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Codian MCU 4500 Series
Codian MSE 8510 Series
Online help (printable format)
Software version 2.4(1)
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The Codian MCU web interface is used for administering the MCU device, managing conferences, users, and pre- defined endpoints. You can also perform many conference-related tasks using the web interface that you cannot otherwise do. When connecting to the Codian MCU web interface, you must log in so that the MCU can associate the session with your configured user and a set of access privileges. The MCU has a set of configured users, and each user has an ID and password that are used for lo
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Depending on how your system administrator has configured the MCU and conferences on it, you might be able to join conferences by simply dialing a phone number. Your system administrator may have configured the MCU to allow you to use your video endpoint to directly dial the conference by dialing a phone number. You will be required to enter the conference ID, and PIN if required. Or you may be able to dial by IP address and connect to the auto attendant. See Using an auto attendant for det
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Your system administrator may have set up an auto attendant for you to use to join conferences. An auto attendant presents you with a series of menus from which you can choose a conference to join. For further information about accessing conferences (including the use of DTMF tones), refer to the document "Accessing Conferences", available in the Documentation area of the web site. There are typically two ways to call an auto attendant using your video endpoint. Your system administrator sho
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When in DTMF navigation mode, you will not be able to use the number keys to enter the numeric ID of a conference. Typically, you will have these options: This option enables you to start a new conference that takes place immediately (an "ad hoc" conference). When creating this conference, you'll need to add a conference ID and optional PIN (to restrict access to the conference). Other participants are then free to join the conference as they would any other, for example by using the auto
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The streaming interface enables you to enter the ID of a conference and view it in a web browser on your PC. You do not have to have a user account on the MCU to be able to do this. If you do need to log in to the MCU, use the link on the top right of the screen. A name by which you will be identified should Note that text chat will not be available unless the you use the text chat facility. MCU has the Web conferencing feature key The numeric ID that uniquely identifies the conferen
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The Codian MCU supports streaming, which involves sending conference media (audio and video) to a remote computer, allowing the user to watch and listen to a conference. The media flows in just one direction, so it is not possible to actually contribute to a conference via streaming. The streaming video may be delayed by approximately 4-10 seconds compared to the real-time video. To view an active conference using streaming: 1. Go to and click next to the conference name. 2. Choose th
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After you join a conference, you can control many conference features directly from your video endpoint. (For information about in-conference features using the web interface, see Controlling in-conference features). Controlling conference views Understanding participants status Using far-end camera controls Understanding in-conference status icons The zoom out menu The conference welcome message For further information about accessing conferences (including the use of DTMF to
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You are scrolling up through the layout views. You are scrolling down through the layout views. You have stopped scrolling through the layout views. When viewing a conference with variable-size panes (see Variable-size panes), you can choose which participant to display in the larger panes on the video screen; when viewing a conference with equal-sized panes, you can choose which participant displays in the top left pane. You do this by selecting the participant following these steps:
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During the conference, various icons might appear in the pane of specific participants. Refer to the table below for assistance interpreting these icons. This participant has been given priority in the layout views. A participant is made "important" using controls on the MCU web pages. The audio quality from this participant is poor. The audio quality from this participant is good. The video quality from this participant is poor. The video quality from this participant is good. While i
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During the conference, various icons might appear in top left of the conference display. The appearance of these icons is controlled on the page (refer to Configuring global conference settings). Refer to the table below for assistance interpreting these icons. There are both encrypted and unencrypted participants in this conference or there are streaming viewers of this encrypted conference. This conference is being recorded. There are audio-only participants in this conference. The num
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Depending on how your video endpoint is configured, an incoming video call might come through to your regular phone or to your video endpoint (see Calling into conferences for a brief description of the difference). Note that even if a video call arrives on your regular phone, the video portion of the call will appear on your associated video endpoint (if one is configured). As with any other type of incoming call, you can choose to answer the call or not. 16
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The default behavior of the Codian MCU is to display the "loudest" participants in the most prominent layout panes. If there are more contributors than there are panes available, then the "quietest" participants are not shown. However, different styles of layout introduce slight subtleties to this behavior, and in addition there are a few ways in which participants or conference administrators may change the system used for pane assignment. In particular, you may want to set the pane placem
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When considering which participants to show in which panes, a participant's self view has the lowest priority. This has two main implications: When choosing participants to display, the MCU considers the viewer last. This prevents the participant who is the active speaker from seeing only themselves. In this case, while everyone else will see the active speaker, the active speaker will see the previous active speaker in their biggest view pane. When the MCU is required to choose a la
