 layout H 264 will be disabled if not supported by the video participants if Duo Video is active if more than one conference is active on the MCU or if Continuous Presence 5 1 Continuous Presence 7 ...

Page 57: ...me of the new profile here Prefix Enter the call prefix of the new profile This could for example be 0 for external calls Network Auto IP addresses will select H 323 All other numbers will select H 320 H 320 The MCU will always use H 320 when this dial profile is selected H 323 The MCU will always use H 323 when this dial profile is selected Save Press Save to activate the new Dial Profiles Cancel...

Page 58: ...te The Conference Template is the settings that will be used as default settings when creating new conferences TO LEARN MORE ABOUT EACH SETTING SEE THE SET UP A NEW CONFERENCE SECTION UNDER USING THE MCU TIP Save Press Save to activate the new settings ...

Page 59: ...re listed for each of the file types The following can be specified Welcome Screen Password Enquiry Screen Password Reject Screen Encryption Required Screen Welcome Sound Password Enquiry Sound System Parameters Directory To add a new file press Browse to locate the file and then press Upload For each of the customized files a Delete button will be added in the Type column By pressing Delete the d...

Page 60: ...em Parameters allows users to backup the system configuration which may be restored at a later time Clicking on Directory allows users to save the directory file which can be useful for backup purposes and pushing a common directory onto multiple MCUs ...

Page 61: ...ser ftp IP address of MCU Description of the different files all prm all settings in the system including directory dir prm directory entries event log logs fault situations etc sw pkg the system software Description of the different folders user a folder to be used for custom files images and audio files etc What can be done by using the file system upload of custom images upload software ...

Page 62: ...62 TANDBERG MCU Appendices Appendix 2 Declaration of Conformity ...

Page 63: ...ill be prevented from setting up calls that exceeds this limit Example If the MCU has made 6 calls at 768 4 calls at 384 and 4 encrypted calls at 192 the calculation will be 6x62 4x46 4x60 372 184 240 796 Since 796 is less than 845 this will be possible MCU Capacity typical scenarios 16 video sites and 16 telephony calls option Below some typical capacity scenarios are listed They can be derived b...

Page 64: ...57 Dial Profiles 57 Diffserv 49 Directory 59 Disconnect All 27 DTMF 23 DuoVideo P C 22 DuoVideo Out 26 DuoVideo Snapshot 26 E Enable H 264 56 Enable H 323 56 Encryption 23 Encryption Mode 24 Encryption Required Screen 59 End Conference 28 Entry and Exit Tones 24 Environmental Issues 3 ETSI Euro ISDN 42 F File Management 59 File system 61 Floor to Full Screen 20 Front view of MCU 8 G Gatekeeper 48 ...

Page 65: ... 232 cable 12 RSVP 49 S Secure conference 16 23 Security 23 Sending Complete 42 Services 52 Set up a new conference 18 Site preparations 11 SNMPAgent 51 SNMP Community 51 SNMP Community name 51 SNMP Configuration 51 SNMP Manager 51 SNMP Security alert 53 SNMP Trap Host 51 SNMP traps 51 Software Option 54 Software Upgrade 54 Software Version 54 Start up 14 Static 46 Static IP Address 47 Static IP G...

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