G'day Enrique
I thought I would provide some information in regards to Access Grid Hardware.
Firstly, the good thing about the Access Grid software is that it runs on
commodity hardware. Therefore, it should run on any hardware I including a
laptop.
Now that being said, with the inclusion of HD capture cards and cameras, the
hardware needs to be powerful to handle the CPU load of the HD streams.
Anyway in an effort to assist in highlights hardware that are known to work, I
upgraded my AG equipment at the start of this year with the following equipment.
Display Machine - Dell Precision T3600 details
* 2.4GHz Quad-core CPU or better
* 16GB of Memory
* 500GB or more HD
* Dual x 1 GB NVIDIA Quadro 2000
Capture Machine - Dell Precision T3500 details
* 2.4GHz Quad-core CPU or better
* 2.4GHz Quad-core CPU or better
* 16GB of Memory
* 500GB or more HD
* Single x 1 GB NVIDIA Quadro 2000
Also, I thought I would paste some information in regards to HD equipment.
HD Stuff for Access Grid
In regards to HD equipment, there are a few options.
Capture Cards
There are 2 options that I have used and recommend (depends on the output types
of Camera)
· Blackmagic Intensity Pro (
http://www.blackmagic-design.com/au/products/intensity/models/ ) which does
HDMI capture; or
· Blackmagic DeckLink SDI (
http://www.blackmagic-design.com/au/products/decklink/models/ ) which does SDI
capture;
Cameras
· You can use a simple "Handy Cam" that has HDMI output. For example I am
using a Sony HDR-HC9 on my "Jastest" machine.
· I am also using a PTZ (Pan/Tilt/Zoom) Sony EVI-HD1 camera that has SDI
output
(http://www.sony.com.au/product/resources/en_AU/pdf/brochures/industrial_cameras/Sony_EVIHD1_brochure.pdf
) - to give you an idea in regards to costs, this camera is just under $5K
(including GST).
Therefore, using the examples above, the "handy cam's" with HDMI output will
use the Blackmagic Intentisy Pro card. The Sony EVI-HD1 will use a Blackmagic
DeckLink SDI card.
Obviously you will also need cables depending on the input/output being used.
The advantage of using SDI, is that you can use simple coaxial cables, which
makes cabling back to the capture card a lot easier.
Note: You will need to capture card for each HD camera. For example, in the
case of using 3 cameras, you will need to use 3 capture cards. The capture
cards mentioned above are only single capture devices. I have heard some
people talking about multiple input HD capture cards, but I currently have no
experience in this area.
Hope this information helps.
Many regards,
Jason.
From: Enrique López [mailto:enrique.lo...@cedia.org.ec]
Sent: Wednesday, 27 November 2013 7:07 AM
To: accessgrid-tech@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: [AG-TECH] Hardware
Hello.
We're interested to implement an Access Grid Room and We have find out that
some hardware doesn't exist in our country.
Please we need your help to validate these new models of cards.
Hardware
Display Computer.
Matrox G450 Dual Head AGP graphics adapter
Matrox G200 QuadPCI Graphics adapter
Video capture Computer
Product ID: PEXHDCAP
PCI Express HD Video Capture Card 1080p30 - HDMI / DVI / VGA / Component
Best Regards,
Enrique López
CEDIA (National Reserch and Education Network of Ecuador)
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