Summary of Codian MCU MSE 8420
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Codian mcu mse 8420 getting started.
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Codian mcu mse 8420 getting started.
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Table of contents general information ................................................................................................................ 1 about the mse 8420 media blade ........................................................................ 1 port and led location ......................
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General information 1 general information about the mse 8420 media blade the mse 8420 media blade is a technologically advanced multipoint control unit that fits into an mse 8000 chassis. It is designed to provide high quality voice and video conferencing. Port and led location figure 1 shows the po...
Page 7: Led Behavior
2 led behavior table 1 describes the behavior of the leds. Table 1: media blade led behavior led color indicates compact flash activity flashing green one of: the media blade is booting a configuration change has been made the configuration is being transferred by ftp console link green a pc is conn...
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Led behavior 3 ethernet port status, for each ethernet port : fdx green the link has been negotiated as a full- duplex link act green packets are being transmitted on this port link green the speed of the link from this port, which is either 10, 100, or 1000 mbps power blue the media blade is receiv...
Page 9: Installing The Media Blade
4 installing the media blade for information about powering the mse 8000, refer to the getting started guide that accompanied the chassis. Step one: install the media blade into the mse 8000 chassis 1 remove the blade or blanking blade from the slot into which you are going to install the media blad...
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Installing the media blade 5 5 using a no.1 phillips screwdriver, tighten the screws in the retaining latches with a clockwise quarter turn. Figure 2: inserting a blade into the chassis figure 3: closing the retaining latches on the front of a blade.
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6 step two: connect to ethernet port a connect an ethernet cable from ethernet port a to an ethernet switch (rather than a hub, to minimize interference from other devices on the network). The ethernet port is a 10/100/1000 mbps auto-sensing connection. Only connect to ethernet port b if you need to...
Page 12: Initial Configuration
Initial configuration 7 initial configuration step one: configure ethernet port a settings the default setting for the media blade ethernet ports is auto-sensing mode. If the switch ports to which you connect the media blade are not also set to auto-sensing mode, then you need to configure the media...
Page 13: Configuring The Media Blade
8 configuring the media blade step one: log in to the media blade all administration of the media blade is performed via the web interface. To log in to the web interface of the media blade: 1 log in to the supervisor’s web interface. 2 go to hardware > blades and click the ip address of the media b...
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Configuring the media blade 9 step three: add endpoints (optional) one way to add participants to a conference that you create is to have the media blade automatically call them when the conference starts. To do this, you configure their endpoints on the media blade. When you set up a conference, yo...
Page 15: Using The Media Blade
10 using the media blade creating conferences to create a conference: 1 in the web interface of the media blade, go to conferences and click add new conference . 2 type a name for the conference, for example salesmeeting. 3 type an optional numeric identifier, for example 123 . This will be the tele...
Page 16: Calling In to A Conference
Using the media blade 11 calling participants in to a conference to call participants in to a conference: 1 in the web interface of the media blade, go to conferences and click on the name of an active conference. 2 on the participants tab, click add participant to call out to an h.323 or sip endpoi...
Page 17: Streaming Conferences
12 streaming conferences streaming is a way of viewing a conference in a standard web browser. The media blade allows streaming of video and, if enabled for a conference, the streaming of data. You can also conduct a text ‘chat’ and add notes and drawings to the data stream. You can configure two st...
Page 18: Checking For Updates
Instructing conference participants 13 instructing conference participants you need to tell conference participants how to join conferences. You can also tell them how to use the far-end camera controls (fecc) to navigate menus in the auto attendant and choose conference layouts. There is a document...
Page 19: Getting More Help
14 troubleshooting and technical support information using the event log to help solve a problem unless you are experiencing a problem, all event logging sources should be set to the default, which is errors, warnings and information . For more information about configuring the event log, refer to t...
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