Technical Description of TANDBERG MCU with software version D3
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5 Miscellaneous features
5.1 Distributed MCUs
The TANDBERG MCU can be cascaded with other TANDBERG MCUs to increase the
number of participants in one conference. By simply dialling from one MCU to other MCUs one
will achieve a distributed setup.
In this case the MCU dialling out will be defined as the master MCU and all other MCUs as
slaves (up to 16 slave MCUs are possible to connect). With 16 slaves connected to one master
MCU one may achieve 240 participants @384kbps in the same conference.
The connection between the MCUs (or the Endpoints) may be ISDN or IP.
NOTE: The slave MCUs will automatically be set to Voice Switched while the master MCU
may be set to one of the CP layouts or kept in Voice Switched mode.
A distributed MCU scenario may add delays to the switching of the conference.
Features supported within a distributed MCU scenario:
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DuoVideo from any site
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Encryption (as long as all sites support this feature)
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Request Floor from any site
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View Site naming (of any site in the conference)
Administrator features (on MCU or TMS):
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View site names (terminal list) of all participants
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Configure the conference as Master, Slave or Auto
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Auto – The MCU dialing out will become Master
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Master/Slave status on Web
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Picture Mode disabled on Slave MCU
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Assign Floor from Master MCU
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shows the site in full screen for all participants
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Assign Floor from Slave MCU
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shows the site in full screen for all participants
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Only to sites on this MCU