Cisco TelePresence EX60 and EX90 TC7.3 User Guide
Cisco TelePresence EX60 and EX90 TC7.3 User Guide
Cisco TelePresence EX60 and EX90 TC7.3 User Guide
Cisco TelePresence
EX60 and EX90
TC 7.3
User
Guide
D1501611 User Guide Cisco TelePresence
EX60 and EX90
Produced: December 2014 for TC7.3
All contents © 2010–2014
Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.
2 Contents
i
Introduction
to Video
Conferencing
D1501611 User Guide Cisco TelePresence
EX60 and EX90
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4 Introduction to Video Conferencing
Brightness control
A successful video conference provides • Noise sources like computers placed group of presenters. Smaller systems To adjust brightness, colors or other
a face-to-face meeting, even if the on the table should always be placed may force you to choose between settings of your system, use the
participants are miles or continents apart. away from the microphone of your unit. showing the presentation or the touch pad. Adjust the monitor to suit
Keep in mind that it still is a meeting— The noise from such sources is often presenter. the conditions of the conference
room.
normal etiquette and dress code apply perceived as surprisingly loud by the
• For duo video some attention is needed.
even here. remote participants. Duo video is sometimes shown side–by–
• Pay attention to the background your side with half the screen showing the
General system will provide to the remote presentation and the other half showing
participants. If the camera captures the presenter. Provide the impression
• Consider setting the unit to Automatic the corridor outside your office, people that you seem to look towards the
Answer, but mute the microphone for
passing by may distract your remote presentation instead of the impression
privacy reasons, if possible.
participants. This applies as well to that you sit with your back towards it,
• Do not forget to rehearse “the noble curtains with a distinct texture pattern when all is viewed on the remote monitor.
art of operating a video system” to the and, in particular, to curtains moving due If in doubt, look straight into the camera
extent needed. to draught in the room. to avoid this situation.
• If you are going to share content you will
In the meeting room normally make use of duo video. That
• Make sure that you do not experience implies the use of two video streams,
one showing the presentation and the
obstacles blocking the view to the
microphone at all times. other showing the presenter—or the
Tap the
Tap the Headphones
Tap the upper left corner to activate / Tap the ? to Camera icon icon to select
deactivate the Do not disturb contact or to activate between
feature, to activate /deactivate the access the self-view loudspeaker Time of day is
Standby feature, and to access the Help desk, if and camera and indicated in the
Settings. available. settings. headphones. upper right corner.
Any messages
to you while you Tap a button
were away will be to activate its
indicated here. function.
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6 Introduction to Video Conferencing
Video Calls
Edit a Contact List Entry, then Place the Call About Entry Edits
Place the call in the You are now in the new Tap Swap to
usual way. call while the one you go between
were in call with still is the two parties
on hold. and Transfer
to connect the
two together, while you leave the call.
To disconnect
yourself from a call,
tap End.
Put Call on Hold and Resume a Call on Hold About Putting on Hold
If there is activity on the shared line, Video systems used in call centers
this will be indicated the orange may be set up to share a common
field along the top of the display.
line so that anyone of those sharing
a line may respond to an incoming
call.
Tap the field in the Tap Available or Do not Tap anywhere outside the
upper left corner. Disturb. menu to exit the menu, putting
changes into effect.
Tap the field in the Tap Standby. The screen will turn itself off
upper left corner. after a few seconds. Tap the
screen to wake it up.
In a call, tap
Keypad.
Including a Selfview
Selfview (what the others see from
your video system) may be added
to any layout in the usual way. To
invoke the selfview See “Manage
Selfview” on page 45.
If needed, you may also move the
selfview to a different location.
See “Move the Selfview PiP” on
page 47.
You may also invoke the list of Any participant entitled to it may
participants and tap a participant in disconnect any of the other
that list.
participants. Tap the participant,
either in the view as shown, or in
the list of participants (see “View
Meeting Participant List” on page
26). Then tap Drop.
