In this section, we will go through how to add your first video conferencing systems to be managed by Mividas Rooms.
We assume that you already have a working Mividas Rooms installation, if not, please see the Mividas Rooms installation documentation before proceeding.
Please note that if Cisco TMS and Mividas Rooms will co-exist during a trial process or migration, uncheck the “Enforce management settings on systems” in the TMS Services section on the Cisco TMS. Otherwise, there is a chance that TMS will overwrite various settings.
Start by navigating to your Mividas Rooms installation from your web browser. Then click on System via the main navigation located in the left sidebar to get an overview of all available video conferencing systems.
Page actions
In the top right of the page you will find these different page actions:
- – Add a new single room system.
- – Add multiple room systems at once.
- – Refresh the current page.
- – Link to Mividas documentation.
Add a single room system
The following information should be added as you start the process of adding a room system to Mividas Rooms. Mandatory fields marked with *.
- Name – The system unit name displayed in Mividas Rooms list of endpoints and in the address book. Note, this option will only set the name for the system in Mividas Rooms, to change the name for the system itself you will need to provision the dialing properties.
- Username * – The username for the endpoint. Note that Webex registered endpoints require that an additional user with administrator privilegies is created as the Webex admin password is not disclosed and any direct HTTPS access is by default only possible through Webex Control Hub.
- Sign in with default password – If this option is checked, Mividas Rooms will try to add the system with one of the passwords specified under settings in the Admin section of the left menu panel in Mividas Rooms. Uncheck the selection to instead have the opportunity to enter a specific password for the system.
- IP address – The IP address is required so that Mividas Rooms can connect directly or through the Mividas Proxy to the endpoint.
- Port to web interface – The port to use for the system’s web interface.
- Full DNS hostname – Use the system’s DNS hostname if you wish. The hostname will take precedence over the IP address.
- Automatically update IP data when sent from the system – Check this option if you want Mividas Rooms to acknowledge and track IP address changes for the selected endpoint.
- Type of connection – Choose if the endpoint is accessible directly from Mividas Rooms, through Proxy or if passive provisioning is used. Proxy requires that the tenant has a Mividas Proxy deployed and configured on the network with the endpoint you want to add and provision.
- MAC address – You can either specify MAC address directly in advance so that the correct system is connected to Rooms for passive provisioning, or to switch to another system. When the connection is active, this is retrieved automatically. If a passive connection is used the MAC address will be received first after the system has been approved from the incoming list.
- Serial number – Either specify directly in advance for passive provisioning or switch to another system. When an active connection is used the serial number will be retrieved automatically. If a passive connection is used the serial number will be received first after the system has been approved from the incoming list.
- Place – Choose a place (location) of the endpoint, e.g. headquarters, sales office, London office. Can be used for filtering and analytics.
- Organizational unit – Choose an organizational unit (OU) for the endpoint, e.g. IT-department or Sales. Can be used for filtering and analytics.
- Number of seats in rooms – Use this setting to set the number of seats/chairs in the physical meeting room. This value will be used for analytics and will view the efficiency of that particular meeting room.
- Personal system – Choose this option to disable people count for the system, for instance, to not track if employees are at their desks.
After adding your system to be managed by Mividas Rooms you will be automatically redirected to provisioning settings for the new system. Please read more about this topic in the documentation Provisioning.
For more details on how to manage all your video conferencing systems, please see the documentation Mividas rooms > Systems.
Add multiple room systems at once
Most settings are similar to adding a single endpoint, however, you can also add multiple systems from an Excel file (.xls, .xlsx) and choose the appropriate columns as you import endpoints.
Endpoints can be exported from Cisco TMS (TelePresence Management Suite) and imported to Mividas Rooms.
After adding your systems to be managed by Mividas Rooms a provisioning dialog will automatically appear for provisioning settings for your newly added systems. Please read more about this topic in the documentation Provisioning.
For more details on how to manage all your video conferencing systems , please see the documentation Mividas rooms > Systems.