Hardware Conference doesn`t work in cme.

[Mohammed Al-odhari]

Hi all,

am having cisco 2921 with PVDM3-32U64, 2 fxo, 1 fxs and 1 E1 cards. Meet me conferece can`t be initiated. it shows in the phone cannot complete conference

It allow me to do maximum session 1 for conferece and max session 5 for transcoding. the config is :

voice-card 0

dspfarm

dsp services dspfarm

!

voice class custom-cptone LeaveConf

dualtone conference

  frequency 600 900

  cadence 300 150 300 100 300 50

!

voice class custom-cptone JoinConf

dualtone conference

  frequency 600 900

  cadence 300 150 300 100 300 50

!

sccp local GigabitEthernet0/0

sccp ccm 10.201.47.10 identifier 1 version 7.0

sccp

!

sccp ccm group 1

bind interface GigabitEthernet0/0

associate ccm 1 priority 1

associate profile 2 register CONFERENCE

associate profile 1 register TRANSCODE

keepalive retries 5

!

dspfarm profile 1 transcode 

codec g711ulaw

codec g711alaw

codec g729ar8

codec g729abr8

maximum sessions 3 (it allow up to 5)

associate application SCCP

!

dspfarm profile 2 conference 

codec g711ulaw

codec g711alaw

codec g729ar8

codec g729abr8

codec g729r8

codec g729br8

maximum conference-participants 16

maximum sessions 1 (it allows only 1)

conference-join custom-cptone JoinConf

conference-leave custom-cptone LeaveConf

associate application SCCP

!

telephony-service

sdspfarm conference mute-on 11 mute-off 22

sdspfarm units 3

dspfarm tag 1 TRANSCODE

sdspfarm tag 2 CONFERENCE

conference hardware

max-conferences 8 gain -6

!

ephone-template  2 (added to the ephone)

conference drop-mode local

softkeys hold  Join Newcall Resume Select

softkeys idle  ConfList Gpickup Join Login Newcall Pickup Redial RmLstC

softkeys seized  Redial Endcall Cfwdall Pickup Gpickup Callback Meetme

softkeys connected  Hold Trnsfer Park Endcall Confrn ConfList Join Select RmLstC

!

ephone-dn  35  octo-line (done also with dual-line with same issue)

number 4440

conference meetme

no huntstop

!

ephone-dn  36  octo-line

number 4040

conference ad-hoc

no huntstop

!

can some one help, Meet-me softkey can`t be viwed in the idle state to initiate the conference????????

[Ayodeji Okanlawon]

Have you innitiated the meet-me conference first by dialling the meet me number? If the mmet-me conference is not innittiated you cant dial into it.

Is your conference bridge resource registered to the CCME router?

What does the output of "sh sccp" display

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[Mohammed Al-odhari]

thanks for your replay,

by dialing the meet-me number it replays with a fast busy tone,

yes the conference bridge resource registered to the ccme router.

VoiceGW#sh sccp

SCCP Admin State: UP

Gateway Local Interface: GigabitEthernet0/0

        IPv4 Address: 10.201.47.10

        Port Number: 2000

IP Precedence: 5

User Masked Codec list: None

Call Manager: 10.201.47.10, Port Number: 2000

        Priority: N/A, Version: 7.0, Identifier: 1

        Trustpoint: N/A

Transcoding Oper State: ACTIVE - Cause Code: NONE

Active Call Manager: 10.201.47.10, Port Number: 2000

TCP Link Status: CONNECTED, Profile Identifier: 1

Reported Max Streams: 6, Reported Max OOS Streams: 0

Supported Codec: g729abr8, Maximum Packetization Period: 60

Supported Codec: g729ar8, Maximum Packetization Period: 60

Supported Codec: g711alaw, Maximum Packetization Period: 30

Supported Codec: g711ulaw, Maximum Packetization Period: 30

Supported Codec: rfc2833 dtmf, Maximum Packetization Period: 30

Supported Codec: rfc2833 pass-thru, Maximum Packetization Period: 30

Supported Codec: inband-dtmf to rfc2833 conversion, Maximum Packetization Period: 30

