9 port personal bridge

[Steve Coady]

All

My understanding of TeleP bridges are

4 port Adhoc

9 port personal

12 port

As part of the package we purchased, we have the 9 port bridge. Can someone please advise on what steps to follow to allow

9 participants to have audio/video conference call when using eoither EX90 or MX300?

[Steve Coady]

anyone have experience with this topic?

[Paulo Souza]

Hi Steve,

I have read your topic many times, but I really didn't understand your doubt. Can you describe what you have purchased?

Paulo Souza

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[Steve Coady]

I was advisd to dial into My bridge, then each partcipant would dial into my directory name. That only allowed audio only.

For me to have a  video/audio conference call, with up to 9 participants, what steps need to be followed?

[Paulo Souza]

Hi Steve,

In order to have a conference with audio and video enabled, you need to have a bridge that supports audio and video, that is called MCU (Multipoint Control Unit). Cisco has many models of MCUs with different number of ports (the number of participants you can join) and different video quality (SD, HD, HD+, FullHD...).

Cisco Telepresence EX90 has a embedded MCU, It has support to host a multipoint conference with up to 4 participants with audio and video. If you need multipoint conferences with more partcipants, you should look for a dedicated Cisco MCU with the number of ports you need.

Cisco Telepresence MX series (MX200 e MX300) has no support for embedded multipoint resources.

Regards,

Paulo Souza

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[Steve Coady]

Thank you for the response. I am checking on some contract details and will provide conclussion soon

[Martin Koch]

You might have some mcu resources in your own infrastructure or for example at some cloud service provider.

The 4/9/12 definition is nothing techical and sounds more like some sales mapping ;-)

Like Paulo mentioned, the MX200 does not support local video multisite (btw the EX90 also

requires some additional license key for it). But as you have experianced it supports an

additional caller as audio.

But the EX90/MXx00 support multiway which is some escalation method to a mcu (service)

this would also match that you could select which size you wanted.

It can be that you have to set up your meetingroom address as the multiway address and then

use the join functionality.

But like you said, check what you ordered / got, also if its not you who is responsible for the system and

infrastructure and give us a feedback what you have and if you still have questions.

[Steve Coady]

ALL

Thanks to both of you for your help.

I believe my issue is resolved. Finding the right Cisco documentation is half the battle!

Ther are so many, almost too many.

     Cisco TeleP Video systems

     Using the Cisco Webex TeleP brige Service

     Webex TeleP technical overview

     Cisco TeleP Systeme EX90/EX60 Admin guide

     EX90 user guide

     Cisc TeleP MX series

     Cisco Webex Telepresence - User's guide (last doc I found and this provided the steps)

The steps required to use a 9 port bridge are as follows.

     The host dials his/herown personal bridge ex. My Bridge: (display_name)

     Each partcipant must type in the hosts personal bridge, as opposed to selectig it from the Director because

     the required entry is reverse from what is noted in the directory.

To verify this I am setting up a compnay wide test

[Martin Koch]

Hi Steve, thx for the feedback.

Maybe you should challange the partner which helps you with the keywords "multiway"

(endpoint based escalation to the MCU, rather than telling people to dial in to a meeting room

(which sure works also great!)).

Its always a mix of sales, technical stuff and not to forget routines around how to use.

I am not sure how big you want to scale, but telepresence server and conductor might also

be something to check out.

Good success with your test!