MCU video port resources and permanent conferences

[gfolens]

When a meeting is scheduled from TMS on a MCU 5300 series then the video ports in use reflects the number of active participants in that conference.

When instead you create a conference directly on the MCU5300 it seems to use one extra video port.

Is this a bug or normal behaviour?

MCU v4.5 and also observer in v4.4.

rgds, Geert.

[Patrick Sparkman]

In my experience it should be the same, and only use what it should, but it's been awhile since we used permanent conferences directly on the MCU.  Can you tell us a bit more about how your MCU is configured and the conferences you're trying to create, even screenshots might help.

[gfolens]

Hi,

The MCU5320 is configured for SIP only and registers to VCS-C.

New conferences are created on TMS (via TMSXE).

I monitored on a MC5310 running v4.4 and there the number of participants correctly reflects the number of video ports in use, eg 3 participants uses 3 video ports.

I monitored on the new 5320 with v4.5 and there I see always 1 extra port in use when a conference is started, eg 3 participants shows 4 video ports in use.

We have a MCU5310 with a 4 SD ports license configured for HD. So normally 2 video ports can be used. I start the conference with 1 participant when the 2nd participant is added the it enters a audio port and the MCU status windows tells me no video ports are available anymore.

I currently have no access to the MCU so I cannot provide screen shots.

rgds, Geert.