User's Manual

Polycom® RealPresence Collaboration Server (RMX) 1500/2000/4000 Administrator’s Guide
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Gathering Phase Guidelines
• Gathering Phase is only available in AVC only (CP only) conferences. It is not supported
in Video Switching conferences and SVC Only conferences.
•The Gathering Phase slide can be displayed at any time during the conference by
entering the Show Participants DTMF code, *88.
Note: When the display of the Gathering Phase slide is removed, the message overlay
text is also removed.
• The names of the first eight participants to connect are displayed. If eight or more
participants connect, the 8th row displays “…”.
• Static text in the Gathering Phase slide such as the field headings: Organizer, Duration,
Video/Audio Participants, Access Number, IP are always displayed in the language as
configured in the Polycom Virtual Meeting Rooms Add-in for Microsoft Outlook.The
following languages are supported:
— English
— French
— German
— International Spanish
— Korean
— Japanese
— Simplified Chinese
• Dynamic text in the Gathering Phase slide such as the meeting name, participants’
names, access numbers and the additional information entered in the Info1/2/3 fields of
the Gathering Settings tab of the conference Profile are displayed in the language of the
meeting invitation.
• The language of a Gathering Phase slide of a conference configured to include a Gathering
Phase that is not launched by the Polycom Conferencing Add-in for Microsoft Outlook is
configured by the administrator. Using the Collaboration Server Web Client, the
administrator selects the language for the Gathering Phase slide. The language selected
can be different to that of the Collaboration Server Web Client used by the administrator to
perform the configuration.
• Content can be sent during the Gathering Phase. The content is displayed in the large
video window of the participant’s layout while the Gathering slide is displayed in a
smaller video window in the layout.
• Gathering is not supported in Cascading Conferences
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Gathering Slide
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