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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Doh!....I forgot, it was a T5500. The one in my office is a
T7500. Already been a long morning. As far as everything else I said, it
still holds however.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Adam Taylor<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'>Computing Center<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'>University of Louisiana Monroe<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> John I. Quebedeaux,
Jr [mailto:johnq@lsu.edu] <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, February 25, 2011 10:02 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Adam Taylor; 'Jonathan Klubek'; ag-tech@lists.mcs.anl.gov<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [AG-TECH] Access Grid Hardware/Software Questions<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Adam, wasn’t that machine a Dell T5500....?
And yes, on Windows XP/Vista/7 the 4th input wouldn’t work on that Osprey 440,
but it works just great (all 4 inputs) on a Dell T5400, something changed on
that machine... note: my guy Chris noted new (non-beta) drivers on the Osprey
440, maybe we test it again.<br>
<br>
I understand from someone that the Osprey 440e works OK with the AG toolkit....<br>
<br>
We too found that the onboard audio worked just fine on our Dells.<br>
<br>
-John Q.<br>
-- <br>
John I. Quebedeaux, Jr.; Louisiana State University<br>
Computer Manager LBRN; 131 Life Sciences Bldg.<br>
e-mail: <a href="johnq@lsu.edu">johnq@lsu.edu</a>; web: <a
href="http://lbrn.lsu.edu">http://lbrn.lsu.edu</a><br>
phone: 225-578-0062 / fax: 225-578-2597<br>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>From: </span></b><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Adam Taylor <<a
href="ataylor@ulm.edu">ataylor@ulm.edu</a>><br>
<b>Date: </b>Fri, 25 Feb 2011 09:51:10 -0600 (CST)<br>
<b>To: </b>'Jonathan Klubek' <<a href="jhklubek@buffalo.edu">jhklubek@buffalo.edu</a>>,
<<a href="ag-tech@lists.mcs.anl.gov">ag-tech@lists.mcs.anl.gov</a>><br>
<b>Subject: </b>Re: [AG-TECH] Access Grid Hardware/Software Questions<br>
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<span style='color:#1F497D'>Well, my two cents.<br>
<br>
We are running a T7500 fully loaded with windows 7 64bit. We run
everything on it except for the video capture which we run on an Ubuntu
machine. The reason for this is driver issues with most to not all
capture cards and windows. We have an Osprey 440 and no matter how hard
we tried we could never get the 4th input to work. Under Ubuntu, it works
just fine without any tuning, and is as stable as can be. Any machine
that is a first gen Core2Duo can run the video capture part without a problem.<br>
<br>
As far as the sound, we had horrid problems with the Soundblaster X-FI that
came with it. We ended up taking it out and just using the onboard audio
that comes with the machine. We have not had a single problem since.<br>
<br>
Thanks,<br>
<br>
Adam Taylor<br>
Computing Center<br>
University of Louisiana Monroe<br>
<br>
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<br>
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</span><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> <a
href="ag-tech-bounces@lists.mcs.anl.gov">ag-tech-bounces@lists.mcs.anl.gov</a>
[<a href="mailto:ag-tech-bounces@lists.mcs.anl.gov">mailto:ag-tech-bounces@lists.mcs.anl.gov</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Jonathan Klubek<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, February 25, 2011 8:30 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="ag-tech@lists.mcs.anl.gov">ag-tech@lists.mcs.anl.gov</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [AG-TECH] Access Grid Hardware/Software Questions<br>
</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><br>
My group at our university was recently tasked by one of our departments to
construct an access grid facility (this facility will also function for other
types of conferencing and classroom needs also). After much reading we
have determined many pieces we need to get including things such as several
ClearOne, Crestron and Extron products to control the various audio and video
pieces ranging from scaling windows on the projectors and switching sources to
mixing and cancelling echo on the microphones on the various tables.
The problem we are running into in examining everything is with the
access grid machine itself. We have looked at the technology and many of
the pieces of hardware are many years old and we are seeing possible issues
with integration as things such as PCI are replaced with PCI-e.<br>
<br>
We are looking at going with a Dell Precision workstation T7500 to be the
access grid machine and have thought about adding more memory and a second
processor to it (remember that it will serve multiple purposes. . My
questions are the following:<br>
<br>
1. I see that the software is listed for
Linux, OS X, and Windows. We most likely will be going with Windows so we
can support Microsoft Link also. This software is listed for Windows XP
but does it work with Windows 7 32-bit and 64-bit. This is extremely
important with Windows XP support coming to a close. Also, with the
increased resources we plan to use it may be necessary to use 64-bit to take
advantage of things such as 4+ GB of memory.<br>
<br>
2. As mentioned before the technologies listed
are out of date. We are especially seeing this with the video capture
cards and audio cards. I was wondering if the following would be
supported:<br>
<br>
a. SoundBlaster X-FI XtremeMusic (D)w/Dolby
Digital 5.1 (this was the card option on the Dell) – if not is there a newer
card than the one listed that is? We will of course need to integrate
with our other products.<br>
<br>
b. Datapath VisionRGB-E1 PCI-e RGB/DVI capture
card<br>
<br>
c. Osprey Osprey-450e PCI-e Analog video
capture card<br>
<br>
<br>
If not we are looking for several recommendations of much newer technology that
is supported as we see this to be extremely important.<br>
<br>
Jonathan</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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