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Our primary connection is a Polycom VSX 7000 system which is setup in the Computer Lab.
We have a Public IP address, that is set to auto answer, so if you are looking to test your connection or talk (depending on how busy we are) give us a call.
IP Address >> 66.112.191.32
VIDEO Conferencing Test Sites
These sites will test your equipment's sending and receiving abilities and
provide a report of stats
VTCTest (71.14.2.158) is a publicly available test site for H.323 VTC systems.
This site is provided by Gary Miyakawa, Inc.
VTCTest is designed to help assure your H.323 system is working correctly by testing:
Connectivity (bi-directionally)
Video (bi-directionally)
Audio (bi-directionally)
Content / H.239 (from VTCTest)
(Visual indicators show you the status/progress of these tests.)
You might want to check out these links...
http://www.vtctest.com/demo (Basic session information)
http://www.vtctest.com/pdemo (Premier session information)
The Basic is 2 pages long and the Premier is 6 pages long.
I will be modifying the output with description of many of the "little known" fields in the near future.
Notice we give you things like out of order packet count, PORT usage, etc.
Also, the next time you ask www.vtctest.com for a test, be sure to note the new information on the screen.
You will see a link to http://www.vtctest.com/XXXXXX where XXXXXX is your session code.
If you hit that with a browser, you will get the "Basic" level of information about your test call.
There are a number of sites globally that offer services and access. The following is a list of a few that do broadcasts on a regular basis. Most are geared for high school students. They also offer archives of their broadcasts so if you want to check it out and see some of the information that is available follow the links.
YOU DO NOT NEED Video equipment to view the archives. But you may have to install or allow the install of ActiveX services to access the data.
FIRST NATIONS SCHOOLNET - A national service available to student and teachers will no cost. A growing variety of resources for both. If you haven't checked it out before it is worth spending a little time checking out what they have.
Indian and Northern Affairs offers web casts for teens covering a variety of topics. The website includes teacher resources for discussion groups in the classroom. They also have an archive of previous broadcasts that allows people to access the information directly from the web into their computer (without requiring Video Conferencing equipment) May require install or allowing the install of ActiveX services
Atlantic Canada's First Nations Help Desk - Video Conferencing Links and net status
Global Links and Directories of Video Conferencing on the Internet
Alberta Video Conferencing Directory - primarily Educational Institutions around the province k-12 through to Colleges and Universities
Many
of the web graphics (not all) used on this website were collected from Sam
Silverhawk's Graphics Website > click on the button to check his site out
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