Connecting to a local Sametime application

The Jazz™ collaboration tools provide support for synchronous collaboration using the IBM® Lotus® Sametime® Connect 7.5.1, 8.0.x application. You can start peer chats and multi-user chats with several participants.
Before you begin
You must have IBM Lotus Sametime Connect 7.5.1 or 8.0.x installed on your local computer.
Note: If you have installed previous Jazz integration plug-ins in your Sametime client, you must re-install the Sametime client.
About this task
To connect to your instant messaging tool:
  1. Set up Sametime:
    1. In the Sametime installation directory, in the plugin_customization.ini file, set the following property:
      com.ibm.collaboration.realtime.brokerbridge/startBroker=true
      If the property does not exist, add it to the file.
    2. Start your Sametime application.
    3. Click Tools > Plug-ins > Install Plug-ins.
    4. Select Search for new features to install and click Next.
    5. Click New Local Site and select the TEAM_CONCERT/sametime folder, where TEAM_CONCERT is the location on your file system where you installed Rational® Team Concert.
    6. Click OK.
    7. In the Name field, enter Team Concert Update Site, and click OK.
    8. Select the new local update site and click Finish.
    9. In the Search Results window, select all of the plug-ins for your Sametime version and click Next.
    10. Accept the license agreement and click Finish.
    11. Restart Sametime.
  2. Configure Sametime with your Jazz repository connection:
    1. Click File > Preferences.
    2. In the Preferences Window, expand Jazz and click Repository Connections.
    3. On the Repository Connections page, click Add.
    4. In the Add Repository Connection dialog box, in the URI field, specify your Jazz repository URI.
    5. Click OK.
    6. Click Apply.
  3. Connect Rational Team Concert™ to your running Sametime application:
    1. Click Window > Preferences.
    2. In the Preferences Window, click Instant Messaging.
    3. On the Instant Messaging page, click Add.
    4. In the Add IM Account dialog box, in the Provider field, select the appropriate Sametime service provider version from the list.
      Note: If you select the wrong service provider version, you cannot establish a connection.
    5. In the Sametime ID field, type your Sametime user identifier.
      Note: Depending on your Sametime server environment, in particular when you use LDAP to authenticate Sametime users, the Sametime ID can be different than the ID that you enter when you log in to Sametime. If you have login problems when you use the Sametime ID that is specified in the Add IM Account dialog box, contact your Sametime administrator.
    6. Optional: To specify the path of the executable on the local file system, select the Automatically start application check box.
    7. Click OK.
    8. On the Instant Messaging page, select the account and click Connect. The account displays in bold green to reflect your online status.
    You can start chatting with team members.

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