External mcu control functions, Tandberg videoconferencing system, General use – TANDBERG D12817-05 User Manual
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TANDBERG Videoconferencing System
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General use
External MCU control functions
A Multipoint Control Unit (MCU) enables several sites to participate in the same conference.
An MCU conference can have different modes:
Voice Switched means that the image of the person currently speaking will be broadcast to all the other
conference participants. This will remain the case until another participant starts to speak.
Continuous Presence shows several participants on the same screen at the same time.
Chairman Control functionality enables one participant to control the meeting by selecting which of the
conference participants is to be broadcast to the other participants.
The system can control external MCUs in a very flexible manner using the functions described below.
D
URING
AN
MCU
CONFERENCE
,
A
STATUS
LINE
WILL
PROVIDE
INFORMATION
ABOUT
THE
CONFERENCE
. T
O
REMOVE
THIS
STATUS
LINE
,
SELECT
‘U
TILITIES
’, ‘MCU S
TATUS
L
INE
: O
FF
’.
I
N
ORDER
TO
MAKE
USE
OF
C
HAIR
C
ONTROL
FEATURES
THE
MCU
MUST
SUPPORT
C
HAIR
C
ONTROL
(H.243).
TIP
NOTE
T
HIS
SYSTEM
DOES
NOT
HAVE
A
BUILT
-
IN
MCU,
BUT
IT
CAN
CONNECT
TO
ANOTHER
SYSTEM
WITH
MCU
FUNCTIONALITY
.
T
HE
SYSTEM
CAN
REMOTELY
CONTROL
EXTERNAL
MCU
FEATURES
USING
THE
FUNCTIONS
DESCRIBED
BELOW
.
NOTE