which H.323 client software to register to VCS

[george.zhang]

Hi, as Cisco Jabber video client need TMS to register to VCS but I only get VCSC and VCSE.

I want a software client which can be installed on my Windows Laptop and register to VCSC (h323 or SIP) for video test call.

would you please give me some suggestions? Thanks.

[Paulo Souza]

Hi,

I have tested many SIP clients registered to VCS. Most of them I cannot recommend because they don't work fine. The only free client I would suggest you is X-Lite. This is a free SIP client for voice and video that is free and run on Windows and Linux. You can find it searching in Google.

One tip: When you make a call with X-Lite, sometimes the client makes the call using the SIP URI in the format 9999@domain.com:5060;tls... Something like that, so you will have to create a search rule that matches this destination, you can use something like this (.*)@domain.com.* with replace \1 or \1@domain.com.

Of course, I can't give guarantee that this client will work 100% ok, because it has some limitations, like another free clients. But for me it works well.

If you need a stable client with a good support from the vendor, I suggest you to go to Cisco Jabber for Telepresence.

Regards

Paulo Souza
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[george.zhang]

Hi Paulo,

Thanks for your reply. Could X-lite register to and work with VCS without TMS?

George

[Paulo Souza · Accepted solution]

Hi George,

Yes, of course. X-Lite doesn't require any provisioning server to work, because you make the configuration in the client itself. Jabber for Telepresence requires a provisioning server (just like TMS) to work, because most configuration are provided by the server and cannot be configured in the client itself, but X-Lite is different.

You can register X-Lite to VCS without having to place any other infrastructure component. I have it working here just fine.

I hope this help.

Paulo Souza

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[george.zhang]

Thanks. Paulo

Just tested x-lite and It works. How to create a search route to let the x-lite to call a Internet SIP endpoint? Is there any test URI for video autoanswer.

[Paulo Souza]

Hi,

With regards search rules, you don't need special rules for X-lite to call external endpoints, you just need the common search rules described in the guide:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/telepresence/infrastructure/vcs/config_guide/Cisco_VCS_Basic_Configuration_Control_with_Expressway_Deployment_Guide_X7-2.pdf

With regards addresses for test, take a look at this topic:

https://supportforums.cisco.com/message/3635492#3635492

Regards

Paulo Souza

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[george.zhang]

It helps a lot. Thanks.