[AG-TECH] Doorbell for the grid?

[Derek Piper]

	Ah, that would be great. Then we can hook up 'On the Air' signs like these:

http://cgi.ebay.com/0283-On-The-Air-Radio-Recording-Studio-Sign-Neon-Light_W0QQitemZ9709301782QQcategoryZ4671QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

	Good idea for public spaces.

	Derek

Cindy Sievers wrote:
> Actually if you are talking about a more or less persistent space, in 
> addition the doorbell idea, it might be good to have just a signal that 
> the "Grid is ON" or "Grid of OFF".....even in monitored spaces, the 
> biggest concern that participants have is whether the cameras and mics 
> are transmitting or not.....some sort of visual indicator would be very 
> useful...
> 
> At 08:31 AM 4/12/2006, Ivan R. Judson wrote:
> 
>> It'd be  interesting to couple a standard (but non-annoying tone, or
>> chime) with the little red light that can plug in via usb I got a
>> couple of years ago (Tom has it now ask him about it :-).
>>
>> Then you could ring/ping/tap whatever and it'd play the chime and
>> blink the light as a cue someone was remotely trying to get your
>> attention.
>>
>> In general this visual cue would be useful for other things like
>> question and answer during lectures, visual indication of network
>> problems for a speaker, or other things...
>>
>> --Ivan
>>
>> On Apr 12, 2006, at 8:11 AM, Brian Tieman wrote:
>>
>>> Tom,
>>>
>>> Yes, the beamline is a fairly noisy place.  Speakers turned up loud
>>> enough for a user--who may be several feet away--to hear will
>>> likely also have lots of static--especially in our electrically
>>> noisy environment.  My thoughts were to couple a tone--likely a
>>> sonalert of some sort which can be very distinctive even in noisy
>>> environments--with a strobe.  It can be set up to "ring"
>>> occasionally rather than incessently.
>>> I was just wondering if maybe this sort of issue has already been
>>> resolved for cases other than the trivial ones where leaving the
>>> "listen" button on is sufficient.
>>>
>>> Brian
>>>
>>> Thomas D. Uram wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Well, if the audio is on at the beamline, the remote researchers
>>>> could just begin talking
>>>> to the guys on the beamline, right?  The beamline is likely a
>>>> noisy environment, so
>>>> this may not be heard well, but just as much as some tone, I would
>>>> think. Maybe I'm thinking
>>>> of the situation differently than you are; clarify as needed.
>>>>
>>>> Tom
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 4/12/06 8:34 AM, Brian Tieman wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Tom,
>>>>>
>>>>> But only if you looking at your email...or have your email
>>>>> forwarded to a pager, etc...
>>>>>
>>>>> We'd like to leave an AG room open and live at an APS beamline
>>>>> where people will be working on equipment and not necessarily
>>>>> looking at computers--or at least not the computers running the
>>>>> AG.  If a collabarator wants checks in via the grid--the will see
>>>>> the guys working, but how do you remotely tap a guy on the
>>>>> shoulder to make him look up from his work to notice you?  The
>>>>> phone works, of course, but a way to ring a bell and/or light up
>>>>> a strobe would be very usefull to us.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks!
>>>>>
>>>>> Brian
>>>>>
>>>>> Tom Coffin wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> email notifications via the agscheduler work pretty well.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> _________________________________________
>>>>>> At 02:07 PM 4/11/2006, Brian Tieman wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> We're hoping to use the AG in more of an "always on"
>>>>>>> environment for collaboration with users.  We'd be doing this
>>>>>>> at an experimental facility where people will generally be
>>>>>>> paying more attention to the facility equipment than a random
>>>>>>> user who may pop in to collaborate, monitor, etc...And so we're
>>>>>>> looking for something like a doorbell or telephone ringer that
>>>>>>> would alert someone at the facility that a remote collaborator
>>>>>>> may wish to chat with them.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Has anyone implemented something like this?  I can think of a
>>>>>>> couple of ways to go about it, but thought if anyone had a
>>>>>>> "standard" solution, we could just glom onto that.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Brian Tieman
>>>>>>> Advanced Photon Source
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ___________________________________________________________
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>>>>>>
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>>>>>
>>>>>
> 
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