Vidyo Conferencing

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)
• you should then either:
  • join a given conference room:
    • simply enter the room name in the given field, and hit "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).

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.

How to connect via the H323 device (videoconference)

• "control meeting" add participant (icone verte 1 personne avec un "plus" dessus)
• mettre notre adresse IP (21134.158.40.50) ou bien la salle en lettre si elle est deja enregistree dans le systeme
• couper la camera du PC (icone sur l'ecran de vidyo)

attention : penser à deconnecter le H323 à la fin de notre session vidyo.

Usefull Options

• participant names: wheel - options - show participant names - apply - save
• stickies: there is not chat coming with Vidyo, however once can show some stickies to the participants. To do so: hit the third buton from the left in the upper menu (some kind of PC logo), this will open a text area.

pour montrer des sticky: 3me bouton du menu en partant de la gauche

(1 forme d'ordinateur), ca permet d'ouvrir des blocs notes qui seront vus à travers Vidyo