Weekly Logs 2007

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[edit] Week Starting December 17th

Thursday:

  • http://falcon.rit.edu/gallery2/
    • Installed and tested PHP Gallery2
  • Matt is hired
  • SEO Visit
  • Mel Paperwork
  • Matt interview
  • Called SEO
    • Students need Employment Eligibility Card
      • SS Card
      • Birth certificate
      • or Passport

Wednesday:

  • Out sick
  • Got SEO Job Numbers

Tuesday:

  • Began organizing in filing cabinet
    • Getting ready for new hires
  • Picked filing cabinet lock (in under 5 min)
  • Melanie started paperwork
  • Joe Geigel, Marla Conversation
    • Re: innovation festival, vtheatre
  • Matt stopped by
  • Demonstration canceled :(

Monday:

  • Windows Update
    • ITS Quarantined Demo Machines
  • Emailed Paul (ARSC)
  • Preparing Demo Machines
    • Four is finished
      • Also a reinstall
    • Three is finished
      • Reinstalled XP, put on AG, etc
    • Two is finished
      • Reset NT, took off of domain
    • One is finished
      • NT Passwd Reset
  • Emailed Mel and Matt re: Demo Tomorrow
  • Looked into SEO forms
    • SE Job Description form
    • SE Hire Form
  • Emailed Mel re: Tuesday

[edit] Week Starting December 10th

Friday:

  • Returned SoftLight
  • Dec 20th interview lined up
  • Recorded
    • Used VPCStreamer to stream memetic
      • Had problems, memetic only worked on primary
  • Presentation from Manchester

Thursday:

  • Presentation
  • Setup node in collaboritorium (g4)
  • Setup for presentation
    • Moved furniture
    • Took down light
    • Fetched podium
  • Dry run
  • Added laptop camera

Wednesday:

  • Email to MDRC
  • Chat with Paul Mercer:
    • Need 4 control nodes
      • Emailed gregor
    • Testing Monday 2pm
  • Emailed Dr. Preble re: presentation
  • Mobile node is stable setup
  • ARSC robotics test
    • Working with 3.0.2 and bridge
    • Need one more control station
  • Emailed jim Bober re: proj. bulbs and spotlight
  • Taped down our rear camera
  • Rearranged entire CASCI Lab with Gregor
  • Quick Meeting

Tuesday:

  • Lighting conversations/Thurs seminar setup
  • Restarted Archer RIT AG Bridge
    • Helped Zev Troubleshoot at UMaine
  • Install and Test ARSC demo
    • Busted
  • RC Web form http://rc.rit.edu/apply/
  • ETC Spotlight request
  • Meeting Notes send out to all
  • Emails to VTheatre people for Outreach
  • Dec 18th Edison Visit added to Events
  • Spoke with Mel
  • Emailed Matt
    • Interview at 10am Thursday
  • Emailed Trecc to confim
  • Installed mediaWiki Article Feeds for RSS

Monday:

  • Fixing RC redirects
  • Announced Preble Seminar
    • AG List
    • AG Schedule
  • Restarting DVTS fixed latency on Mushrik (odd problem)
  • Brought nodes back online
  • Meeting
    • Working on notes
  • Emails re: dec 18 HS visit to:
    • The Arctic Region Supercomputing Center - Demo end
    • Trecc - 9:00am hopefully
    • NIH - 9:30 or 10am
  • GCCIS Outreach meeting preparation
  • Reset AG nodes
    • mushrik still crashed
    • cis displays off

[edit] Week Starting December 3rd

Thursday:

  • Work on User Database
  • Cleared up confusion about lunch for HS students
  • Emails
    • Tom Uram re: development
    • Craig Locatis re: NIH outreach
  • Edison Tour Setup
    • Emailed VV URL and details to list/interested folks
    • Confirmed with Edison
    • Spoke with Vic Salva
    • Confirmed with Gregor
      • Dec 17th = LAB CLEANUP
  • ICELab redirects

Wednesday:

Tuesday:

