Cisco Cisco TelePresence MCU 4510 Maintenance Manual
Sending messages to individual participants
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Sending messages to individual participants
You can send a short text message to a specific participant currently in the conference. To do this:
1. Go to Conferences.
2. Click a Conference name and then click on a participant's name.
3.
Click the Send message tab.
This message appears overlaid on the participant's view, even if the participant is viewing the
conference via streaming.
conference via streaming.
Field
Field description
Usage tips
Message text
Enter the message to send to this
participant.
participant.
Messages must be fewer than 256
characters, but depending on the viewing
screen, messages at the higher-end of this
limit might not display properly. So,
consider limiting messages to about 180
characters. Messages longer than 256
characters will not be truncated; they will
not display at all.
characters, but depending on the viewing
screen, messages at the higher-end of this
limit might not display properly. So,
consider limiting messages to about 180
characters. Messages longer than 256
characters will not be truncated; they will
not display at all.
You can disable this setting from
Settings > Conferences (see
Settings > Conferences (see
).
Position
The vertical position of the message on the
conference display.
conference display.
Choose from the top, middle, or bottom of
the conference display.
the conference display.
Duration
Indicates how long the message appears
on the endpoint's video screen.
on the endpoint's video screen.
The default setting is 30 seconds. To
remove a message before it times out, click
Clear message.
remove a message before it times out, click
Clear message.