Chapter 16 –
Personal Conference Manager (PCM)
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a lecturer. The endpoint for which participant is selected as the lecturer
will be identified with in the list. If Auto is selected, the voice
activation feature will be used to select the participant whose speech
reaches the predefined time as the lecturer.
Connect Participant
When a conference is going on, the chairperson can fast invite a participant to
join this conference through the PCM interface.
To invite a participant to join:
1 Select "Connect Participant" from the PCM main menu, and press the
right arrow key to confirm.
2 Select Connection Type, and press the Zoom In key to display the list.
3 Select a connection type, and press the Zoom In key to confirm.
4 Call the participant to be invited using one of the following two methods:
― Manually enter the IP address or suffix of the participant to make a
call. This method is applicable when the address of this participant
is not added to the system address book. For details of the address
book, see Address Book.
a Select the text box, and enter the IP address of the participant's
endpoint through number keys on the remote control. If a gatekeeper
is registered, you need to enter the E.164 number of the endpoint.
b Press the # key to initiate the call.
― If the IP address of the participant to be invited exists in the address
book, you can directly select this participant from the address book to
make a call.
a Select the "Directory" menu option to enter the directory interface.
The list displays by default the address book entries added by users
through the local computer.
The chairperson can display addresses in the local and global
directories by category through the drop-down menu on the interface,
and manually enter the participant name to search directly or select
the alphabetic or numerical range for filtering according to the initial
character of the name. On this interface, press the Zoom In key to
confirm the operation.
b Select a participant to be invited from the list by pressing the up
arrow, down arrow, left arrow and right arrow keys on the remote
control, and press the Zoom In key to initiate a call.
Participant mute/status
A user can view and control the audio and video status of each participant's
endpoint. Select Participant Mute/Status from the PCM main menu and you
will enter the participant's endpoint interface for audio and video control and
status checking.
The interface lists the mute, blocking and video suspending status of all
participants' endpoints. The conference chairperson can select a status icon by
pressing the up arrow, down arrow, left arrow and right arrow keys on the