Installation and use of »Cisco Jabber« on self-administered Windows service computers in the home office

Please start the installation by double-clicking on the installation file. You need administrator rights for this; if necessary, contact the administrator of your PC.

Then click »Accept and install«.

Complete the process by clicking on »Finish«.

If the program has not started automatically, now open »Cisco Jabber« and enter your login and »@uni-weimar.de« (e.g.: »nanu1234@uni-weimar.de«, not your e-mail address).
Then click on »Next«.

In the next step, enter your personal password and then click on »Login«.

n order to be able to use the software, you must make some settings. To do this, first click on your initials at the top left and select the item »Settings« in the window that then appears.

Navigate to the item »General« in the left column. Here the automatic start at system start should be deactivated - from the home office you will mostly have to establish a VPN connection first.

Depending on whether you want to use the internal loudspeaker and the internal microphone of the computer or whether you have connected headphones or a headset with a microphone, select the corresponding input and output devices in the drop-down menus.
Note: The available items in the drop-down menus vary depending on which output or input devices are available or installed on your computer.

Speaker:
Here you have the option of clicking the »play button« to check whether you hear the sound through the speakers of your device or through a possibly connected headset.

Microphone:
You can tell if your microphone is working by whether the microphone level shows a deflection when you whistle, for example.

Then switch to the »Calls« area and click on the option »Never start calls with video« .

Navigate further to the »Privacy« area: Select here which group of people can see your current status (»Available«, »Away«, »Do not disturb«).

Now navigate to the bottom of the Jabber window and click on the icon placed there.

In the field for »Device for calls«, select the item »Use my computer«.
From now on you will receive all incoming calls on your computer rather than on your telephone set at work.

To make calls within the university, you can use the internal directory. Click on the top icon for »Contacts« in the left column and enter the name of the contact in the search field.

By clicking on the green handset or pressing the Enter key, you can call the colleague.

Using the menu with the right mouse button, you can add individual contacts that you call frequently to your personal contact list. These then appear permanently when you click on the contact symbol. You can also create individual subgroups and build your own structure.

Of course, you can also make external calls. To do this, click either on the first symbol in the left-hand column for »Contacts« or on the second symbol for »Calls« and then on the symbol for »Dial field« next to the search field.

Please do not forget to enter the »0« for the exchange, as you do at your workstation!

You can operate the dialling field with your mouse or use the number keys on your keyboard. To dial, click on the handset symbol, which then appears green, or press the Enter key.

Hier können Sie Standardmäßig Ihre Büronummer und – sofern eingerichtet – Ihre Mailbox (»Voicemail«) anwählen.

Ebenso können Sie über den Punkt »Neue Nummer« die Rufnummern hinzufügen und dauerhaft speichern, die Sie häufig für Weiterleitungen nutzen.

Bitte beachten Sie, dass erhöhte Kosten entstehen, wenn Sie die Anrufe dauerhaft auf Mobilfunknummern umleiten. Nutzen Sie bitte – sofern möglich – Festnetzanschlüsse.