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:
- Set up Sametime:
- 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.
- Start your Sametime application.
- Click .
- Select Search for new features to install and
click Next.
- 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.
- Click OK.
- In the Name field, enter Team
Concert Update Site, and click OK.
- Select the new local update site and click Finish.
- In the Search Results window, select all
of the plug-ins for your Sametime version and click Next.
- Accept the license agreement and click Finish.
- Restart Sametime.
- Configure Sametime with your Jazz repository connection:
- Click .
- In the Preferences Window, expand Jazz and
click Repository Connections.
- On the Repository Connections page,
click Add.
- In the Add Repository Connection dialog
box, in the URI field, specify your Jazz repository URI.
- Click OK.
- Click Apply.
- Connect Rational Team Concert™ to
your running Sametime application:
- Click .
- In the Preferences Window, click Instant
Messaging.
- On the Instant Messaging page,
click Add.
- 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.
- 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.
- Optional: To specify the path of the executable
on the local file system, select the Automatically start application check
box.
- Click OK.
- 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.