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MXP Series Video Endpoints
User Guide
D1479201 MXP Series User Guide, May 2011.
© 2010-2011 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.
Conference calls …
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with the optional built-in MultiSite
can handle several video calls and
telephone-only calls simultaneously.
How many depends on the type of
TANDBERG video system you are using.
You may set up a video meeting with
many participants in advance and/
or you may add participants during
a conference. This is called to add
another call.
Observe that the ability to add calls is
an optional feature, which your system
may, or may not, be equipped with.
Systems without this option will have no
Add Another Call
icon in the menus.
Using phone book group entries
For your convenience, it is possible to
add group entries to the phone book.
More on this can be found in
Phone
book usage.
IP and ISDN communication
Some TANDBERG systems use
IP (Internet Protocol) for video
communication, while others use ISDN
as well as IP.
Observe that in order to be able to
communicate with 3G mobile phones
and to enable communication between
ISDN- and IP-based systems, access
to additional functionality hardware may
be required.
Consult your system administrator or
your TANDBERG representative for
details.
How many participants?
This depends on the configuration of
your TANDBERG system. The larger
systems have an optional built-in MCU
(Multi Conference Unit) opening up
for 4–6 simultaneous participants plus
extras on voice-only (telephone), while
the smaller systems do not have this
feature at all.
All systems can, however, be
connected to a network containing
external MCUs. These MCUs are
capable of running several video
conferences with many participants
each, simultaneously. read more about
this on the next page
To learn more about the actual
configuration available in your system,
contact your system administrator.
About video conferences
Part 1: The basics
If you are the one who initiated the
video conference, you are considered to
be the host by the system.
In MultiSite calls (i.e. video conferences with
more than two participants) the term Far End will
loose its meaning since it will not be unambiguous
whom we refer to.
This means that some features normally available
during point-to–point calls—like far end camera
control—won’t be available during MultiSite calls.
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