Conferencing Oper State: ACTIVE - Cause Code: NONE

Active Call Manager: 10.201.47.10, Port Number: 2000

TCP Link Status: CONNECTED, Profile Identifier: 2

Reported Max Streams: 16, Reported Max OOS Streams: 0

Supported Codec: g729br8, Maximum Packetization Period: 60

Supported Codec: g729r8, Maximum Packetization Period: 60

Supported Codec: g729abr8, Maximum Packetization Period: 60

Supported Codec: g729ar8, Maximum Packetization Period: 60

Supported Codec: g711alaw, Maximum Packetization Period: 30

Supported Codec: g711ulaw, Maximum Packetization Period: 30

Supported Codec: rfc2833 dtmf, Maximum Packetization Period: 30

Supported Codec: rfc2833 pass-thru, Maximum Packetization Period: 30

Supported Codec: inband-dtmf to rfc2833 conversion, Maximum Packetization Period: 30

TLS : ENABLED

[david-lima]

Hi, your IP phones are configured as a dual-line?

hth

David

[Mohammed Al-odhari]

yep the ip phones which used to initiate or join the conferece are configured as dual-line. but i aslo used the following but the same issue.

ephone-dn  35  dual-line

number 4440

conference meetme

no huntstop

!

ephone-dn  36  dual-line

number 4040

conference ad-hoc

no huntstop

[Ayodeji Okanlawon]

Hi can you try this. Change the extension of ad-hoc conference.

Ephone-dn 36 octoline
Number A000

Then test again.

Does the ad hoc work?


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[Mohammed Al-odhari]

no it doesn`t work.

when i click the confer softkey the other phone start to hear music on hold music.

on the other hand when the phone is on idle state and i dial the 4440 (meet-me) i hear a fast busy tone and shows on the phone Cannot complete conference.

regards,

[Ayodeji Okanlawon]

Hi, please read the information below on how to initiate a meet me conf:

Only a conference initiator can initiate a meet-me conference. Meet-me conferencing can only be initiated from an off-hook or seized state. The user has to go off-hook on their IP phones, and then hit the meet-me soft-key. Next the initiator would dial the meet-me conference number to

I think you are dialling the number directly which won't work. You need to press meet me button then dial meet me number


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[Ayodeji Okanlawon · Accepted solution]

Meet me softkey is only available in the offhook/seized state. Initiate it as I described above.

Go off hook, press the meet me soft key, dial meet me number. Once the Cong is initiated, other users can dial the number directly and join the conf


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[Mohammed Al-odhari]

it seems the meet me conference works.

how the ad hoc can be initiated. it replays with moh music when i press the confer soft key.

regards,

thanks

aokanlawon

[Ayodeji Okanlawon]

Ad hoc is not initiated as meet me. In ad hoc, the conf initiator just dials other users into the conf. So u start by dialling the first person then add others using the confirm key


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[Mohammed Al-odhari]

Hi sir again,

before i config the hardware conference, it goes well. A call B. B answer the call and click confer button. C can call B and enjoy the conference after B answers and click confer button.

After i config the hardware conference, A call B. B answer the call. When B click the confer button he hears a dial tone to enter digits and A hears a MOH music..

Adhoc doesn`t work even if B click the adhoc extension 4040.

can you inform me how adhoc works with example.

thanks again and happy new year for you.

[Harmit Singh · Accepted solution]

+5 to my friend Deji for a spot on explanation! (Happy New Year to you too!)

Hi Mohammed,

Happy New Year! Please refer to the admin guide for CME which talks about Adhoc and Meet me conferencing in detail with example:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/voice_ip_comm/cucme/admin/configuration/guide/cmeconf.html#wp1010427

It also contains the configuration steps involved for both.

As for the problem at hand, for Adhoc conferencing, you need to do as follows:

A calls B

B answers the call.

B presses the Conference softkey.

B hears dialtone while A hears MOH.

B needs to dial the extension of C.

C answers the call.

B presses the conference softkey again to join all 3 parties.

You dont need to dial 4040 (the adhoc conference ephone-dn).

HTH.

Regards,

Harmit.

[Mohammed Al-odhari]

thanks man here too.

regards,

[Harmit Singh]

Hi Mohammed,

Glad to be of help! :-)

Regards,

Harmit.