ePresence Conferencing 4.1 Installation guide

ePresence Conferencing allows you to host or participate in live interactive video conferences and online meetings. ePresence Conferencing supports full-duplex video and/or audio with desktop sharing and text chat.

1. Conferencing System Requirements

For a detailed description of ePresence Conferencing requirements please refer to ePresence System Requirements Guide

2. Installing ePresence Conference Server

1. Download ePresence Conference Server

2. Navigate to the directory where you downloaded ePresence Conference Server

3. Double click Setup.exe to start the installation process.

4. Follow the installation utility's instructions

5. Close the installation utility.

2. Installing Red 5 Open Source Flash Server

In order to support Flash based screen captures and the ePresence Flash based conferencing application you must install the Red 5 Open Source Flash Server.

1.  Download Java SE Development Kit 6 and complete installation.

2.  Download Red 5 ePresence Edition and complete installation.

3. In the Red 5 ePresence Edition Setup box enter your Red5 Server IP Address, and click OK.

4. Open the Red5 application directory, locate the ePresence web application and make sure its streams directory is writable for everyone. It is usually ">c:\Program Files\UofT\Red5*\webapps\epresenceconference\streams\

Configuring Red 5 Open Source Flash Server

1. Select Start → Control Panel → Administrative Tools → Services

2. Locate the Red 5 Server from the list of services

3. Start the Server

4. Close the Services console