VSS-1 Installation & Testing Guide - for Microsoft Teams, Skype, & Teams/Skype/Zoom or other PC based video chat or conferencing system for Business.

Here are the typical steps that are required for installation and testing of the full VSS-1 System/ the VSS-1 KIT:

  1. Setup and Test your Teams/Skype/Zoom or other PC based video chat or conferencing system Audio & Video, and your IP bandwidth  in your Location/Room

    •  Do you have a Teams/Skype/Zoom or other PC based video chat or conferencing system account and the VSS-1 System or Kit ready to test? Do you have enough bandwidth? Do you have any firewall issues that block Teams/Skype/Zoom or other PC based video chat or conferencing system or real time Audio/Video?
    • Do you have the latest version of Teams/Skype/Zoom or other PC based video chat or conferencing system installed?
    • Often the simplest initially is to use Wi-Fi wireless connections to your PC/Laptop. They are often already in place in many rooms/locations.
    • Wired connections are good too but there may be added firewall issues.

  2. Connect the VSS-1 System directly to your room video LCD/Plasma screen & speakers

    • The VSS-1 PC/Laptop system uses just a single HDMI cable (the preferred connection), but there are many other possibilities to show your PC/Laptop screen on the room screen.
    • With this step complete, the remote Teams/Skype/Zoom or other PC based video chat or conferencing system participants (either just one or a group video chat or conferencing system Group Video Call (GVC)), can be seen & heard on the room LCD/Plasma screen & speakers.

  3. Connect the VSS-1 System directly to your room videoconferencing system - if you have H.239 option on your codec,

    • This H.329 option seem rarely used these days, since 2018. Do you have the H.239 option on your videoconferencing system, i.e. your VTC (Video Telecom Communication System)? This option allows the remote VSS-1 participants to join a H.323 conference. If not, skip to Step 4 or 5. With this step complete, the remote Teams/Skype/Zoom or other PC based video chat or conferencing system participants (either just one or a group on a Teams/Skype/Zoom or other PC based video chat or conferencing system GVC video call) can be seen & heard on the room LCD/Plasma screen & speakers, and by the remote H.323 participants (either just one remote room system or more depending on the multi-site capabilities of your room system).

  4. Connect the Video & Audio output from your local VTC system to the VSS-1 System - if you have a room videoconferencing system with SD outputs,

    • With this step complete, the audio and video from your VTC Room system (either directly from your room, or with one or more remote room systems in the video call), can be seen and heard by the remote Teams/Skype/Zoom or other PC based video chat or conferencing system participants (either just one or a group on a Teams/Skype/Zoom or other PC based video chat or conferencing system GVC video call). Many HD systems also have SD A/V outputs & inputs.

  5. Connect the Video & Audio output from your local HD camera to the VSS-1 System - if you have a HD room videoconferencing system,

    • For your HD VTC system, do you have the VSS-1-HD system?  With this step complete, the audio and video from your room system (either directly, or with one or more remote room systems in the video call), can be seen and heard by the remote Teams/Skype/Zoom or other PC based video chat or conferencing system participants (either just one or a group on a Teams/Skype/Zoom or other PC based video chat or conferencing system GVC video call).
Installing the VSS-KIT

03/05/2024