• Connecting the CCU to the computer/laptop
  For details on the connections, please refer Q. How to connect Camera unit to the computer?
• Flash Media Live Encoder (FMLE) settings
  Once the connections between the CCU and the computer are done, you need to start the Adobe Flash Media Live Encoder (latest version of the same can be downloaded from the Internet) to set the input device and configure the video type. This is the one time process which is carried out as mentioned below:

• Start the FMLE. FMLE detects the input device (Video Grabber Card) that you have connected to your computer. You can see the VGC details in the FMLE window.
  The Device drop down list in the Video section of the Encoding Options tab lists all the video devices

• From the Device drop down list, select the video device that you have connected to your computer as shown below.

  

• To configure this video device, click Video Capture Device Settings A new Settings window pops up.

  The Settings window enables you to configure the video device.

• On the Settings pop up window, select the Crossbar tab.

• Depending on your computer – CCU connections, select either ‘Video Composite In’ or ‘Video S-Video In’ from the Input dropdown list.

  

• On the Settings window, select the Video Decoder tab.
• Select relevant Video Standard from the dropdown list.
• Click OK.
The FMLE now shows you the video from the Laparoscopic / Endoscopic Camera you are connected to.
• The FMLE settings are now complete. Close the window.

• Login to LapGuru portal- www.lapguru.com using your registered email ID & password.
• Schedule a new surgery event for transmission

• Click on button.
• Fill in the required details in the form and click on Save button.
• The surgery schedule that you have created can be seen on the Live Surgeries tab.
• Click on button.
• When you click on this button, the Flash player window will start. Click on Play button on this player and your surgery transmission will start.

• The surgery schedules are removed from the Live Surgeries tab once the date for which it was created is already passed. Hence if your surgery schedule was created for a past date, you will not be able to view the same on Live Surgeries tab now, and you will have to create a new schedule by clicking on button.
• The surgery schedules are removed from the Live Surgeries tab if the same does not start within 10 hours from its start time.

Yes. You may have a Private transmission through LapGuru, and only people having its unique transmission code will be able to watch the same. To create a private surgery schedule:

• Click on button, after logging to your LapGuru account.
• Select Access Level as Private using toggle button
• On the click of Save. A unique transmission code will be generated and displayed by LapGuru. You can see the same on Live Surgeries tab too such as
• Send this code to the people you wish to invite to watch your transmission. Only such viewers will be able to connect to watch your private transmission.

• Yes, the same can be done using LapGuru Conference feature. For creating such conference schedule:
• Go to Conferences tab after Login to your LapGuru account.
• Click on button.
• Create a conference schedule by filling up details in the form such as, Conference title, Start & End Date, and add names of surgeons who are going to transmit surgeries under this conference by clicking on Select Conference access.
The select conference access shows the list of current LapGuru transmitters.
• Once the conference schedule is created, the transmitting surgeons may add surgeries to that conference by clicking on button.
• Viewers will be able to see button under this conference schedule. When they click on the same, they will be able to watch all current Live surgeries on the single player page.
The audio for each surgery will not be available on this conference page. However, viewers can go to individual surgery page to get all surgery details along with audio.

Please ensure that your microphone is properly connected to the computer. The Flash player automatically detects the microphone that is connected to your computer.

• In the Flash player window, Right-click and select Settings.
• Click Flash player should show the microphone that is connected to your computer. If the sound is ON, then it will show bars as per the intensity of the sound in the setting below.
  
• Click Select Allow and Remember.
  

Using the inbuilt microphone of the laptop can create an echo and can cause a lot of disturbance to the other users. Do not use the inbuilt mic of your laptop instead use a separate headphone and microphone.

When the speaker is used to transmit audio (like in an auditorium) the user/ trainer should use a unidirectional microphone, otherwise, the audio coming from the speaker will be fed back to the mic and may create an echo.

If the video gets stuck in between, restart the flash player window again as mentioned below:

• Click on Exit transmissionon the flash player window.
• Close the flash player window where you were seeing the video.
• Go back to the Live Surgeries tab, click once again on or and click on Play

Quality of the video on the projector depends on the quality of the transmitted video. A SD video transmission will look blurred or pixilated on a projected screen, however, if the video is transmitted in HD, the pixilation would be minimal or not there at all.