Video Conferencing @ STScI November 4 2004 Calvin Tullos

Where? BoardRoom 112 S322

What Do You Need? ISDN # or IP address Conference room telephone # Schedule conference room Conduct test (days before) Polycom compatible

Capabilities Point to point Multipoint (up to 3 others) Project laptop materials Used w/ MCU for greater number of connections and greater bandwidth NetMeeting for desktop solution

Turn the plasma screen on How Does This Work? Turn the plasma screen on

Turn the Polycom unit on

Set screen size/ratio to Full

Yellow icons indicate communication lines (ISDN) aren’t initiated and connected yet.

Green icons indicate communication lines are operational (ISDN/IP)

Shazzam!! You are up and running!

To make a call, using the remote, press the green button

Type in a ISDN # or IP address

Press the green button again…. Shazzamm!! You are making a call!!!

To make a Multipoint call, press the green button, multipoint button.

Type in ISDN numbers and/or IP addresses, select IP or ISDN, and hit the green button.

Polycom tries to make the connections

Example of a 4-way call.

Connect your laptop to the system Another Capability Connect your laptop to the system

System toggles between camera view and laptop.

Support, training, help, & online instructions. The help desk is aware of video conferencing and forwards calls to tullos Online help: http://www.stsci.edu/institute/center/information/VideoConferencing