Page 2 - A d m i n i s t r Ato r g u i d e; Table of contents; How to use this guide; Introduction
D14850.02 MX Series Administrator Guide (TC5.0) | 2011 NOVEMBER | © 2011 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. www.cisco.com 2 A d m i n i s t r Ato r g u i d e Table of contents Introduction ........................................................................ 3 Intellectual property rights ....
Page 3 - Chapter 1
D14850.02 MX Series Administrator Guide (TC5.0) | 2011 NOVEMBER | © 2011 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. www.cisco.com 3 A d m i n i s t r Ato r g u i d e Chapter 1 Introduction Introduction Table of contents Web interface Advanced settings Appendices Introduction
Page 4 - Intellectual property rights
D14850.02 MX Series Administrator Guide (TC5.0) | 2011 NOVEMBER | © 2011 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. www.cisco.com 4 A d m i n i s t r Ato r g u i d e Intellectual property rights THE SPECIFICATIONS AND INFORMATION REGARDING THE PRODUCTS IN THIS MANUAL ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTI...
Page 5 - Products covered in this guide; User documentation; Downloading the user documentation; Software
D14850.02 MX Series Administrator Guide (TC5.0) | 2011 NOVEMBER | © 2011 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. www.cisco.com 5 A d m i n i s t r Ato r g u i d e This document provides you with the information required to administrate your product at an advanced level. How to install the product a...
Page 6 - What’s new in this version; Software release notes
D14850.02 MX Series Administrator Guide (TC5.0) | 2011 NOVEMBER | © 2011 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. www.cisco.com 6 A d m i n i s t r Ato r g u i d e What’s new in this version This section provides an overview of the new and changed advanced settings and new features in the TC5.0 soft...
Page 7 - Advanced configuration menu changes
D14850.02 MX Series Administrator Guide (TC5.0) | 2011 NOVEMBER | © 2011 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. www.cisco.com 7 A d m i n i s t r Ato r g u i d e Other enhancements • Local presentation only mode (the presentation is only displayed locally; it is not sent to the remote sites) • One...
Page 8 - Cisco TelePresence MX Series at a glance; Features and benefits
D14850.02 MX Series Administrator Guide (TC5.0) | 2011 NOVEMBER | © 2011 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. www.cisco.com 8 A d m i n i s t r Ato r g u i d e Cisco TelePresence MX Series at a glance The Cisco TelePresence® MX Series makes telepresence more accessible to teams everywhere with r...
Page 9 - Cisco TelePresence MX Series at a glance (continued)
D14850.02 MX Series Administrator Guide (TC5.0) | 2011 NOVEMBER | © 2011 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. www.cisco.com 9 A d m i n i s t r Ato r g u i d e MX200: 1 external microphone (+ 1 optional) MX300: 2 external microphones Touch controller Precision HD camera MX200: 42” LCD monitor MX...
Page 10 - Chapter 2; The web interface
D14850.02 MX Series Administrator Guide (TC5.0) | 2011 NOVEMBER | © 2011 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. www.cisco.com 10 A d m i n i s t r Ato r g u i d e Chapter 2 The web interface Introduction Table of contents Web interface Advanced settings Appendices Web interface
Page 11 - Starting the web interface; Connect to the video system
D14850.02 MX Series Administrator Guide (TC5.0) | 2011 NOVEMBER | © 2011 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. www.cisco.com 11 A d m i n i s t r Ato r g u i d e Starting the web interface The web interface provides full configuration access to your video conference system. You can connect from a...
Page 12 - Changing the system/codec; user name
D14850.02 MX Series Administrator Guide (TC5.0) | 2011 NOVEMBER | © 2011 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. www.cisco.com 12 A d m i n i s t r Ato r g u i d e Changing the system/codec password You sign in to the web interface with the same user name and password as for the video conference sy...
