[AG-TECH] AG Workshop Documentation

[Jason Bell]

G'day All

As part of my contribution to adding content to the AG website for
today's "Add content to AG website day", I have begun uploading a large
Access Grid Work Shop Document.  See http://www.accessgrid.org/node/917.


QCIF, together with the Australian Research Collaboration Service
(ARCS), are pleased to announce Access Grid Workshop documentation to
provide AG workshops on a global basis and to assist those who may not
be able to attend by providing these resources.

It is hoped that this document will provide a basis for providing AG
workshops all over the world!  It will also provide some additional
information for the Access Grid community.

Currently (only started today), I have been able to upload the following
topics 

    * Access Grid Installation Notes
    	+ Windows Install
    	+ Linux Installation
    	+ Mac OSX Installation
    	+ Configuring Profile
    	+ Configuring Services
    	+ Saving Multiple Configurations (Demo)
    	+ My Node Preferences

    * The Design Considerations for a Room Based Access Grid Node
    	+ Design Issues
    	+ Room Design
    	+ Microphones
    	+ Microphones Con't
    	+ Speaker Placement
    	+ Camera Options and Placement
    	+ Lighting Considerations
    	+ Computers
    	+ Room Design
    	+ Example of a Room Node 1
    	+ Example of a Room Node 2
    	+ Example of a Room Node 3
    	+ Example of a Room Node 4
    	+ Rooms and Hardware Information
    	+ Multiple Purpose Room Issues
    	+ Multiple Purpose Room Issues Con't
    	+ Handy Tips and Tricks
    	+ Handy tips and tricks Con't
    	+ Thanks

    * Audio Tuning
    	+ Keep it Simple
    	+ Keep it Simple Con't
    	+ Audio Codecs
    	+ Mapping inputs to Outputs
    	+ Mapping inputs to Outputs Con't
    	+ Configuring a XAP 400
    	+ Echo Cancelling
    	+ Noise Cancellation
    	+ Audio Filtering
    	+ Configuring a Telco device

    * Self-Testing an Access Grid
    	+ Testing Video
    	+ Testing Video Con't
    	+ Testing Audio
    	+ Testing Audio (Demo)
    	+ Network Testing
    	+ Using a separate machine to test Audio
    	+ Share Applications Testing
    	+ Available Documentation
    	+ External Testing
    	+ Weekly Test Sessions

Over the up and coming weeks, I hope to upload the following additional
topics (With appropriate subsections):

	* Operational suggestions
	* Quality Assurance
	* Networking 
	* Venue Servers and Unicast Bridging 
	* AGVCR and H261AS (Jason and Doug)
	* Security and Scheduling 
	* HDV / DV 
	* Trouble Shooting


Note that I haven't had a chance to give it a extensive revision, but
once I have uploaded again I will go through it thoroughly.

Thanks very much for your time,
Jason.  

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Jason Bell, B.I.T.

B. Info. Tech. (Honours) Student

High Performance Computing Support Officer, 
Network Engineer 
Information Technology Division 
Central Queensland University

E-mail : j.bell at cqu.edu.au
Phone : 07 4930 9229
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