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Client User Manual 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Summary of Contents for Collab 8

Page 1: ...Client User Manual ...

Page 2: ... Presentation 9 Scaling 9 File Transfer 9 Interactive Whiteboard 9 Multimedia 9 Collab8 Cloud 10 View Main Display 10 Chat 10 Collab8 System Setup 11 Features 13 The Collab8 Client 16 Presenting with Collab8 18 Participant List 21 Chatting with Participants 24 File Share 24 Cloud 25 Stream Media with Multimedia 28 Collaboration with White Board 30 Skype Calling 32 View Main Display 33 Team Collabo...

Page 3: ...Show Content of Third Party Device 37 Picture in Picture 38 Logout 42 ...

Page 4: ...Welcome ...

Page 5: ...s any projector or screen into a networked appliance that then enables users to connect to that shared display using their current devices Every connection to the shared display is wireless and independent of adapters cables wires and compatibility peripherals Essentially Collab8 is technology that is intuitively able to get technology out of the way Collab8 prioritizes the natural flow of present...

Page 6: ...d d Wireless Presentation Web Based Collaboration Collab8 supports Skype Cisco WebEx GoTo Meeting and Microsoft Lync to allow total collaboration from anywhere using an internet connection and web camera Collab8 s web based collaboration posits the idea of unified communication instant connectivity and real time collaboration with members regardless of physical proximity Instant collaboration feed...

Page 7: ...lab8 acts a bridge to enable and control access to each of these devices according to the preferences of each member at the meeting so members can bring their own devices and integrate seamlessly within a collaborative secure environment This in turn drives members at meetings to share and develop ideas without the restrictions of system preferences True collaboration is enabled for members to pre...

Page 8: ...ds to information that is easily and accurately delivered to every user in the meeting regardless of individual device specifications File Transfer Collab8 empowers users to share files across members in a meeting with a single click Members can determine who the ultimate recipient of the file is and set their sharing preferences accordingly leading to collaboration on a wide or nano targeted scal...

Page 9: ...n one chat system Individuals can choose to develop a concept or idea further with another trusted member in the meeting before increasing the collaboration scale to include everyone else Through this feature instant feedback on ideas and proposed innovations can be analyzed and decided upon in real time Each product application in Collab8 is geared to induce not just idea generation but idea real...

Page 10: ...Display Projector Flat panel etc Ideally its connected to a touch enabled flat panel display for annotation and presentation on main display 3 Local area network LAN 4 A Windows Macintosh iOS iPad iPhone iPod Touch or Android device laptop desktop Tablet Smartphone with the respective Collab8 client application Image Collab8 Connectivity diagram ...

Page 11: ...ld be connected to the same Network LAN Wired Wireless to allow participation in a collaborative session send and receive content The Collab8 gateway receives user s display screen information and multimedia files from their device laptop tablet smartphone and sends them to the collaboration display the display connected directly to Collab8 gateway unit A User can launch a white board on Collab8 G...

Page 12: ... can be connects with any kind of display Projector monitor LCD LED Collab8 allow user to send their display to the large screen wirelessly User can chat message with other users can share their documents and work on them collaboratively 1 Clicking on the Features icon on the main menu will allow user to see and access all available features of Collab8 client ...

Page 13: ...a world known Video Chat messenger and conferencing tool will open Skype application on the Collab8 Collaboration Display 7 Clicking on the Whiteboard icon will open a canvas to annotate draw and update document collaboratively It also allows you to draw over live video stream or even iPAD Android device being presented 8 Clicking on the Collaboration icon will allow any user using his keyboard an...

Page 14: ...t displaying sharing your screen or streaming multimedia content on the Collaboration Display 12 Clicking on the Chat icon allows you to send chat messages among available participants during that session 13 Clicking on the File Transfer icon provides the facility to share files between the available participants during the session 14 Clicking on the Enable Control icon allows a person standing on...

Page 15: ... Address of Collab8 Unit The IP address is by default displayed on the Collaboration Display 2 Download Client as per your OS version and save it on your desktop or just execute the application without saving it a Windows Collab8app exe b MAC Collab8app dmg 3 Run Execute the downloaded Collab8 client file 4 Enter Room Name IP Address in Location filed The Room Name is displayed on the Collaboratio...

Page 16: ... 6 Enter Room Code This is will be available at the display of Collab8 Unit Room Code is used to make sure that you have joined the correct room and a level of security too It changes after every 20 25 minutes of the session 7 Click on Login to Join Collaboration Session As soon as you will login into Collab8 the client application screen changes to the following Now you are ready to Collaborate u...

Page 17: ...t at the same time on one display User can connect multiple display with Collab8 max 2 in current firmware release and that means up to 12 users will be able to share their screen at the same time Steps to take display 1 Click on Display Me icon 2 Your Presentation mirror of your screen will start on screen and the Display Me icon will change to Stop Display Meeting Room with Single Display ...

Page 18: ...Meeting Room with Dual Display Steps to show your content at full screen display 1 Click on Display Me icon of client window ...

Page 19: ... Screen icon will only be available if multiple users are displaying on the collaboration display otherwise display will be started in Full Screen Mode Note During display user can freeze resume display by clicking freeze resume icons ...

Page 20: ...t List will also help user to know who is presenting currently User can also initiate chat or share a file to other users in Participant List Steps to check Participant List 1 Click on Participant List and it will expand and show the all available Users 2 Participant List allow user to ...

Page 21: ...any available participants This icon represents that participant is already chatting with you and click on that will open the chat session c File Transfer Click on icon to start a File transfer with other participant This icon shows a file transfer is already active with that participant Icons will be shown as below in the picture Here through the Participant List user can know ...