Page 13 - The interactive menu; Menu availability and user roles; Main menu
D14850.02 MX Series Administrator Guide (TC5.0) | 2011 NOVEMBER | © 2011 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. www.cisco.com 13 A d m i n i s t r Ato r g u i d e The interactive menu The web interface provides access to tasks and configurations grouped in four categories, which are available from...
Page 14 - The system information page; Login information
D14850.02 MX Series Administrator Guide (TC5.0) | 2011 NOVEMBER | © 2011 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. www.cisco.com 14 A d m i n i s t r Ato r g u i d e The system information page You can find an overview of your video system set-up on the System Information page. Login information Syst...
Page 15 - Log files
D14850.02 MX Series Administrator Guide (TC5.0) | 2011 NOVEMBER | © 2011 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. www.cisco.com 15 A d m i n i s t r Ato r g u i d e Log files The log files are Cisco specific debug files which may be requested by the Cisco support organization if you need technical s...
Page 16 - XML files
D14850.02 MX Series Administrator Guide (TC5.0) | 2011 NOVEMBER | © 2011 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. www.cisco.com 16 A d m i n i s t r Ato r g u i d e XML files The XML files are structured in a hierarchy building up a database of information about the codec. Click the file names to op...
Page 17 - Advanced configuration; Changing system settings; Search functionality
D14850.02 MX Series Administrator Guide (TC5.0) | 2011 NOVEMBER | © 2011 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. www.cisco.com 17 A d m i n i s t r Ato r g u i d e Advanced configuration The system settings are structured in a hierarchy, and you can navigate to each setting. Click a folder to open ...
Page 18 - Selecting a wallpaper; Select a wallpaper
D14850.02 MX Series Administrator Guide (TC5.0) | 2011 NOVEMBER | © 2011 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. www.cisco.com 18 A d m i n i s t r Ato r g u i d e Selecting a wallpaper You can select between a set of predefined wallpapers as background on your display. If you want the company logo...
Page 19 - Sign in banner; Activate the sign in banner; Enter the text message
D14850.02 MX Series Administrator Guide (TC5.0) | 2011 NOVEMBER | © 2011 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. www.cisco.com 19 A d m i n i s t r Ato r g u i d e 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 b...
Page 20 - Address input field; Placing calls; Calling someone; Sharing contents
D14850.02 MX Series Administrator Guide (TC5.0) | 2011 NOVEMBER | © 2011 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. www.cisco.com 20 A d m i n i s t r Ato r g u i d e Address input field Call Control Placing calls You can use the Call Control page of the web interface to initiate a call. NOTE: Even if...
Page 21 - Controlling and monitoring a call; Call
D14850.02 MX Series Administrator Guide (TC5.0) | 2011 NOVEMBER | © 2011 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. www.cisco.com 21 A d m i n i s t r Ato r g u i d e Controlling and monitoring a call You can control and monitor several call features using the Call Control page. Adjusting the sound vo...
Page 22 - Local layout control; Select a layout
D14850.02 MX Series Administrator Guide (TC5.0) | 2011 NOVEMBER | © 2011 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. www.cisco.com 22 A d m i n i s t r Ato r g u i d e Local layout control You can select a local layout using the Call Control page. The term layout is used to describe the various ways a ...
Page 23 - Taking snapshots; Enabling the live snapshot feature; Take live snapshots; Main source
D14850.02 MX Series Administrator Guide (TC5.0) | 2011 NOVEMBER | © 2011 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. www.cisco.com 23 A d m i n i s t r Ato r g u i d e Call Control Taking snapshots Snapshots of what the video system’s camera captures can be obtained from the Call Control page, provided...
Page 24 - Upgrading the system software
D14850.02 MX Series Administrator Guide (TC5.0) | 2011 NOVEMBER | © 2011 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. www.cisco.com 24 A d m i n i s t r Ato r g u i d e Upgrading the system software From the Upgrade Software page you can initiate software upgrades and add a release key and option keys. ...
