Chapter 2-Basic Operation
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The following participant indicators and properties are displayed:
Table 2-6 Participant Monitoring – Indicators and Properties
Column Icon/Description
Name Displays the name and type (icon) of the participant:
Audio Participant – Connected via IP phone or ISDN/PSTN.
Video Participant – Connected with audio and video channels.
Status Displays the connection status (text and icon) of the participant. If there is no
problem with the participant’s connection no indication is displayed.
Connected – The participant is successfully connected to the
conference.
Disconnected – The participant is disconnected from the conference.
This status applies only to defined participants.
Waiting for Dial-in – The system is waiting for the defined participant to
dial into the conference.
Partially Connected – The connection process is not yet complete; the
video channel has not been connected.
Faulty Connection – The participant is connected, but problems
occurred in the connection, such as synchronization loss.
Secondary Connection – The endpoint’s video channel cannot be
connected to the conference and the participant is connected only via
audio.
Role Displays the participant’s role or function in the conference:
Chairperson – The participant is defined as the conference
chairperson. The chairperson can manage the conference using touch-
tone signals (DTMF codes).
Lecturer – The participant is defined as the conference Lecturer.
Lecturer and Chairperson – The participant is defined as both the
conference Lecturer and Chairperson.
Cascade Enabled Dial-out Participant – A special participant
functioning as a link in a cascaded conference.
Recording – A special participant functioning as a Recording Link.
IP Address/
Phone
The IP participant’s IP address or the ISDN/PSTN participant’s phone number.
Alias Name The participant’s Alias Name.
The alias of an RSS 2000 Recording System if the participant is functioning as a
recording link.
Network The participant’s network connection type – H.323 or ISDN/PSTN.