LiveLan

Visual collaboration over your enterprise local area network (LAN) and corporate intranet is possible with PictureTel's H.323 standards-compliant videoconferencing product family. The LAN/Intranet product family includes LiveLAN™, the endpoint or client videoconferencing station; LiveManager™, software for bandwidth control and conference management; LiveGateway™, which provides bi-directional interoperability with H.320 standards-based videoconferencing products; and PictureTel 330™, multipoint conferencing software for visual and data collaboration over corporate LANs, intranets, and the Internet.

You'll increase productivity and customer service without devoting more resources. You'll exchange and edit documents like spreadsheets, presentations, and contracts in real time using PictureTel's award-winning T.120-compliant LiveShare Plus™ data collaboration technology. PictureTel's LiveShare Plus is interoperable with Microsoft's NetMeeting®.

By operating on top of existing TCP/IP protocols, LiveLAN packets can be routed without any modifications to your existing network infrastructure. And, through LiveManager, you can monitor and control the amount of bandwidth used for LiveLAN calls throughout your network on a segment-by-segment basis.

• Deliver a complete, easy-to-use H.323-compliant videoconferencing solution, including videoconferencing client, gateway, gatekeeper, and MCU.
• Enable high-quality visual collaboration over your LAN/intranet by providing broadcast-quality video at speeds up to 30 fps.
• Operate over any network that supports TCP/IP traffic, including Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, FDDI, Token Ring, and Frame Relay.
• Exchange information and ideas in real time by employing LiveLAN's integrated T.120 multipoint collaborative computing features.
• LiveLAN enables guaranteed quality of service by operation over native ATM.
• Enable integrated, real-time multipoint H.323 and T.120 data sharing for up to 24 users on a single server with the PictureTel 330 NetConference Multipoint Server Software.

LiveLAN is a TCP/IP-based visual collaboration solution for your Windows 95 or Windows 98 desktop PC that is compliant with the H.323 Terminal specifications. LiveLAN brings all the benefits and enhanced communications of full-motion FCIF full-screen videoconferencing to your network. By installing the bundled camera, video and audio codec card, speakers, and microphone, you'll have the utmost in visual collaboration capabilities on your corporate LAN/intranet.

Because LiveLAN is a hardware-assisted solution, CPU utilization is low. Therefore, unlike software-only videoconferencing products, LiveLAN maintains its frame rate and video quality when other applications are run at the same time. The T.120 collaborative software enables users to share applications and data during a video meeting to speed the exchange of accurate, timely information.

Software Version: 3.1

LiveLAN 3.1

Components

• PCI Video/Audio codec board
• Color composite camera
• Multimedia speakers, microphone, and headset for privacy
• LiveLAN videoconferencing software on CD-ROM including T.120 data collaboration software
• Online documentation
• Optional FlipCam

Features

• H.323/T.120 ITU-T standard-compliant
• 32-bit ActiveMovie™ software architecture
• Supports up to 30 fps FCIF/QCIF video at 384 K or higher
• Full-duplex wideband audio
• Near-end/far-end video window scalable to full screen
• Call initiation, answer, and termination via on-screen menus
• Call transfer and call forward
• Manual and auto answer
• Plug and Play support
• Microsoft® ILS (Internet Locator Server) browsing
• H.320 multipoint calls through LiveGateway
• Interoperability with Microsoft’s NetMeeting 2.0
• Lotus Notes integration
• Support for 3COM’s PACE
• Runtime diagnostics

Data Collaboration

• Bi-directional application sharing
• Shared Whiteboard
• T.127 file transfer
• Shared Clipboard
• Messaging
• Password-Protected Remote Control
• T.120 compliant multipoint data collaboration

Network Interface

• Works on any LAN/WAN running TCP/IP (Ethernet, Token Ring, Fast Ethernet, 100VG-AnyLAN, Frame Relay, FDDI, ATM, etc.)
• Transmission Bandwidth Options - 64 K, 174 K, 384 K, 768 K
• Network stack required - Microsoft TCP/IP
• Native ATM support (Fore Systems)

Video

• Video Coding - H.261
  FCIF - 352 x 288
  QCIF: 176 x 144 video input – Composite camera
• Video Formats - NTSC, PAL - auto detect

Video Output

• SVGA graphics output
• Near-end/far-end sizable video window

Camera

• Type - 1/4" color CCD
• Total pixels - Effective Pixels 512 x 492
• Viewing angle - 46° (horizontal)
• Manual focus - 50mm to infinity
• Freeze/Auto gain control
• Flicker-free worldwide
• Auto white balance
• Manual tilt
• Powered from board (no transformer required)

Audio Audio Modes

* G.728 is used during LiveGateway calls to non-PictureTel H.320 systems

** PT724 is used during LiveGateway calls to PictureTel H.320 systems

Audio Features

• Echo Cancellation
• Noise Suppression
• Automatic Gain Control
• Integrated Dynamic Echo Canceller (IDEC) II
• Full duplex

Audio Input/Output

• Microphone - Mini-stereo (1/8")
• Speaker (powered from board) - Mini-stereo (1/8")

PC Requirements

• Pentium PC (133MHZ or higher) with one free PCI slot
• Windows 95 or Windows 98
• Minimum 32 MB RAM
• PCI-based graphics with minimum 2 MB VRAM (4 recommended)
• Microsoft’s TCP/IP stack
• Full direct draw or YUV capabilities further enhance video performance

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