  • Talked to Dan Bogaard re: Trevor
  • Met with Mel to create job description
    • 5:30 crossroads
  • Emailed Tom Uram re: web, devel, outreach
  • Web prototyping w/ standards
  • Replaced redirect
    • Asked paul to 'apache2ctl graceful'
  • Removed http://rc.rit.edu redirect
    • copied files over
    • broken

Monday:

  • New web design research
    • looking at other RIT pages
    • began mock-up in Adobe Illustrator
  • Contacted Dan Bogard and Keith Karn re: Trevor
  • Returned MP13 to ETC/Jim Bober
  • Tested Rolls MP13
    • Using onboard Mic Boost (<25% volume)
  • Follow-up with Matt and Mel
  • Web prototyping
    • Reading standards
  • Adding Names/accounts to RC Form
    • Waiting for Andy's feedback
  • Second Interview with Trevor
  • Restored order to the nodes

[edit] Week Starting November 26th

Friday:

Thursday:

Wednesday:

  • Successful stereoscopic view in Collaboritorium under linux
    • 2 DV Cams
    • 16x9
    • Bulb burned out
  • Venue Server Research for RIT Playback of Events
  • More web devel
  • Prepared Mobile Cart for StereoScopic Demo/Testing
  • HD Video Evaluation from Philadelphia stream: udp://@233.88.110.60:1234
  • Uploaded new Web PDFS to wiki Download PDFs
  • Finishing web prototype for migration
  • Redid folders, added business card
  • Printed fliers with new URL
  • Made 4 fliers uniform
  • Rejoined all AG nodes

Tuesday:

  • Obtained folders - Switched over content
  • Web prep for tomorrow
  • New LDAP Error Emailed to ITS
    • [Tue Nov 27 16:10:53 2007] [warn] [client 127.0.1.1] [32701] auth_ldap authenticate: user kcsics authentication failed; URI /authLand [LDAP: ldap_simple_bind_s() failed][Can't contact LDAP server]
  • Attempted to get folders
    • Need Charge Authorization form
  • Got batteries
  • Webifying CASCI and CIS handouts
  • Redid CASCI, CIS handouts
  • Testing Conference XP
  • Made Flier Corrections for Locations
  • Attempted LDAP authentication
    • Enabled https
    • Collected packet exchanges
      • After "Encrypted Alert," falcon sends RST packet
      • Emailed ITS again and Paul
  • wiki spam removal
  • rc redirect removal
    • Emailed Paul about ACL's, SSI's

Monday:

  • Installed, configured, http://archer.rit.edu/phpical/
  • Got pictures to John Albertini
  • Emailed Matt
  • Emailed Trevor
  • Director's Meeting
  • Picture integration
  • Web devel
  • Pictures of Conference Room
  • Priced out folders from tracy
    • RIT Branded:
      • Matte: 1.58
      • Shiny: 1.68-1.98
    • Regular:
      • Clear Front Report: 25/39.19 ~= $1.57 (L247796)
      • Sliding Bar Clear: 50/19.50 ~= $0.39 (L247710)
      • Two Pocket w/ Fastners: 25/28.33 ~= $1.13 (L247975 Dk Blue)
      • Two Pocket w/o Fastners: 25/16.98 ~= $0.68 (L247985 Dk Blue)
  • Printed copies of packet for Lunch Meeting
  • Task List Started for Second Interview
  • All nodes online
  • Reboot Delilah

[edit] Week Starting November 19th

Wednesday:

Tuesday:

  • LDAP
  • Vic Scripting for Mac OS X
  • Setup WebDAV on Archer:
    • webcal://archer.rit.edu:81/webdav/test2.ics
  • Software updates on archer
  • WebDav, ICS, Ical investigation
  • ListServ, Mailman
  • Installed google analytics on RC website

Monday:

  • Email Intel computer clubhouse regarding outreach
    • MIT media lab
    • Boston
    • Museum of Science
  • Mailing list research
  • RC Form/LDAP research
  • Looked for more information on co-op candidates
  • Migrated icelab prototype, tested RSS, all is working
  • Bugged Paul about GP01
    • PHP variable change
    • Write access to icelab directory
    • SSI broken
  • Emailed other candidates
  • Interviewed Trevor
  • Added Classrooms handout to Download_PDFs
  • Prepared for interview, 11am
  • Reconnected nodes

