How to Start up an Access Grid Node Using Virtual Venues

Jennifer Teig von Hoffman

Boston University

 
            jtvh@bu.edu 
          

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Table of Contents
1. Introduction
1.1. Acknowledgments
1.2. Conventions Used in this Document
1.3. What is "Virtual Venues?"
2. Starting up Your AG Node with Virtual Venues
2.1. Logging in
2.2. Display Machine
2.3. Video Machine
2.4. Audio Machine
2.5. Connecting to the Venues
Revision History
Revision 1.0.4July 23, 2001
Fixed error in audio machine start-up instructions (which had previously, and erroneously, told you to run "arm-eventlistener" on your video machine instead of audio machine.
Revision 1.0.3June 25, 2001
Added additional instructions for first-time rat start-up, small change in acknowledgments section. Revised images of Windows "Start" menu to ensure consistency with release 1.0, and changed background color on all screen shots
Revision 1.0.2June 6, 2001
Updated to ensure consistency with 1.0 release of Access Grid Toolkit (all major changes are related to using an Internet Explorer browser for connecting to the VV web interface, rather than Netscape which had been the previous default). A few images updated to show more accurate depiction of Windows "Start" menu.
Revision 1.0.1May 11, 2001
Consistent with beta4 release of AG Toolkit