Comtech EF Data MIDAS 4 System and Design - Manual (Page 38)

System and Design Manual, Revision 2
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Chairperson
The chairperson manages the videoconference session. Using VCCS™, the
chairperson can:
• Select participants
• Initiate the conference
• Add participants
• Remove participants
• View the status of all the participants
• Accept or reject participant request for broadcast
• Change broadcaster
• Accept or reject participant request to talk back to the broadcaster
through the return channel
• Change return channel transmitter
• Terminate the conference
Participant
Capability
Using VCCS™, a participant can:
• Accept the invitation to join the conference
• Reject the invitation to join the conference
• Request to talk to the chairperson
• View the status of a request
• Cancel a pending request
• Leave the conference
Videoconference
Session
The MIDAS operator creates a list of all the videoconference capable traffic
channels with their phone numbers and group identity and stores it on a
diskette, which is sent to all potential chairperson sites. This information is
read by the VCCS™ and stored in the flash memory.