[edit] Week Starting November 12th

Friday:

  • RC Migration to GP01 at /virtualhosts/media.rc.rit.edu/rc-transfer
  • Attempted to meet candidate again
  • Photographed photo session
  • Photographed VTHEATRE
  • AGVCR Record of VTHEATRE on archer setup
  • Setup for VTHEATRE event
  • Fixed CIS setup

Thursday:

  • Thursday Meeting
  • Stereoscopic projection permission/info gained
  • AGVCR Playback compiled and tested on Media
  • Attempting LDAP auth stuff
  • PEAR installed on gp01
  • Paul Meeting
  • Panama demo
    • Recorded
    • Issues with plain dvts
    • Jabber dead
    • Cue recording

Wednesday:

  • Prepared for early morning demo
  • Printed 10 new packets
  • Reinstalled Adobe Illustrator (Said licensing didn't work)
  • Rebooted Delilah
  • Library Demo
  • Converted and uploaded more AGVCR content
  • Purchased 2 DV tapes and 4 batteries (9V)
  • Converted and Uploaded last two conferences: http://media.rc.rit.edu/recordings/
  • Updated RC website events
  • Developed AGVCRToMPEG scripts to automate post processing of AGVCR
    • previewStreams.sh
    • ripAGVCRstream-audio.sh
    • ripAudioMP3.sh
  • VNC Dry-run testing for presentation setup
  • Installed powerpoint on casci-laptop
  • Created Default Presentation Diagram
  • Investigating logs regarding venue client disconnects
  • Demo for librarian

Tuesday:

  • Ways to record VNC: vncrec or vnc2swf
  • Searching for Multicast VNC Solution (with record)
  • Rebooted Delilah, resync'd machines to venues

Monday:

  • Minor corrections on preble poster for printing
  • Rehauling wiki frontpage to be less exclusive
  • Fixed wiki handling of images
  • Meeting with ArtPeace
  • Tested connecting to LDAP from falcon (not working) -- waiting for ITS call
  • Created account on webman.rit.edu (New APP Server)
  • ITS Helpdesk ticket opened for LDAP authentication
  • Emailed both co-op candidates. Lining up interviews this week.
  • Emailed Paul Craig (pac8612) re: stereoscopic projectors
  • Kristin from ArtPeace Emailed
  • Stefan Preble poster created, webified, uploaded

[edit] Week Starting November 5th

Friday:

  • Meeting to discuss progress and direction
  • More web prototyping: http://falcon.rit.edu/webPrototype/
  • Began brainstorming outreach initiative
  • Web prototype
  • Set quality to 1 on delilah and mobile cart
  • Updated Download PDFs
  • Preparing for web launch
  • Implemented ICELab Handout changes
  • Created Job Candidate folder (Two in the running)

Thursday:

  • Cleaned up
  • Emailed Tracy re: mounting cameras
  • Disassembled table
  • Updated RC Seminar web page
  • Testing, vlc, extended video, etc
  • Bought 2 cat5e cables
  • Set up for seminar

Wednesday:

  • Got IP Addresses for conf room projectors
  • Moved mobile cart
  • Disassembled another table
  • Marked mounts for conference room
  • Disassembled one table
  • Fixed error with Talk on Conference room (wrong source)
  • Emailed Co-op office for listing position (and called for resumes)
  • UKY Seminar
  • Reserved conference room
  • Tested stereoscopic monitor for dual-DV streams
  • Testing VLC recording for Thursday seminar
  • Tested 2 DV streams from falcon (WORKS, only one dev though... AG is only app that can use both)
  • Posted old seminar data
  • Preparation for hosting remote seminar

Tuesday:

  • Investigating VLC Mosaic functionality
  • VPCScreen testing
  • Meeting with Paul
  • Wrote ripAGVCRstreams.sh

Monday:

  • Can tile videos (squished)
  • Can extract mp3 from AGVCR
  • Testing AGVCRToMPEG2
  • Compiled AGVCRToMPEG2
  • Discovered how to hijack DVTS stream (manually kill dvts, steal ip and port -- MUST BE EVEN PORT NUMBER)
  • Setup for Risa playback
  • New ICELab Handout
  • Migrating fonts
  • Downloaded and Installed Adobe Illustrator
  • Rejoined venue on nodes
  • Delilah reboot (crashed, black screens)

