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4 Conference related methods
Methods in this section are only implemented on products, such as the Codian MCU 4200 series, which act as
a video conferencing server. Throughout this section, the term MCU refers to any such device.
4.1 conference.create
Parameter Type Comments
conferenceName String (<32
chars)
Name of the conference to be created.
The conference name must be unique.
numericId (optional) String (<32
chars)
Numeric identifier of the conference.
conferenceId (deprecated) String (< 32
chars)
Deprecated alternative for “numericId”.
registerWithGatekeeper (optional) Boolean Register the conference’s “numericId”
with the gatekeeper.
registerWithSIPRegistrar (optional) Boolean Register this conference with the SIP
registrar.
startTime (optional) dateTime.iso8601
If you do not specify a time, the
conference starts immediately.
durationSeconds (optional) Integer The length of each repeating conference
instance, in seconds. If this parameter is
absent, or set to “0”, the conference is
permanent.
endTime (optional) (deprecated) dateTime.iso8601
If you do not specify an end time, then
the conference will be permanent (until
it is explicitly deleted).
This parameter is deprecated and
present for backward
compatibility reasons only.
Application code should use
“durationSeconds” instead.
pin (optional) String (< 32
chars)
If present, this is the string of numeric
digits that people need to enter to join
the conference.
description(optional) String (< 32
chars)
multicastStreamingEnabled(optional) Boolean
unicastStreamingEnabled(optional) Boolean
h239Enabled(optional) Boolean
private Boolean Determines the visibility of this
conference. This parameter corresponds
to the “Visibility” setting on the web UI,
which can have the value Public or
Private.
maximumAudioPorts (optional) Integer
maximumVideoPorts (optional) Integer
reservedAudioPorts (optional) Integer
These fields set the limit on the number
of audio (audio only) and video (video +
audio) ports for the conference. The