Join a room and admit people from the waiting room

Join a room

Opening a room link takes you to the room's join screen, which says You're joining <room name>. On the right you see your camera preview, with buttons to turn the camera and microphone on or off and lists to choose your camera, microphone and speakers.

1. Open the room link.
2. Set up your camera and microphone if you want. This is optional: you can join without them and turn them on later.
3. Click the main button. Its label depends on who you are:
   • Join room: you are already a member of the room. You go straight in.
   • Request to join: you are not a member yet. Pactto asks the owner and editors to let you in.
   • Join your first room: same as Request to join, shown when this is the first room you join.
   • Log in to join: you typed the email of an existing Pactto account. Enter your Password (or use Sign in with Google), then click the button.
4. If you asked to join, Pactto shows Waiting for host approval until someone admits you.

If you are not logged in

The join screen asks for your Full name and Email.

• If the email belongs to a Pactto account, Pactto shows a Password field and the button becomes Log in to join. Use Forgot your password? if needed.
• If the email is new, Pactto prepares your access (Preparing your access…) and sends your request. To log in later from any device, finish your account on the Register page with the same email. See Create a Pactto account.
• You can also click Sign in with Google.

People who join this way start with Can view.

Admit or decline people

Who can do this: the room owner and people with Can edit, while they are in the room.

1. When someone asks to join, a notice appears: "<name> wants to join the room".
2. Click Admit to let them in, or Decline to refuse.

If you enter a room while people are already waiting, you see a notice for each person who is still on the join screen. Requests from people who closed the join screen are not shown.

If something goes wrong

• "Your request to join the room was rejected.": the owner or an editor declined. Click OK.
• No camera or microphone detected: click Continue without devices to join as an observer (view and listen only), or connect a device and click Try again.
• "This room has reached the 20 participants limit. Try again later.": 20 people are in the room. Wait until someone leaves. See Room capacity.
• "You've blocked camera access. Go to your browser settings and allow it again." (or microphone): see Allow camera and microphone access.
• If the room was deleted or you do not have access, Pactto shows a page explaining why. See Why can't I open this room?.

Good to know

• People you invite by email are already members, so they see Join room and skip the approval step.
• While waiting for approval you can still change your camera and microphone; the room uses your choice when you get in.