How to use the WebRTC Demo with Dreambox

Samuel Ezeoye

21-Jun-2021

Dreambox WebRTC Demo enables fast and convenient set up of Dreambox platform over web interface.

This tutorial will show you how to use the new Dreambox WebRTC Demo to take advantage of Dreambox’s telephony features.

Pre-requisites

An active Dreambox Cloud account. If you don’t have one, you can Sign Up for an account or login to an existing one.

Calling Dreambox with WebRTC

First, let’s see how we can make a call to Dreambox and hear a simple announcement

• Open a browser and Sign in with your credentials

• Click on your Username at the top right of the screen and click on WebRTC Demo

• WebRTC demo will ask you to login with your default client. The password is the same that you used to login to your main Dreambox account.

• When the main screen is presented:

  1. Click on the Contacts icon

  2. Click on number ‘1235’

  3. Click dial to make a call to Dreambox and hear the announcement associated with ‘1235’

  4. WebRTC Demo will request access to Microphone and Camera and then will present the main screen

You could follow these steps to call any Dreambox number by either selecting a number from the list or adding a new one in contacts.

Call from another Dreambox Client

If you want to test Peer to Peer WebRTC Calls, please follow the steps below:

• First, create a new Dreambox client from the Dreambox Console under the Clients Tab.

• Use a separate tab to login to Dreambox WebRTC Demo as described before but this time Sign in with the new Dreambox Client you just created

• After you sign in:

  1. Click on the Contacts icon

  2. Click on the + icon to add a new contact

  3. Enter the username of the new Dreambox Client you just created.

  4. Click on the new contact you just created

  5. Click on the video call icon

  6. WebRTC Demo may request access to Microphone and Camera and then will present the main screen

At this time, Dreambox WebRTC Demo will start to ring in the other Client’s window:

• Pick up from the other tab and you are ready to talk!

Chatting with another Dreambox Client

1. Click on the Contacts icon

2. Click on the new contact you just created or called before

3. Click on the chat text field, enter your message and press Return to send your message ot the other Dreambox Client