User manual POLYCOM IMMERSIVE TELEPRESENCE DEPLOYMENT GUIDE REV Y

[. . . ] Polycom® Immersive Telepresence (ITP) Deployment Guide Version 1. 0 | 2010 | 3725-26703-001/Y Revision Y | December July, 2009 | 3725-?????-001 Trademark Information Polycom®, the Polycom "Triangles" logo, and the names and marks associated with Polycom's products are trademarks and/or service marks of Polycom, Inc. , and are registered and/or common-law marks in the United States and various other countries. Patent Information The accompanying product is protected by one or more U. S. and foreign patents and/or pending patent applications held by Polycom, Inc. © 2010 Polycom, Inc. 4750 Willow Road Pleasanton, CA 94588-2708 USA No part of this document may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, for any purpose, without the express written permission of Polycom, Inc. [. . . ] If there are few sites in the conference, this could even be a single window with full screen layout. The camera view also allows a wide aspect ratio window to be used, such as in the layout illustrated below. For the wide viewing windows, the top and bottom of the OTX, TPX, ATX 200, and ATX 300 view are cropped, but the people are still visible. Sample Layout Showing Wide Aspect Ratio Views You can use any of the cameras in the OTX, TPX, ATX 200, or ATX 300 room as the source for video from the room. However, to achieve optimal eye contact, choose the camera closest to the display where the other site's people are seen. 2­4 Multipoint Best Practices For example, suppose TPX site A is viewing site B on the left display (codec number 2). When choosing the layout for site B, use the video from the right camera (codec number 3) in the TPX room because camera 3 is closest to display 2. TPX HD 306M Framing Example Illustrating Optimal Eye Contact Using Video Switching with TPX and ATX 300 (for RMX 2000 Systems with MPM Only) In multipoint conferences that include up to four TPX HD 306M or ATX 300 sites or up to three TPX HD 204M sites with no other sites, the RMX supports HD Video Switching mode. To enable Video Switching for TPX or ATX 300: 1 2 In the RMX conference profile settings, select the High Definition Video Switching check box. This will result in 720p/30 video. With Video Switching, each endpoint can still be forced to receive video from another particular endpoint, in much the same manner as personal layouts for continuous presence mode. The only difference is that there is no choice in the layout arrangement; it is limited to full screen video. 2­5 Polycom Immersive Telepresence (ITP) Deployment Guide Video Switching mode does not allow you to force black video to any particular display. Therefore, if you had only three TPX HD 306M or ATX 300 sites in a multipoint call, you would see the other two sites on two of the displays, and you would see either a duplicate image, or yourself, on the third display. Using Single Touch Multipoint with OTX, TPX, and ATX When an OTX, TPX, or ATX site connects via Single Touch Multipoint to an RMX meeting room, and the telepresence layouts are configured so that a 1x1 layout from an RPX site is sent to an OTX, TPX, or ATX display, the OTX, TPX, or ATX will show 4:3 video on its display. This "pillarbox" effect is not optimal, especially if your intent is to display the view from the RPX suite across two OTX, TPX, or ATX displays. A multipoint call with two OTX, TPX, or ATX sites and one RPX 200 Series site is the most likely scenario where this would occur. As a workaround, you can create an alternative layout scenario for the OTX, TPX, or ATX that avoids specifying 1x1 layouts from RPX sites. Refer to the Polycom Immersive Telepresence (ITP) Administrator's Guide for a complete set of application notes regarding Single Touch Multipoint. Recording Telepresence Conferences With MLA, you can use the Polycom RSSTM 2000 Single Point Recording feature with the RMX 4000 or RMX 2000 to easily record ITP conferences. When an ITP conference that is under management by the MLA has recording enabled, the recorded video on the RSS 2000 will feature the layout view normally sent to a one-screen, traditional video conferencing system. The remaining sites in the conference will see the layout that they would typically see if recording was not enabled. Cascading Multi-codec telepresence conferences are not supported across cascaded RMX links. However, an RMX 4000 or RMX 2000 that is hosting a telepresence conference can be cascaded to another RMX 4000 or RMX 2000 conference with traditional endpoints. From the perspective of the telepresence conference, the video source from the cascaded link will be treated as a traditional endpoint. 2­6 Multipoint Best Practices Other Considerations Note the following considerations regarding multipoint conferences: · When participants drop out of a multipoint call, the remaining sites must be re-framed to account for the change in the number of codecs. If you have configured the MLA to automatically apply layouts for your conference, MLA will re-frame the sites for you. If one of the HDX codecs at a telepresence site inadvertently becomes disconnected from a multipoint call, you may have to disconnect all of the remaining HDX codecs from that site in order to reconnect properly. This is because the system can be configured to disallow incoming calls to the HDX codecs when one or more of the codecs is in a call. For more information, refer to the Do Not Disturb timer information in the Polycom Immersive Telepresence (ITP) Administrator's Guide. · 2­7 Polycom Immersive Telepresence (ITP) Deployment Guide 2­8 3 Configuring RMX Settings for ITP Systems This chapter lists the RMX 4000 and RMX 2000 settings for: · · · 1080p HD video 720p/60 HD video 720p/30 HD video In addition, this chapter lists the other RMX settings that you should configure, as well as the settings you should configure for large conferences. Configuring the RMX Settings for 1080p HD Video 1080p HD video requires MPMx or MPM+ hardware. You must use RMX 4000 or RMX 2000 Version 6. 0. 1. 12 or Version 7. 0. 2. 68. [. . . ] RMX LAN connection to network switch or router HDX LAN connection to network switch or router Address Book Name Should be set to. . . 1 Gbps (not 100 Mbps) 100 Mbps or 1 Gbps Use the naming convention described in the Naming Sites section on page 2-2, with a common name for each HDX codec at a telepresence site followed by the numeral 1, 2, 3, or 4 RPX or TPX (if you have an OTX or an ATX, select TPX) Telepresence Mode 3­8 Configuring RMX Settings for ITP Systems This setting. . . IVR (If desired, create an IVR service that disables the video splash screen and audio greetings. ) Enable Welcome Messages Enable Chairperson Messages Enable Password Messages Enable Roll Call Click & View Should be set to. . . Unchecked Unchecked Unchecked Unchecked Unchecked Optionally, if you do not want the "on hold" music to be heard at the participating sites, set the system flag IVR_MUSIC_VOLUME to 0, and the music will not be heard. Configuring RMX Settings for Large Conferences For very large conferences, with the total number of HDX participants approaching the resource capacity limits as listed in the table below, you will need to configure the RMX to use a lower video resolution. HDX Participant Capacity Resolution MPM 1080p/30 720p/60 720p/30 SD30 CIF -- -- 20 20 80 RMX 2000 MPM+ 20 20 40 60 160 MPMx 30 30 60 120 180 RMX 4000 MPM+ 40 40 80 120 320 MPMx 60 60 120 240 360 Configure the RMX as described in the previous sections except for the following: · For SD30 resolution, use the system flag MAX_CP_RESOLUTION = SD30. [. . . ]