Chapter 8-Address Book
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3 Define the following fields:
Table 8-3 New Participant – General Properties
Field Description
Name Enter the name of the participant or the endpoint as it will be
displayed in the RMX Web Client.
The Name field can be modified using Unicode encoding.
•
English text uses ASCII encoding and can contain the most
characters (length varies according to the field).
• European and Latin text length is approximately half the length of
the maximum.
• Asian text length is approximately one third of the length of the
maximum.
Maximum field length in ASCII is 80 characters.
The maximum length of text fields varies according to the mixture of
character sets used (Unicode and ASCII).
This name can also become the endpoint name that is displayed in
the video layout. For more details about endpoint (site) names, see
the RealPresence Collaboration Server (RMX) 1500/2000/4000
Getting Started Guide, "Text Indication in the Video Layout (AVC Only
Conferencing)” on page 3-34”.
Note: This field is displayed in all tabs.
Endpoint Website (IP
only)
Click the Endpoint Website hyperlink to connect to the internal
website of the participant’s endpoint. It enables you to perform
administrative, configuration and troubleshooting activities on the
endpoint.
The connection is available only if the IP address of the endpoint’s
internal site is defined in the Website IP Address field.
Dialing Direction Select the dialing direction:
• Dial-in – The participant dials in to the conference. This field
applies to IP participants only.
• Dial-out – The MCU dials out to the participant.
Note:
• Dial-out is forced when defining an ISDN/PSTN participant.
Type The network communication protocol used by the endpoint to connect
to the conference: H.323, SIP or ISDN/PSTN.
The fields in the dialog box change according to the selected network
type.