Polycom MGC WebCommander Version 9.0 Home Theater Server User Manual


 
MGC Web Server Manager User’s Guide
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8. If the new On Going conference is assigned an IVR service with
conference entry password and chairperson password functionality but
without External database authentication and prompts, the participant is
requested to enter these passwords in order to connect to the conference.
The passwords the participant enters are checked only against the
passwords defined for the conference and the participant connects to the
conference as an undefined chairperson or a standard participant.
Figure 5-1: Ad Hoc Conferencing with Conference Numeric ID Authentication
To enable this workflow, the following components must be defined in the
system:
An Entry Queue Service configured to access the WebCommander server
for conference initiation authentication with the appropriate Numeric ID
request messages.
An Ad Hoc-enabled Entry Queue with an assigned Profile and the
appropriate Entry Queue Service.
In the WebCommander Web Server Manager application–Users table,
definition of users who have the right to start a new conference using the
Ad Hoc conferencing mechanism and for each user the appropriate
conference Entry Password, Chairperson Password and Billing code that
will be assigned for each conference. For more details on User definition,
see “Conference Creation and Authentication Parameters” on page 5-26.
The MCU is configured to access the external database by setting the
appropriate flags in the “system.cfg”. For more information, see the
MGC Manager User’s Guide, Volume II, Chapter 3.