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Adobe Connect Setup

Overview

These are instructions for setting up Adobe Connect to use for AV broadcast of a speaker to a secondary room. Specific definitions…

  • LWSN 1142: Main room where speaker is located
  • LWSN 3102: Secondary room with AV projection

This setup uses three computers:

  • LWSN 1142 workstation: Main login happens here. Becomes meeting “Host”.
  • LWSN 1142 laptop in back of room: Video camera and wireless mic plug into laptop. Laptop joins meeting as “Guest” with speaker's name.
  • LWSN 3102 workstation: AV from this computer is projected to the secondary audience present. Join meeting as “Guest” with “LWSN 3102” as name.

Step-by-Step Instructions

  1. Schedule the meeting by logging in to http://gomeet.itap.purdue.edu. Specific parameters to set: (1) Access: “Anyone who has the URL can enter the meeting room.” and (2) “Do not include audio conferencing.”
  2. Make a note of the MEETING_NUMBER for configuring the laptop and secondary room connections.
  3. Login to main workstation in LWSN 1142.
  4. Launch IE and visit URL http://gomeet.itap.purdue.edu/r<MEETING_NUMBER>. Login with same account used to schedule the meeting. Adobe Connect Pro application should launch.
  5. Select Share/Documents/Select from my computer… and find and upload speaker's PowerPoint presentation file.
  6. Configure Sony HDR-1 video camera for DV output and 4×3 format. Plug 4-pin firewire cable into laptop.
  7. Plug microphone receiver into line in on laptop. (We cannot use audio from the camera, it is broken under Windows.) (Alternative use of speaker's transmitter is to send mixer output from room audio system, which would include speaker's microphone, audience microphones, PC speaker, etc.)
  8. Login to laptop in rear of LWSN 1142 (use Connect account).
  9. Configure audio on laptop: Meeting/Manage My Settings/Audio Setup Wizard… Select Line In device.
  10. Configure video on laptop: Meeting/Manage My Settings/Select Camera…
  11. Launch IE and visit URL http://gomeet.itap.purdue.edu/r<MEETING_NUMBER>. Login as Guest, using speaker's name. Adobe Connect Pro application should launch.
  12. From main workstation: Promote Guest to Presenter by selecting name on Attendee List pod and using button in lower left corner of pod.
  13. From laptop: Select Start camera (in lower left corner of video pod). Check that audio is also transmitting.
  14. Login to workstation in 3102 (use Presentation account).
  15. Launch IE and visit URL http://gomeet.itap.purdue.edu/r<MEETING_NUMBER>. Login as Guest, using name “LWSN 3102”. Adobe Connect Pro application should launch.
  16. Maximize Adobe Connect Pro application. Close unneed pods. Adjust volume.
adobe_connect_setup.1241124015.txt.gz · Last modified: 2009/04/30 13:40 by jtkorb