VU Open Courseware (Offline)

http://ocw.vu.edu.pk
Version 1.0.0

Installation Guide

Last Updated: 12-October-2012

IT Department, Virtual University of Pakistan

Web: http://www.vu.edu.pk Email: lms_support@vu.edu.pk Phone: 042-99203904

Overview
Virtual University of Pakistan has always been committed to Education for All and from its very inception, pursued an open policy regarding delivery methodology and services. As an extension to this policy, the University has launched Open Course Ware (OCW) Offline, which will provide free and open contents to everyone within their own LAN. This will help educational institutes in particular to install and setup this VU OCW in offline mode to access this digital publication of high quality educational material containing course contents, overview, lesson videos, reference books and related links etc.

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System Requirements
1. 2. Hardware requirements Software requirements

Hardware Requirements
Sr. No 1 2 3 4 Type Processor Memory (RAM) Hard Disk Space Hard Disk Type Minimum Multi-Core (2-cores) 4.00 GB 1.00 TB SATA Recommended Multi-Core (4-cores) 8.00 GB 2.00 TB e-SATA, SAS

Software Requirements
Sr. No 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Type Windows Server 2003 (32 bit) with latest available Service Pack
Note: The Computer Name of this server machine must be set as VSS

Microsoft Internet Information Service (IIS 6.0) Microsoft Dot Net Framework 2.0 Web Server Extensions Helix Server Setup (provided by VU) OCW Offline Setup (provided by VU) Video Lectures on Separate hard drive (Disk Type: e-SATA/SAS) Note: The disk containing video lectures must be configured as Z: drive in the streaming server

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Steps to Follow
Note All requirements mentioned in Software Installation Guide must be processed.

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

How to configure lecture videos as [Drive: Z] Install Helix Streaming Server Configure Helix Streaming Server Install OCW Website Play Lecture Videos

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Before You Begin

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Make sure that Microsoft Windows 2003 server with latest service pack has been installed. Microsoft Internet Information Server (IIS 6.0) has been installed and configured. You must be a member of Administrators group on the Server computer to install Helix Server. Close all other applications before installing Helix Server. All VU lecture videos have been copied on a separate disk drive under the folder named as Videos, installed in the server, these can be copied later as well in case lecture videos are delivered later.

How to Configure Drive [Z:]

1. 2. 3. Right click on My Computer icon on the desktop. Choose Manage option from menu. Click on Disk Management in tree menu in the left pane; it will show the available disk drives. 4. 5. Right click on drive containing lecture videos. Choose Change Drive letter and Path and Set drive letter as [Z:].

1. 2. 3.

Open My Computer and press right click to Z: drive. Choose Properties option from menu. Change drive label to Videos.

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VU Open Courseware (Offline) Install Helix Streaming Server

6. Log on to the server computer as administrator where you want to install the Helix Server.
7.

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Launch the Setup Program by clicking on HelixServer.exe (The exe file can be found in the zip file provided by vu).

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Read given instructions on the screen and click Next.

9.

Choose the installation folder and click Next.

Note: Continue with default settings i.e. C:\Program Files\Helix\Helix Server.

10. Enter username and password, which is required to access the administrator web page of Helix Server, and click Next . Note: You must enter Username Administrator.

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11. Enter a port number on which Helix Server will listen for PNA connections. These connections have URLs that begin with pnm://. and click Next. Note: Enter port number 7070 for PNA connection, which is already default port number.

12. Enter a port number on which Helix Server will listen for RTSP connections. These connections have URLs that begin with rtsp://, and click Next.

Note: Enter port number 554 for RTSP connection, which is already default port number.

13. Enter a port number on which Helix Server will listen for HTTP connections. These connections have URLs that begin with http://, click Next. Note: Enter port number 8080 for HTTP connections.

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14. Helix Server will listen for Administrator requests on the port number 15243, click Next Note: Enter port number 15243 for communication with Helix administrator.

15. Select Install Helix Server as NT Service, and click Next Note: You must select Install Helix Server as NT Service to auto start Helix Server at windows startup.

16. In confirmation window, review selected configuration of Helix Server, Click Finish to begin copying files or Back to change the configuration, if required.

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17. After complete installation a message window appears showing Helix Server installation is complete. Now click OK to finish the Installation setup.

18. Locate the file HelixServerConfiguration_32bit.vbs, in the given zip file and double click it to execute for configuration of Helix Server. 19. Locate the file RegistryConfiguration.vbs in the given zip file and double click it to execute. 20. Locate the file PrepareVideoDrive.vbs in the given zip file and double click it to format courses folders. 21. Locate the file VideoFormatChanger.vbs in the given zip file and click it to format lectures videos files.

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VU Open Courseware (Offline) Verify Streaming Server Configuration Settings

1. Open internet browser and type http://vss:15243/admin/index.html in address bar. 2. Enter user name: Administrator and password which was entered in step 4 of Installation of Helix Streaming Server, and then click OK.

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Server Administrator web interface will be opened after successful login.

4.

Click on Server Setup menu to expand sub menus. Locate and click on Mount Points.

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In Mount Points Setup interface verify that Base Path is Z:\Videos.

6.

If Base Path is not set as Z:\Videos then change the Base Path as Z:\Videos and then click on Apply button.

Note: If Base Path manually changes as Z:\Videos then follow step 7 and 8. 7. System will display message with Succeed Status. Press Close button to proceed further.

8.

Your must restart the server for the changes to take effect, click on the Restart Server button which is placed in right upper corner of the interface.

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VU Open Courseware (Offline) Installation of OCW Website

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Log on to the server computer as administrator where you want to install the OCW Offline Website.

2.

Launch the provided Setup Program by clicking on VU_OCW_Offline_Ver_1.0.0.exe, and click Next .

3.

Select the installation addresses of virtual directory and application pool of OCW offline website, click Next .

Note: Continue with Default settings and dont change it.

4.

Confirmation for Installation. Nothing needs to change, simply click Next .

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Installation Complete, Click Close to Finish. Note: You must Restart VSS Server now.

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VU Open Courseware (Offline) Launch OCW Offline Website and Play Lecture Videos
1. 2. 3. Open web browser (i.e. Internet Explorer, Firefox). Type URL http://vss/ocw/ in address bar and Press Enter. OCW offline website will be launched.

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http://vss/ocw/

4.

Open courses list by clicking Courses link. OR

5.

Find course by entering Course Code in provided text box for search

OR

6.

Select Course Category to find desired course.

7.

Click on desired course link to open Course home.

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8. Click Lesson Videos link to open videos page.

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Click on desired lesson to view and playback its video. Note: If selected video is not playing, You must Restart VSS

Server.

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