Cisco Cisco TelePresence MCU 4510 Maintenance Manual
Displaying system status
Cisco TelePresence MCU 4.3 Product administration guide
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Conference content channel
The Conference content channel page shows various status items related to a conference's content
channel. To view this page, go to
channel. To view this page, go to
Conferences > Conference list,
click the name of the conference about
which you want more information and in the
Participants
column, click the Content channel link.
The displayed information is split into three sections:
Preview
This section shows a graphical representation of the current content channel. If there is no active content
channel, a black rectangle appears here instead of a preview image. Where there is an active content
channel, clicking on the preview image will cause it to update. Note that no preview is shown if the
conference is configured as Passthrough content mode.
channel, a black rectangle appears here instead of a preview image. Where there is an active content
channel, clicking on the preview image will cause it to update. Note that no preview is shown if the
conference is configured as Passthrough content mode.
Received video
This section details the characteristics of the video stream supplying the content channel. This stream will
either be a H.239 channel from one of the H.323 conference participants, or a BFCP (Binary Floor Control
Protocol) channel from a SIP conference participant, or a main video channel configured for use as the
content channel source (for instance, a VNC connection to a PC) .
either be a H.239 channel from one of the H.323 conference participants, or a BFCP (Binary Floor Control
Protocol) channel from a SIP conference participant, or a main video channel configured for use as the
content channel source (for instance, a VNC connection to a PC) .
Transmitted video
While there is at most one source video stream for a conference's content channel, the content channel can
be viewed by several people, either via H.239 or BFCP to video conferencing endpoints , or via streaming
(DJPEG) to desktop PCs . The
be viewed by several people, either via H.239 or BFCP to video conferencing endpoints , or via streaming
(DJPEG) to desktop PCs . The
Transmitted video
section of this page shows the number of viewers of each
type, plus some statistics on the currently active H.239/BFCP video stream and DJPEG channel.
Passthrough viewers shows the number of content viewers viewing in Passthrough mode.
Passthrough viewers shows the number of content viewers viewing in Passthrough mode.
Diagnostics
It is possible to retrieve a set of diagnostics relating to the conference's content channel. This is
accomplished by clicking on the Download content channel diagnostics control beneath the main table.
You should not need to access these diagnostics except when directed to by Customer support.
accomplished by clicking on the Download content channel diagnostics control beneath the main table.
You should not need to access these diagnostics except when directed to by Customer support.
Displaying hardware health status
The
Health status
page (
Status > Health
) displays information about the hardware components of the
MCU.
Note: The Worst status seen conditions are those since the last time the MCU was
restarted.
restarted.
To reset these values, click Clear. Refer to the table below for assistance in interpreting the information
displayed.
displayed.
Field
Field description
Usage tips