RMX 2000 Administrator's Guide Version 7.6.1 - Polycom

Polycom RMX 1500/2000/4000 Administrator’s Guide
Click-to-Conference
Guidelines
The Office Communications Server and Lync Server clients can be configured to start
multipoint audio and video conferences directly from the Office Communications Client or
Lync Client window that will run on the RMX MCU in the same way point-to-point calls are
started. In this mode, several contacts are selected and then you select to start an audio or
video conference. The ad-hoc conference is started on the RMX instead of the Microsoft A/V
MCU, offering better, higher quality video, many video layouts and connection to many
types of endpoints, via various networks (H.323, ISDN, PSTN and non-MS SIP).
• Click-to-Conference mode is enabled by running the PolycomOCSConfigurator.exe
utility that can be downloaded from the Polycom Service site.
• Click-to-Conference mode is supported with Microsoft Office Communications Server
(Wave 13 R2) and Lync Server (Wave 14 R2).
• An Ad-hoc conference is created on the RMX based on the default SIP Factory. Any
changes to the conference Profile assigned to the SIP Factory will apply to the Ad-hoc
conference.
• The name of the conference that is running on the RMX is derived from the default SIP
Factory name and a sequential number in the format:
default SIP Factory_nnn.
• Click-to-Conference mode is supported with Microsoft (OCS R2 and Lync) Clients only.
• IM sessions can be escalated to video calls.
• Point-to-point calls that were started on the Microsoft A/V MCU cannot be escalated to
multipoint calls on the RMX. To change the point-to-point call to a multipoint
conference on the RMX, the meeting organizer must end the point-to-point call, and reinvite
at least two other participants to the meeting.
• Using phone numbers to invite ISDN/PSTN endpoints is not supported in conferences
started in Click-to-Conference mode.
• Inviting other Clients to the conference via Outlook “Lync Online Meeting” is not
supported
• In a conference that is running on the RMX, the conference leader cannot mute other
conference participants from the OCS or Lync Client.
• Desktop sharing is supported in Click-to-Conference conference only with Office
Communications Client.
Enabling the Click-to-Conference Mode in the Microsoft Office Communications
Server and Lync Server
Enabling the Click-to-Conference Mode in the Office Communications Server and Microsoft
Lync Server requires the following processes:
• Running the PolycomOCSConfigurator.exe to create the configuration files. This can be
done either on any PC or directly on the Office Communications Server/ Lync server.
• Running the configuration files on the Office Communications Server /Lync server
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