Adding and updating users

Identifies the log-in name that the user will use to access the MCU web browser.

Although you can enter text in whichever character set you require, note that some browsers and FTP clients do not support Unicode characters.

The full name of the user.

The required password, if any.

Although you can enter text in whichever character set you require, note that some browsers and FTP clients do not support Unicode characters.

Note that passwords are stored in the configuration.xml file as plain text unless the MCU is configured to hash store passwords. For more information, refer to Storing user passwords securely.

Verifies the required password.

Prevents user from changing password.

This is useful where you want multiple users to be able to use the same user ID.

The access privileges to be granted to this user.

See User privileges for detailed explanations.

Associates an E.164 telephone number with a user account.

If the MCU receives a call from the E.164 phone number provided, it matches the number to the user account. This allows the MCU to take the appropriate action if one (or both) of the following fields are completed.

Associates a configured endpoint with the user. This is used when a participant's video stream is from a separate device such as a web camera on a PC or a recording from a Codian IP VCR.

If you set an associated video endpoint for a user, when a call is received from the E.164 phone number, the MCU knows that that call is audio-only. To provide the user with a video stream, the MCU calls the endpoint entered in this field. The user then has the complete conference experience with the audio on the telephone and a separate video stream for example on a computer with a web camera installed. The audio and video steams are matched so that the layout views for all participants reflect the level of audio received on the call from the E.164 phone number.

Do not set the user's E.164 phone number and Associated video endpoint as the same number. If a user is going to be a normal video endpoint user, simply enter the E.164 phone number and leave the associated video endpoint field set to None.

If required, a user's video contribution can be a recording on a Codian IP VCR. In this case the recording must first be configured as an H.323 endpoint on the MCU.

See Adding an H.323 endpoint for information about adding endpoints.

The image to be used if a user joins a conference as an audio-only participant calling from the E.164 phone number specified above and there is no Associated video endpoint.

This option is only available after you add the user.

Because there is no video stream for the user, you can choose to display a still image in the pane where the participant would normally appear.

The maximum size of the picture is 176 x 144 pixels and the maximum file size is 500k.

Click Browse to locate the image (jpg, gif, or Windows bmp file). Then, click Send file to upload the image to the MCU.

The bitmap will only display if the user calls in to the MCU from the E.164 phone number using an audio-only device and there is no associated video endpoint.