Changes between Version 2 and Version 3 of VidyoConferencing

Timestamp:

15/02/2012 14:03:07 (12 years ago)

Author:

/O=GRID-FR/C=FR/O=CNRS/OU=LPSC/CN=Catherine Biscarat

Comment:

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VidyoConferencing

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 == Before you start: Vidyo configurations == 
 
-This should be done before you connect to Vidyo.
-- enter the Vidyodesktop (to do so: use the third button of the mouse on the logo of the Voidyo application);
-- hit "Configurations"
-- hit the "Network" menu:
-  - in the window "VidyoProxy", select "Always use Vidyo Proxy" and VidyoProxyAsdress: "Automatic"
-  - check that "Home server" is already set with "vidyoportal.cern.ch";
-  - hit "Apply" and "Save" (not mandatory for Windows).
-- hit the "Devices" menu:
-  - select the option "Echo Cancellation";
-  - hit "Apply" and "Save" (not mandatory for Windows).
-  - Please note: the parameter is also accessible while running a meeting by hiting the Wheel Symbol at the right of the upper menu.
+This should be done before you connect to Vidyo for the first time.
+- start the Vidyo application
+- enter the Vidyodesktop (to do so: use the third button of the mouse on the logo of the Vidyo application);
+- click on "Configurations"
+- click on the "Network" menu:
+  - in the window "VidyoProxy", select '''"Always use Vidyo Proxy"''' and "VidyoProxy Adress: Automatic"
+  - make sute that "Home server" is set to "vidyoportal.cern.ch;
+  - click on "Apply" and "Save" (not mandatory for Windows).
+- click on the "Devices" menu:
+  - select the option '''"Echo Cancellation"''';
+  - click on "Apply" and "Save" (not mandatory for Windows).
+  - Please note: this parameter is also accessible while running a meeting by clicking on the Wheel Symbol at the right of the upper menu.
 
 
 == How to connect ==
 
-- with a web browser, go to the CERN portal: [https://vidyoportal.cern.ch/]
-- connect with your CERN username and password (or any special username/password, f.e. for a given conference or a school)
+- open your web browser and direct it to the CERN portal: [https://vidyoportal.cern.ch/]
+- connect with your CERN username and password (or any special username/password, e.g. for a given conference or a school)
 - you should then either:
  - join a given conference room:
-   - simply enter the room name in the given field, and hit "Join Room".
+   - simply enter the room name in the given field, and click on "Join Room".
  - create a chat: 
-   - join your own room (a seconf window appear);
-   - in the origial web page, select "Control mMeeting" (at the upper right side);
-   - click on the "Add Participant" logo (a green body with a white "+" sign);
-   - and then simply add the name of the personn you want to be connected (Catherine Biscarat for example).
+   - join your own room (a second window appears);
+   - in the original web page, select "Control Meeting" (at the upper right side);
+   - click on the "Add Participant" logo (a green icon representing a person with a white "+" sign on top);
+   - and then simply add the name of the person you want to invite to your room ("Catherine Biscarat" for example).
 
 
-== How to connect via the H323 device (videoconference) ==
+== How to add an H323 device (e.g. polycom in the LPSC meeting rooms) ==
 
 - connect to a meeting with your PC as usual;
-- then select the "control meeting" menu and hit the "add a participant" logo (a green body with a white "+" sign on top);
-- enter the IP adress (with a 21 ahead of the IP) or the room name (only possible if the room is already registred in the CERN system); at the LPSC it means:
+- then select the "control meeting" menu and click on the "add a participant" logo (a green icon representing a person with a white "+" sign on top);
+- enter the IP address (with a 21 in front of the IP) or the room name (only possible if the room is already registred in the CERN system); at the LPSC this means:
    - '''petite salle du conseil''': 21134.158.40.50
    - ''' salle 300 A''': 21134.158.40.52 or ROOM_IN2P3_GRENOBLE;
-- in order to use the camera of the videoconference system, simply switch off the camera of the PC (camera logo in the upper menu of the Vidyo window).
+- in order to use the camera of the videoconferencing system, simply switch off the camera of your PC (camera logo in the upper menu of the Vidyo window).
 - when your meeting is over, remember to disconnect the videoconference system.
 
 
-== Usefull Options == 
+== Useful Options ==
 
-- '''participant names''': wheel - options - show participant names - apply - save
+- list names of all participants on the Vidyo Screen: click on wheel - options - show participant names - apply - save