Video conferencing and the Broadband Sandwell network.

There are a number of ways that schools can video conference using the Broadband Sandwell network.

The main opportunities are:

•          The Click to Meet server, at http://ctmx.clickinto.org.uk/ctmexpress

A plug-in will be required for use of this service.

Click to Meet is a multi point conferencing system, i.e. many users can join the same conference.

•           IP or E164 addressing

You should use Net Meeting or similar software and enter the IP or E164 address of the system that you wish to conference with. Currently, E164 using NetMeeting is a point-to-point conferencing system.

To use either the Click to Meet, IP or E164 schemes your PC will need to have a valid IP address and a real gateway address. Most PCs in schools are configured with invalid gateway addresses; this is done to minimize the spread of viruses and opportunities for off-site access. If this is the case, ask your school's network technician to set up a static IP address for systems that will be used for video conferencing.

If this is the case, ask your school's network technician to set up a static IP address for systems that will be used for video conferencing.

Training

Training and advice will be offered by Broadband Sandwell in the configuration and use of video conferencing systems.

Cameras

The Click To Meet service will work with a wide variety of cameras, including:

• Digital Blue Cameras
• Logitech webcams,
• PC based Pan/Tilt/Zoom (PTZ) models
• dedicated non-PC video conferencing systems.

Free Cameras?

Subscribing Sandwell schools are reminded that attendance at the Broadband Sandwell Video Conferencing training (half day) entitles the school to a pair of Logitech Pro4000 webcams. These will allow you to try out video conferencing in your school without exposing any gaps in your knowledge to people that you don't know so well. Use this as a technique to start, then work up to fully fledged conferences with people in other countries.

Lost the CD?

Download drivers for the Logitech Pro4000 webcam here.

 

E164 Numbering

You probably don't need to know this bit. Just know that it's here.

E.164 is a telephone number like numbering scheme that allows one Video Conferencing system to dial another by calling its E.164 number instead of the user having to know its IP address. UKERNA has developed a national E.164 addressing scheme for Local Education Authorities and Regional Broadband Consortia to which Broadband Sandwell adheres.

 

Structure of Addresses

The structure of each E.164 address will accord to the following scheme.

Country	LA	Site Category	Organisational ID	End-point ID
4 digits	5 digits	1 digit	4 digits	3 digits
In UK these are 0044	In Sandwell this will be 02158	1 - School 2 - Library 3 - Local Authority 4 - Learning Centre	in a school's case, taken from DFES no.	Set by centre, 000 to 999

Example 1 – School Video Conferencing End Point at Abbey Infant

Site Category: 1 (School)

Organisational ID: 2102 (DfES number)

End-point ID: 001 (End-point number 1)

Resulting E.164 number: 0044 02158 1 2102 001

 

Example 2 – Learning Centre Video Conferencing End Point at Smethwick Bangladeshi

Youth Forum

Site Category: 4 (Learning Centre)

Organisational ID: LCA001 (A=1 + Learning Centre Code)

End-point ID: 002 (End-point number 2)

Resulting E.164 number: 0044 02158 4 1001 00

E.164 Gatekeeper

It is the job of the gatekeeper to maintain a mapping of E.164 number to IP address of each registered end-point. Also, the gatekeeper has a H.323 proxy function that allows end-points both inside and outside of the Broadband Sandwell network to communicate using H.323.  

In order to use E.164 addressing the end-point must register with a gatekeeper. Registration is normally automatic once the gatekeeper IP address has been configured into the end-point.

Please configure your H.323 Video Conferencing end-point with the following gatekeeper address: 

217.65.158.8   (gatekeeper.clickinto.org.uk)

The full UKERNA document can be found at http://www.ja.net/schoolsbroadband/E164.pdf

Site Details

The examples above give the possibility for large numbers of E164 addresses; the table below identifies the

numbers for use by each school.