Page 22: ...a Joe John Piyush and Smith are in Display b Mike currently chatting with Joe John Piyush and Smith c Mike is sharing the file to Smith ...

Page 23: ... Participant List and click on Chat in front of participant with whom you want to initiate chat 2 Chat window will be open and you can chat with selected participant At the chat window you will see the participant name at the left side of the window and your chat messages at right hand side User can check active chat sessions by going to Features Chat File Share ...

Page 24: ...nsfer the file 2 It will lead you to browse your system to select the file to transfer and file transfer process will start from your side 3 Receiver needs to select the location to save this file and file transfer process will start At the completion of this process file will be saved at receiver s system You can check or cancel currently sharing file from Features File Transfer Cloud ...

Page 25: ...tion Steps to Share File 1 Click on Features and then click on Cloud icon it will ask to choose from various options a Yes It will open your file at Collab8 for collaboration b Yes To All It will open your file at the system of all logged in users c Cancel It will cancel the process 2 Then it will lead you to browse your system to select desired file to share ...

Page 26: ...3 Transferring process will start At the completion of this process this file will open at Collab8 All Users ...

Page 27: ...ultimedia Player provides the facility to stream local media directly at Collab8 Steps to Stream Media in Multimedia Player 1 Drag Media and drop it at Collab8 logo 2 Multimedia Player will expand and media start playing at Collab8 ...

Page 28: ...an also add media using Add Media button also 5 Use following for a To Play Resume Media b To Stop Media c To Pause Media d To Rewind Media e To Forward Media f To Play Previous Media if multiple media is selected to play g To play Next Media if multiple media is selected to play ...

Page 29: ...ovides you the facility of A wide range of Drawing and annotating tools Insert any type of document Comment on any content Share document simply Steps to Open White Board 1 Click on Features and then click on Whiteboard icon this will start a whiteboard activity on Collab8 unit Features of White Board ...

Page 30: ...row to select any object or image 12 Click Capture Area Tool mouse pointer then turns into plus sign clicks to upper left corner of the area you want to capture corner and drag to the screen till where you want to capture the screen The selected area will be displayed in gray The area will then be included in the current or new page as object 13 Move to Previous page when multiple pages added 14 C...

Page 31: ...played in gray The area will then be included in the current or new page as object F With the Window selection icon you can directly capture a window and all of its content The mouse pointer turns into a camera Choose the window you want to capture clicking on it and release it The window will be integrated into the current page as an object G Notes can be use to add remarks or comment about the a...

Page 32: ...ailable if you have used a Skype account to logging at Skype at Collab8 Unit 2 All the contacts which are available in the list are the contacts of the user who has logged in to Skype at Collab8 Unit View Main Display View Main Display allows users to see running content of Collab8 at his local system Steps to See Gateway View 1 Click on features and then click on View Main Display ...

Page 33: ...er Manual Page 34 2 Now you can see the below screen at your system and a check mark will be shown at View Main Display button Note User needs to stop his display and media both to View Main Display at his system ...

Page 34: ...oration 1 Click on Start Collaboration 2 Now drag your mouse to the top of your laptop and keep moving upwards collaboration will begin Below message will be seen at the desktop of user whenever Collaboration started and your mouse is at Collab8 3 A red check mark will be shown at Start Collaboration button and button will be change as Stop Collaboration Note Your mouse will be seen with your name...

Page 35: ...ol as User click on this and a red check mark will show on this button Usage of Enable Control Here john is in display and enable his control 1 Now john come to touch enabled display and start controlling his laptop and start presenting from main display 2 Any other User who wanted to start control or collaborate with john system can start Collaboration and drag the laptop mouse to the top of the ...

Page 36: ...ird party device like Media Player Apple TV and HDMI enabled Camera composite Camera AllShare Cast Wireless Hub Samsung along with User s display User can connect up to 2 devices with Collab8 using HDMI 1 Under Features click on to show hide output of HDMI Input 1 2 Under Features click on to show hide Output of HDMI Input 2 ...

Page 37: ...reen and PIP mode output for HDMI Input 1 1 Under features click on This will change the mode of the output of HDMI Input 1 from PIP to Full Screen and Full Screen to PIP Use Case 1 a Document Camera connected at HDMI Input 1 shows at 1st position b iPad mirrored at Apple TV connected at HDMI Input 2 shows at 2nd position ...

Page 38: ...ser Manual Page 39 Use Case 2 a Here Document Camera connected at HDMI Input 1 shows at 1st position b iPad mirrored at Apple TV connected at HDMI Input 2 shows at PIP c Display of Mac user shows at 2nd position ...

Page 39: ...vice mirrored at AllShare Cast Wireless Hub connected at HDMI Input 1 shows at 1st position b Display of Mac User shows at 2nd position c HDMI enabled Camera connected at HDMI Input 2 shows at 3rd position d Display of Windows User shows at 4th position ...

Page 40: ... mirrored at Apple TV connected at HDMI Input shows at PIP and Windows display shows at Full screen Note If below message is coming at the click on either HDMI Input it means there is no device connected to HDMI or device is not on please contact to administrator ...

Page 41: ...Collab8 User Manual Page 42 Logout Click logout to get out from Collab8 Room Click on participant and then Logout ...

Page 42: ...for use in this manual are provided as is without warranty of any kind Collab8 is a trademark of WOW Vision Pte Ltd Windows Internet Explorer and Microsoft are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation Apple Mac and Macintosh are trademarks of Apple Inc Other company and product names mentioned in this manual are trademarks of their respective owners WOW Vision Pte Ltd reserves the right to m...

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