This post continues our 20 Day Challenge to understand the technical aspects of videoconferencing, particularly the section on dialing.
If you have a Codian bridge, or need to dial into a Codian bridge, you may find these tips helpful.
To dial into the Codian MCU
Cisco-TANDBERG-Codian bridges usually pose no problem for participants dialing in.
- LifeSize and Polycom endpoints can dial in with IP##alias.
- Tandberg endpoints can dial in with alias@IP.
- Or any endpoints can dial the IP of the Codian, and use the far end camera control to enter their meeting room.
- Or if the endpoint or MCU can’t dial in one of these ways, you can dial in to the IP address and the bridge operator can move you to the conference where you belong.
To dial an Extension from a Codian MCU
- Codian MCU
Many have questions on how to dial an extension (E.164 alias) from a Codian bridge, and some even think it can’t be done! But it can. Here’s how:
- Login to the Codian web interface
- Find the Gateway option in the menu
- Add a Gateway. This will be the IP address of the device that you will be connecting to. Be sure to name this Gateway.
- Once this step is done, you will then create a endpoint.
- Find the endpoint menu option.
- Create a endpoint. Under this option you will name the endpoint. For the address you will input the E.164 alias or extension.
- From the H.323 Gateway drop down menu, you will select the Gateway that you created and select it.
Normally you would dial an extension/alias in this form: x.x.x.x##alias
However, the Codian is using the Gateway as the IP address and the endpoint as the alias settings.
So the Codian sees the dial string like this: Gateway##Endpoint
References
Your Turn
- What tips do you have to share for dialing with the Codian?
- Any other issues or quirks you’ve run into? Please share!
Team-written by Janine Lim, Shane Howard, and Roxanne Glaser. The opinions expressed in these posts are based on our collective video conference experience connecting classes across multiple networks to connect them to zoos, museums, experts and other classes during the past 10 years. This series of posts reflects our usage and understanding, not that of any vendor or manufacturer. No one is paying us to write these. We are just sharing what we have learned.
