Release Notes

New features introduced in 4.0(1.57)
Cisco TelePresence Server Software Release Notes (4.0(2.8)) Page 6 of 36
Changes to endpoint group layout
When you are using the segment-switched display feature, grouped endpoints are composed differently than
they were in the previous release. This change also applies to multi-camera endpoints that cannot reveal
which camera is associated with the loudest speaker ("loudest pane information").
Grouped endpoints are now composed into a single pane so as not to disrupt segment-switching. Segment-
switching isn't possible with these endpoints because the TelePresence Server doesn't know which of the
segments actually shows the speaker. The benefit of this approach is that single-screen endpoints are no
longer forced into the Equal layout (NxN grid) when the group is in the conference; they will see the group in a
row, and in the correct order.
If the display of grouped endpoints on multi-screen systems is more important for your environment than
segment-switching or the single-screen experience, use the room-switching display mode to have the
conference layouts for groups behave as they did in the previous release.
Display
switching
mode
Layout on single-screen
endpoint
Layout on three-screen endpoint
Room-
switched mode
(Layout forced to Equal) (Layout forced to custom so that group switches in across
screens)
Segment-
switched
mode
(Group composed into single
pane)
(Other speakers remain in other screens when group
switches in)
Table 3: Example ActivePresence layouts when a group of four endpoints is active speaker