[edit] Week Starting October 29th

Friday:

  • Logged into Adobe Licensing server (don't have license yet)
  • Setup Linux firewire camera
  • Posted 15 more poserts
  • nCast research for screen capture solution
    • Realtime screen broadcast (MPEG4)
    • Remote presenting
    • "Collaboration mode" with n-participants
      • 1 Controls video
      • All hear audio
      • Desktop webcasting RTSP
      • Multicast bridging
  • Printed 15 More posters
  • Posted 45 RC Seminar posters
  • Printed 6 packets of information (have 2 extra folders)
  • Prepared for IBM Demo at 1:15pm


Thursday:

Wednesday:

  • Re-prioritized
  • Mobile Cart Ready!
  • Mailed draft of Flier
  • DVTS Playback
    • "dvts.exe --recv --url=HOST/PORT --ipversion=4"
    • Use Extended Video Service executable
  • Updated Paul with a nice todo list
  • Made Co-op announcement in Jon's Interface Design class
  • Worked with Matt (Joe's class) to get DVTS playback working
  • Tried AG3.1-beta2 on Jon's Laptop (Still broken, got further)
  • Joe Geigel's class (Announcing co-op position)
  • RC Seminar Flier Design
  • Node maintenance (note: Delilah crashed)

Tuesday:

Monday:

  • Researching spam blocking for the wiki
  • Began reading XAP400 manual
  • Misc cleanup
  • Enhanced vic EXE stops crashing on kestrel!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • Tried Beta2 and enhanced vic EXE on kestrel (still crashing)
  • Got DVTS Playback working (not for public consumption yet)
  • Discovered AGVCR DVTS port num bug (can't be odd)
  • Joe Geigel's class (met Les)
  • Demo for librarian
  • Turned on monitors in Munsell Color Lab
  • Slight adjustment to imaging science cam
  • Removed Spam from wiki
  • Joined nodes to Venue
  • Reconfigured Delilah

[edit] Week Starting October 22

Friday:

Thursday:

  • Installed Office on Mobile node
  • Used mobile node for presenting
  • Set up cameras and exposures
  • Created \\falcon\dropbox
  • Met with Joe Geigel
  • Added another cam at room center
  • Moved DV Cam to room center
  • Rearranged entire room

Wed:

Tue:

  • PHP Auth Research
  • Troubleshooting with Gail
  • Collaboratorium setup with Jon
  • Kestrel Troubleshoot:
    • Running memtest
    • Asked for advice
    • Reseated card (no settings changes)
  • Advertised Thursday RC Seminar on AG Mailing Lists
  • Researching IVC windows crash
  • Researching video formats (PAL, NTSC, 1080, etc)
  • Put up remaining fliers
  • Helped Gary Skuse set up AG for meeting
  • AG-Scheduled Thursday's talk: http://agschedule.ncsa.uiuc.edu/viewday.asp?date=10/25/2007
  • Updated Budget with tripods: http://budget.archer.rit.edu/#Hallway
  • Created Borrowed Equipment
  • PRINTED 17 more fliers for (CIS, COS)

Mon:

  • Contacted Joe Geigel
  • Requested icelab.rit.edu vHost setup
  • Distributed 35 posters
  • Still troubleshooting kestrel crashes (windows only)
  • Trying beta2 on windows again (IT WORKS!)

