Sameroom: Glossary of Terms

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Sameroom Terms and Definitions

Sameroom is a chat message relay service that connects chat rooms – either on the same chat service, or between two or more chat services – for a range of chat service applications.

Below is a glossary of terms and their definitions that you might see associated with the Sameroom service.

Term	Definition
8x8 Team Messaging	8x8 Team Messaging allows the user to create chat rooms in 8x8 Work (Desktop or Mobile) and connect those rooms to internal or external chat rooms. This is essentially the Sameroom standalone Enterprise service as applied to the 8x8 Work service platform, and is included with 8x8 X Series accounts at no additional cost.
Account	An Account in Sameroom is a chat application that has been authenticated to connect to your Sameroom service. Accounts appear in the Accounts page of your Sameroom admin interface. Once an Account is added to your service, you can issue Sameroom commands in your chat rooms, and create portals and tubes to connect different rooms together. Deleting an Account will also delete all tubes and portals associated with it. Deleting all Accounts on the Sameroom service will permanently terminate that Sameroom service, including all billing activity. Chat applications that require use of a bridgebot (Skype, Telegram, and GroupMe) will not appear on the Accounts page. The Accounts page will only appear for 8x8 Team Messaging accounts if supported external applications have been added to the service. To add a supported external app, navigate to https://8x8.sameroom.io.
Bot	The Sameroom bot is an app added to your chat service when you add that service as an Account in Sameroom. This allows you to generate Portal URLs and connect Codes, used for connecting message relay tubes between rooms in your chat applications. 8x8 Team Messaging: The Sameroom bot is added to your 8x8 X Series service when it is provisioned for Sameroom access.
Bridgebot	A bridgebot is a special app that effectively allows you to use Sameroom with chat services that cannot be added as Accounts in Sameroom, meaning Skype, Telegram, and GroupMe. Tubes between bridgebots are free and unlimited, but they are available only for a limited number of chat services. Portals created within chat apps that use bridgebots cannot be managed (view/add/delete/change) from the Sameroom Manage page. Important: A paid Sameroom service is required for tubes connecting a bridgebot-enabled chat app to an application that does not require a bridgebot. In this case, each tube connection between those two apps will count against your paid tube budget. As with all other supported chat applications, 8x8 Team Messaging accounts can connect chat applications that require bridgebots (Skype, Telegram, and GroupMe) without additional cost, since Sameroom access is included with 8x8 X Series service.
Code	A code is a time-limited, 5-character string used to create a new Sameroom tube. The code is issued using the Open command. This temporarily creates one side of a tube in the chat room the command is issued from. Then in another chat room, that same code is used with the Connect command to complete the tube connection between your chat rooms. Codes expire after two minutes, and cannot be re-used after that time. For more information, please see Sameroom Commands.
Enterprise	NOTE: Standalone Sameroom Enterprise accounts are no longer being offered. 8x8 Team Messaging accounts include Enterprise-level access to Sameroom functionality at no additional cost. This means that if you have an 8x8 X Series service, you also have access to Sameroom at the Enterprise level.
Format	Format governs the way your chat messages are displayed when they're posted in your Sameroom-connected chat applications. For more information, please see the Format listing in Sameroom Commands. Also see: Sameroom: Configuring Posting Options
Health Status	The Sameroom Status page displays the current operational connection status of supported chat service applications.
Hush	When the Hush command [^^^] is placed before a chat message, Sameroom will ignore all tube connections when the message is posted. This keeps a single message confined to the room it's posted in. For more information, please see the Hush listing in Sameroom Commands.
Integrations	Integrations are chat services supported by Sameroom. You can find the most current integration information, including a full list of integrations in Chat Service Limitations and Known Issues. Some listed chat services are either no longer supported, or have specific limitations.
Manage	From the Sameroom Manage page, you can make changes to the tubes and portals you've assigned to your service. For more information, please see the Manage Tubes and Portals section of Sameroom: Managing Your Account. Note that this does not apply to 8x8 Team Messaging accounts.
Map	Map is a Sameroom command that provides the status of your tube network, as well as a link to a graphical representation of those tube connections. For more information, please see the Map listing in Sameroom Commands.
Plan	A Plan is your Sameroom service subscription. For information about viewing or changing Sameroom service plans, please visit the Changing Your Service Subscription section of Sameroom: Managing Your Account. Or navigate directly to the Sameroom Pricing and Plans page. Note that this does not apply to 8x8 Team Messaging accounts, which already have Enterprise Sameroom service applied at no extra charge.
Portals	Portals are another method of connecting rooms together with tubes, similar to Codes, except that a permanent URL is generated instead of a short-term code. A portal URL is issued using the Portal command. This creates one side of a tube in the chat room the command is issued from. Then in another chat room, that same URL is used with the Connect command to complete the tube between your chat rooms. A portal URL can be re-used as often as needed for connecting a single (origin) chat room to different chat rooms, depending on the number of tubes allowed by your Sameroom service plan. For more information, please see the Portal command listing in Sameroom Commands.
Roomcoin	Roomcoin is a reserved administrative feature that allows additional tubes to be added to a Sameroom service without changing the service plan. Note that roomcoin cannot be purchased, and is distributed at 8x8's discretion, usually for demo or troubleshooting purposes. Each roomcoin can grant access to one or more unlimited tubes beyond the current Sameroom service level. Roomcoin codes may have an expiration date applied to them. If you have roomcoin to redeem, click here and insert your roomcoin code. Note that this does not apply to 8x8 Team Messaging accounts, which have no tube limitation.
Settings	Settings is a Sameroom service management option that users will see when they log into the admin interface at https://sameroom.io. In Settings you can change the email address and name associated with your Sameroom service. For information on how to use this feature, please see the Update Your Email Address and Name section of Sameroom: Managing Your Account. For 8x8 Team Messaging accounts, navigate to https://8x8.sameroom.io.
Tubes	Tubes are the most critical part of Sameroom. Each end of a "tube" connects one chat room with another, so that messages posted to one room will automatically appear in the other. You can connect chat rooms within the same chat service, or between rooms on different chat services, or a combination of both. The number of tubes you can connect to chat rooms is limited only by your Sameroom service plan. 8x8 Team Messaging accounts have no tube limitations. For standalone Sameroom service customers, tubes can be created from the Open a Tube link at the top of the Sameroom admin interface page. Tubes can also be created directly from chat rooms by using the Open or Portal commands together with the Connect command. Please see the listing of Sameroom Commands for more info.