[AG-TECH] Two Win2K or WinXP AG setups - anybody done them?

[Ti Leggett]

I think you should take a look at c:\ag\agapps\video-config and change
the display machine name to whatever the display machine's name is.

On Fri, 2003-01-24 at 09:35, Randy Groves wrote:
> Thanks for the replys, folks.  But I may have not been clear on my 
> question. I know that I can run all this on one box, but if I have a 
> situation where the number of cameras, or displays is greater than the 
> number of slots in one box, then I will need to use two machines and split 
> the functionality between them, just as in the 'old days'.  With the 
> difference being that both of the machines are Windows boxes rather than 
> Windows/Linux.
> 
> I'd just like to know if anybody's done this, and what they had to change 
> on the 'video capture' box to get it to run.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> -randy
> 
> At 09:44 AM 1/24/2003 -0500, Bob Riddle wrote:
> >We're using one machine (okay, two if you count the Gentner!)
> >
> >A Dell 530 Precision with dual xeon 2.4 ghz with 3 Osprey 100's, and a 
> >Matrox Parhelia AGP card (which limits us to 3 displays - which is all our 
> >AG room has had room for since inception).
> >Works just dandy for us.
> >
> >Milinowicz, Anthony [NCSUS] wrote:
> >>
> >>Randy,
> >>
> >>Since the release of AG 1.2, not only have we been able to create a large 
> >>node with 2 Windows XP boxes, but we have actually gotten it down to a 
> >>single machine, with 3 video captures (osprey cards), with full display 
> >>machine capabilities as well.
> >>
> >>We are using Compaq Evo W8000 machines, which are dual processor (xeon 
> >>2.4 GHz) with 3 Osprey 100s, onboard Creative Labs SB16 Audio, AGP Matrox 
> >>G450 (dual display output), and PCI Matrox G200 (control).
> >>
> >>Anthony
> >>
> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>From: Randy Groves
> >>To: <mailto:ag-tech at mcs.anl.gov>ag-tech at mcs.anl.gov
> >>Sent: 1/23/2003 8:53 PM
> >>Subject: [AG-TECH] Two Win2K or WinXP AG setups - anybody done them?
> >>
> >>I'm looking at possible configurations for supporting larger rooms, and
> >>wondering if anyone's done a modification of the AG large room setup
> >>that
> >>splits the functions across two Windows boxes rather than a
> >>Windows/Linux
> >>setup.  With all  the peices available on Windows, I'm guessing it's
> >>definitely possible, but I can imagine that there are some tweaks to the
> >>
> >>startup files that would be required to point the second box to the
> >>display
> >>machine to coordinate the event management.
> >>
> >>Anybody done this already?
> >>
> >>Thanks!
> >>
> >>-randy
> >
> >
> >--
> >Bob Riddle 
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Ti Leggett <leggett at mcs.anl.gov>