GlowMeet with Adobe Connect – Technical Requirements

Firewalls

Adobe Connect uses the following:

  • Protocol: TCP, http and https
  • Ports: 80 and 443

The root URL for Glow Meetwill be which will be required permit access through firewall and proxy solutions

Desktops

All users in a Glow Meet will require Flash version 9 or later.

For those users that have the role of host or presenter and who want to share their desktop through Adobe Connect they will also require the Adobe Connect Pro 7.5 Add In.

Details of this plug in are available here:

This plug in will be automatically installed on accessing the relevant functionality within the Glow Meet room provided the user has the necessary desktop administration rights.

User rights

If Software restriction policies are in use on desktop pc’s to protect against unauthorised software you may need to add an exclusion to allow users to host a Glow Meet. The exclusion that may need to be added is [ProgramFiles]Adobe\Adobe Connect Pro\connectaddin.exe

Quick test

A quick test of the bandwidth, Flash player and a connection to the adobe connect server can be performed using the following link

Please note that the above test does not access the Glow specific URL for Adobe Connect.

Hardware requirements

Hardware requirements are slightly different depending on which role a user has within the Glow Meet

Windows

Hosts/Presenters

  • Windows XP: 450MHz Intel Pentium II or faster processor or equivalent (512MB of RAM, 1GB recommended)
  • Windows Vista: 1GHz Intel Pentium II or faster processor or equivalent (1GB of RAM, 2GB recommended)
  • Bandwidth: DSL/cable (wired connection recommended)

Participants

  • Windows XP: 450MHz Intel® Pentium® II or faster processor or equivalent (128MB of RAM, 512MB recommended)
  • Windows Vista: 1GHz Intel Pentium II or faster processor or equivalent (1GB of RAM)
  • Bandwidth: 56Kbps
Mac OS

Hosts/Presenters

  • 500MHz PowerPC G3 or faster or 1.83GHz Intel Core Duo or faster processor
  • 128MB of RAM (512MB recommended)
  • Bandwidth: DSL/cable (wired connection recommended)

Participants

  • 500MHz PowerPC G3 or faster or 1.83GHz Intel Core™ Duo or faster processor
  • 128MB of RAM (512MB recommended)
  • Bandwidth: 56Kbps
For information:
  • Host – this is the Glow group administrator who has access to all functionality
  • Presenter – this is a Glow group contributor or web designer, able to share content and desktop, use their camera and microphone.
  • Participant – reader and reader with discussions within a Glow group who can view the presentation and can be given the ability to use camera and a microphone only if given this right by a presenter or host

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