Example Speed Dial Menu

For most NRAO internal video conferences, the quickest way to connect is to dial the site(s) via the Speed Dial Menu (see above) as follows:

Pick up the remote control for the Polycom ViewStation system, then:

1. If the Speed Dial Menu is already displayed, go to step 5, else
2. Press on the remote control until the Polycom Top Menu appears on the TV monitor
3. Highlight the Address Book icon with the button
4. SELECT with the button
5. The Speed Dial Menu (example above) should be displayed
6. Choose which site to dial by number (1 through 6) or with ARROW buttons, e.g.
   • CV-conf, GB-conf, SO-conf, TU-conf
     for point-to-point call
   • NRAO-hub for multi-site call
7. SELECT with the button

1. Highlight the Address Book icon below the Speed Dial Menu
2. Press SELECT
3. The Address Book Menu (shown below) should appear.
4. Step through this menu until you find the site or site combination that you need,
5. Press SELECT on the remote.

Example Address Book Menu

Note that only the first seven entries in the Address Book are shown in the initial display; more will appear as you move down the list with the button.

Address Book entries can also be accessed by pushing the letter on the remote control numeric dial pad that corresponds to the first letter of an address you wish to dial, e.g. "N" for NRAO-hub, "S" for SO-conf, etc.

If the connection that you need is not in the Address Book, you can dial it manually (or enter it into your site's Address Book and then dial it, but this is not particularly easy to do, so you should ask your site's video technical contact to do it for you).

To dial a number manually, first press on the ViewStation remote control until you reach the Polycom Top Menu (see below) on the TV monitor, then:

Polycom Top Menu

1. Use the ARROW keys on the ViewStation remote control to highlight the Video Call icon (top center of this menu),
2. Press SELECT to obtain the Video Call screen
3. Use the numeric keypad to enter the numbers that you want to dial
4. If in Charlottesville, check that the type of call is set to IP; if it is set to ISDN, move the highlight to this field with the ARROW keys and set it to IP
5. Check that the speed is set to 512 (kbps); if it is not, use the ARROW keys to highlight this field, then set it to 512
6. Place the call using the CALL·HANG-UP button.

Standard NRAO Address Book entries

GB-conf  146.88.144.8
CV-conf  146.88.160.8
TU-conf  206.197.219.251
SO-conf  146.88.16.8
NRAO-hub 621234ip