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Cisco TelePresence SX20 Quick Set
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Administr At or guide
• S X20 QUICK SET
Software version TC5.1
FEBRUARY 2012
D14908.01 SX20 Administrator Guide (TC5.1) | 2012 FEBRUARY | © 2012 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. www.cisco.com
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Cisco TelePresence SX20 Quick Set Administr At or guide 2 T able of cont ents Thank you for choosing Cisco! Your Cisco product has been designed to give you many Intr oduction ........................................................................3 The adv anced settings .....................................................27 years of safe, reliable operation. User documentation ............................................................4 Overview of the advanced settings .............
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Cisco TelePresence SX20 Quick Set Administr At or guide 3 Chapter 1 Intr oduction D14908.01 SX20 Administrator Guide (TC5.1) | 2012 FEBRUARY | © 2012 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. www.cisco.com
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Cisco TelePresence SX20 Quick Set Administr At or guide 4 This document provides you with the information required to User documentation Cisco contacts administrate your product at an advanced level. The user documentation for the Cisco TelePresence systems On our web site you will find an overview of the worldwide How to install the product and the initial configurations running the TC software includes several guides suitable for Cisco contacts. required are described in the Installation gu
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Cisco TelePresence SX20 Quick Set Administr At or guide 5 Cisco T elePr esence S X20 Quick Set at a glance The Cisco TelePresence® SX20 Quick Set can transform Whether you are just getting started with video F eatur es and benefits a standard flat panel display into a powerful telepresence communications or implementing a large-scale deployment, • The system is easily installed. Also mounts easily on the system. the SX20 Quick Set delivers high quality performance. wall (optional wall mount
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Cisco TelePresence SX20 Quick Set Administr At or guide 6 Chapter 2 The w eb int erface D14908.01 SX20 Administrator Guide (TC5.1) | 2012 FEBRUARY | © 2012 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. www.cisco.com
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Cisco TelePresence SX20 Quick Set Administr At or guide 7 Starting the w eb int erface The web interface provides full configuration access to your video conference system. You can connect from a computer and administer the system remotely. In the following you will find information how to use the web interface for system configuration and maintenance. 1. Connect t o the video syst em 2. Sign in Open a web browser and enter the Enter the user name and password for IP address of the video
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Cisco TelePresence SX20 Quick Set Administr At or guide 8 Changing the syst em/codec pas sw or d You sign in to the web interface with the same user name and 1. Click y our password as for the video conference system. user name NO TE: We strongly recommend that you set a password for the default admin user, and any other users with ADMIN rights, to restrict access to system configuration. You can read more about password protection in the Password protection appendices. 2. Open the
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Cisco TelePresence SX20 Quick Set Administr At or guide 9 The int eractiv e menu The web interface provides access to tasks and configurations which are grouped in four categories. They are available from the main menu. The main menu appears near the top of the page when you Main menu have signed in. • Diagnostics The sub-pages for the different tasks are described on the • Configuration following pages. • Call Control • Maintenance Menu a v ailability and user r oles A user possess
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Cisco TelePresence SX20 Quick Set Administr At or guide 10 The syst em information page You can find an overview of your video system set-up on the System Information page. S yst em information L ogin information Information about system name, Information about recent login product type, software version, attempts and password expiry. IP address, etc. Diagnostics System Information Log Files XML Files D14908.01 SX20 Administrator Guide (TC5.1) | 2012 FEBRUARY | © 2012 Cisco Systems, Inc. A
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Cisco TelePresence SX20 Quick Set Administr At or guide 11 L og files The log files are Cisco specific debug files which may be requested by the Cisco support organization if you need technical support. The current log files are time stamped event log files. All current log files are archived in a time stamped historical log file each time the system reboots. Click on a log file and follow the instructions in the dialog box to save or open the file (left or right click depending on your bro
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Cisco TelePresence SX20 Quick Set Administr At or guide 12 XML files The XML files are structured in a hierarchy building up a database of information about the codec. Click the file names to open the corresponding file. • Select configuration.xml to see an overview of the system settings, which are controlled from the web interface or from the API (Application Programmer Interface). • The information in status.xml is constantly updated by the system to reflect system and process changes.
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Cisco TelePresence SX20 Quick Set Administr At or guide 13 A dv anced configuration The system settings are grouped in several categories. When you select a category in the left column, all related settings Sear ch functionality appear in the window to the right. Enter as many letters as needed in Each system setting is further described in the Advanced the search field. All settings containing settings chapter. these letters will be highlighted. Changing syst em settings The value spac
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Cisco TelePresence SX20 Quick Set Administr At or guide 14 Selecting a w allpaper You can select between a set of predefined wallpapers as background on your display. If you want the company logo or another custom picture to be displayed on the main display, you may also upload and use a custom wallpaper. If you use the Touch controller: The custom wallpaper applies to the main display only and will not appear on the Touch controller. Upload a cust om w allpaper file Select a w allpaper
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Cisco TelePresence SX20 Quick Set Administr At or guide 15 Sign in banner If a system administrator wants to provide initial information to all users, he can create a sign in banner. A sign in banner is a message that is displayed to the user before signing in. The message will be shown when the user signs in to the web interface or the command line interface. 1. Ent er t ext for the sign in banner Enter the text message which you want to present to the user prior to signing in. 2. A
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Cisco TelePresence SX20 Quick Set Administr At or guide 16 Placing a call You can use the Call Control page of the web interface to initiate a call. N O TE: Even if the web interface is used to initiate the call it is the video system (display, microphones and loudspeakers) that is used for the call; not the PC running the web interface. Calling someone Enter one or more characters in the address input field until the name you want to call appears in the dynamic search list or, enter the c
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Cisco TelePresence SX20 Quick Set Administr At or guide 17 Contr olling and monit oring a call You can control and monitor several call features using the V olume contr ol Call Control page. Micr ophone mut e A djusting the sound v olume Use + and - on the volume control bar to adjust the sound volume of your system (not the keyboard + and - keys). Muting the micr ophone Use the Mute button when you want to deactivate the microphone for privacy reasons. When the microphone is muted, th
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Cisco TelePresence SX20 Quick Set Administr At or guide 18 L ocal la y out contr ol You can select a local layout using the Call Control page. The term layout is used to describe the various ways a video conversation appear on screen. Different types of meetings will require different layouts. Each layout will typically specify a screen layout well suited when you are not in a meeting or you are in a meeting with one, two or three parties; when the meeting does or does not involve a second
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Cisco TelePresence SX20 Quick Set Administr At or guide 19 Capturing snapshots The snapshot feature, which is disabled by default, allows snapshots captured by your video system to be displayed on the Call Control page. Captures from your video system’s camera as well as from its presentation channel will by displayed. This feature might come in handy when administering the video system from a remote location, e.g. to check the camera view. To use web snapshots you have to sign in with AD
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Cisco TelePresence SX20 Quick Set Administr At or guide 20 Upgrading the syst em softw ar e From the Upgrade Software page you can initiate software upgrades and add a release key and option keys. Softw ar e v ersions This video conference system is using TC software. NO TE: Contact your system administrator if you have questions about the software version. Softw ar e r elease not es and upgrade files For a complete overview of the news and changes, we recommend reading the Software Rele
