Intercom: Install and connect

Install and connect

1. Install Intercom on each crew computer. Use Python 3.11+ with Tk, a current

Chrome/Chromium browser, and a headset. The host also needs OpenSSL on PATH. On Mac, run Start-Mac.command; on Linux run bash install-linux.sh as your normal desktop user, then open Intercom from Applications or Workstation. Installation and account/license/update behavior follows the other GA360 apps.

2. Connect your Workstation account and enable the Intercom application entitlement

for crew accounts through Sports Hub plan/application access. Each app checks its own entitlement; room display names and invitations are separate from login.

3. One person chooses Host room, enters their name/role and a room name, then

confirms the host computer's LAN IP address or hostname. The suggested address may need replacing on computers with multiple network interfaces.

4. Share the generated invitation privately. Each other person opens their local

Intercom app, enters a name/role, pastes the invitation under Join room, and allows microphone access. Click Unmute microphone when ready.

5. Use Private call on a crew card. The recipient accepts or declines. Incoming

and outgoing pending calls pause your microphone; the group remains audible until a private call is accepted. Return to group ends the private call.

6. In Hold to talk mode, first unmute, then hold the talk button or Space while

focus is outside form controls. Releasing, changing windows or hiding the tab releases push-to-talk. Open-mic mode continues while you use other apps.

7. The host keeps Intercom open for the event. End room & leave invalidates the

invitation. Closing the host app also ends the room. Others can leave without ending the event. The host can remove a participant from the crew list.

No camera access is requested. The local UI uses port 8916. Host signaling uses TLS on port 8917; each invitation includes the exact host certificate fingerprint, which joining apps check before sending the room secret. Host keys are generated outside the installation under ~/.ga360-intercom and never included in exports. Room membership, invitations and signaling are in memory and end on restart. The app does not provide audio recording. Do not share an invitation publicly; removed participants can rejoin if they retain the current invitation.