Working with Active Conferences
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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 (AVC-based connection) – 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 (AVC-based connection) – A special
participant functioning as a link in a cascaded conference.
Recording (AVC-based connection) – A special participant functioning as a
Recording Link.
Note: The Recording participant does not support H.264 High Profile. If
recording a conference set to H.264 High Profile, the Recording participant
connects as Audio Only and records the conference Audio while displaying the
recording icon for the conference.
Request to speak (AVC-based connection) - Participants that were muted by
the conference organizer/system operator can indicate that they want to be
unmuted by entering the appropriate DTMF code (default 99).
The icon is displayed for 30 seconds.
IP Address/Phone The IP participant’s IP address or the ISDN (audio/video) participant’s phone number.
Alias Name/
SIP Address
The participant’s Alias Name or SIP URI.
The alias of a Polycom
®
RealPresence
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Media Suite if the participant is functioning as a
recording link.
Network The participant’s network connection type – H.323, or SIP or ISDN (audio/video).
Dialing Direction Dial-in – The participant dialed the conference.
Dial-out – The MCU dialed the participant.
Audio Displays the status of the participant’s audio channel.
If the participant’s audio is connected and the channel is neither muted nor blocked, no
indication is displayed.
Disconnected – Participant’s audio channel is disconnected. This is a defined
participant who is waiting to be connected to the conference.
Muted – Participant’s audio channel is muted. Indicates who initiated the Mute:
participant, RealPresence Collaboration Server User or MCU. The participant
can still hear the conference.
Blocked – Transmission of audio from the conference to the participant is
blocked.
Muted and Blocked - Audio channel is muted and blocked.
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