Page 25 - Certificate management; Uploading the SSL certificate; Uploading the trusted CA certificates list
D14850.02 MX Series Administrator Guide (TC5.0) | 2011 NOVEMBER | © 2011 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. www.cisco.com 25 A d m i n i s t r Ato r g u i d e Certificate management The SSL certificate is a text file which verifies the authenticity of your video conference system. The certific...
Page 26 - The audit certificate list; About audit logging; Upload the audit certificate list; Enable secure audit logging
D14850.02 MX Series Administrator Guide (TC5.0) | 2011 NOVEMBER | © 2011 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. www.cisco.com 26 A d m i n i s t r Ato r g u i d e The audit certificate list If you want to use the ExternalSecure audit logging mode, you must upload a list of trusted audit certificat...
Page 27 - User administration; The default user account; About user roles
D14850.02 MX Series Administrator Guide (TC5.0) | 2011 NOVEMBER | © 2011 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. www.cisco.com 27 A d m i n i s t r Ato r g u i d e User administration From this page you can manage the user accounts of your video conference system. You can create new user accounts, ...
Page 28 - Creating a new user account; Editing user details; Deleting a user account
D14850.02 MX Series Administrator Guide (TC5.0) | 2011 NOVEMBER | © 2011 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. www.cisco.com 28 A d m i n i s t r Ato r g u i d e Creating a new user account 1. Press Create new user . 2. Fill in the Username, Password and PIN code, and select the user role(s) for ...
Page 29 - Restarting the system
D14850.02 MX Series Administrator Guide (TC5.0) | 2011 NOVEMBER | © 2011 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. www.cisco.com 29 A d m i n i s t r Ato r g u i d e Restarting the system To restart the system, press Restart now . Restarting the system takes a few minutes. Maintenance Software Upgrad...
Page 30 - Chapter 3; The advanced settings
D14850.02 MX Series Administrator Guide (TC5.0) | 2011 NOVEMBER | © 2011 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. www.cisco.com 30 A d m i n i s t r Ato r g u i d e Chapter 3 The advanced settings Introduction Table of contents Web interface Advanced settings Appendices Advanced settings
Page 31 - Overview of the advanced settings; Find the IP address of your system
D14850.02 MX Series Administrator Guide (TC5.0) | 2011 NOVEMBER | © 2011 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. www.cisco.com 31 A d m i n i s t r Ato r g u i d e Overview of the advanced settings In the following pages you will find a complete list of the system settings which are configured from...
Page 34 - The Audio settings
D14850.02 MX Series Administrator Guide (TC5.0) | 2011 NOVEMBER | © 2011 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. www.cisco.com 34 A d m i n i s t r Ato r g u i d e The Audio settings Audio PreferredOutputConnector Select the preferred connector for the audio out. When the handset is in use the audi...
Page 35 - The Cameras settings; Cameras PowerLine Frequency
D14850.02 MX Series Administrator Guide (TC5.0) | 2011 NOVEMBER | © 2011 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. www.cisco.com 35 A d m i n i s t r Ato r g u i d e The Cameras settings Cameras PowerLine Frequency Applies to cameras supporting PowerLine frequency anti-flickering, i.e PrecisionHD 108...
Page 36 - The Conference settings
D14850.02 MX Series Administrator Guide (TC5.0) | 2011 NOVEMBER | © 2011 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. www.cisco.com 36 A d m i n i s t r Ato r g u i d e Cameras Camera [1..1] Mirror Not applicable in this version. Cameras Camera [1..1] Whitebalance Mode Set the camera whitebalance mode. ...
Page 41 - The Network settings
D14850.02 MX Series Administrator Guide (TC5.0) | 2011 NOVEMBER | © 2011 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. www.cisco.com 41 A d m i n i s t r Ato r g u i d e The Network settings Network [1..1] Assignment Define whether to use DHCP or Static IPv4 assignment. Requires user role: ADMIN Value sp...
