Live Collaborative Environment
PLATINE*
Evaluation prototype 2.4 (27/05/2005 )
V. Baudin with OLC research group
This Prototype will be regularly upgraded.
Note that only the latest version of the Evaluation Prototype will be available
for download.
A Userguidelines
is now available (
Requirements
Deliverable D4.1 provides
all the required information for running the Lab@Future
platform. See here the
last version of the deliverable which will be regularly updated.
Required configuration for running the platform:
- Hardware
- Pentium (or Centrino) PC minimum 1Ghz,
512 Mbytes RAM
- Input/output multimedia devices
- webcam, microphone, headset, ...
correctly configured and installed. These devices should be recognized by
jmstudio (from jmf2.1.1e)
- Operating Systems
- Windows XP or Windows 2000
- Java
- You can use jre 1.4.2_10 version ( less than jre 1.5.0 version).
- On your WebStart install, you have to
verify the selected jre version
- 1.4..2 for the Java Runtime Environment (see
item J2SEv1.4.2_11 JRE)
- 2.1.1e
for the Java Multimedia Framework
Four software modules
related to the Evaluation Prototype are ready for download.
- (optional) Downloading the Application Sharing Server (this module is based on the
VNC Server developed by the University of Lancaster, UK). This module,
written in C, has to be downloaded and correctly installed only by the person in charge of the
management of the Application Sharing Server. Clients of the Application
Sharing Service are not supposed to download and install this server on
their machine. Downloading and installation, if required, has to be
made before accessing the Evaluation Prototype.
To download the Application Sharing Server, click here.
- (optional) Downloading the rat (robust audio tool)
client tool
(Copyright (C) 1995-2001 University College London, UK All rights
reserved). This
module, written in C, is seen as an alternative to the Jvisio/RTP audio
conferencing of the platform, and comparison between these two audio
conferencing tools will be addressed in Deliverable D4.1. Downloading and
installation, if required, has to be made before accessing the Evaluation
Prototype.
Use the
default installation procedure (c:\Program Files\Mbone\rat.exe)
To download and install rat Version 4.2.18 for ipv4 click here.
- (optional) Downloading the vic (video tool) client
tool
(Copyright (C) 1995-2001 University College London, UK All rights
reserved). This
module, written in C, is seen as an alternative to the Jvisio/RTP video
conferencing of the platform, and comparison between these two video
conferencing tools will be addressed in Deliverable D4.1. Downloading and
installation, if required, has to be made before accessing the Evaluation
Prototype.
Use the
default installation procedure (c:\Program Files\Mbone\vic.exe)
To
download and install vic Version 2.8ucl-1.1.3
for ipv4 click here.
- Accessing the Evaluation Prototype.
To access
the last version of the Evaluation Prototype, click here.
Available
sessions
Two
sessions are available to have a look to our environment.
They are
defined under the experiment CSCL and they are named: cscl05_France and
cscl05_Japan.
For both,
the password is cscl05.
Those
sessions are always available in their asynchronous part, and from time to time
in their synchronous part.
Those two
sessions use videoconference, chat and whiteboard tools.
Reflector
module: (VB
**ATTENTION:
·
You have to enter the right local and distant addresses (@IP)
·
Be carefull for ports numbers :
·
Local port is the first port number used by visioconference
·
A lot of ports are used by the reflector (local port) to local port+4
and (distant port) to (distant port + 4)
·
No test on starting for JRE and
JMF versions