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Finding, Adding, Changing or Deleting Contacts on page 43

Starting a Meeting

About this task

Like a mobile phone, your Avaya Scopia® _{XT Series can dial another endpoint by directly entering a}

new dial string like a number, or choose a recently dialed entry, or dial a saved contact from your address book.

If you want to join or host a meeting with several participants, you must decide which MCU is hosting the meeting:

• Your endpoint’s built-in MCU (selected models only and requires a license) • Another endpoint’s built-in MCU

• A dedicated MCU like the Scopia® _{Elite MCU}

To host the meeting on your own built-in MCU, you can either call out to other endpoints to join your meeting, or you can give out your endpoint's address for them to call in to your endpoint. The endpoint address you give out can be an IP (like 1.2.3.4), or an H.323 alias (like john_smith) or a URI address (like [email protected]). If you invite endpoints outside your network, verify with your system administrator that your endpoint's address is valid for external endpoints.

Your call is securely encrypted when it shows a padlock icon on the monitor. Ask your system administrator to configure encryption (see Deployment Guide for Avaya Scopia® _{XT Series).}

Important:

Using encryption is subject to local regulation. In some countries it is restricted or limited for usage. For more information, consult your local reseller.

Procedure

1. To call a new endpoint, access the direct call screen. From the XT Series web interface, select Make your Call > Basic Options > Direct Call. From the endpoint's main menu, select Call, or press on the XT Remote Control Unit.

Figure 27: Enter a new dial string to contact an endpoint

Enter the dial string and select Call, or press ok/menu on the XT Remote Control Unit. The dial string can be the endpoint's number, or an H.323 alias like john_smith, or a URI address like [email protected].

Important:

Your organization may also have implemented a dial plan, which defines various dial prefixes to determine the characteristics of a call. For example, you may be able to dial 8 before the videoconference number for a lower bandwidth call, or 6 for an audio-only call. For more information on the dial plan in your organization, contact your system administrator.

2. To dial a recently contacted endpoint, access the recent calls list. From the XT Series web interface, select Make your call > Basic Options > Recent Calls. From the endpoint's main menu, select Call , or press on the XT Remote Control Unit.

Figure 28: List of recently dialed endpoints

Select the entry to dial, and then select Call or press ok/menu on the XT Remote Control Unit.

3. To dial a saved contact, access the list of contacts. From the XT Series web interface, select

Figure 29: Contact list

Select the entry to dial, and then select Call or press ok/menu on the XT Remote Control Unit.

4. To join a meeting hosted elsewhere, call the endpoint or MCU which hosts the meeting, using any of the above dial methods.

5. To host a meeting on your built-in MCU by dialing out to other participants: a. Call the first participant (see Starting a Meeting on page 39).

b. Call others to join. From the XT Series web interface, select Make your Call > Basic Options > Direct Call / Contacts. From the endpoint, within the meeting with the first participant, press ok/menu and select Participants > Invite a new participant > By Address / From Contacts.

Figure 30: Inviting a new participant from the endpoint interface

c. Select a contact or enter a dial string to call the next participant. d. Repeat to add more participants.

6. To host a meeting on your built-in MCU by giving your endpoint's contact details, be sure to give the correct information.

Figure 31: Answering a video call

7. To configure a call's advanced settings for a new dial string, access its advanced calling options. From the XT Series web interface, select Make your Call > Advanced Options >

Direct Call. From the endpoint's main menu, select Call and select the down-arrow to expand the call options.

Figure 32: Accessing advanced call options

Set the advanced parameters of your new dial string as follows:

Table 6: Entering advanced call properties Field Name Description

Call Protocol or Call profiles If necessary, select the protocol to use when calling this personal endpoint or meeting room:

• Select H.323 for H.323 endpoints, such as other XT Series endpoints, or when joining a meeting hosted by a Scopia®

Elite MCU.

• Select SIP for SIP endpoints, such as Microsoft Lync clients . Table continues…

Field Name Description

• Select ISDN to call ISDN endpoints. This requires an ISDN gateway such as Scopia® _{Gatewayfor ISDN (see}

Deployment Guide for Avaya Scopia® _{XT Series).}

Call Type Select whether the call is Audio-Video or Audio-Only.

Rate or Call Rate Select the bandwidth to be used when calling this endpoint. Otherwise, the system uses the maximum available bandwidth.

Your call is securely encrypted when it shows a padlock icon on the monitor. Ask your system administrator to configure encryption (see Deployment Guide for Avaya Scopia® _XT Series).

Important:

Using encryption is subject to local regulation. In some countries it is restricted or limited for usage. For more information, consult your local reseller.

8. To end a meeting, select Disconnect from the web interface, or press Disconnect on the XT Remote Control Unit.

If your system administrator defined a time limit for videoconferences, the system displays a message when the limit is reached.

Figure 33: Meeting Duration Alert

Related Links

Starting a New Call on page 39