 

Abbey Infant	0044 02158 1 2102 001 to 0044 02158 1 2102 999
Abbey Junior	0044 02158 1 2101 001 to 0044 02158 1 2101 999
Albert Pritchard Infant	0044 02158 1 2042 001 to 0044 02158 1 2042 999
Albion Junior	0044 02158 1 2103 001 to 0044 02158 1 2103 999
All Saints C.E. Primary	0044 02158 1 3301 001 to 0044 02158 1 3301 999
Annie Lennard Infant	0044 02158 1 2104 001 to 0044 02158 1 2104 999
Bearwood Primary	0044 02158 1 2105 001 to 0044 02158 1 2105 999
Blackheath Primary	0044 02158 1 2176 001 to 0044 02158 1 2176 999
Bleakhouse Junior	0044 02158 1 2108 001 to 0044 02158 1 2108 999
Brandhall Primary	0044 02158 1 2171 001 to 0044 02158 1 2171 999
Brasshouse Infant	0044 02158 1 2111 001 to 0044 02158 1 2111 999
Brickhouse Primary	0044 02158 1 2112 001 to 0044 02158 1 2112 999
Burnt Tree Primary	0044 02158 1 2054 001 to 0044 02158 1 2054 999
Cape Primary	0044 02158 1 2113 001 to 0044 02158 1 2113 999
Causeway Green Primary	0044 02158 1 2178 001 to 0044 02158 1 2178 999
Charlemont Primary	0044 02158 1 2170 001 to 0044 02158 1 2170 999
Christ Church C.E. Primary	0044 02158 1 3400 001 to 0044 02158 1 3400 999
Corngreaves Primary	0044 02158 1 2118 001 to 0044 02158 1 2118 999
Crocketts Lane Primary	0044 02158 1 2123 001 to 0044 02158 1 2123 999
Cronehills Primary	0044 02158 1 2072 001 to 0044 02158 1 2072 999
Devonshire Infant	0044 02158 1 2125 001 to 0044 02158 1 2125 999
Devonshire Junior	0044 02158 1 2124 001 to 0044 02158 1 2124 999
Ferndale Primary	0044 02158 1 2177 001 to 0044 02158 1 2177 999
Fir Tree Primary	0044 02158 1 2167 001 to 0044 02158 1 2167 999
George Betts Primary	0044 02158 1 2126 001 to 0044 02158 1 2126 999
Glebefields Primary	0044 02158 1 2075 001 to 0044 02158 1 2075 999
Grace Mary Primary	0044 02158 1 2127 001 to 0044 02158 1 2127 999
Great Bridge Primary	0044 02158 1 2056 001 to 0044 02158 1 2056 999
Grove Vale Primary	0044 02158 1 2166 001 to 0044 02158 1 2166 999
Guns Village Primary	0044 02158 1 2181 001 to 0044 02158 1 2181 999
Hall Green Primary	0044 02158 1 2172 001 to 0044 02158 1 2172 999
Hamstead Infant	0044 02158 1 2016 001 to 0044 02158 1 2016 999
Hamstead Junior	0044 02158 1 2015 001 to 0044 02158 1 2015 999
Hargate Primary	0044 02158 1 2041 001 to 0044 02158 1 2041 999
Harvills Hawthorn Primary	0044 02158 1 2186 001 to 0044 02158 1 2186 999
Hateley Heath Primary	0044 02158 1 2188 001 to 0044 02158 1 2188 999
Highfields Primary	0044 02158 1 2128 001 to 0044 02158 1 2128 999
Hollyhedge Primary	0044 02158 1 2039 001 to 0044 02158 1 2039 999
Holyhead Primary	0044 02158 1 2078 001 to 0044 02158 1 2078 999
Holy Name R.C. Primary	0044 02158 1 3308 001 to 0044 02158 1 3308 999
Holy Trinity C.E. Primary	0044 02158 1 3002 001 to 0044 02158 1 3002 999
Joseph Turner Primary	0044 02158 1 2164 001 to 0044 02158 1 2164 999
Jubilee Park Primary	0044 02158 1 2057 001 to 0044 02158 1 2057 999
