Cisco TelePresence - Configuring Conference Factory

Configuring Conference Factory
The Conference Factory page (Applications > Conference Factory) allows you to enable and disable the
Conference Factory application, and configure the alias and template it uses.
The Conference Factory application allows the VCS to support the Multiway feature. Multiway enables
endpoint users to create a conference while in a call even if their endpoint does not have this functionality
built in.
Multiway is supported in Cisco TelePresence endpoints including the E20 (software version TE1.0 or later)
and MXP range (software version F8.0 or later). Check with your Cisco representative for an up-to-date list of
the Cisco endpoints and infrastructure products that support Multiway.
Conference creation process
When the Multiway feature is activated from the endpoint:
1. The endpoint calls a pre-configured alias which routes to the Conference Factory on the VCS.
2. The VCS replies to the endpoint with the alias that the endpoint should use for the Multiway conference.
This alias will route to an MCU.
3. The endpoint then places the call to the MCU using the given alias, and informs the other participating
endpoints to do the same.
The configurable options are:
Field Description Usage tips
Mode Enables or disables the
Conference Factory application.
Alias The alias that will be dialed by
the endpoints when the Multiway
feature is activated. This must
also be configured on all
endpoints that may be used to
initiate the Multiway feature. An
example could be
multiway@example.com.
Template The alias that the VCS tells the
endpoint to dial to create a
Multiway conference on the
MCU.
To ensure that each conference has a different alias, you should
use %% as a part of the template. The %% will be replaced by a
unique number each time the VCS receives a new conference
request.
Number
range
start /
end
The first and last numbers in the
range that replaces %% in the
template used to generate a
conference alias.
For example, your Template could be 563%%@example.com with a
range of 10 - 999. The first conference will use the alias
563010@example.com, the next conference will use
563011@example.com and so on up to 563999@example.com,
after which it will loop round and start again at
563010@example.com. (Note that the %% represents a fixed
number of digits – with leading zeroes where required – based
upon the length of the upper range limit.)
Note that:
n You must use a different Template on each VCS in your network that has the Conference Factory
application enabled. If your VCS is part of a cluster, the Template must be different for each peer in the
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Configuring Conference Factory