Share
Content
To stop the
Presentation, tap
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Scheduled
Meetings
Although the default setting lets you join in up to On your video system the Meeting
10 minutes in advance, your video support team Reminder will appear once it is
may have implemented a different setting. possible to join a meeting. Exactly
when that will be depends on the
If you tap a Start time buffer setting. Default
meeting in the list buffer setting is 10 minutes, but
you will see more
your video support team may have
about the meeting.
The start and end time of the changed this. It is not possible to join
scheduled meeting are given in the A scheduled meeting may connect you automatically,
or you may have to tap Join Meeting. the meeting earlier than the setting
expanded meeting information.
dictates.
The meeting reminder contains
a time indicator stating when the
meeting starts, or alternatively for
how long the meeting has been
going on (an ongoing meeting is
referred to as a Meeting in progress).
The text Starting now will be shown
during a time interval spanning from
30 seconds before to 30 seconds
When the meeting starts you will be offered after the scheduled start time of the
to join in, to postpone the offer to join in for 5
minutes, or to just dismiss the offer. meeting.
Contacts
Finding an entry in the Directory by searching for it: When searching within the corporate
Directory, the search will apply to
the current directory folder and its
subfolders only. To go one level up,
tap Back. To make the search apply
to the entire corporate directory, do
not enter (tap) any folder before the
search is commenced.
It may happen that an entry copied
Tap Tap Directory, if Tap Search or Dial, as from the directory to the list of favor-
Contacts. needed. outlined, to invoke the virtual ites later is updated in the directory.
keyboard and key in a name, This update will not be reflected in
number or address. Possible
matches will appear as you your list of favorites—you must then
type. manually update the entry in the list
of favorites.
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41 Contacts
Tap Add to
Favorites.
Camera
Outside a call:
Tap Camera. Tap Selfview to turn it on. Tap anywhere outside the The position of Selfview PiP can be
menu to exit. changed if you wish—see “Move
You may now resize the selfview
image (see the following page for the Selfview PiP” on page 47 for
more), or control the camera’s details on this.
pan, tilt and zoom (see the
previous page for more).
In a call:
Tap the selfview avatar. You may now switch Tap anywhere outside the
the selfview off or maximize menu to exit.
or minimize it.
Tap Camera. Tap Selfview to turn it on. You may now tap Maximize to From time to time you may want to
get a full-screen Selfview. have the selfview activated during
Repeat the process to minimize, the meeting.
or deactivate the selfview by
tapping the Selfview icon again. You may want to zoom, pan or tilt
your camera to provide a better
You may also use this to gain
access to controlling your own view for the other participant(s). To
camera. get a better view, you may want to
maximize the selfview.
To exit this
menu, putting changes into
effect, tap anywhere outside
the active menu.
Tap Selfview in the upper Press and hold your As soon as it turns blue From time to time you may want to
right part of the screen, as finger within the selfview drag the selfview to the have the Selfview activated during
outlined to invoke the selfview, area. new location. Possible the meeting. This could, for example,
if needed. locations are indicated by
gray rectangles. be to ensure that a lecturer in your
room remains seen on the screen
despite constantly moving around.
It may happen that the current
position of the Selfview blocks
important parts of the image on your
screen. You may therefore want to
move it.
In a call, tap the avatar Tap Camera. Adjust the camera’s pan, The ability to control the far end
representing the other zoom and tilt. camera requires that the far
participant. end system camera is remotely
In a video conference with controllable. The feature cannot be
several participants, tap
applied to systems with a manual
the avator representing the
participant whose camera camera adjustment.
you want to control. You will not have access to any
presets that may exist on the far end
video system.
Connections
and Settings
Screen resolution. A resolution of 1920 × 1080 is recommended. If you choose to use your EX60 as
However, other resolutions may also be used as shown below. your PC screen, connect your PC
to the sockets on the rear panel
Digital input via DVI Analog input via DVI
as shown below left. A resolution
1920 × 1200 (not full screen)
of 1920 × 1080 is recommended.
1920 × 1080 (recommended) 1920 × 1080 (recommended)
Remove cover to get access to However, other resolutions may also
the connector sockets. 1776 × 1000 (not full screen)
be used as shown in the left table.
