PVX^TM brings conference room quality video communications to your desktop or laptop; in or out of the office.

PVX is an advanced conferencing software application that delivers Polycom's premium quality audio, video, and content sharing to your PC and standard USB camera. PVX supports most standard web cams, eliminating the need for a separate video camera. When used in conjunction with a laptop and portable USB camera, PVX provides the ultimate in portability.

PVX brings unprecedented video conferencing technology to your desktop PC with the first software application ever offered by the industry leader. Using the industry s highest quality audio/video algorithms, PVX is the only PC application to offer both secure communications and People+Content^TM.

Product Features

Broad Deployment Opportunities
• Enterprise offices and cubicles using PC's
• Home offices and remote office extensions of the enterprise
• Remote site applications for health, education and government
• Mobile applications for high-touch consultants or sales professionals

Unmatched Audio Performance
• Crisp, clear audio reduces fatigue
• Siren^TM 14 enables near-CD audio
• Receive and send 14kHz fidelity ... with 14kHz capable headset or mic
• True full-duplex with AGC and ANS
• Supports G.722.1 for wideband audio quality in lower data rate calls

Incredible Video Quality
• Sharp, natural images enhance interaction
• Standard based H.264 video ... Maximizes video quality for low bandwidth calls yet supported to 768kbps send and receive
• Full screen video in true 30fps
• Supports calls up to 2 Mbps

Reliable IP Performance
• Ensures high quality - even in tough IP environments
• Video and Audio Error Concealment ... standard based; independent of far end
• Also supports DiffServ and IP Precedence

USB Camera & PC Simplicity
• Works with most USB cameras ... perfect fit with modern, powerful PC's
• Also supports all ViaVideo cameras ... Ideal for older PC's that need processing assistance provided by ViaVideo

Portable
• Enables premium conferencing wherever you have IP connectivity
• Application runs on your PC or laptop ... no need to carry additional equipment or power supplies
• Supports view-only mode ... Remain in full contact, with no camera, receiving far side audio, video and content

Powerful Collaboration
• Supports People+Content ... simultaneous video and high-res graphics
• Send and receive XGA content

Customizable Graphical User Interface
• Modify the graphical user interface to meet your specific needs
• Multiple monitor support adds desktop flexibility ... ideal when using split-screen option for near side, far side and content
• Full-Screen viewing mode
• Intelligent call directory ... simplifies dialing with end user search options
• Alternate location profiles ... configure and store network settings for conferencing from the office, home or travel location
• Supports 11 languages and much, much more

Trusted Security
• Enabled with embedded AES encryption ... standard based, supporting H.235 v3
• Validated externally by NIST approved labs for FIPS compliance

PVX Software $149

PVX Software $149

PVX Software Specifications

ITU-T H.323 standards compliant

Audio
14kHz with Polycom Siren 14
7kHz with G.722, G.722.1
3.4kHz with G.711, G.728, G.729A
Full Duplex Audio
Echo Cancellation
Automatic Gain Control (AGC)
Automatic Noise Suppression (ANS)

Voice over IP (VoIP)
Supports voice-only calls to and from VoIP endpoints

Video:
H.261, H.263, H.263+, H.264
Multiple Monitor Support must be supported by
PC video card
Picture-In-Picture (PIP)
Video Only mode with Toolbar operation
Brightness control automatic or manual adjustment
to near side video image

People Video Resolution
CIF (352 x 288 pixels)
SIF (352 x 240 pixels)
QCIF (176 x 144 pixels)
QVGA (160 x 120 pixels) Native Web camera resolution
H.261 Annex D images

Content Video Resolution
Show PC desktop as Content:
- Capture Native resolution of computer desktop
- Transmit and Receive XGA (1024 x 768)
4CIF (704 x 576 pixels)
CIF (352 x 288 pixels)

People+Content Features
Dual Images
(view people and high resolution content simultaneously)
Dynamic bandwidth allocation
Dynamic system resource allocation

Data
T.120, Integrated Microsoft®NetMeeting®
-  Application sharing
-  Whiteboard
-  File transfer
-  Chat
H.323 Annex Q far-end camera control
Polycom WebOffice Conferencing Portal Integration
- Initiate point-to-point calls
-  Initiate multipoint calls
-  Presence detection
-  Click and Meet dialing

Security
H.235 v3 AES encryption
Admin lock down of configuration pages

Camera Supported
ViaVideo I
ViaVideo II
Logitech® QuickCam® Pro 4000
Logitech QuickCam for Notebooks Pro
Logitech QuickCam Orbit

ViaVideo I and ViaVideo II improve PVX performance on older PCs because of their internal digital video communications processor (codec).

Network Interface
IP LAN
Cable modem
DSL

Directory Services
Supports Polycom Global Address Book
Support for Active Directory
-  Internet Locator Service (ILS)
-  LDAP through Polycom Global Address Book
Supports Local Address Book
-  Speed Dial List
-  Most Recently Called List

Dialing Capabilities
DNS alias
E.164 extension
IP address
H.323 external gatekeeper, gateway and MCU support
Cisco CanMapAlias

Call Transfer
Transfer to another H.323 endpoint
Transfer to another voice/video endpoint using
Empty Capability Set

Call Forwarding*
Forward on busy
Forward on no answer
Unconditional Forward

Conference-on-Demand**
Create unscheduled multipoint calls with
Polycom PathNavigator and MGC^TM bridge

Quality of Service (QoS) and experience - iPriority^TM
Video error concealment for smooth video in
high packet loss networks
IDifferentiate Services (DiffServ) (CoS)
Network Address Translation (NAT) support
Automatic NAT IP address discovery
Dynamic bandwidth allocation (800x600)
Automatic gatekeeper discovery
Configurable fixed port ranges
Lip synchronization
Packet reordering and dejittering

System Management:
Support for Polycom Global Management System
Integrated Web server for remote management, dialing,
diagnostics and passwords
Remote software update with user-definable URL
Call detail records through Global Management System

Language support:
Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), English, French, German,
Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish

Warranty:
90-days

* Call forwarding requires Polycom PathNavigator 5.0

** Conference-on-Demand requires PathNavigator 5.0
and Polycom MGC^TM MCU