[edit] Week Starting October 15

Friday

  • Put up 10 posters in GCCIS
  • Troubleshooting kestrel crash
  • Reinstalled Grub on Kestrel (after windows wiped it out)
  • Asked Martin Naef for powerpoint
  • Going to buy tripods
  • Asked Risa for an abstract for her talk
  • Worked with paul to gain access to gp01
  • Finished Kestrel mobile installations (Still Crashes!)
  • Recorded and tested seminar playback via AGVCR
  • Conversation with Bruce Hartpence regarding AG
  • Prepared for Manchester SIGraph seminar

Thursday

  • Created Risa Robinson poster for RC
  • Update, Driver, and Application InstallFest
  • Burned Ubuntu CD
  • Downloaded installers for fresh Kestrel system SEE: \\falcon\AccessGrid\
  • Asked Paul for access to media.rc, gp01, and lmc
  • Put xdvshow (working) on eagle
  • More kestrel troubleshooting
  • http://www.vislab.uq.edu.au/research/accessgrid/software/AGMenu/
  • Email about EnhancedVic on XP
  • Mobile-cart total reinstall (to hopefully solve crashing)
  • Helped Jon get back on the grid (before discovering firewall issues)
  • Emails about DVTS on linux

Wed

  • Restored Delilah to known stable state
  • discovered gldvshow crashes linux machines
  • VIEWED DVTS STREAMS IN LINUX (special xdvshow)
  • Experimented with VLC streams and DVTS
  • Experimented with DVTS on Linux - not much luck
  • Scheduled room for Friday 9:00am (Manchester)
  • Scheduled room for Thursday 3:00pm (Joe & Marla)
  • Deployed newest AG-minimizer script on nodes (called AG-usable.py)

Tue

  • Restarted all of archer's services after unknown crash
  • Experimenting with Enhanced Vic on Windows (doesn't display properly, output is choppy)
  • Troubleshooting Kestrel crashes
  • Locked down monitor and machine to cart
  • Majorly updated Window Minimizer for Usability
    • Added sleep argument for autolaunching
    • Added RAT always on top
    • Added RAT X button disabled
  • Investigating python/tcl/tk window management in AG
  • Learned to cut away from self when removing tie-wraps
  • Acquired locks for cart
  • Started Mobile Cart Setup

Mon

  • Duet Ganging
  • Acquired mobile cart and tested multicast in the collaboratorium
  • Reworked flier header
  • Researching reports, ultragrid, etc
  • Created backup CDs
  • Updating DNS (for mushrik and shams)
  • Researching Mobile Cart Options
  • Emailed Marla Schweppe regarding AG setup
  • Requested GP01 access
  • Updated imagine science needs (on venue page)
  • Rejoined ag1 and mushrik (lost venue connection)

[edit] Week Starting October 8

Fri

  • Moved archer out of harms way into datacenter until virtualized.
  • Toured datacenter with Paul
  • Proposed collaboration plan to Michelle Harris regarding physical computing and a node in the art building
  • Hoping to get Archer moved today before it's disconnected (met with Paul)
  • Flier Removal
  • Reconnected Kestrel in new layout
  • Improving physical layout of lab for AG usability (focusing on our corner, in front of the screens)
  • (Slightly botched) Manchester Seminar at three locations
  • Node Check

Thur

  • Checked Dell warranty coverage on Laptop with broken display (NOT COVERED ANYMORE)
  • Explored Videum utilities, tried "patched" videoProducerService for Winnov Cards (would not run)
  • Discovered source of Dean's AG Issues (old wx python installed)
  • Wiki updated to give virtual venue URLS
  • Emailed Tom Uram regarding RIT Collaboratorium Venue
  • Emailing Dean for round 2 of AG installation on his powerbook
  • Successfully tested AG link to Collaboratorium
  • Troubleshooting on Jon Schull's powerbook, fixed AGTK!
  • Reviewed ICElab documents and webpages in order to continue productive web prototyping
  • Contacted local artist regarding video exhibit: http://www.videometaphor.blogspot.com/
  • Fully restored Delilah after beta2 made the node unusable

Wed

  • Mostly fixed Delilah
  • Began testing AG 3.1beta2 -- so far, vic is broken
  • Fixed SVN/apache on archer (thanks ed)
  • Began research for 74-1069#Desk_Options
  • Posted more fliers (Building 08 and 76)
  • Set up new email, etc (kcsics at arrRIT)
  • Uploaded new event flier (clear browser cache) to Events
  • Requested powerpoint from Mike Giles, unfortunately missed AGVCR recording.
  • Coordinated Manchester Seminar in all three locations: had remote attendees
    • Watched someone physically disable sound in Color Science (fixed)
  • Discovered Manchester Venue Changed/Found new venue server

