Free MATLAB Workshop – University of Oklahoma
February 28, 2012 – 10:00am-11:30am and 1:00pm- 3:30pm CT
Below are videoconferencing instructions for remote participation.
If you want to participate, whether onsite or remotely via videoconferencing, please register at:
http://www.mathworks.com/seminars/OU2012/
If you have trouble with the URL above, you can also use this:
http://www.mathworks.com/company/events/seminars/seminar62231.html
If you're planning to participate remotely via videoconferencing, here are the instructions:
SUMMARY:
* EVO: FREE but ONLY FOR NON-COMMERCIAL USERS
We STRONGLY recommend EVO for all non-commercial users. Commercial users CANNOT use EVO.
* H.323: FREE
You can connect from an H.323 device (e.g., Polycom,
Tandberg/Codian, Lifesize, etc) or from Internet Explorer in Windows.
H.323 can be used for FREE by both commercial and non-commercial users.
* Toll free land line phone bridge: FREE for end users but modest cost to OU Information Technology.
PLEASE DON'T USE THE PHONE BRIDGE UNLESS NOTHING ELSE WORKS FOR YOU.
OU IT's phone bridge has a limited number of users per session, and OU IT has to pay for that usage, so please avoid this unless you have NO OTHER WAY TO CONNECT.
OU IT's phone bridge can be used for FREE by all remote offsite participants -- but PLEASE DON'T unless you have no other choice.
* Send questions via e-mail to: oumatlab2012@gmail.com
* Slides will be posted to this webpage before each session (PowerPoint and PDF).
PLEASE DOWNLOAD THE SLIDES BEFORE EACH SESSION STARTS.
* NO VIDEO AND/OR AUDIO RECORDINGS, PLEASE.
DETAILS:
* EVO: FREE but ONLY FOR NON-COMMERCIAL USERS
We STRONGLY recommend EVO for all non-commercial users. Commercial users CANNOT use EVO.
1. Download and install the latest Java Runtime Environment (JRE) from:
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/
(Click on the Java Download icon, because that install package includes both the JRE and other components.)
2. Go to:
http://evo.caltech.edu/
3. If you haven't registered yet, then:
a. Click on
Register
b. Fill out the registration page.
c. Wait for the emailed activation link.
d. If you don't receive the email within 10 minutes, check your spam folder/directory.
e. Click on the activation link.
f. If you get the following error, then wait for approximately 5 minutes and try again:
ERROR: The user registered with this id doesn't exist anymore in our database.
4. Once that's successful, go back to:
http://evo.caltech.edu/
5. Click on:
Start EVO
6. You may be asked whether to open the koala.jnlp application, in which case open it with Java (specifically the Web Start Launcher).
7. You may be asked whether you trust to run the application. Do so. (This may happen multiple times.)
8. The "Koala" application will start, and should eventually
display a login window.
9. If, in Windows, the Koala application gets to 38% and then
crashes, or otherwise doesn't seem to be working, then do the
following:
a. Kill Koala (if still running).
b. Click to your Start button (in the lower left corner of your screen). This will bring up your Start Menu.
c. If the version of Windows you're running has an option Run (for example, in Windows XP), then choose it; otherwise (for example, Windows 7), you're going to type in the Search text box at the bottom of the Start Menu.
d. Type
cmd
and press the Enter key.
e. In the black command window that comes up, type
javaws http://evo.caltech.edu/evoGate/koala.jnlp
to start Koala from the command prompt.
10. Log in to EVO.
11. Scroll through the list of meetings to find
OU MATLAB 2012band click on it.
Or:
a. Click on
Meetings ->Search for meetings
b. When the Search window pops up, click on the button by From all communities
c. Click on the box next to Filter Titles
d. In the text box to the right of Filter Titles, enter
OU MATLAB 2012
e. Click on
Search
f. Join the OU MATLAB 2012 meeting.
12. Check your speaker and microphone levels to determine whether they're working properly.
Many thanks to Jeff Pummill, Patrick Calhoun and Josh Alexander for providing these instructions.
* H.323: FREE but may be tricky
1. From an H.323 device (e.g., Polycom, Tandberg/Codian, Lifesize, etc):
a. If you ARE already registered with the OneNet gatekeeper:
i. Dial
2500409
b. If you AREN'T registered with the OneNet gatekeeper (probably the case):
i. Dial:
164.58.250.47
ii. Bring up the virtual keypad. On some H.323 devices, you can bring up the virtual keypad by typing:
#
iii. When asked for the conference ID, enter:
0409
iv. On some H.323 devices, you indicate the end of conference ID with:
#
2. From a Windows PC running Internet Explorer:
a. You MUST have the ability to install software on the PC (or have someone install it for you).
b. Download and install the latest Java Runtime Environment (JRE) from:
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/
(Click on the Java Download icon, because that install package includes both the JRE and other components.)
c. Download and install this video decoder:
http://164.58.250.47/codian_video_decoder.msi
d. Start Internet Explorer.
NOTE: No other browser is guaranteed to work, because the video decoder uses ActiveX, and generally only Internet Explorer is guaranteed to interoperate with ActiveX.
e. Copy-and-paste this URL into your IE window:
http://164.58.250.47/
f. When that webpage loads, in the upper left, click on:
Streaming
g. In the textbox labeled Sign-in Name, type your name.
h. In the textbox labeled Conference ID, type this:
0409
i. Click on "Stream this conference".
j. When that webpage loads, you may see, at the very top, a bar offering you options.If so, click on it and choose "Install this add-on."
* Toll free land line phone bridge: (Please only use if you can't get in via videoconferencing.)
800-832-0736
Access Code * 623 2874 # [without the blank spaces]
OU IT's phone bridge can be used for FREE by all remote offsite participants, but PLEASE DON'T unless you have no other choice.
* Sending questions:
If you're participating remotely offsite via videoconferencing, please send your questions via e-mail to:
oumatlab2012@gmail.com
* Slides:
Slides, if any, will be posted to this webpage before each session (PowerPoint and PDF).
PLEASE DOWNLOAD THE SLIDES BEFORE EACH SESSION STARTS.
* NO VIDEO AND/OR AUDIO RECORDINGS, PLEASE.
