Video Conferencing Documentation

Summaries

• Quick-Start Guide [HTML] [PDF]
• Remote Control Basics [Postscript]
• Video Conferencing Summary

Video Conference Rooms

• Calendar
• Reservations  accessible only from NRAO Intranet
  [Reservation Request Form]
• Charlottesville Auditorium Camera Presets
• Charlottesville Conference Room Camera Presets
• Green Bank Main Conference Room Camera Presets
• Socorro Auditorium Camera Presets
• Socorro Upper Conference Room Camera Presets

Manuals

• NRAO Video Conferencing Manual
  by A. H. Bridle
  [HTML] [PDF]
• Polycom ViewStation 128/512/MP Users Guide [PDF only, 7 Mb]
• Polycom ViewStation FX Users Guide [PDF only, 2.8 Mb]

Usage Statistics

• Video Link Traffic
• WAN Link Traffic

Position Papers and Reviews

• ViaVideo Introduction
  A look at personal desktop videoconferencing for the NRAO
  September 2004
   narrated presentation accessible only from NRAO Intranet
• Working together across the continent with video conferencing
  by Gene Runion, Alan Bridle and Gareth Hunt
  SPIE Conference on Advanced Global Communications Technologies for Astronomy
  23 August 2002
  [Publication - PDF] [Talk - PPT (IE required)] [Talk - PDF]
• Roles for video conferencing at the NRAO
  by A. H. Bridle, prepared for NRAO Communications Task Force
  September 2001
  [HTML] [PDF]

Industry

• Polycom
• RadVision
• Video Conferencing Cookbook from ViDeNet Video Development Initiative
• H.323 Standard Primer [PDF only]

This page last updated: Friday, 13-Jun-2008 09:35:18 EDT