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Configuring Cisco Unified Videoconferencing Connector Preferences

About Cisco Unified Videoconferencing Connector

Setting Cisco Unified Videoconferencing Connector Connectivity

Configuring a Meeting Room

Embedding or Floating the Meeting Display

Configuring Cisco Unified Videoconferencing Connector Preferences

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•Setting Cisco Unified Videoconferencing Connector Connectivity

•Configuring a Meeting Room

•Embedding or Floating the Meeting Display

About Cisco Unified Videoconferencing Connector

After your system administrator installs the Cisco Unified Videoconferencing Connector plug-in, the Cisco Unified Videoconferencing Connector Preferences page appears in the Sametime user interface. You use the Preferences page to configure Cisco Unified Videoconferencing Connector.

The settings that you define in the Preferences page enable Cisco Unified Videoconferencing Connector to invite new participants into a meeting. The settings are not used for accepting meeting invitations that you receive or for joining meetings created by other users.

Setting Cisco Unified Videoconferencing Connector Connectivity

This section describes how to configure connectivity between Sametime and Cisco Unified Videoconferencing Connector.

Procedure

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Step 1 In the Sametime Connect client user interface, choose File > Preferences, and click the Video Meeting link in the left panel.

Step 2 Type the Desktop Server address in the Server field.

Step 3 Check Use a Secure Connection (https) if Desktop Server is configured with HTTPS for secure conferencing.

Step 4 Click Test Server to send a message to Desktop Server to verify that the server is running and that your settings are correct.

Step 5 (Optional) If IBM Lotus Notes Sametime is configured to work with a proxy, click Proxy Settings to instruct Cisco Unified Videoconferencing Connector to use the settings configured for the Sametime community, or to specify your own proxy settings.

Step 6 Either select Use The Sametime Default Community Proxy Settings

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Select Use Custom Proxy Settings and enter proxy host, port, secure connection and authentication information, then click OK to return to the Video Meeting screen.

Step 7 Enter the meeting room you are using for this meeting in the Room Number field.

Step 8 (Optional) If the room is PIN-protected, enter the the PIN for the meeting in the Room PIN field.

Step 9 Either select Embed the Video Meeting in Sametime Client to display the Cisco Unified Videoconferencing Connector interface inside the Sametime client

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Select Launch the Video Meeting in Separate Window to allow the Cisco Unified Videoconferencing Connector interface to float as a separate window.

Step 10 Click OK to save your preferences.

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Related Topics

•Configuring a Meeting Room.

Configuring a Meeting Room

You can configure meeting information for Cisco Unified Videoconferencing Connector to use. You can choose to always use the same virtual room number, or to have Cisco Unified Videoconferencing Connector prompt you to enter the meeting ID which you want to use for your Cisco Unified Videoconferencing meetings. If you use the latter option, the Meeting ID dialog box is displayed when the Cisco Unified Videoconferencing Connector is launched.

Before You Begin

Acquire a service prefix from your system administrator.

Procedure

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Step 1 In the Sametime Connect client user interface, choose File > Preferences, and click the Video Meeting link in the left panel.

Step 2 To configure Cisco Unified Videoconferencing Connector to always connect to your virtual room:

a. Click Use Your Virtual Room Number.

b. Enter the meeting room you are using for this meeting in the Room Number field.

The room number is the service prefix used for the meeting followed by the meeting ID used by Cisco Unified Videoconferencing Connector.

c. (Optional) If the room is PIN-protected, enter the PIN for the meeting in the Meeting PIN field.

Step 3 To cause Cisco Unified Videoconferencing Connector to ask for a meeting ID, click Always Prompt For a Meeting ID.

Step 4 If the Desktop Server is configured to work with Cisco Unified Videoconferencing Manager, perform the following:

a. Click Configure Virtual Room.

The virtual room page of the Cisco Unified Videoconferencing Manager Administrator web interface is displayed.

b. Verify that the meeting room number you configured in Step 2b. matches the virtual room number configured via Cisco Unified Videoconferencing Manager.

c. Click OK.

Step 5 Click OK to save your preferences.

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Embedding or Floating the Meeting Display

This section describes how you define whether to display the meeting interface within the Sametime client or to allow the meeting interface to float as a separate window.

Procedure

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Step 1 In the Sametime Connect client user interface, choose File > Preferences, and click the Video Meeting link in the left panel.

Step 2 Choose Embed the Video Meeting in Sametime Client to use the embedded Cisco Unified Videoconferencing Connector within the Sametime client user interface

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Choose Launch the Video Meeting in Separate Window to launch Desktop Server in a separate window.

Step 3 Click OK to save your preferences.

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