Page 45 - The NetworkServices settings; NetworkServices Multiway Address; NetworkServices H323 Mode
D14850.02 MX Series Administrator Guide (TC5.0) | 2011 NOVEMBER | © 2011 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. www.cisco.com 45 A d m i n i s t r Ato r g u i d e Network [1..1] VLAN Voice Mode Set the VLAN voice mode. Requires user role: ADMIN Value space: <Auto/Manual/Off> Auto: The Cisco ...
Page 48 - NetworkServices SSH AllowPublicKey; NetworkServices Telnet Mode; The Phonebook settings
D14850.02 MX Series Administrator Guide (TC5.0) | 2011 NOVEMBER | © 2011 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. www.cisco.com 48 A d m i n i s t r Ato r g u i d e NetworkServices SSH AllowPublicKey Secure Shell (SSH) public key authentication can be used to access the codec. Requires user role: AD...
Page 49 - The Provisioning settings
D14850.02 MX Series Administrator Guide (TC5.0) | 2011 NOVEMBER | © 2011 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. www.cisco.com 49 A d m i n i s t r Ato r g u i d e The Provisioning settings Provisioning Connectivity This setting controls how the device discovers whether it should request an interna...
Page 50 - Provisioning ExternalManager Protocol; Provisioning ExternalManager Path; The RTP settings; RTP Ports Range Start; RTP Ports Range Stop
D14850.02 MX Series Administrator Guide (TC5.0) | 2011 NOVEMBER | © 2011 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. www.cisco.com 50 A d m i n i s t r Ato r g u i d e Provisioning ExternalManager Protocol Determine whether to use secure management or not. Requires user role: ADMIN Value space: <HTT...
Page 51 - The Security settings
D14850.02 MX Series Administrator Guide (TC5.0) | 2011 NOVEMBER | © 2011 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. www.cisco.com 51 A d m i n i s t r Ato r g u i d e The Security settings Security Audit Server Address Enter the external/global IP-address to the audit syslog server. IPv6 is not suppor...
Page 52 - The SerialPort settings; SerialPort Mode; The SIP settings
D14850.02 MX Series Administrator Guide (TC5.0) | 2011 NOVEMBER | © 2011 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. www.cisco.com 52 A d m i n i s t r Ato r g u i d e The SerialPort settings SerialPort Mode Set the COM 1 serial port to be enabled/disabled. Requires user role: ADMIN Value space: <On...
Page 54 - The Standby settings; Standby Control; Standby StandbyAction; Standby WakeupAction
D14850.02 MX Series Administrator Guide (TC5.0) | 2011 NOVEMBER | © 2011 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. www.cisco.com 54 A d m i n i s t r Ato r g u i d e The Standby settings Standby Control Determine whether the system should go into standby mode or not. Requires user role: ADMIN Value s...
Page 55 - The SystemUnit settings
D14850.02 MX Series Administrator Guide (TC5.0) | 2011 NOVEMBER | © 2011 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. www.cisco.com 55 A d m i n i s t r Ato r g u i d e The SystemUnit settings SystemUnit Name Enter a System Name to define a name of the system unit. If the H.323 Alias ID is configured on...
Page 56 - The Time settings; Time Zone; Time TimeFormat; Time DateFormat
D14850.02 MX Series Administrator Guide (TC5.0) | 2011 NOVEMBER | © 2011 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. www.cisco.com 56 A d m i n i s t r Ato r g u i d e The Time settings Time Zone Set the time zone where the system is located, using Windows time zone description format. Requires user ro...
Page 57 - The UserInterface settings; UserInterface TouchPanel DefaultPanel; The Video settings
D14850.02 MX Series Administrator Guide (TC5.0) | 2011 NOVEMBER | © 2011 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. www.cisco.com 57 A d m i n i s t r Ato r g u i d e The UserInterface settings UserInterface TouchPanel DefaultPanel Select whether to display the list of contacts or the list of schedule...