1680 × 1050 1680 × 1050
Bend gently upwards where
1600 × 1200 (not full screen) 1600 × 1200 (not full screen) Your EX60 will then serve as your
the arrows indicate and then
pull out the lid. Sockets 1440 × 900 1440 × 900 PC screen outside calls. In a call tap
1400 × 1050 (not full screen) View PC to see the desktop. Your
1280 × 1024 (not full screen) 1280 × 1024 (not full screen) desktop is not exposed to the other
Connect headphones and 1280 × 960 (not full screen) side.
external microphone here.
1280 × 800 In a call you may view your PC
1280 × 768 (not full screen) screen without sharing it with the
1280 × 720 (not full screen) remote site(s). If the thumbnail
1152 × 648 (not full screen) image showing the other participants
1024 × 768 (not full screen) 1024 × 768 (not full screen) obstructs important parts of your
960 × 600 (not full screen) PC-screen you may move it in the
800 × 600 (not full screen) 800 × 600 (not full screen) same way as you may with a PiP.
Connect power here. Screen resolution must be set
via the web interface, using the
Connect your PC here if you need to share a single LAN connection with the EX60. Video Output HDMI [1] Resolution
Connect your EX60 to the LAN. setting. For details on this, see the
EX60 Administrator Guide, which is
Connect the touch screen controller.
available separately for download.
DVI socket to use the EX60 as a PC screen.
Mini-jack socket for PC audio.
For service and maintenance.
Connect the cables as shown. Sockets are located behind the rear cover. If you have one LAN
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51 Connections
Remove cover to get access to A resolution of 1920 × 1200 is recommended. However, other If you choose to use your EX90 as
the connector sockets. resolutions may also be used as shown below. your PC screen, connect your PC
The cover is vented in the to the sockets on the rear panel
lower left corner (external as shown below left. A resolution
Digital input via DVI Analog input via DVI
view) due to the rear mounted
of 1920 × 1200 is recommended.
loudspeaker. 1920 × 1200 (recommended) 1920 × 1200 (recommended)
1920 × 1080 However, other resolutions may also
When mounting the cover back
Sockets 1776 × 1000 (not full screen) be used as shown in the left table.
on, make sure the vents are
1680 × 1050 1680 × 1050
where the speaker is Your EX90 will then serve as your
1600 × 1200 (not full screen) 1600 × 1200 (not full screen)
(as shown). Cover vents
Pull out 1440 × 900 1440 × 900 PC screen outside calls. In a call tap
Connect headphones 1400 × 1050 (not full screen) View PC to see the desktop. Your
and external
1280 × 1024 (not full screen) 1280 × 1024 (not full screen)
microphone here. desktop is not exposed to the other
1280 × 960 (not full screen)
1280 × 800 side.
1280 × 768 (not full screen)
In a call you may view your PC
1280 × 720 (not full screen)
1152 × 648 (not full screen) screen without sharing it with the
1024 × 768 (not full screen) 1024 × 768 (not full screen) remote site(s). If the thumbnail
960 × 600 (not full screen) image showing the other participants
800 × 600 (not full screen) 800 × 600 (not full screen) obstructs important parts of your
PC-screen you may move it in the
same way as you may with a PiP.
Connect your PC here if you need to share a single LAN connection with the EX90. • You may connect an external monitor to your EX90 to have
Connect your EX90 to the LAN. it work with two monitors at the same time. The second Screen resolution must be set
USB socket (for future use). monitor can be configured to show presentations instead via the web interface, using the
Connect the touch screen controller. Video Output HDMI [1] Resolution
HDMI In (inner socket) and HDMI Out* (outer socket). of having everything on a single screen.
setting. For details on this, see the
Connect PC video (for use as your PC screen)
Connect PC audio
• To enable the use of a second monitor the system must EX90 Administrator Guide, which is
be configured for it. This is done via the web interface
Connect power here. available separately for download.
using the Video DefaultPresentationSource setting. Doing
so is described in the EX90 Administrator Guide which is
* HDMI out is used when connecting an extra monitor (typically for presentations).
available separately for download .
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