Access Grid Toolkit v1.1

Windows Release Notes - July 3, 2002

The Windows installation program is designed to run on a computer with MS Windows 2000 already installed. The AG installation has tested successfully with Service Pack 2 for Windows (with all additional critical updates available as of the release date, above). The AG Toolkit can be uninstalled using the Add/Remove Programs application in the Windows Control Panel, or the 'Uninstall Access Grid Toolkit' icon in the Start Menu/Programs/Access Grid Toolkit folder. This version of the AG display software interoperates with Windows Explorer rather than Netscape. It has been tested using the browser that is bundled with Windows 2000 Service Pack 2, IE 5.5. The installation program installs the AG software into the c:\ag\ directory. Version 1.1 must live in c:\ag\ or the software will fail to run properly.

The following software is installed by the Windows installation program:

Release documentation for the AG Toolkit
Virtual Venues client event server
Display Resource Manager
The tkMOO-light mud client
Java runtime environment 1.1.8
Java swing 1.1.1
UCL-based VIC video tool
Orbacus
Tcl 8.2
Distributed PowerPoint master, client, and server
java-getopt

Optionally, either the Access Grid Display tools, or the Personal Interface to the AccessGrid (PIG) tools, or both, may be installed. The Access Grid Display tools include appropriate startup mechanisms to run the Access Grid Windows Display computer components. The PIG tools include the following (in addition to the tools above):

OpenMASH (http://www.openmash.org) VIC tool
Windows-optimized UCL RAT (audio tool)
Video Resource Manager
Audio Resource Manager
Appropriate startup mechanisms for operation of the PIG

NOTE: The PIG software is still very delicate!

Specific configuration steps must be followed for the Personal Interface to the AccessGrid to work. The following requirements MUST be met, and even so, some minor tweaking may be required for any particular installation.

Currently, only ViewCast Osprey Video-capture cards have been tested (www.ViewCast.com)
A relatively high-powered dual-processor P4-Xeon machine is required for reasonable performance
The file 'c:\ag\agapps\video-config' must be modified to reflect the correct host name for the PIG machine
The proper video capture drivers must be installed, and the cards must be configured properly using the native card tools (or some third-party capture tool other than the VIC tools included in this distribution)
The OpenMASH VIC tool requires certain information at first startup that is not provided by the installation proceedure. This information only need be input once.