Powerpoint Slides on the ViewStation
The ViewStation has a built-in web server that lets
you present still slides (but not animations)
from a MicroSoft Powerpoint presentation on the video monitors
using a browser-based interface between the ViewStation and a PC.
The dialog between the
PC and the ViewStation is managed by pcPresents, a software package
that stores thumbnails of your slides in the ViewStation's
flash memory so that the presentation can be controlled from the Polycom remote.
Several different presentations
be loaded and named for use during a meeting. The PC must remain
connects to the ViewStation via a web browser during the meeting.
Slides presented in this way will be seen at the video resolution (small
fonts hard to read) but with good color matching to what you
saw on your PC's monitor when composing the presentation).
- Write the Powerpoint presentation to a hard disk that is
accessible from your site's video conferencing PC.
- On that PC, open the Internet Explorer
browser configured to accept cookies and for "Low" security on the
the Intranet. (Unfortunately, neither Netscape nor higher security levels
work adequately with the current Polycom/Powerpoint interface).
- In the URL field, enter http:// followed by the IP address of your
ViewStation:
Charlottesville: 146.88.160.8,
Green Bank: 146.88.144.8,
Socorro: 146.88.16.8,
Tucson: 206.197.219.251
The "Welcome" web page for that ViewStation should appear.
- Click on the Select a Presentation icon.
A web page should appear including a button Press here to Select a
PowerPoint Presentation
- Click on this button to obtain a pcPresents application window
on the PC. This will prompt you for a user name and password that has been
established for your ViewStation (get this from your local
video conferencing
technical contact person).
Enter this information and press OK.
- A window will appear asking you to define a name and a password
for the slide show. Assign a name that is meaningful to you,
leave the password field blank, then click on the
Please Press Here to Select a Presentation
button.
- You will be presented with a File Management window for the disk(s)
accessible from the PC. Use this
to find and select your presentation file.
- Click on the pcPresents button to load the thumbnails from this presentation
into the ViewStation.
- Pick up the ViewStation remote control and press its SLIDES button
- Select your presentation from the list of available titles, leave the
password entry field blank again, and press
SELECT on the remote control.
- Thumbnails of your slides will appear on the TV monitor. Use the
ARROW buttons to point to the slide you wish to start with, then
press
SELECT.
- The slide will be displayed on the monitor that shows your
local (NEAR) video signal monitor. You should also see a slide icon with BACK and
FORWARD arrows at the top right of the monitor showing your far video signal.
- Use the BACK and FORWARD arrow buttons on the remote control to move
back and forward through your presentation.
Press the UP arrow button to go to the first slide of
the presentation.
Press the DOWN arrow button to go to the end of
the presentation.
Press SELECT
on the remote control to end the presentation and
return to sending live video. Press SLIDES to select another
presentation.
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