Release Notes

New features in 3.1
Cisco TelePresence Server Software Release Notes 3.1(1.95) Page 9 of 31
This feature requires that the Third Party Interop key is loaded on the TelePresence Server. The
TelePresence Server must be part of a Webex Enabled TelePresence deployment. See the Cisco WebEx
Enabled TelePresence Configuration Guide, at http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps11338/products_
installation_and_configuration_guides_list.html, for details.
Conference experience improvements
Smaller video formats
This release improves the conference experience for participants whose connections are not adequate for
larger format video. Such participants may now be able to conduct video conversations where previously
their experience may have been limited to audio-only.
The TelePresence Server can now send 90p and 180p video formats. These formats are 160 by 90 and 320
by 180 respectively. Prior to this release, the TelePresence Server could accept these resolutions but would
not send them.
The API can also be used to force the layout sent to particular participants, ensuring that those participants
who view the conference at smaller resolutions need not receive a composed layout, which would be less
useful to them than a fullscreen view.
Defered connection and auto disconnect
In this release you can pre-configure endpoints for defered connection, which means that the TelePresence
Server does not invite those endpoints until at least one other participant is in the conference. You can also
pre-configure endpoints to disconnect automatically if there are no other endpoints in the conference.
These two options complement the auto reconnect feature of pre-configured endpoints. The auto reconnect
feature has been extended to allow the TelePresence Server to always reconnect, even after the endpoint
has deliberately disconnected.
CAUTION:Do not use the Always reconnect feature with a user endpoint because the TelePresence
Server will repeatedly redial that endpoint, even when the participant deliberately disconnects the call. This
feature is designed for automatically connecting integrated systems.
Improved conference status icons
The TelePresence Server has improved icons for conference status, as follows:
New overlay Meaning
The conference is being recorded
The conference is unsecured / unencrypted
The conference has audio-only participants (the number of audio-only participants appears
on the right of the handset symbol)
Table 4: Improved conference status icons