Cisco Cisco TelePresence MCU 4510 Maintenance Manual
Customizing layout views
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Customizing layout views
You can select custom layouts to use for all conference participants. To use this option:
1. Go to Conferences.
2. Click a Conference name and then click the Custom layout tab.
3. Click on the layout you want to use from those shown in the Available layouts. There are
different numbers of panes and pane configurations to choose from.
The chosen layout is displayed enlarged to the left in the Conference custom layout section of
the page and the Enabled radio button is selected.
The chosen layout is displayed enlarged to the left in the Conference custom layout section of
the page and the Enabled radio button is selected.
4. If you want to select the participants who appear in a pane manually rather than letting the MCU
make the most appropriate selection, click Pane placement.
See
See
5. To have all participants see this layout when they join the conference click Make new
participants see this view.
6. If you also want all participants to see this view now, click Switch all participants to this view.
The following table explains the details that display.
Field
Field description
Usage tips
Conference custom layout
Current
status
status
Whether a custom layout can be used for
this participant.
this participant.
When you click a new layout from the
Available layouts, Enabled is
automatically chosen with the most recent
layout selected.
Available layouts, Enabled is
automatically chosen with the most recent
layout selected.
Make new
participants
see this view
participants
see this view
New participants joining this conference will
view the conference with this custom layout
rather than one of the default views (see
view the conference with this custom layout
rather than one of the default views (see
).
To force all participants to use this layout,
click Switch all participants to this view.
click Switch all participants to this view.
If a participant has chosen to use a custom
conference layout (see
conference layout (see
), their view will
automatically update and switch to the new
view.
view.
Available layouts
Displays all the conference layouts that are
available. Click a layout to select it and
make it available.
available. Click a layout to select it and
make it available.
You can only select one custom layout at a
time.
time.
Using pane placement
To have more control over which participant appears in which pane, you can use the Pane placement
function. Pane placement works on a per conference basis.
function. Pane placement works on a per conference basis.
Pane placement works on the selected custom layout in the Conference custom layout page - see
. The chosen custom layout is shown with the panes numbered. The largest
(and therefore most important) panes have the lowest numbers. Because the largest number of panes
in any custom layout is 20, there are twenty drop down lists, one per pane. If the number of panes in
the chosen layout is less than this, a gray line separates the panes that are used from those that do
not apply to this layout.
in any custom layout is 20, there are twenty drop down lists, one per pane. If the number of panes in
the chosen layout is less than this, a gray line separates the panes that are used from those that do
not apply to this layout.
The first time you open the pane placement page for a conference all the panes are set to <default>.
The MCU decides which participant will appear in panes with this setting. See
The MCU decides which participant will appear in panes with this setting. See
For each pane you can select an alternative setting: