Polycom RealPresence User Manual

Table of Contents
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Starting a Meeting from Microsoft Outlook using the Polycom Conferencing
Add-in to Microsoft Outlook (AVC CP Only Conferencing) ................................3-26
Starting an Audio Meeting from a Microsoft Outlook Polycom Meeting
Invitation ................................................................................................................ 3-26
Connecting to a Conference ................................................................................................ 3-27
Direct Dial-in to the MCU ...........................................................................................3-27
H.323 Participants (AVC CP Only and Mixed CP and SVC
Conferencing) ........................................................................................................ 3-28
SIP Participants (AVC CP, Mixed CP and SVC and SVC Conferencing) ..... 3-28
Entry Queue Access (AVC Participants) ................................................................... 3-29
H.323 Participants (AVC Participants) .............................................................. 3-29
SIP Participants (AVC Participants) ................................................................. 3-30
Connecting to a Polycom Conference from an Outlook Meeting Invitation
(AVC Only Conferencing) ........................................................................................... 3-31
Dial-out Participants (AVC CP Only and Mixed CP and SVC Conferencing) .... 3-31
Automatic Dial Out ..............................................................................................3-31
Indications in the Video Layout ......................................................................................... 3-32
Site Names .....................................................................................................................3-32
Displaying and Hiding Site Names ................................................................... 3-33
Transparent Site Names ......................................................................................3-34
Permanent Display of Site Names .....................................................................3-34
Location of Site Names ........................................................................................ 3-34
Obtaining the Display Name from the Address Book .................................... 3-34
Message Overlay for Text Messaging (AVC Only) ................................................. 3-35
Network Quality Indication ........................................................................................ 3-35
Network Quality Levels ......................................................................................3-36
Guidelines ...................................................................................................................... 3-36
Monitoring Ongoing Conferences .....................................................................................3-37
General Monitoring ......................................................................................................3-37
Multi Selection ...................................................................................................... 3-37
Using the Chairperson Password for Filtering ................................................ 3-38
Conference Level Monitoring ..................................................................................... 3-38
Audio Only Message (AVC CP Only) ...............................................................3-41
Secured Conference Monitoring (AVC CP Only) ............................................ 3-41
Participant Level Monitoring ...................................................................................... 3-41
Participant Connection Monitoring (AVC and SVC-based Connections) ... 3-41
Video Preview (AVC-based Connection) ......................................................... 3-45
Operations Performed During On Going Conferences .................................................. 3-46
Conference Level operations ...................................................................................... 3-46
Changing the Duration of a Conference ........................................................... 3-46
Adding Participants from the Address Book ...................................................3-48
Moving Participants Between Conferences (AVC-based Connection) ......... 3-48
Saving an Ongoing Conference as a Template .................................................3-49
Copy and Paste Conference ................................................................................ 3-50
Copy Conference .................................................................................................. 3-50
Paste Conference ...................................................................................................3-50
Paste Conference As ............................................................................................. 3-51

Polycom RealPresence Specifications

General

Audio Codecs	G.711, G.722, G.722.1
Video Codecs	H.263, H.263+, H.264
Network Protocols	H.323, SIP
Maximum Participants	Varies by model
Operating System	Linux-based
Dimensions	Varies by model
Weight	Varies by model