Page 59 - Video DefaultPresentationSource
D14850.02 MX Series Administrator Guide (TC5.0) | 2011 NOVEMBER | © 2011 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. www.cisco.com 59 A d m i n i s t r Ato r g u i d e Video Input Source [1..2] Quality When encoding and transmitting video there will be a tradeoff between high resolution and high framer...
Page 61 - Video AllowWebSnapshots
D14850.02 MX Series Administrator Guide (TC5.0) | 2011 NOVEMBER | © 2011 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. www.cisco.com 61 A d m i n i s t r Ato r g u i d e Video AllowWebSnapshots Allow or disallow that snapshots captured by the video input main source can be displayed in the web interface ...
Page 62 - Video WallPaper; The Experimental settings; Experimental CapsetFilter
D14850.02 MX Series Administrator Guide (TC5.0) | 2011 NOVEMBER | © 2011 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. www.cisco.com 62 A d m i n i s t r Ato r g u i d e Video WallPaper Determine which background picture to show on the touch screen and main screen when idle. It is recommended to use Wall...
Page 63 - Experimental NetworkServices UPnP Mode
D14850.02 MX Series Administrator Guide (TC5.0) | 2011 NOVEMBER | © 2011 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. www.cisco.com 63 A d m i n i s t r Ato r g u i d e Experimental Conference [1..1] PacketLossResilience RateAdaption NOTE: This Experimental command can be used 'as is' and will not be fu...
Page 64 - Experimental SystemUnit CrashReporting Mode; Experimental SystemUnit CrashReporting URI
D14850.02 MX Series Administrator Guide (TC5.0) | 2011 NOVEMBER | © 2011 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. www.cisco.com 64 A d m i n i s t r Ato r g u i d e Experimental SystemUnit CrashReporting Mode NOTE: This Experimental command can be used 'as is' and will not be further documented. The...
Page 65 - Appendices
D14850.02 MX Series Administrator Guide (TC5.0) | 2011 NOVEMBER | © 2011 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. www.cisco.com 65 A d m i n i s t r Ato r g u i d e Appendices Introduction Table of contents Web interface Advanced settings Appendices Appendices
Page 66 - Setting the system password; Changing your system password; Setting the Administrator settings menu; Setting the Administrator Settings menu password; Setting a root password
D14850.02 MX Series Administrator Guide (TC5.0) | 2011 NOVEMBER | © 2011 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. www.cisco.com 66 A d m i n i s t r Ato r g u i d e Setting the system password You need a username and password to sign in to the web and command line interfaces of your system. The vide...
Page 67 - Cisco VCS provisioning; Downloading the provisioning configuration template
D14850.02 MX Series Administrator Guide (TC5.0) | 2011 NOVEMBER | © 2011 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. www.cisco.com 67 A d m i n i s t r Ato r g u i d e Cisco VCS provisioning When using Cisco VCS (Video Communication Server) provisioning, a template containing all the settings that can ...
Page 68 - Optimal definition profiles; table 1: optimal definition for systems supporting 1080p
D14850.02 MX Series Administrator Guide (TC5.0) | 2011 NOVEMBER | © 2011 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. www.cisco.com 68 A d m i n i s t r Ato r g u i d e Optimal definition profiles Under ideal lighting conditions the bandwidth requirements can be substantially reduced with the optimal de...
Page 69 - ClearPath — Packet loss resilience
D14850.02 MX Series Administrator Guide (TC5.0) | 2011 NOVEMBER | © 2011 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. www.cisco.com 69 A d m i n i s t r Ato r g u i d e ClearPath — Packet loss resilience ClearPath introduces advanced packet loss resilience mechanisms that increase the experienced qualit...
Page 73 - User documentation on the Cisco web site; Document categories
D14850.02 MX Series Administrator Guide (TC5.0) | 2011 NOVEMBER | © 2011 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. www.cisco.com 73 A d m i n i s t r Ato r g u i d e User documentation on the Cisco web site User documentation for Cisco TelePresence products can be found on http://www.cisco.com/go/t...