Cisco Cisco TelePresence Management Suite (TMS) Version 15 Maintenance Manual
Participant Templates
In Cisco TMS:
Booking > Participant Templates
Participant templates are saved sets of connection settings that can be created to represent a single
participant, or a type of participant that uses a specific connection settings.
participant, or a type of participant that uses a specific connection settings.
Why use participant templates
The main uses for participant templates are:
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Saving a participant with customized dial settings as a template for easy reuse in booking, instead of
manually configuring them for each booking.
manually configuring them for each booking.
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Setting specialized parameters that are not available in the Cisco TMS booking page.
Examples include serially connected bridge ports and bridge participants that can only connect through a
specific network interface.
Once created, a participant template can be added to a conference like any other participant.
Examples include serially connected bridge ports and bridge participants that can only connect through a
specific network interface.
Once created, a participant template can be added to a conference like any other participant.
Note that participant templates are only available when booking directly in Cisco TMS, they cannot be used
with Smart Scheduler, Cisco TMSXE, or any other application using Cisco TelePresence Management Suite
Extension Booking API.
with Smart Scheduler, Cisco TMSXE, or any other application using Cisco TelePresence Management Suite
Extension Booking API.
Customized participants
When adding a participant to a conference, Cisco TMS calculates the best way to call that participant based
on the conference settings and the information available to Cisco TMS about the participant.
on the conference settings and the information available to Cisco TMS about the participant.
Should the organizer booking a meeting need to add additional information, or override the default call
settings like the dial direction or the number to be dialed for the participant, these settings can be
settings like the dial direction or the number to be dialed for the participant, these settings can be
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modified on a per-conference/per-participant basis using the
Connection Settings
tab
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specified once and reused as many times as needed by creating a participant template
Templates can represent endpoints controlled by Cisco TMS or external participants. For examples of how
participant templates might be used for customized participants, see examples 1-3 in
participant templates might be used for customized participants, see examples 1-3 in
Special use participants
Booking some participant types or scenarios require additional parameters that are not available for editing in
the Cisco TMS booking pages, such as:
the Cisco TMS booking pages, such as:
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Having a participant use a specific dial-in number.
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Booking direct connected leased line endpoints
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Using the dynamic dial-in number features of the legacy Cisco TelePresence MPS bridge
Note that these special uses are not supported on all device types, and most are specific features for the
Cisco TelePresence MPS series of bridges.
Cisco TelePresence MPS series of bridges.
For examples of how participant templates might be used to define special use participants, see examples 4-
5 in
5 in
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