Conference Profiles and Templates
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Video Settings Parameters
Field/Option Description
Presentation
Mode
Available only when CP (Continuous Presence) conferencing mode is selected.
When enabled, the conference changes to lecture mode when the current speaker speaks for 30
seconds. When another participant starts talking, it returns to the previous video layout.
Same Layout Available only when CP and SVC conferencing mode is selected. Not available if Presentation
Mode or Video Switching is selected, or if Telepresence Mode is Yes.
Forces the selected layout to all participants. Personal selection of the video layout is disabled.
Lecturer View
Switching
Available only when CP (Continuous Presence) conferencing mode is selected. Not available if
Same layout is selected or Telepresence Mode is Yes.
When in lecture mode, enables the lecturer’s view to automatically switch among participants (if
the number exceeds the number of windows in the layout) while the lecturer is talking.
Telepresence
Mode
Available only when CP (Continuous Presence) conferencing mode is selected.
Supports telepresence conference rooms joining the conference:
•Auto – A conference is automatically put into telepresence mode when a telepresence
endpoint (RPX, TPX, ATX, or OTX) joins. Recommended setting.
•On – Telepresence mode is on, regardless of whether a telepresence endpoint is present.
•Off – Telepresence mode is off, regardless of whether a telepresence endpoint is present.
Telepresence
Layout Mode
Available only when CP (Continuous Presence) conferencing mode is selected. Not available if
Telepresence Mode is No.
Specifies the layout for telepresence conferences:
•Manual – Layout is controlled manually by a conference operator using the Multipoint Layout
Application (MLA) interface.
• Continuous Presence (MLA) – Tells the MLA to generate a multipoint view (standard or
custom).
•Room Switch – Tells the MLA to use Voice Activated Room Switching (VARS). The speaker’s
site is the only one seen by others.
• Speaker Priority – Ensures that the current speaker is always displayed in the video layout.
The previous speakers are also displayed if there is room in the layout. In this mode, each
endpoint in the conference reserves screens for displaying the active speaker in the largest
video layout cell available.
Auto Scan
Interval(s)
Available only when CP (Continuous Presence) conferencing mode is selected.
Specifies the time interval (between 5 - 300 seconds) that Auto Scan uses to cycle the display of
participants that are not in the conference layout in the selected cell.
Auto Scan is often used in conjunction with Customized Polling which allows the cyclic display
to be set to a predefined order for a predefined time period.
Auto Layout Available only when CP (Continuous Presence) conferencing mode is selected.
When selected, the system automatically selects the conference layout based on the number of
participants currently connected to the conference. When a new video participant connects or
disconnects, the conference layout automatically changes to reflect the new number of video
participants.