Tue

  • Posted fliers -- building 70 and 74
  • Trying to obtain DCE account
  • AG Manchester Seminar Flier fixes, printed
  • Demo with the National Library of Medicine (OHPCC Collab) @ 2pm
  • Gave workshop to Jon's students and peers
  • Installed Jon's AG Node, reclaimed laptop, traded Chat50 for Duet
  • Troubleshooting SVN (down)
  • Conference room maintenance
  • Finished setting up Jon's machine
  • Reconnected all nodes to venue

Mon

  • Began setting up Jon's machine
  • Discovered huge issues installing AG on Jorge's laptop (old wxPython is stopping us)
  • Added third camera to Conference Room (finally)
  • Emailed Jorge info on installing and will meet to finish
  • Manchester Seminar setup for Events
  • ScreenStreamer Testing
  • Created Window Minimizer for Usability
  • Posted event fliers created last fri

[edit] Week Starting October 1

Fri

  • Made Event flier for Manchester seminars
  • Added instructions for using center projector
  • Posted instructions at each node
  • Fixed wiki upload limit
  • Redo of instructions for printing and web PDF
  • Setup Ubuntu machine (falcon) to work with multiple displays (twinView)


Thurs

  • SysAdmin Meeting
  • Investigated ag1 system crash (pythonw.exe threw a nonspecific error - happened as VNC connected)
  • Facilitated and took notes on Eye Contact Research
  • Contacted Tom about AG devel and Ed's work
  • Node maintenance
  • Set up beryl on falcon
  • AG Testing Meeting (asked about minimizing windows)
  • Began Mobile Cart setup
  • Google map work
  • Web prototype

Wed

  • Google Map started
  • NTID conference
  • OS X research for laptop installs (for the dean)
  • boiler page web space
  • Further familiarized with wiki. Wiki updates.
  • Organized space.
  • Rewired cameras in conference room so main CAM is 3CCD panasonic. Hit 6/8 seats with 2 cams.
  • Changed aspect ratios on panasonic cams
  • Triple checked tigerboard installs

Tue

  • Made sure every AG node is fully functional:
    • DV enabled
    • all cameras enabled
    • shared presentations, tigerboard, shared browser, vnc, sharedVNC?, AGVCR
    • auto boot into RIT Venue?

Mon

  • Finished Powerpoint installations
  • Samba-shared office from falcon.
  • Make sure Shared Presentation works for CASCI conf room for Tues at noon
  • Created Instructions. Walking Tour. Installed PowerPoint in Conference Room. Conference with Skuse.
  • Labeled Archon and Archer (made ICE nametag template). Walking tour, machine fixed, boot automation, bug fixing.

[edit] Week Starting September 24th

Fri

  • AG Poster for RIT nodes. Meeting at CASCI. More orientation, wiki migration, ID badge, etc.
  • Subscribe to AG mailing lists
  • Get ID Card
  • Permanent fix for falcon linux boot (Also set linux as default)
  • Make a logo for the wiki (Done. Sep27)
  • Combat spam --Ed
    • Restrict wiki-editing to logged-in users (Done. Sep27)
    • Subscribe to the Recent Changes RSS feed
    • Delete any spam pages that appear therein. (I removed one, but there are at least two more that I've left alone)


[edit] Summer, Week 6 (Starting 9 July)

  • Live Earth recorded, MPEG-4 is mysteriously broken
    • Do we want to convert the original MPEG2 to real, working MPEG-4?
  • Had Windows, Office installed on new Suns
  • Ordered:
  • AG Townhall
    • Talked with Tom & Piers regarding a number of bugs in vic & rat
      • vic-autoplace: inconsistent placing of windows & x button breaking things; vic-general: resetting source->channel mapping & only detecting 4 directshow & 1 wdm camera (I think Tom fixed this right away); rat: intel hd-audio spec onboard sound not working at all (set up remote desktop on eagle for Piers to test this one)
    • Set up Remote Desktop & Visual C++ Studio for Piers to check out the HD audio problem in rat. note: logout & don't use eagle from ~2PM on
  • Hosted U. Manchester seminar in 2270, fixed right TV's right speaker (wasn't plugged in all the way)
  • Hosted meeting with Gregor from ANL
  • Biweekly RC Meeting

