D15332.01 MX200 G2 and MX300 G2 Administrator Guide CE8.0, NOVEMBER 2015.
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Cisco TelePresence MX200 G2 and MX300 G2
Administrator Guide
This chapter provides an overview of the new and changed
system settings, and the new features and improvements
in the Cisco Collaboration Endpoint software version 8.0
(CE8.0) compared to TC7.3.
As CE software is based on TC7, the structure and main
functionalilty remains the same as in TC software.
For more details, we recommend reading the Software
release notes:
http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/collaboration-
endpoints/telepresence-mx-series/tsd-products-support-
CE8.0 upgrade path
It is important to consider the upgrade requirements
of CE8.0 before upgrading
; otherwise upgrading
to CE8.0 can leave you with a non-functioning
deployment that requires you to downgrade.
Refer to the software release notes, and the
chapter.
New features and improvements
Products
CE8.0 supports the following products:
• MX200 G2
• MX300 G2
• MX700
• MX800
• SX10 Quick Set
• SX20 Quick Set
• SX80
Cisco TelePresence products in EX Series, C Series,
and Profile Series are not supported in CE software; use
software version TC7.3 or earlier for these products.
User interfaces
Products running CE software, must use the following
user interfaces:
• Touch 10 controller, available for all products.
• TRC6 remote control, available for SX10 and SX20.
Touch 8 controller and remote control TRC5 are not
supported.
API changes
The number of API commands has been reduced.
Some commands are removed, and others are different
syntactically in order to cater for underlying architectural
changes.
More status information and configurations are available
on the video system’s web interface than in the API.
Refer to the What’s New chapter in the API guide for the
video system, to see the changes that are made to the
public API.
Intelligent Proximity for content sharing
Cisco Proximity allows you to automatically pair your
device (smartphone, tablet, or laptop) with the video
system when the device comes within range. This
feature is enabled by default.
Cisco Proximity offers three services: Content sharing
to clients, content sharing from clients and basic call
contol. These services are disabled by default.
The Cisco Proximity clients for smartphones
and tablets (Android and iOS), and laptops
(Windows and OS X) can be downloaded from
Clients for smartphones
and tablets are also available through Google Play
(Android) and Apple App Store (iOS).
Multistream
The Multistream feature enables the video system to
send and receive multiple streams of video in different
resolutions simultaneously. The video systems compose
layouts locally, to better adapt the layout to all available
screens.
While in a conference with multiple participants, this
feature enhances the user experience in terms of
layout control. A multi-screen system is able to utilize
all screens when participating in a Multistream enabled
conference, and the layout is improved when presenting
and sharing content on all systems.
In this release Multistream is switched Off by default.
We recommend the Cisco UCM 11.0.0 and later,
and the latest versions of TelePresence Server and
TelePresenceConductor for optimal experience.
What’s new in CE8
Introduction
Configuration
Peripherals
Maintenance
System settings
Appendices
Introduction
