Starting/joining a meeting from Zoom Room

There are several ways to join or start a meeting from a Zoom Room. If your Zoom Room is integrated with a calendar service, you start from the scheduled meeting list. You can also join by calling out or entering a meeting ID.

Note: This article applies to rooms with iOS or Android room controllers. 

This article covers:

• How to start a scheduled meeting as the host
• How to start an instant meeting
• How to join a meeting using the meeting ID
• How to join a meeting using meeting history
• Other methods to start or join a meeting

Prerequisites for starting or joining a meeting from a Zoom Room

• Zoom Rooms version 5.9.0 and higher
• Zoom Rooms controller version 5.9.0 and higher

How to start a scheduled meeting as the host

1. Tap Home on the Zoom Room controller.
2. Tap the topic of your scheduled meeting.
   Note: To display meetings from a calendar service, you must integrate the Zoom Room with Google Calendar, Office 365, Exchange 2016/13, Exchange 2010 or Exchange 2007.
3. Tap Start.

How to start an instant meeting

1. Tap Contacts in the left panel.
2. Tap a contact you want to meet with.  
3. Tap Meet to start an instant meeting.

How to join a meeting using the meeting ID

1. Tap Home in the left panel.
2. Tap Join and enter the meeting ID using the number pad.
3. Tap Join.

Note: If multiple Zoom Rooms join a meeting, the first one to join becomes the meeting host. If you're supposed to be the host, you can claim host by using the host key.

How to join a meeting using meeting history

1. Tap Home in the left panel.
2. Tap Join then tap the icon to display recently-joined meetings.
3. Tap the meeting topic to join.

Note: The meeting history list only displays meetings that were joined by entering the meeting ID.

Other methods to start or join a meeting

• Using telephony call out
• Using H.323/SIP call out
• Joining a third party meeting