Building an Access Grid Node

From Room Construction to Equipment Configuration

Gary Refka


Table of Contents
Access Grid Introduction
Room Construction
Room Evaluation
Access Grid Room Plan
Installation Checklist
Server Installation
Network Preparation
Linux Installation
Manual Configuration of Host File
Audio Machine Configuration
Video Server Configuration
Display Server installation
Control Computer Configuration
Audio System
Audio Server to Gentner Connections
Sound System Connections
Configuration for Unbalanced connection to Speaker System
Configuration for Balanced connection to Speaker System
Microphone Connections
Gentner Initial Configuration
Video System
Camera Placement
Display System
Network Configuration
Hardware Considerations
Equipment Specifications
Revision History
Revision 2.4.6July 11, 2003
Reformatted for pdf conversion via docbook2pdf, fixed or removed outdated links
Revision 2.4.5March 25, 2003
Updated outdated link to Lisa Childers' original documentation of three recommended Gentner presets
Revision 2.4.4June 25, 2001
Several changes in response to comments from Leslie Southern and Marty Hoag
Revision 2.4.3June 6, 2001
Fixed two spelling errors
Revision 2.4.2June 6, 2001
Added reference and link to Jennifer Teig von Hoffman's Gentner configuration document from Chapter 5, alongside reference to Lisa Childers' original Gentner matrices documentation
Revision 2.4.1May 19, 2001
Small formatting changes made for conversion to DocBook format; URL inserted for AG equipment specification