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==Using Splashtop== | ==Using Splashtop== | ||
* Launch the Splashtop Business application on your computer | * Launch the Splashtop Business application on your computer | ||
| − | [[File:Splash_1.png]]<br> | + | [[File:Splash_1.png]]<br><br> |
* Click on the refresh button in the top left of the screen | * Click on the refresh button in the top left of the screen | ||
** If the computer icon is surrounded by a green circle, it is occupied. | ** If the computer icon is surrounded by a green circle, it is occupied. | ||
| − | ** Select an unoccupied computer by double clicking on it | + | ** Select an unoccupied computer by double clicking on it |
| − | * Login with the proper credentials (available on your course Canvas site) | + | [[File:Splash_2.png]][[File:Splash_3.png]]<br><br> |
| + | * Login with the proper credentials (B30 lab computer credentials are available on your course Canvas site in the Syllabus) | ||
* Launch any audio application (e.g. Ableton Live) by clicking on the icon in the dock | * Launch any audio application (e.g. Ableton Live) by clicking on the icon in the dock | ||
** In the applications preferences for any software application, (e.g. Live> Preferences> Audio) choose “Splashtop Remote | ** In the applications preferences for any software application, (e.g. Live> Preferences> Audio) choose “Splashtop Remote | ||
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* You may chat with others on the selected computer by using the chat field | * You may chat with others on the selected computer by using the chat field | ||
| − | * You may transfer files from the remote computer to yours by using the transfer file icon: | + | [[File:Splash_4.png]]<br><br> |
| − | <br> | + | * You may transfer files from the remote computer to yours by using the transfer file icon |
| + | [[File:Splash_5.png]]<br><br> | ||
'''When you are done, disconnect from the computer''' | '''When you are done, disconnect from the computer''' | ||
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== ''' <span style="color:#FF69B4>DO NOT change preferences or exit the splashtop streamer on the remote computer!</span>''' == | == ''' <span style="color:#FF69B4>DO NOT change preferences or exit the splashtop streamer on the remote computer!</span>''' == | ||
Revision as of 22:20, 29 April 2020
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Splashtop
Below are instructions for accessing our Alden B30 Lab computers remotely through Splashtop.
Please Note: an invitation email to join this lab group via Splashtop was/will be sent to your @wpi.edu email address on the first day of the term in which you are enrolled in the course.
Splashtop Setup
- Follow the invitation that was sent to your @wpi.edu email address
- Create a Splashtop account at https://my.splashtop.com/signup ; it's free
- Download the Splashtop Business application to your computer and install it
When you log in to Splashtop through the account associated with you @wpi.edu email address, you will be added to the Alden B30 Lab group and you will be able to remotely access any of the computers in the lab.
Using Splashtop
- Launch the Splashtop Business application on your computer
- Click on the refresh button in the top left of the screen
- If the computer icon is surrounded by a green circle, it is occupied.
- Select an unoccupied computer by double clicking on it
- Login with the proper credentials (B30 lab computer credentials are available on your course Canvas site in the Syllabus)
- Launch any audio application (e.g. Ableton Live) by clicking on the icon in the dock
- In the applications preferences for any software application, (e.g. Live> Preferences> Audio) choose “Splashtop Remote
Sound” for the input and output device; by default it will mostly be set to "Built-in Audio"
- You may chat with others on the selected computer by using the chat field
- You may transfer files from the remote computer to yours by using the transfer file icon
When you are done, disconnect from the computer
DO NOT change preferences or exit the splashtop streamer on the remote computer!
If you encounter issues, please contact the WPI Heldesk for assistance.