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This Getting Started Guide was designed to help you set up and work with your VCB easily so that you can enjoy its many features.
This User’s Guide was designed to help you set up and work with your VCB easily so that you can enjoy its many features.
If a situation occurs that is not covered by the supplied documentation, contact your local Emblaze-VCON distributor, and request a ssistance fro m their Emblaze-VCO N­trained technical support department. Please describe the problem, device, and PC operating system (if applicab le), and any other relevant details.
Also, you may access the Technical Support section of the Emblaze-VCON website (http://www.emblaze-vcon.com/support/index.shtml) in order to check its knowledge base or initiate other customer support processes:
Page Type of support
Support Notes Troubleshoot or receive technical information about
specific Emblaze-VCON products.
Downloads Download a new software release or a free product
evaluation.
Demo Numbers
License Key Requests
Test your videoconferencing system.
Request a permanent license key for your organization’s MXM(s).
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Table of Contents
Welcome to the VCB .....................................................1
Introduction ..................................................................................1
Package Contents ...........................................................................3
Defining the VCB IP Configuration ...............................5
Retrieving VCB initial IP configuration ............................................5
Assigning a Static IP Address to the VCB through the Front Panel .......7
Logging into the VCB ..................................................11
SSH Commands ...........................................................15
Descriptions of SSH Commands ......................................................15
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1 Welcome to the VCB

1WELCOME TO THE VCB

1.1 Introduction

The VCB, Emblaze-VCON’s premier Multipoint Conferencing Unit (MCU), enables: T Initiation and management of multipoint conferences, including both
scheduled and ad-hoc conferences, which are multipoint sessions that were expanded from point-to-point calls.
T Wide range of rich, dynamic layouts for the simultaneous viewing of several
participants. Up to 25 users may be displayed at the same time.
T Web-based management/configuration, videoconference scheduling/
moderating and Reporting applications.
T Simultaneous multicast streaming of active conferences and multimedia to
multiple passive participants.
The VCB includes advanced features, such as video and audio transcoding, support of high definition video resolutions, as well as basic features such as continuous presence, presenter mode, password-protected conferences and voice-activated switching.
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The VCB includes the Conference Moderator, which provides administrators and users with the ability to schedule conferences in advance, also from within MS - Outlook, and to manage them remotely. At the appointed time, the Conference Moderator initiates the conference and connects the conference participants. Conference hosts can also control when participants join or exit sessions, and transmit video and data streams to the participants. For more details, see the Conference Moderator Help.
The VCB’s robust Chair Control provides several options for displaying conference participants. A rich selection of predefined layouts expands on the traditional methods of Continuous Presence and Voice-activated Switching. Additionally, conference organizers can choose among the following view switching modes for each session:
Lecture Showing the Lecturer in full screen mode for all
participants. Lecturer see a pre-defind Continuous Presence layout of all participants.
Dominant Speaker
Fixed Image Showing specific views throughout the conference’s
Timer Image Showing a rotation of Continuous Presence views,
The VCB supports the following: T H.261/H.263/H.263+/H.263++/H.264 video transcoding support in Voice-
activated Switching and in Continuous Presence.
T G.711, G.722 and G.722.1 Annex C, G.723.1, G.728, G.729 and AAC-LD audio
algorithms with audio transcoding, allowing users to participate in a multipoint conference using different audio standards.
T Up to 4 Mbps data rate per participant in Voice-activated Switching and in
Continuous Presence.
T Dial-in conference initiation. T Password protected conferences. T Voice notifications in different languages. T Handles calls connecting up to 48 concurrent users. T Support for sessions including H.323 end points/devices and SIP User Agents
(through the MXM's embedded SIP proxy server).
T Multi-point sessions can be joined (cascaded) onto other sessions.
Showing the most recent speakers in the conference or from within predefined groups.
duration.
changing at timed intervals.
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