Detailed instructions for use are in the User's Guide.
Polycom TM RSS 2000 V1.0 Getting Started Guide
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Gross Weight: Power Supply: supply w/PFC AC Voltage:
22.4 lbs (10.2 kg) Thermal controlled 220W ATX AC power 100 - 240 VAC, 60-50 Hz, 5-3 Amps
Operating System: XP OS
Preparations General Safety Precautions
Follow these rules to ensure general safety: · · · Keep the area around the Polycom RSS 2000 unit clean, free of clutter and well ventilated. Decide on a suitable location for the equipment rack that will hold the RSS 2000 unit and is near a grounded power outlet. Use a regulating uninterruptible power supply (UPS) to protect the RSS 2000 unit from power surges and voltage spikes, and to keep it operating in case of a power failure. Obtain the following information from your network administrator: · RSS 2000 unit, Subnet Mask and Default Gateway IP addresses · Gatekeeper IP address, Prefix, and E.164 of the RSS 2000
Unpacking and Installing the RSS 2000
1. Place the RSS 2000 unit on a stable flat surface in the selected location. 2. To connect to the power source, insert the power cable into the Power connector on the rear panel of the MGC+ unit and insert the Power cable into the power source socket. 3. Connect the LAN cable to LAN1 in the back of the system. 4. Turn on the power switch.
Hardware Specifications
· · · · · Hardware: Form Factor: Height: Width: Depth: Pentium 4, 2.8Mhz,1.5G RAM,250G Hardisk. 1U 19" rack mount 1.73" (44 mm) 16.83" (430 mm) 15.35" (390 mm)
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Initial RSS 2000 IP Configuration
The system is shipped with the following default IP addresses: · · · · · IP Address:192.168.1.254 Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0 Gateway: 192.168.1.1 Via a cross over LAN cable Via a RS232 or Telnet Console.
3. Open Internet Explorer and browse to: http://192.168.1.254 4. Login to the system. User name: Administrator Password: polycom
There are two ways to change the initial IP address of the system:
Changing the Initial IP Address via a Cross-over LAN Cable
1. Connect a cross over LAN cable to LAN1 in the RSS 2000 rear panel. 2. Set your laptop to the same segment of the RSS, for example (in your laptop IP config setting):
5. Go to System Configuration->IP Setting and modify the IP address. 6. Click the Save button.
7. Reset the system.
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Changing the Initial IP Address via an RS-232 Console or Telnet
Another option to modify the IP address of the RSS 2000 is using the RS232 console. 1. Connect to the RS232 port  and activate the console (9600, 8bits). 2. Login, using the default Login name: polycom (or any administrator password). When you are logged in to the console, you will see the system's current IP address. 3. Change the default IP address to the site's IP address. In the command line (#), enter: set lan1 static mask < IP address> [gw < IP address>]
RSS 2000 Maximum Capacity
Scenario Conference Recording Description How many conferences can be recorded simultaneously Maximum Capacity
Point to Point recording H323 Playback
2 conference or 2 EPs dialing in the same time1 H239 recorded link at a time How many point to point 1 calls can be record (if both are dialing into the POLYCOM TM RSS 2000) How many conferences 10 can be playback in H323
60 Archive view How many streaming can be reviewed (unicast) Â based on the Web Server capacity
Network TCP/UDP Ports used by RSS 2000
Usage Manager Web Trace Gatekeeper RAS Q.931 Socket H.245 Socket Audio / Video / Data Live Broadcast On Demand Archive Type TCP TCP UDP UDP UDP TCP TCP UDP TCP TCP Port Range 81 80 30011 1719 1720 1720 1730-1739 2000-2099 1800-1801 2800-2859
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These steps are also applicable to Telnet connection. You can use either Telnet or RS232, not both to configure the initial system IP addresses.
Endpoint/ H.323
Media
The system is now ready for use. For additional configuration information, refer to the RSS200 User's Guide.
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RSS2000 Policies and Limitations
Subject H.323 Alias length IVR message Console Service Endpoint menu Description The maximum length of the system H.323 alias name is 16 characters The format for IVR message files is: WAV files, PCM 16bits RS232 configuration: Baud rate 9600, Data bits 8, Parity None, Stop bits 1, Flow control OFF. ONLY ONE connection to the Console service is allowed, either by RS232 or by Telnet, but not both. 1. When schedule a dial out & record from the Web UI, RSS will loopback the video and NEVER show the menu unless a menu operation (FECC arrow keys or DTMF 2/4/6/8) is given from the endpoint. 2. When a pre-defined endpoint dials into the RSS and the endpoint has the "immediate recording" option, RSS will do the same as above. 3. When inviting an endpoint to a P2P recording room (using E.164 number of the P2P room followed by #/* and E.164 number of the invited endpoint ), the inviting endpoint will have the menu and the invited endpoint won't have the menu 4. When two endpoints meet at a P2P recording room, only one of them can have the menu at a time. The maximum bandwidth for H.264 is limited to 768K Maximum bandwidth for a P2P recording room is 1024K. If video protocol for P2P recording room is H.264, then the maximum bandwidth is 768K If the media file size exceeds 4GB, downloading it from Web UI may be incomplete.
Subject Media Player Support
Archive playback H.323 playback System Reset
Description Windows Media Player 9/10 is required. WMP 10 is recommended. RealPlayer can also be used if WMP is properly installed. QuickTime player is not supported. Some third party media player such as Media Player Classic (MPC) and VLC can also be used, but they were not certify Archive playback with WMP does not support playback controls: Pause/Resume/FF/Backward, etc During H.323 playback, if there is packet loss and endpoint requests I-Frame, RSS cannot apply the request. Since all audio/video data are from the media file. Hard reset (power off and on) is not recommended. Reset should be done via the Web UI or Console service whenever possible.
H.264 bandwidth P2P recording maximum bandwidth Archive file size
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