Cisco Cisco TelePresence MCU 4510 Administrator's Guide
Calling into conferences
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.
able to join conferences by simply dialing a phone number.
Dialing in using a video endpoint
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
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
for details.
Note that some video endpoints require that you activate the keypad before dialing. For example, you might
need to press the # key.
need to press the # key.
Dialing in using an audio-only phone
If your phone system allows calls to the MCU, you may use your regular phone to join conferences as an
audio-only contributor. You may need to enter the conference ID (and PIN, if required).
audio-only contributor. You may need to enter the conference ID (and PIN, if required).
If your regular phone number is linked to your video endpoint, then when you use your phone to join a
conference, the video portion of the conference will automatically appear on your video endpoint's screen.
You can continue to use your regular phone for the audio portion of the conference. To do this, the video
endpoint must be configured as that user's associated video endpoint. For more information, refer to
conference, the video portion of the conference will automatically appear on your video endpoint's screen.
You can continue to use your regular phone for the audio portion of the conference. To do this, the video
endpoint must be configured as that user's associated video endpoint. For more information, refer to
.
The advantages to this method are that you are able to use the same method and phone to make video calls
as you do traditional audio calls. You also may have improved audio signaling. However, this method
requires significant configuration and setup from the system administrator. Your company's network may not
have all the components available to support this method.
as you do traditional audio calls. You also may have improved audio signaling. However, this method
requires significant configuration and setup from the system administrator. Your company's network may not
have all the components available to support this method.
When in a conference using an audio-only phone, pressing *6 mutes your phone such that you will not be
contributing audio to the conference; pressing *6 again unmutes your phone.
contributing audio to the conference; pressing *6 again unmutes your phone.
Using an IP VCR recording as the video contribution
Audio-only conference participants can show a recording from an IP VCR as their video contribution. To do
this:
this:
1. Either register the MCU and the IP VCR with the gatekeeper or add the IP VCR as an H.323 gateway.
2. Go to
Endpoints > Add H.323 endpoint
and add the recording as an H.323 endpoint:
i. Use the recording number as the endpoint address.
ii. If you are using a gatekeeper, leave the other fields at their default settings; if the IP VCR is set up as
an H.323 gateway, select the VCR from the H.323 gateway list and leave all other settings as default.
3. Go to
Users > Add user
and set up the user using
for more information and
setting the associated video endpoint as the IP VCR recording.
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Joining and viewing conferences
Calling into conferences