[edit] Summer, Week 5 (Starting 2 July)

  • Ed got a Staff account
  • Discussed getting a table to cover the mess (with Marilyn Lockwood)
  • Handed off one of the LCD keys to Marilyn. She wants to make a copy for Mark U or _______ so at least 2 people in the department have them.
  • Upgraded Archon to the AG3.1 Beta!
    • Holding off on Delilah for a moment because of a possible Videum-related bug.
  • AG test meeting
    • Installed 3.1 on Delilah & confirmed Videum vic input config bug
  • Received Sony LCDs for Color Science
  • Working on an easy MPEG-4 VLC transcoding solution for recording Live Earth concert at a lower bitrate
  • Confirmed: Langie will install the LCDs early next week.
  • Arranged to buy XP & Office media
  • Waiting on a call to set an appointment for Office installation on Falcon, Eagle & Kestrel.
  • Got some pointers for system-ghosting (Norton Ghost? Altiris was bought by Symantec).
  • 2270 has been vacuumed, the carpet is back -- now we need to get a ladder and pull some of that A/V cable back into the ceiling.

[edit] Summer, Week 4 (Starting 25 June)

  • Made a questionnaire for Hypersonic project
  • Installed all cards in Sun machines (5 IVC, 3 Quadro FX1500 for new Suns and 1 Quadro NVS285 to replace mushrik's broken one)
  • Tested wiki restore from database dump backup (it works)
  • Ordered Sony LCDs (KDL-46V2500) from GovConnection
  • Received: KVMs, Sony cameras for other venues, some cables
  • Organized & cleaned a bunch of stuff in the lab
  • Demo for City of Rochester
  • Bothered Dell about Projector A; its replacement shipped next-day air at midnight on the 28th.
  • Figured out the command to play AGVCR files into the RIT venue from the command-line: 
    time agvcr --no-gui -a 224.2.224.224/20000/127 -v 224.2.224.225/20002/127 -p -l 1 -f filename
    • An alias called agvcr_play_to_rit has been added to Archer and Mushrik.

[edit] Summer, Week 3 (Starting 18 June)

  • Started backing up Archer's BudgetTracker database.
  • Ordered cameras and cables from GovConnection:
    • 10 Handycams
    • 4x 50' RCA Video
    • 5x 25' RCA Video
    • 4x 12' RCA Video
    • (The Panasonic camera takes too long to ship from Govconnection, so I'm going to go through Adam however long it takes)
  • Met with Bill Clymer about the NTID HyperSonic Speakers Project, keeping project notes on this wiki.
  • Ordered the 5 KVMs for CASCI & 74-1069.
  • Except for the IT Collaboratory and Hallway, all we need to buy are:
    • Microphones,
    • Mic/camera mounts,
    • LCDs for the Color Science Lab (Andrew suggests Sony (XBR2 or V2500, which we can get from GovConnection)
    • Locks & cables
    • A/V & Firewire cables
    • Another AccuMic.
  • Met with Rowe Photo, and will get a quote regarding:
  • Tested Soho card with Canon camera mic in 2270, result: virtually no echo cancelling. Will test more next week
  • Access Grid test meeting
  • Wiki improvements: added file upload (with antivirus scanning) & batch local file uploading, and started daily database backup (email to ed, andrew, shared ice lab gmail)
  • Transferred all prominent AGVCR & other recordings to LMC
  • Took delivery of 3 Sun Ultra-40 workstations -- with keyboards and additional video cards, but without LCDs. Thankfully, we have plenty of CRTs to use in the short term.
  • Ordered 12 TechnaLock security cables with adhesive plates.
  • Making a Word document for the Hypersonic Sound Project

[edit] Summer, Week 2 (starting 11 June)

