Table Of Contents

Configuring Cisco Unified Videoconferencing Connector Preferences

Setting Cisco Unified Videoconferencing Connector Connectivity

Configuring a Meeting Room

Configuring a Permanent Meeting Room

Configuring a Meeting Room Without a Room Number

Choosing How Sametime Will Display Meetings

Configuring Cisco Unified Videoconferencing Connector Preferences

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Revised: March 2, 2009

The Cisco Unified Videoconferencing Connector plug-in works with Cisco Unified Videoconferencing Desktop Server and IBM Lotus Sametime. You must configure Cisco Unified Videoconferencing Connector settings to be able to invite new participants into a Cisco Unified Videoconferencing Connector meeting. However, you do not need to configure these settings for accepting meeting invitations that you receive or for joining meetings created by other users.

After you or your system administrator install 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 settings.

•Setting Cisco Unified Videoconferencing Connector Connectivity

•Configuring a Meeting Room

•Choosing How Sametime Will Display Meetings

Setting Cisco Unified Videoconferencing Connector Connectivity

Procedure

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Step 1 Select File > Preferences in the Sametime Connect user interface.

Step 2 Click the Video Meeting link in the left panel.

Step 3 Enter the Desktop address in the Server field.

This server will host Cisco Unified Videoconferencing Connector meetings initiated by you.

Step 4 Click Use a Secure Connection (https) if Desktop is configured with HTTPS for secure conferencing.

Step 5 Click Test Server to send a message to Desktop to verify that the server is running and that your settings are correct.

Step 6 (Optional) If IBM Lotus Sametime Connect is configured to work with a proxy server and you want to change its configuration, perform the following:

a. Click the Proxy Settings link.

b. Either click Use the Sametime default community proxy settings

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Click Use custom proxy settings and enter proxy host, port, secure connection and authentication information.

c. Click OK to return to the Video Meeting screen.

Step 7 Click OK to save your preferences.

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Related Topics

•Configuring a Permanent Meeting Room

•Configuring a Meeting Room Without a Room Number

Configuring a Meeting Room

Cisco Unified Videoconferencing Desktop Server uses the meeting room you configure for a Cisco Unified Videoconferencing Connector meeting you create. When you leave the meeting, it still continues to run in your meeting room until all meeting participants leave this meeting.

•Configuring a Permanent Meeting Room

•Configuring a Meeting Room Without a Room Number

Configuring a Permanent Meeting Room

You configure a permanent meeting room by configuring Cisco Unified Videoconferencing Connector to always use the same virtual room number. The room number is the service prefix used for the meeting followed by the meeting ID used by Cisco Unified Videoconferencing Connector.

Before You Begin

•Acquire a service prefix from your system administrator.

•Contact your system administrator for information about the server with which your Cisco Unified Videoconferencing Desktop Server is configured to work.

Procedure

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Step 1 Select File > Preferences in the Sametime Connect user interface.

Step 2 Click the Video Meeting link in the left panel.

Step 3 Select Use your virtual room number.

Step 4 Enter the meeting room you are using for this meeting in the Room Number field.

Step 5 (Optional) If the room is PIN-protected, enter the PIN for the meeting in the Meeting PIN field.

Step 6 If the Desktop 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 4 matches the virtual room number configured via Cisco Unified Videoconferencing Manager.

c. Click OK.

Step 7 Click OK to save your preferences.

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Configuring a Meeting Room Without a Room Number

When you configure a meeting room without a room number, Cisco Unified Videoconferencing Connector prompts you to enter the meeting ID which you want to use for your meetings. Each time the Cisco Unified Videoconferencing Connector starts, the Meeting ID dialog box opens prompting you to configure the meeting room number.

Procedure

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Step 1 Select File > Preferences in the Sametime Connect user interface.

Step 2 Click the Video Meeting link in the left panel.

Step 3 Click Always prompt for a meeting ID.

Step 4 Click OK to save your preferences.

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Choosing How Sametime Will Display Meetings

You can define whether to display the meeting interface within the Sametime client or to allow the meeting interface to open in a separate window. Using the separate window mode, you use your Desktop for room system application sharing and chat.

Procedure

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Step 1 Select File > Preferences in the Sametime Connect user interface.

Step 2 Click the Video Meeting link in the left panel.

Step 3 Click Embed the video meeting in Sametime client to use the embedded Cisco Unified Videoconferencing Connector within the Sametime user interface

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Click Launch the video meeting in separate window to launch Desktop in a separate window.

Step 4 Click OK to save your preferences.

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