A new project;
I have been speaking with ****** about our Dean’s desire to develop an access grid node in a new video-conferencing room in the Alice Hoy building, after seeing his submission to Lindenderry that such a facility be developed. …
Access Grid Logos at this site courtesy of Argonne National Laboratory
The Access Grid® is an ensemble of resources including multimedia large-format displays, presentation and interactive environments, and interfaces to Grid middleware and to visualization environments.
These resources are used to support group-to-group interactions across the Grid. For example, the Access Grid (AG) is used for large-scale distributed meetings, collaborative work sessions, seminars, lectures, tutorials, and training. The Access Grid thus differs from desktop-to-desktop tools that focus on individual communication.
The Access Grid has issued over 3,400 certificates to users across 47 countries. Each institution has one or more AG nodes, or “designed spaces,” that contain the high-end audio and visual technology needed to provide a high-quality compelling user experience. The nodes are also used as a research environment for the development of distributed data and visualization corridors and for the study of issues relating to collaborative work in distributed environments.
Prerequisites
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The Access Grid Toolkit requires Python verson 2.3 and wxWindows python
bindings version 2.5 or greater. For information about where to get
these applications, please see the “Links” section below. Special
dependencies for specific platforms are listed in their respective
install instructions.
Windows 2000/XP Install
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Download and install the following packages in the following order.
ActiveState Python 2.3 (which includes the Win32 Extensions)
wxPython-2.5+
or
Python (2.3)
win32all (ver 154+)
wxPython (2.5+)
Reporting Bugs and Feature Requests
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If you have found a bug either in the packaging of or the running of the
AccessGrid Toolkit, please go to http://bugzilla.mcs.anl.gov/accessgrid
to report them.
Links
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All of the needed packages can be found from the Access Grid research page
at: http://www.mcs.anl.gov/fl/research/accessgrid/software/index.html
My test install order:
1. install Python (ActivePython 2.3.2 Build 232)
2. install wxPython 2.5 for Python 2.3 (WIN32) 2.5.1.5-Py23
3. AcessGrid Toolkit 2.4 Final1 (Py-2.3)
Connecting:
The APAG Venues are at https://vv2.ap-accessgrid.org:8000/Venues/default [4]
[1] http://www.accessgrid.org/
[2] AG Wiki
[3] http://www.hpc.unimelb.edu.au/agn/
[4] http://portal.accessgrid.org/nodes
[5] http://www.ap-accessgrid.org/
[6] Monthly Index of ag-tech Mailing List
