====== Session Room Setup ======

Please setup the Session Room as follows. A Control Panel should be setup to host all IT equipment.

===== Logistics Items =====

^ Item ^ Qty ^ Remarks ^
| Notebook | 2 | Local IT |
| Remote clicker | 1 | Local IT |
| Laser Pointer | 1 | Local IT |
| Video Switch | 1 | Local IT |
| Gigabit Ethernet Switch | 1 | Local IT |
| Cat5E Network Cable | | Local IT |



===== Network =====

  * Local IT vendor will setup a Gigabit intranet connecting the two Notebooks in the Session Room.
  * The notebook could open the Speaker Ready Room System at http://192.168.99.10
  * All computers in Session Room will get auto IP address from DHCP server in Speaker Ready Room.

===== Workstation =====

^ Software ^

For the workstation, please make sure each of them have installed the following software.

^ Software ^ Remarks ^
| Windows 7 Professional (English) |
| PowerPoint 2013 |
| latest Google Chrome browser |
| Adobe Acrobat Reader |
| Any software to play WMV, MOV and MP4 videos |
| Any antivirus software |
| session.exe | Download {{course:congress_setup:speaker_ready_room:session.zip|here}}. Unzip it and copy to c:\session\session.exe |
| Poll Everywhere for PowerPoint | https://www.polleverywhere.com/app/powerpoint/win |

^ Google Chrome Browser Settings ^

Change Google Chrome browser settings:

  * Open Chrome Settings
    * On Startup
      * select "Open a specific page or set of pages."
      * click "Set pages" link
        * set the Startup pages to http://192.168.99.10
    * Default browser
      * click button [Make Google Chrome the default browser]

^ Google Chrome Download ^

  * Change the default behaviour to "Always open" PowerPoint files 

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^ Session.exe ^

  * If installed correctly, double click a Powerpoint file on the local harddisk will open it in slideshow mode automatically.



^ PollEverywhere Presenter plugin ^

  * After installing the PollEverywhere Presenter plugin, it should have an additional button on top of the PowerPoint.
  * If not, that means the installation is failed, please try to reinstall.

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===== Acceptance Test =====

We will test the equipment in the Session Room as follows:

^ Test ^ Result ^
| All computer could get IP from DHCP server | |
| Each computer screen could be displayed via projector | |
| All computer could open http://192.168.99.10 by Chrome | |
| All computer could download and run the sample Powerpoint automatically | |
| All computer could play the video inside the sample Powerpoint properly | |