Cisco Cisco TelePresence Management Suite (TMS) Version 15 Maintenance Manual
Booking and Editing Conferences with Cisco TelePresence Conductor
Booking a Conference
1.
Book a conference as normal in Cisco TMS using
Booking > New Conference
.
You do not need to add the TelePresence Conductor to the conference manually if it is set as the preferred MCU
in Conference Settings.
in Conference Settings.
If you have multiple TelePresence Conductors in Cisco TMS, the one in the IP zone matching the majority of
endpoints will be selected automatically.
endpoints will be selected automatically.
2.
Once you have added the participants to the conference, click the
Connection Settings
tab to display the
TelePresence Conductor Settings
tab and fill in the fields as appropriate:
Field
Description
Alias
Select the alias you want to use as your conference dial-in address.
The aliases displayed in the drop-down have been configured in
Systems > Navigator >
select
a TelePresence Conductor
> TelePresence Conductor
tab
> Aliases
. For reference, see
.
Variable
If the alias is not fixed, you can change the variable part to contain something appropriate for
your conference.
your conference.
As you type in the Variable field, you will see the preview change to reflect what you are typing.
The variable can contain any alphanumeric characters. An example of a variable might be the
name of the person who is hosting the conference.
The variable can contain any alphanumeric characters. An example of a variable might be the
name of the person who is hosting the conference.
The Variable field is pre-populated by Cisco TMS with the first available Numeric ID set in the
Extended Settings
for the TelePresence Conductor in
Systems > Navigator
. If you do not
change the variable, the auto-generated address which you can see in the Preview field will be
used for the conference.
used for the conference.
Click Check Address Availability to see whether your chosen variable alias is available at the
time chosen.
time chosen.
If you change the variable, but want to go back to a Cisco TMS-generated variable, click
Regenerate Address.
Regenerate Address.
Address
Preview
Preview
A preview of the address that participants will use to dial into the conference. As you change the
variable, the blue part of the address in this field will change.
variable, the blue part of the address in this field will change.
Description
This field contains the description added for the alias here:
Systems > Navigator >
select a TelePresence Conductor
> Aliases tab > Edit Aliases
This field is not displayed if there is no description for the alias you have selected.
Conference
Layout
Layout
Set the layout for the conference.
Limit Ports to
Number of
Scheduled
Participants
Number of
Scheduled
Participants
Limit ports to the number of scheduled audio and video participants. No additional participants
will be able to join the conference.
will be able to join the conference.
Table 95 Alias configuration settings
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