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hotComm CL Green Person Connections

Document number: CLGP.02
Copyright (c) 2007 1stWorks Corporation. All rights reserved.

hotComm CL and the Green Person button

hotComm CL was originally designed for connecting through a link on a website -- you install hotComm CL, wait for the earphones on the headset icon in the lower right corner of your Windows taskbar to turn red-and-blue, then click a link on the room owner's website to connect.

However, many room owners prefer that people connect directly from the hotComm CL client instead of through a link on a website. As of revision 7.07, you can use the Green Person button feature to do so.



New Installations

For a new installation where you are going to use the Green Person button for connecting:

1 Install hotComm Cl from http://www.hotcomm.com/downloadCL.asp (users) or http://www.hotComm.com/downloadclmp.asp (presenters and moderators).

2 You may be asked to restart your computer. If so, after your computer restarts, click the yelloow hotComm CL shortcut on your desktop to start hotCom CL and finish the installation.

3 When you reach the "Your hotComm CL Identity" screen, type in your nickname (the name you want to be seen as in the room) and your email address, verify your email address and click OK.

4 You may see a hotComm CL chat window that stays up. Or, you may see a brief flash of a chat window that minimizes to a tiny headset icon in the lower right corner of your Windows taskbar. If the chat window does not stay up, right-click the headset icon and select Restore.

5 In the chat window, click the Green Person button.

6 Erase what's in the Target Site window, and type in the address that the room owner gave you. The address is always in the format relay:roomname, such as relay4:testjr (where relay4 is the relay and testjr is the room).

7 Type in the room password and click OK. If the room does not have a password, type in a blank space.

8 Check the Popup Connect to Target Site on startup checkbox, so that this target site window will pop up automatically whenever you start hotComm CL.

9 Click Connect

Note that the room address stays in the Target Site list. If you uninstall hotComm CL, you will lose the entries in the list.



Connecting on a Daily Basis

If you checked the Popup Connect to Target Site on startup checkbox:

  1. Click the yellow hotComm CL shortcut on your desktop to start hotComm CL.

  2. If a "Connect to" window does not pop up, right-click the headset icon in the lower right corner of your Windows taskbar and select Restore. You see an empty hotComm CL chat window. Click the Green Person button.

  3. In the Connect to Target Site window, make sure the Target Site shows the correct address for the room you want.

  4. Type in the room password. If the room does not have a password, type a blank space.

  5. Click Connect.



Adding a new room

Once you connect to a room, its address stays in the Target Site drop-down list. To add a new room address:

  1. Start hotComm CL.

  2. If a "Connect to" window does not pop up, right-click the headset icon in the lower right corner of your Windows taskbar and select Restore. You see an empty hotComm CL chat window. Click the Green Person button.

  3. In the Connect to Target Site window, erase the entry in the Target Site, and type the room address given to you by the room owner, in the format Relay:roomname

  4. Type in the room password. If the room does not have a password, type a blank space.

  5. Click Connect.


To change from room to room, click the Green Person button. That disconnects you from the room you're in and pops up the Connect to Target Site window so you can select a different room.





Miscellaneous

Once you connect to a room, its address stays in the Target Site drop-down list. To add a new room address:

  • To remove a room address, select it in the Target Site drop-down list and select Delete.

  • To change from room to room, click the Green Person button. That disconnects you from the room you're in and pops up the Connect to Target Site window so you can select a different room.

  • Note that the Popup "Connect to Target Site" on startup checkbox is not checked when hotComm CL is shipped.

  • Note that the room address stays in the Target Site list. If you uninstall hotComm CL, you will lose the entries in the list.