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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Yes, it can be done, and fairly easily at that. I've never had a need for such a setup, and so haven't tested it thoroughly, but from experimenting I believe it goes like this...</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2>-One the old linux capture machine, install pig. </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>-change the /ag/agapps/video-config file to reflect the correct number of capture cards and desired settings</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>-change the /ag/agapps/bin/start-PIG.bat file by removing the lines for starting the event server and display resource manager. You can tell which these are by scanning through the (long) argument lists. This will leave the audio and video resource managers only. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2>-in that same file, find any reference to 'localhost' and replace it with the IP address of the display machine. This should give you a heartbeat when you start pig, assuming your display machine is on. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2>Good luck!</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>-----Original Message-----</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>From: Randy Groves [<A HREF="mailto:randy.groves@boeing.com">mailto:randy.groves@boeing.com</A>] </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Sent: Friday, January 24, 2003 10:36 AM</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>To: ag-tech@mcs.anl.gov</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Subject: Re: [AG-TECH] Two Win2K or WinXP AG setups - anybody done them?</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Thanks for the replys, folks. But I may have not been clear on my </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>question. I know that I can run all this on one box, but if I have a </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>situation where the number of cameras, or displays is greater than the </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>number of slots in one box, then I will need to use two machines and split </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>the functionality between them, just as in the 'old days'. With the </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>difference being that both of the machines are Windows boxes rather than </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Windows/Linux.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>I'd just like to know if anybody's done this, and what they had to change </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>on the 'video capture' box to get it to run.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Thanks!</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>-randy</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>At 09:44 AM 1/24/2003 -0500, Bob Riddle wrote:</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>>We're using one machine (okay, two if you count the Gentner!)</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>></FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>>A Dell 530 Precision with dual xeon 2.4 ghz with 3 Osprey 100's, and a</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>>Matrox Parhelia AGP card (which limits us to 3 displays - which is all our </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>>AG room has had room for since inception).</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>>Works just dandy for us.</FONT>
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<BR><FONT SIZE=2>>Milinowicz, Anthony [NCSUS] wrote:</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>>></FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>>>Randy,</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>>></FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>>>Since the release of AG 1.2, not only have we been able to create a </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>>>large</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>>>node with 2 Windows XP boxes, but we have actually gotten it down to a </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>>>single machine, with 3 video captures (osprey cards), with full display </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>>>machine capabilities as well.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>>></FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>>>We are using Compaq Evo W8000 machines, which are dual processor (xeon</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>>>2.4 GHz) with 3 Osprey 100s, onboard Creative Labs SB16 Audio, AGP Matrox </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>>>G450 (dual display output), and PCI Matrox G200 (control).</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>>></FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>>>Anthony</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>>></FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>>>-----Original Message-----</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>>>From: Randy Groves</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>>>To: <<A HREF="mailto:ag-tech@mcs.anl.gov">mailto:ag-tech@mcs.anl.gov</A>>ag-tech@mcs.anl.gov</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>>>Sent: 1/23/2003 8:53 PM</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>>>Subject: [AG-TECH] Two Win2K or WinXP AG setups - anybody done them?</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>>></FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>>>I'm looking at possible configurations for supporting larger rooms, </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>>>and wondering if anyone's done a modification of the AG large room </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>>>setup that splits the functions across two Windows boxes rather than a</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>>>Windows/Linux</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>>>setup. With all the peices available on Windows, I'm guessing it's</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>>>definitely possible, but I can imagine that there are some tweaks to the</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>>></FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>>>startup files that would be required to point the second box to the </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>>>display machine to coordinate the event management.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>>></FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>>>Anybody done this already?</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>>></FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>>>Thanks!</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>>></FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>>>-randy</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>></FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>></FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>>--</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>>Bob Riddle </FONT>
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