  • Emailed Jeff Pelz to ask who installed his HD projector
  • Installed Conduit, DVI->HD, Firewire in 2270
    • Everything works
  • Conferring with Langie re: installing a screen. The budget looks somewhat worse, as shipping + installation costs $2k. This probably doesn't include projector installation, especially after he hears what we'd probably do.
  • Asked Adam (working for Jon Schull) about video-latency for the TripleHead2Go
  • Set up meeting with Joel from Rowe Photo about IT collab & other (next Tueday, 6/19@3pm)
  • Narrowed down mic types and placement for CASCI (2, condenser, cardiod (or super))
  • Met with Mark Fairchild about color science venue
  • Tested enhanced vic with 2 cameras sending (works, should work with arbitrary #, will test after getting more firewire cables)
  • Emailed Andrew Lake & Laurie Kirchmeier about DVTuner & DVTS, no reponse yet
  • Broadcast RC working group meeting over AG & recorded it
    • DVTS recorded, but playback doesn't seem to work
  • Experimented with DVD ripping for archiving non-AGVCR recordings
  • Ed had a high fever on Tuesday, and stayed home the rest of the week.

[edit] Summer, Week 1

  • Registered the projectors in CASCI as casci-l, casci-m and casci-r (left/middle/right);
    • re-labeled the remotes accordingly
  • Tested component inputs of Sharps with DVD player from ETC - left TV's apparently does not work
  • Tried Windows KB896256 multi-core optimization hotfix - didn't make a difference with vic
  • More image comparison with Panasonic & other 1CCD cameras (Sony TRV38 this time)
  • Hosting local viewing of Teragrid presentation streams (Tuesday through Thursday)
  • Continued testing & correspondence regarding VicR
  • Found a VGA 3-head box for potential IT collab display
  • Set up for, recorded and hosted local viewing of (in 2270) U Manchester Seminar, Ying Liang Ma
  • Demo for Xerox
  • Nailed down more details for camera requirements (need to double check conference room, decide on # for IT collab, find out what room in color science)
  • Documented locations of various event recordings
  • Went through Dell's support wizard for Projector A's RF receiver (need to call Dell support about this).
  • About to have quotes from BB & GC for:
    • 8x 50 ft. RCA Video Composite
    • 5x 25 ft. RCA
    • 4x 12 ft. RCA
    • 12x Sony HandyCam
    • 3x Panasonic 3CCD

[edit] Summer, Week 0

  • ICE lab director's meeting
  • Met with Bill Clymer to clarify aspects of NTID hypersonic project
  • Determined proper screen size/aspect ratio for IT collaboratory display
  • Took preliminary venue pictures of 2270 and IT collaboratory
  • Finally received Panasonic 3CCD camera, did image comparison with Sony DCR-HC38
  • More testing of enhanced vic, correspondence with Chris Willing & Leon Zadorin on AG-TECH
  • RC staff lunch
  • Hosted local viewing of Motion & Sound presentation & recorded it
  • Tested video card issues in mushrik - one of the NVS285s is apparently dead, other one works
  • Tried to get Linux to display 1400x1050 on Dell projectors; only succeeded in 1680x1050 (with dark padding on the left side). I'll need outside expertise to get this working.
  • Confirmed the plant-corner Ethernet jacks in [76-2270] are active.

[edit] Spring, Week 11

  • Put up flyers for Open Science Grid RC seminar
  • Tested Access Grid setup for RC seminar
  • Set up/tested/broadcast/recorded/etc AG demo for Dean's Council
  • Broadcast & Recorded Open Science Grid RC seminar
  • Extensively tested Access Grid setup for Joe Geigel's Virtual Theatre demos
  • Broadcast & assisted with Joe Geigel's Virtual Theatre demos
  • More testing of 76-2270 video conversion equipment - apparently nothing works
  • Tested enhanced DV/HDV vic on mushrik (ubuntu) - sending seems to work on mushrik, receiving (on archer) not so much
  • Watched & recorded academic convocation

[edit] Spring, Week 10

  • Put up flyers for Dina Newman RC seminar
  • Broadcast & recorded Dina Newman RC seminar
  • Initial testing of DVI-component boxes in 76-2270
  • Tested ConferenceXP with Jason van Eaton for Microsoft demo
  • Hosted Microsoft demo, showed off ConferenceXP
  • Received & tested new cameras (Sony DCR-HC38 & Canon ZR850)
  • Access Grid Retreat
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