Hi Lisa, First off, this is an odd combination. One of the main purposes of the XAP800 is as a multi-mic echo-cancellation solution. The AccuMic is a stand-alone echo-cancelling microphone. Having both devices trying to echo cancel will undoubtedly cause problems. For other microphone options see http://www.accessgrid.org/hardware.
As for cabling, the AccuMic uses a custom connector incorporating power as well as mic-in and a line-out to speaker pass-through. This device is really designed to plug directly into a PC sound card. The XAP uses Phoenix connectors (pretty standard in the audio world). This is a 3-pin connector (+, - & ground or shield). + would go to the center connector of the mic, - to the outer connector and the shielding wire to ground. Configuring the Audio service is pretty much of a snap. Assuming that that the service manager is running on your audio machine (or you're using a single machine for all services), go to the TOOLS menu of the Venue Client and select NODE SERVICES. If you have a multi-machine node, then you will need to add a ServiceManager (SERVICEMANAGER->ADD). Point this to the machine that the XAP800 connects to using the following format: http://your-fully-qualified-machine-DNS-name-here:11000/ServiceManager The you should highlight that machine and select ADD from the SERVICE menu. The service should be added & come up enabled if all is well. Once you are done setting up services, you should save you setup using FILE->STORE CONFIGURATION. The following document should help. It's for an older version of the AG software, but the concepts are pretty much the same: http://www-unix.mcs.anl.gov/fl/research/accessgrid/documentation/VENUE_CLIEN T_MANUAL_HTML/VenueClientManualHTML.htm As for configuring the XAP800, it can be pretty intimidating. A very useful document written by the very knowledgeable Mike Miller at NCSA can be found at http://www.accessgrid.org/node/19. If you haven't done so already, check out the useful documentation at the Access Grid home page (http://Weaver2.ad.mics.doe.gov:11000/ServiceManager). Hope this helps, Mike -- Mike Weaver US Department of Energy MICS/SC-21.1 Germantown Building Voice: 301-903-0072 Fax: 301-903-7774 Email: wea...@mics.doe.gov -----Original Message----- From: owner-ag-t...@mcs.anl.gov [mailto:owner-ag-t...@mcs.anl.gov] On Behalf Of Lisa Metz Sent: Monday, December 18, 2006 18:38 To: ag-t...@mcs.anl.gov Subject: [AG-TECH] microphone and XAP We're currently trying to use a Clear One AccuMic configured in relation to the XAP 800, but it's not working. Can someone help me with cabling and then configuring the XAP and the Audio Service, we're at a loss over here. Thanks! Lisa -- Lisa Metz Computer Support Analyst for Civil Engineering Engineering Network Services Phone: 491-3465 Email: lisa.m...@colostate.edu "You must be the change you want to see in the world" -Mahatma Gandhi
