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 Schedule

AccessGrid Workshop - Brisbane
25 & 26 Oct 2007
(presenter details)

Thursday (25-Oct-2007)
Time Topic Comments
10:00 Welcome (Bernard, Chris and Jason)  
10:30 Installation (Jason, Chris and Doug)
  • Demonstrate how to install the AGTK on a varity of platforms
  • Setup configurations
  • Highlight documentation
11:15 Design Considerations for a Room Based Access Grid Node (Jason)
  • Design issues
  • Mic, speaker and camera options and placement
  • Single vs multi-node configuration
12:00 Lunch
12:45 Audio Tuning (Jason)
  • Configuring an XAP device
  • Noise cancellation
  • Configuring a telco device
1:30 Self-Testing an Access Grid (Jason)
  • Testing audio
  • Testing video
  • Network testing
  • Available documentation
2:15 Operational suggestions (Jason)
  • Making an AG more operational friendly
  • Ways to provide feedback to the AG participants
3:00 Break
3:30 Quality Assurance (Jason)
  • What is the QA process
  • Why it is important
  • Where to find information, such as the test protocol and list of QA'ed nodes
  • Tips and tricks to improve quality
4:15 Shared applications (Jason)
  • VenueVNC
  • Shared presentation and browser
  • AGTigerboard
  • Other available shared app's
 

 

Friday (26-Oct-2007)
Time Topic Comments
9:00 Networking (Jason)
  • Unicast vs mulitcast
  • Firewall issues
9:45 AGVCR and H261AS
  • Installing AGVCR
  • Using AGVCR to replay a recorded session
  • Demonstration of H261AS and how it can be used to transmit an application!
10:30 Break
11:00 Venue Servers and Unicast Bridging (Chris Willing)
  • Configuring a venue server
  • Configuring a unicast bridge
  • Differences between an AG2 and AG3 unicast bridge
11:45 Security and Scheduling (Jason, Chris and Doug)
  • Pro's and con's behind a firewall
  • Identity and service certificates
  • Encrypted media
  • Restarting of useful task
12:30 Lunch
1:15 HDV / DV (Chris Willing)
  • Overview of HDV and DV
  • Demo using HDV and DV within an AG environment
  • Show where to get it and start using it
2:00 Trouble Shooting (Jason, Chris and Doug)
  • Overview of common AG problems, with tips and tricks to diagnose and resolved issues.
2:45 Break
3:00 Solving known issues for participants and general question and answer. (Jason, Chris and Doug)
  • Audience participation, where participants can highlight their current issues and with a round table discussion, try and solve any and all issues.