With SGImeeting, you can participate in conferences with anyone, anywhere on the Internet or your corporate intranet. This section describes the basic steps to get you started.
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call other people? |
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accept incoming calls? |
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leave a conference? |
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switch views in the main window? |
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start application sharing? |
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start the whiteboard? |
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start chat? |
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send files? |
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configure SGImeeting options? |
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To call another user, click the Call button on the SGImeeting toolbar, or choose the Place Call... command on the Call menu. |
When the Start Call dialog appears, enter the other person's address and click OK. The other person's address can be specified in three ways:
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as the numeric IP address of their computer - for example, 123.456.78.90 |
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as the symbolic name of their computer - for example mycomputer.sgi.com (note that this requires your system to have DNS: see your system administrator for more information on configuring DNS) |
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by specifying a directory server and the other person's email address separated by a "/" character - for example: ils.microsoft.com/bob@acme.com |
You can also call people from:
Note: If the other person does not respond, the most likely reason is that they are not currently running their conferencing program.
If you want to keep the called address for future use, make sure that the "Add to address book" checkbox is selected before clicking OK. Then, in the future, the address will appear as an entry in the address book for faster access. The 10 most recently added addresses are also listed on the Call menu for convenience.
You can also create a local conference, that others can then join, by choosing the Host Conference command on the Call menu.
When someone attempts to call you, a message prompts you to accept or reject the call (unless you have configured SGImeeting to automatically accept incoming calls as described in Configuring SGImeeting Options).
You can block off all incoming calls by selecting the "Do Not Disturb" option on the Call menu.
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To leave the conference, click on the Hang Up button on the SGImeeting toolbar, or choose the Hang Up... command on the Call menu. |
Note that when you leave a conference, any people you called into the conference, and any people who joined the conference by calling you, will be disconnected.
The main window has four different views, which can be selected by clicking one of the view buttons on the left or by choosing one of the commands on the View menu. The views are:
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directory |
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address book |
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history |
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current call |
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The Directory view shows the list of users at the currently logged-on directory server. See the section on directories for further details. |
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The Address Book view shows a list of people who you have called with the "add to address book" option selected (see calling other people). To call someone in the address book, double-click on the entry or select the address and click the Call button. |
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The Current Call view shows the status of the conference, listing the names of the participants, their application sharing status, and whether they are running whiteboard and chat. When a conference starts, SGImeeting automatically selects this view. |
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The History view shows a log of incoming calls. For each call, you can see when it was received, who it was from (for calls via a directory server), and whether you accepted or rejected it. To return a call, double-click on the entry or select the entry and click the Call button. |
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To start sharing an application, click the Share button, then click inside the window of the application that you want to share. The application appears on the other participants' desktops. |
See also: Application Sharing
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To start the whiteboard, click the Whiteboard button on the SGImeeting toolbar, or choose the Whiteboard command on the Tools menu. |
The whiteboard window appears and is automatically started on the other conference participants' systems. (Equally, if somebody else in the conference starts whiteboard, it will start automatically on your system.) You can then freely exchange ideas in the form of text and graphical images.
See also: SGImeeting Whiteboard
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To start chat, click the Chat button on the SGImeeting toolbar, or choose the Chat command on the Tools menu. The chat window appears. You can then exchange text messages with other conference participants running chat. |
See also: SGImeeting Chat
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To send a file to everyone in the conference, click the Send File button on the toolbar, or select Send File from the Tools menu. Select a file from the file dialog, and click OK. |
See also: File Transfer
SGImeeting has a number of options that can be configured. To access them, choose Options from the Tools menu. Changes are saved on a per-user basis, and will take effect the next time you start SGImeeting.
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Desktop scrolling enabled | With this option on, you will be able to scroll to see shared windows that are larger than your computer's desktop. |
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Automatically join existing calls | With this option on, you will not be prompted to confirm a call to a user who is already in an existing conference. |
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Automatically accept incoming calls | With this option on, you will not be prompted to accept or reject incoming calls. Instead, all incoming calls are automatically accepted. |
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Use Approximate Font Matching | With this option on, non-identical fonts may be matched for application sharing. This means that text output in shared applications may not be the same on all systems in the conference. However, because the full font information does not have to be transmitted, application sharing may be faster with this option on. Therefore, Approximate Font Matching is recommended if you are using a slow network connection (for example, a modem or the Internet). |
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Store Received Files in: | This option specifies where received files should be stored. See the separate section on File Transfer for more information. |
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Load Whiteboard in: | This option specifies whether the whiteboard opens in T.126 or Proprietary mode. (Proprietary mode is the mode compatible with the NetMeeting whiteboard format.) See also Making the Whiteboard Compatible With Other Whiteboards. |
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