= Vidyo Conferencing = 

== Before you start: Vidyo configurations == 

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 ==

- 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 click on "Join Room".
 - create a chat: 
   - 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 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 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 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.


== Useful Options ==

- list names of all participants on the Vidyo Screen: click on wheel - options - show participant names - apply - save