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Sametime Advanced preferences (Sametime 9.0.1 only)

These settings only apply to environments that include the Sametime 9.0.1 Advanced Server.

The following table lists the preferences that are available for the HCL® Sametime® Advanced client. These preferences are set in the plugin_customization.ini file.

Table 1. Global Preferences - com.ibm.collaboration.realtime

Attribute Variable type Description
enableAdvanced Boolean (default value is false) When the value is set to true, the Sametime Advanced plug-ins installed with the client become active.
enableInstantShare Boolean (default value is false) If enableAdvanced is set to false, but the value of enableInstantShare is set to true, the instant share feature is available. Otherwise, the value of enableInstantShare is ignored.

Table 2. Sametime Advanced Preferences - com.ibm.collaboration.realtime.persistentChat

Attribute Variable type Description
showAdvancedVersioningAlert Boolean Suppress client version warnings when accessing a Sametime 9.0 (or higher) server from an older Connect or Embedded client.

Table 3. Broadcast and Persistent Chat Preferences - com.ibm.collaboration.realtime.bcs

Attribute Variable type Description
sametimeAdvancedServerName String Required. Fully qualified Apache Tomcat® Application Server host name, for example: sales.
sametimeAdvancedServerPort String Required. Sametime Advanced Server port number.
sametimeCommunityServer String Required. Default Sametime Community Server host name. This is the server users log in to for awareness and chat.
broadcastToolsServerName String Required. Fully qualified Apache Tomcat Application Server host name.
broadcastToolsServerPort String Required. Apache Tomcat Application Server port number. The port number is normally 1883 for HTTP and 8883 for SSL, but can be any port specified by the administrator.
useHTTPS Boolean If you are using SSL while connecting to the server, set to true. If you are using HTTP set to false.
advancedServerConnectionType String Connection type to connect to the Sametime Advanced server. Set to 0 for a direct connection to the server. Set to 1 to connect through a reverse proxy.
broadcastServerConnectionType String Connection type to connect to the Broadcast Tools server. Set to 1 for a direct connection to the server. Set to 2 to connect using SSL.
useHttpProxy Boolean Set to true if you are using an HTTP forward proxy; otherwise set it to false.
proxyHost String Type the proxy IP address or host name if you are using a HTTP proxy, otherwise leave it blank.
proxyPort String Type the HTTP proxy port to which you are connecting.
proxyUserName String Type the user name if the HTTP proxy requires one for authentication; otherwise leave it blank.
reverseProxyBaseURL String Type the reverse proxy base URL to use if connecting through a reverse proxy. For example: http://mycompany.example.com/mycontext Leave blank otherwise.
reverseProxyUserName String Enter the reverse proxy user name if the proxy is authenticating. Leave blank if you are not using reverse proxies.
jmsProtocol String Indicate whether the client connects with a secure connection using the Security Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) or not. The default is disthub (to connect without SSL). Enter disthubs to connect with SSL.
liveNameResolveTimeout String (the default is 10000 milliseconds) Time allowed in milliseconds for awareness names to resolve. The default is 10000.
notifyNewOpenCommunities Boolean (the default istrue ) Alert users when a new open community is created.
notifyNewModeratedCommunities Boolean (the default istrue ) Alert users when a new moderated community is created.
notifyNewPrivateCommunities Boolean (the default istrue ) Alert users when a new private community is created
blockBroadcastOnDoNotDisturb Boolean (the default istrue ) Blocks broadcasts when client is set to "Do not disturb".
blockBroadcastOnInMeeting Boolean (the default isfalse ) Blocks broadcasts when client is set to "In a meeting".
notifyChatRoomAddMember Boolean (the default istrue ) Alerts users when a chat room has a new member.
blockChatRoomNotifyOnDoNotDisturb Boolean (the default istrue ) Blocks chat room notifications the client to "Do not disturb".
blockChatRoomNotifyOnInMeeting Boolean (the default isfalse ) Blocks chat room notifications when user is in a meeting.
broadcastServerUserIdType String (the default isemail ) Specifies the LDAP attribute used as the user ID.
useTokens Boolean (the default istrue ) Determines whether the client uses an LTPA token at login. Set this to false only if there is no way to set up Single Sign-On between the Sametime Community Server and the Sametime Advanced Server.
chatRoomLaunchURLRichClient Boolean Specifies what type of chat room window the users sees. The value true represents the Sametime client chat room and the value false represents the web browser chat room.
onlyActiveChatRooms Boolean (default value is false) Limits the chat room list to active chat rooms, suppressing disabled and archived chat rooms from the list.
showToolTip Boolean (default value is true) Displays the description associated with a chat room when the user mouses over the chat room name.
updateInterval String (default value is 600000 milliseconds, or 10 minutes) Specifies the wait (in milliseconds) before chat room data is refreshed. You can improve server performance by refreshing less frequently.

Table 4. Community Preferences - com.ibm.collaboration.community

Attribute Variable type Description
loginTokenRefreshInterval String (default value is 900000 milliseconds, or 15 minutes) LTPA token timeout in seconds. Best practice is to set this value to 5 minutes less than the token expiration time configured on the WebSphere server hosting Sametime Advanced, and on the Community Server. The value should be specified in milliseconds. For example, if the server-side token expiration timeout is 24 hours, configure loginTokenRefreshInterval=86100000 (which is 23 hours and 55 minutes) on the client.

Parent topic: Sametime client preferences