Kent Close Primary	0044 02158 1 2034 001 to 0044 02158 1 2034 999
King George V Primary	0044 02158 1 2182 001 to 0044 02158 1 2182 999
Langley Primary	0044 02158 1 2173 001 to 0044 02158 1 2173 999
Lightwoods Primary	0044 02158 1 2133 001 to 0044 02158 1 2133 999
Locarno Primary	0044 02158 1 2184 001 to 0044 02158 1 2184 999
Lodge Primary	0044 02158 1 2163 001 to 0044 02158 1 2163 999
Lyng Primary	0044 02158 1 2162 001 to 0044 02158 1 2162 999
Mesty Croft Primary	0044 02158 1 2045 001 to 0044 02158 1 2045 999
Moat Farm Infant	0044 02158 1 2135 001 to 0044 02158 1 2135 999
Moat Farm Junior	0044 02158 1 2134 001 to 0044 02158 1 2134 999
Moorlands Primary	0044 02158 1 2046 001 to 0044 02158 1 2046 999
Newtown Primary	0044 02158 1 2074 001 to 0044 02158 1 2074 999
Oakham Primary	0044 02158 1 2136 001 to 0044 02158 1 2136 999
Ocker Hill Infant	0044 02158 1 2060 001 to 0044 02158 1 2060 999
Ocker Hill Junior	0044 02158 1 2061 001 to 0044 02158 1 2061 999
Old Hill Primary	0044 02158 1 2138 001 to 0044 02158 1 2138 999
Old Park Primary	0044 02158 1 2047 001 to 0044 02158 1 2047 999
Park Hill Primary	0044 02158 1 2048 001 to 0044 02158 1 2048 999
Perryfields Primary	0044 02158 1 2140 001 to 0044 02158 1 2140 999
Princes End Primary	0044 02158 1 2165 001 to 0044 02158 1 2165 999
Reddal Hill Primary	0044 02158 1 2141 001 to 0044 02158 1 2141 999
Rood End Primary	0044 02158 1 2179 001 to 0044 02158 1 2179 999
Rounds Green Primary	0044 02158 1 2175 001 to 0044 02158 1 2175 999
Rowley Hall Primary	0044 02158 1 2146 001 to 0044 02158 1 2146 999
Ryders Green Primary	0044 02158 1 2174 001 to 0044 02158 1 2174 999
Sacred Heart Catholic Primary	0044 02158 1 3306 001 to 0044 02158 1 3306 999
Shireland Hall Primary	0044 02158 1 2161 001 to 0044 02158 1 2161 999
Springfield Primary	0044 02158 1 2189 001 to 0044 02158 1 2189 999
St Francis Xavier Catholic Primary	0044 02158 1 3401 001 to 0044 02158 1 3401 999
St Gregory's R.C. Primary	0044 02158 1 3405 001 to 0044 02158 1 3405 999
St Hubert's R.C. Primary	0044 02158 1 3402 001 to 0044 02158 1 3402 999
St James' CE Primary	0044 02158 1 3006 001 to 0044 02158 1 3006 999
St John Bosco R.C. Primary	0044 02158 1 3303 001 to 0044 02158 1 3303 999
St John's C.E. Primary	0044 02158 1 3304 001 to 0044 02158 1 3304 999
St Margaret's C.E. Primary	0044 02158 1 3307 001 to 0044 02158 1 3307 999
St Martin's C.E. Primary	0044 02158 1 3003 001 to 0044 02158 1 3003 999
St Mary Magdalene C.E. Primary	0044 02158 1 3005 001 to 0044 02158 1 3005 999
St Mary's R.C. Primary	0044 02158 1 3305 001 to 0044 02158 1 3305 999
St Matthew's C.E. Primary	0044 02158 1 3403 001 to 0044 02158 1 3403 999
St Paul's C.E. Primary	0044 02158 1 3004 001 to 0044 02158 1 3004 999
St Philip's R.C. Primary	0044 02158 1 3404 001 to 0044 02158 1 3404 999
Tameside Primary	0044 02158 1 2187 001 to 0044 02158 1 2187 999
Temple Meadow Primary	0044 02158 1 2148 001 to 0044 02158 1 2148 999
