What's New In Ce8.1 - Cisco TelePresence SX20 Codec Reference Manual

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Introduction Introduction

What's new in CE8.1

This section provides an overview of the new and
changed system settings, and the new features and
improvements in the Cisco Collaboration Endpoint
software version 8.1 (CE8.1) compared to CE8.0.
The list of new commands includes all changes from
CE8.0 to CE8.1.
As CE software is based on TC7, the structure and main
functionality remains the same as in TC software.
For more details, we recommend reading the Software
release notes:
 http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/
collaboration-endpoints/telepresence-quick-set-series/
products-release-notes-list.html
It is important to consider the upgrade require-
ments of CE8 before upgrading;
otherwise upgrading to CE8 can leave you with a
non-functioning deployment that requires you to
downgrade.
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New features and improvements
In-Room Control
With the In-Room Control feature you can customize the
Touch 10 user interface to allow control of peripherals in
your meeting room, for example lights and blinds. You get
a consistent user experience when the video system and
other peripherals in the room are controlled from the same
device.
You can create the user interface extensions for Touch
10 with the In-Room Control Editor. This is an easy to
use drag-and-drop editor that you launch from the video
system's web interface. You can also work offline with a
stand-alone version of the editor. The editor is available
free of charge; no option key is required.
A third-party control system with hardware drivers for the
peripherals, for example Crestron, AMX, Apple HomeKit, or
Android is required to control the peripherals. The control
system connects to the video system's API, listens for
events and executes the programmed actions.
For more information about setting up the In-Room control
feature, refer to the user guide:
go/in-room-control-docs
User interface update
A new visual design for the Touch 10 and on-screen
display user interfaces is introduced.
Overscan adjustment from then on-screen display
You can now adjust overscan settings from the on-screen
display in addition to the web and command line interfaces.
On systems used with a TRC6 remote control, you can
adjust the screens overscan values in the setup wizard, or
from the settings menu by selecting "Screen Adjustment".
This way you can adjust the image to fit the screen in
scenarios where parts of the image are not visible. Most
screens have built-in settings to adjust the image and
these should be attempted first.
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Change in audio only avatar behavior
Full screen avatar for audio only participants has been
removed. The audio only participants continue to be visible
in the filmstrip during a call.
Intelligent Proximity updates
Sharing a presentation with Cisco Intelligent Proximity
desktop application renders the laptop's mouse pointer on
screen. This feature requires the latest version of Cisco
Intelligent Proximity for Desktop together with CE8.1.
When using a video system with the TRC6 remote control,
users can temporarily enable and disable the Intelligent
Proximity services. This was previously only available on
the Touch 10.
Direct content sharing
You can configure a video system to automatically share a
presentation with the far-end participants when connecting
a presentation source during a call. In previous software
http://www.cisco.com/
versions sharing a presentation with the far-end always
required you to manually select "Share" with the remote
control or the Touch controller.
If a presentation source is already connected when a call
starts, you must manually select "Share" to share the
presentation with the far-end.
For further details, refer to xConfiguration Video Input
Connector [n] PresentationSelection.
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