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To manually change your password, you will need to enter your current password and then enter and confirm the new password.  When you press "update password" an email will then be sent to your registered email address confirming the change.
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To manually change your password, follow these steps:
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# Enter your current password in the first "Current password" box - you can either cut and paste if it is the auto generated password sent in the email (but be VERY CAREFUL not to copy a space at the beginning or end of the password) or type one in manually.
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# Enter the password you want to change it to in the "New Password" box
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# Re-enter the new password in the "Confirm new password" box.   
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When you press "update password" an email will then be sent to your registered email address confirming the change.
  
 
===Addresses===
 
===Addresses===
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As a member you are automatically allocated a streaming channel on the BATC streaming service.  This section of the account dashboard allows you to change various parameters on your channel.   
 
As a member you are automatically allocated a streaming channel on the BATC streaming service.  This section of the account dashboard allows you to change various parameters on your channel.   
  
If you do not wish to use the streaming service you can ignore this section of your Account summary.
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For details on how to set up your streaming details see the [[Configuring your channel|"Configuring your channel"]] wiki page.
 
 
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====Chat nick name====
 
 
 
This field sets your nick name as it appears on any streaming channels you are watching when you are logged in as a member - by default it is set to "first name_call sign" and we would suggest you do not change it from this convention.
 
 
 
====Stream Title====
 
 
 
This field sets the name of your own personal stream that appears on the channel list under the main streamer menu.  By default it is set to your callsign.
 
 
 
====Stream output URL====
 
 
 
This is the direct URL you can give to people to watch your stream - you cannot change this field.
 
 
 
'''Note - the full URL is made up of the https address above the grey box PLUS the text in the grey box (without any spaces between the 2).  For example the stream name for the above screen shot is "https://batc.org.uk/live/g8gkq"'''
 
 
 
====Stream input URL====
 
 
 
This is the stream input URL which must be put in to your streaming encoder - you should note pass this on to anyone else.
 
 
 
The following examples are based on the above screen shot:
 
 
 
For Adobe media encoder put the "rtmp://rtmp.batc.org.uk/live/streamname" string above the grey box in to... and the text "abcxyz" in the grey box in to...
 
 
 
For Vmix put the "rtmp://rtmp.batc.org.uk/live/streamname" string above the grey box in to... and the text "abcxyz" in the grey box in to...
 
 
 
For Portsdown put the "rtmp://rtmp.batc.org.uk/live/streamname" string above the grey box in to... and the text "abcxyz" in the grey box in to...
 
 
 
For OBS put the "rtmp://rtmp.batc.org.uk/live/streamname" string above the grey box in to... and the text "abcxyz" in the grey box in to...
 
 
 
====Stream type====
 
 
 
This selection determines if your stream appears as a member, repeater or special event stream in the streamer main channel list. You cannot change this.
 
 
 
====Stream options====
 
 
 
You can decide if your stream is listed in the streamer channel list, if the Chat window appears on the side of your channel video player and if quests can log on to the chat on your channel.
 
 
 
====Stream type====
 
 
 
You can decide if your stream is sent from the server in Flash or HTML5 - the benefit of Flash is very low delay but HTML5 are veiwable on any device including iphones and ipads.  Note that transcoding is done in the server and you do not have to change any settings on your encoder.
 
 
 
====Stream description====
 
  
This is a free format text box which allows HTML and is used to display text and links below your video player window.
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If you do not wish to use the streaming service you can ignore this section of your Account Dashboard.

Latest revision as of 22:05, 30 May 2018

Once you have logged in as a member (see this wiki page) you can access and change a lot of details on your membership account.


The Account Dashboard which can be found on the left hand menu on the membership summary page (the default page after you log in).

Update personal details

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In this section you can change your name ,email address and callsign. Note you cannot update your membership number.

Change your password

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To manually change your password, follow these steps:

  1. Enter your current password in the first "Current password" box - you can either cut and paste if it is the auto generated password sent in the email (but be VERY CAREFUL not to copy a space at the beginning or end of the password) or type one in manually.
  2. Enter the password you want to change it to in the "New Password" box
  3. Re-enter the new password in the "Confirm new password" box.

When you press "update password" an email will then be sent to your registered email address confirming the change.

Addresses

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This section of the Account dashboard allows you to change your home address and any delivery address you have set up - click on the "edit" button and you will be taken to a separate screen where you can change any details.

Streaming details

As a member you are automatically allocated a streaming channel on the BATC streaming service. This section of the account dashboard allows you to change various parameters on your channel.

For details on how to set up your streaming details see the "Configuring your channel" wiki page.

If you do not wish to use the streaming service you can ignore this section of your Account Dashboard.