The Priory Primary	0044 02158 1 2183 001 to 0044 02158 1 2183 999
Timbertree Primary	0044 02158 1 2158 001 to 0044 02158 1 2158 999
Tipton Green Junior	0044 02158 1 2082 001 to 0044 02158 1 2082 999
Tividale Community Primary	0044 02158 1 3007 001 to 0044 02158 1 3007 999
Tividale Hall Primary	0044 02158 1 2151 001 to 0044 02158 1 2151 999
Uplands Manor Primary	0044 02158 1 2180 001 to 0044 02158 1 2180 999
Victoria Infant	0044 02158 1 2062 001 to 0044 02158 1 2062 999
Victoria Park Primary	0044 02158 1 2122 001 to 0044 02158 1 2122 999
Warley Infant	0044 02158 1 2154 001 to 0044 02158 1 2154 999
Wednesbury Oak Primary	0044 02158 1 2076 001 to 0044 02158 1 2076 999
Whitecrest Primary	0044 02158 1 2070 001 to 0044 02158 1 2070 999
Wood Green Junior	0044 02158 1 2051 001 to 0044 02158 1 2051 999
Yew Tree Primary	0044 02158 1 2169 001 to 0044 02158 1 2169 999
Alexandra High	0044 02158 1 4025 001 to 0044 02158 1 4025 999
Bristnall Hall High	0044 02158 1 4129 001 to 0044 02158 1 4129 999
Dartmouth High School	0044 02158 1 4012 001 to 0044 02158 1 4012 999
George Salter High	0044 02158 1 4026 001 to 0044 02158 1 4026 999
Heathfield Foundation High	0044 02158 1 5401 001 to 0044 02158 1 5401 999
Holly Lodge High	0044 02158 1 4138 001 to 0044 02158 1 4138 999
Langley High	0044 02158 1 4130 001 to 0044 02158 1 4130 999
Manor Foundation	0044 02158 1 5400 001 to 0044 02158 1 5400 999
Menzies High	0044 02158 1 4010 001 to 0044 02158 1 4010 999
Perryfields High	0044 02158 1 4111 001 to 0044 02158 1 4111 999
Shireland Language College	0044 02158 1 4117 001 to 0044 02158 1 4117 999
St Michael's C.E. High	0044 02158 1 4500 001 to 0044 02158 1 4500 999
Stuart Bathurst R.C. High	0044 02158 1 4600 001 to 0044 02158 1 4600 999
Tividale High & Community College	0044 02158 1 4120 001 to 0044 02158 1 4120 999
Warley High	0044 02158 1 4110 001 to 0044 02158 1 4110 999
Willingsworth High	0044 02158 1 4027 001 to 0044 02158 1 4027 999
Wodensborough CTC	0044 02158 1 4023 001 to 0044 02158 1 4023 999
Wood Green High College of Sport	0044 02158 1 4024 001 to 0044 02158 1 4024 999
Shenstone Lodge	0044 02158 1 7001 001 to 0044 02158 1 7001 999
The Meadows	0044 02158 1 7017 001 to 0044 02158 1 7017 999
The Orchard	0044 02158 1 7018 001 to 0044 02158 1 7018 999
The Westminster	0044 02158 1 7019 001 to 0044 02158 1 7019 999
Whittington Grange	0044 02158 1 7003 001 to 0044 02158 1 7003 999

 

If your school or organization is missing from this list, please contact Keith Chandler on 0121 569 2400.

Remember to:

• check that the target PC that you are conferencing with is also configured correctly!

• configure your H.323 Video Conferencing end-point with the following gatekeeper address: 
  • 217.65.158.8  (gatekeeper.clickinto.org.uk)

   

• ensure that the PC has a valid gateway address

• ensure that your DNS is correctly configured, follow this link.