Video Conferencing @ STScI November 4 2004 Calvin Tullos

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

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.

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