Polycom Web
Office Release Notes Version 7.0.1
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Web
Office and MGC Configuration
This section explains the MGC settings for Web
Office
to work with MGC version 6.01.
Web
Office
MGC Settings
There are two Web
Office
working modes with the MGC unit:
•
Via WebCommander server
•
Direct Management Mode
The working mode is defined by the Web
Office
Administrator in the Administrator’s Tool.
When working in the Direct Management mode, when you launch an audio or video
conference running on the MGC unit, you have to configure Web
Office
to work with the
MGC unit.
The MGC unit works with the Web
Office
server as an external database application that is
used for personal recognition of all conference participants and their attached endpoints.
When an Audio or Video conference is started from Web
Office
, the Web
Office
server
generates a list of passwords for each conference participant. These passwords are sent
from the MGC unit to the Web
Office
server for validation. (The password displayed in
MGC Manager conference properties is different than the password Web
Office
displays in
the meeting.) The Web
Office
server returns to the MGC unit permission to add the
participants to the conference, and also send their names to the MCU. These names are also
used in the MGC Manager/WebCommander applications to list the participants by their
names. The participants are then added to the conference along with their names.
A guest password is also generated when the conference is started. This password is
displayed to the conference organizer (Web
Office
owner) and to all connected participants.
This password can be used by participants who are disconnected, and be given to guests to
manually dial-in to the conference. Participants using the manual password to connect to
the conference are identified as ‘guest’ (without a user name).
The process is as follows:
1.
The Web
Office
conference is started by the Web
Office
client.
2.
The Web
Office
server automatically generates a list of passwords for all invited
buddies connecting to the conference.
3.
The Web
Office
server sends a request to the MGC unit to start a conference.
4.
The MGC unit starts a conference and tells the Web
Office
server the conference
number.
5.
The Web
Office
server sends the conference number and personal passwords to the
Web
Office
clients connected to the conference.
If your MGC Unit is version 5.0 or lower, you cannot work in MCU Direct Management mode,
only in WebCommander mode.
For certain Web
Office features to be enabled, such as Personal Layout, Active Speaker and
Mute/Unmute, the Web
Office server must work in MCU Direct Management mode, and the
Web
Office server must serve as an external database application with the MGC unit. If you
work in MCU Direct Management mode without IVR Message Services, the Personal Layout,
Active Speaker and Mute/Unmute features will be disabled.
