RealPresence Collaboration Server (RMX) 1500/2000/4000 Administrator’s Guide
5-2 Polycom, Inc.
In order to avoid cluttering in the cascaded window, it is advised to select appropriate video
layouts in each conference before cascading them.
Figure 5-1 Video Layouts in Cascaded Conferences
Guidelines
To ensure that conferences can be cascaded and video can be viewed in all conferences the
following guidelines are recommended:
• The same version installed on all MCUs participating the cascading topology
• The same license installed on all MCUs participating the cascading topology
• Same Conference Parameters are defined in the Profile of the conferences participating
in the cascading topology
— Conference line rates should be identical
— Content rate should be identical
— Same encryption settings
• DTMF codes should be defined with the same numeric codes in the IVR services
assigned to the cascading conferences
• DTMF forwarding is suppressed
• The video layout of the link is set to 1x1 by the appropriate system flag.
• When the Mute Participants Except Lecturer option is enabled in the Conference
Profile, all participants (including the link participants) except the lecturer are muted.
Only the lecturer is not muted.
• Gathering is not supported in Cascading Conferences.
Without
Cascade
Conference A Conference B
During
Cascading
Video layout of Conf. B in
window of Conf. A
Video layout of Conf. A in
window of Conf. B