User's Manual
Polycom CMA System Operations Guide 
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— If you select Call Details, you’ll see these participant details:
Gatekeeper The gatekeeper with which the endpoint is registered.
GDS The Global Directory Service for the endpoint. Usually 
the Polycom Global Address Book.
Presence Whether or not the endpoint is registered with a 
Presence service, so that its availability can be 
reported.
Device Managed Whether or not the endpoint is registered with a 
Provisioning service, so that it can be configured 
automatically.
ISDN Line Status The status of the ISDN line. Possible values include:
• Operational 
• Non-operations 
This field is blank for the following endpoint types: 
PVX, MGC, RMX, GW/MCU, Other, and TANDBERG.
Alias Type If the endpoint has an alias designation, the type of 
alias. Possible types include E.164, H.323 ID, URL, 
Transport Address, E-mail, Party Number, and 
Unknown.
Alias Value Value for the alias type shown.
Setting Description
Setting Description
Video Protocol The video connection protocol, both transmission (Tx) 
and reception (Rx), the endpoint is using. Possible 
values include:
• H.261
H.261 is an ITU standard designed for two-way 
communication over ISDN lines and supports 
data rates which are multiples of 64Kbit/s. H.261 
supports CIF and QCIF resolutions. 
• H.263
H.263 is based on H.261 with enhancements that 
improve video quality over modems. It supports 
CIF, QCIF, SQCIF, 4CIF and 16CIF resolutions.
• H.264
Video Format The video format, both transmission (Tx) and 
reception (Rx), the endpoint is using.
Video Rate The video bandwidth negotiated with the far site.
Video Rate Used The actual video bandwidth used in the call to the far 
site.










