Bridging a Polycom into the AG

[Rick Stevens]

I'd like to see these ideas futher developed.

On 19 Oct 2002, Ti Leggett wrote:

> While lying down resting, I was thinking that it probably wouldn't be
> too hard to bridge a polycom unit into the AG so that a) Remote polycom
> users could participate in an AG meeting without an AG and b) AG users
> could participate in a h323 meeting.
> 
> On a related note, after wiring the uM2 up to be AG-ified and getting
> the linux PIG nodes working smoother, I've found out several things:
> 
> - MatchMakers aren't needed. In order to use unbalanced audio with the
> Genter, wire tip or left channel to positive on the phoenix connector
> and tie ground to negative and ground on the pheonix connector. Viola!
> - It looks like the alsa sound drivers are a valid free alternative to
> the 4Front drivers, at least on PIG nodes. I just installed the alsa
> drivers on personal-ag which has an i810 chipset and it's full duplex
> and seems to work quite nicely. We need to find an alternative to the
> 4Front drivers because a) Their should be an open source alternative re:
> latest discussion on Groove and b) the es1370 chipset is no longer being
> made and c) most computers are coming with onboard sound which by and
> far is the i810 or Via chipsets
> - The linux PIG drm doesn't by default transmit video. The effect this
> has is that you can't get your own video feed locally until you check
> the transmit from the menu. Oddly though your video is being fed because
> remote users see it fine. I guess that's becuase the vrm is
> transmitting.
> - A linux port of the genter software would come in *very* handy on the
> uM2 AG node.
> 
> -- 
> Ti Leggett <leggett at mcs.anl.gov>
> 
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