Including Multiple Sites in Calls
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speaking. You can also share content in a multipoint call, just as you can in a
point-to-point call.
About Multipoint Calls
The VSX system lets you make multipoint calls using an external MCU. If your
system includes the internal MCU, you can also make multipoint calls with the
VSX system. The type of MCU affects the conference as shown in this table:
For calls using the internal multipoint option, the VSX system can initiate the call
or the other sites can call the VSX system to join the conference.
Placing a Multipoint Call
How you place a multipoint call depends on whether you’re using the internal
multipoint option or an external MCU. For calls using the internal multipoint
option, you can define a multipoint Directory entry to call all of the sites at one
time. Or, you can place a call, and then add other sites after the call connects.
If your call uses an external MCU, you may need to enter calling information about
all of the sites before the call begins. Contact your system administrator for more
information.
To place a multipoint call by adding sites to a call:
1.
Call the first site.
2.
When the call connects, press
Call-Hang Up
.
3.
Select
Add Call,
and place a call to the next site.
4.
Repeat steps 2 and 3 until all sites are connected.
To place a multipoint call using a multisite Directory entry:
1.
Press
Directory
on the remote control.
2.
Spell the entry name using the number buttons on the remote to go directly to
an entry.
This MCU:
Lets you include:
Supports these calls:
Lets you add sites:
Internal MCU
Up to 4 video sites,
including this site
IP, ISDN, or both
Before the call begins
and after call starts
External MCU
Number of sites
allowed by the MCU
IP, ISDN, or both
Before call begins
