Hello Brian, Firstly, regarding your "door bell for AG", I had written a little program that will activate the PC internal speaker and with the correct pitch and frequency, you do can make it to sound quite lound like a police emergency siren ...
I am using the program alongside with inSORS software, so when there is a "Invitation for meeting windows" pop-up on screen, my program will kick-in and sound the internal speaker. We have used it in our X-ray Lab, which is very noisy and the sound from the internal speaker certainly do the tricks ! I wrote the program to work with inSORs IGMeeting and I am sure you can do the same for AGTk or similar... Secondly, regarding your bluetooth audio ... I have managed to use at least two different bluetooth audio devices as microphone with AGTk. I have tried with 2 bluetooth audio devices and both works very well with AGTk. I have a simple mobile phone bluetooth headset for my personal use wirelessly while I am using AGTk. I have also used Konfitel 60W Bluetooth with AGTk, and it can act as speaker and microphone, which is an inexpensive way to have a group of people meeting in a room. This way I can without having to purchase expensive echo cancellation product. In both bluetooth devices, the RAT will show "Bluetooth Wave from Toshiba" for Audio selection. If you have different bluetooth dongle, I assume it will show different bluetooth brand on selections. That's our experience for the "Door Bell" and Bluetooth devices. Let me know if you have any more query ! Will be happy to help out ! On 4/13/06, Brian Tieman <tie...@aps.anl.gov> wrote: > Tom, > > I tried getting a bluetooth audio stack to work in windows--it didn't > seem possible at the time. Do you know, have things changed? Has > anyone gotten a bluetooth headset to work under WinXp. I was able to > get the headphones recognized from Windows, but they woudln't > communicate audio. I forget the specifics now, but I remember seeing > lots of stuff on the web at the time that Windows audio stack couldn't > yet support bluetooth... > > We do want bluetooth to rid ourselves of wires but I also agree that who > wants to were a headset just in case? It's also very likely that the > scientists will just wander off with them... > > Brian > > Thomas D. Uram wrote: > > > I've been in your environment, so have an idea what you need. > > > > I think the USB light or a bell is a fine idea, and could imagine > > some notification app with different options for notification. > > If you were using a bluetooth headset, you could use the AG > > audio for notification (but who wants to wear a bluetooth > > headset all day just in case?). > > > > I also think it would be cool to integrate bluetooth cellphones > > in for notification. If you're in range and someone pokes you, > > your phone could ring or vibrate... > > > > Tom > > > > > > On 4/13/06 9:51 AM, Brian Tieman wrote: > > > >> Tom, > >> > >> Hehe--you've obviously never worked at a synchrotron! The area where > >> people generally sit is a cluttered messs of comuters and > >> electronics--wires and monitors cover most--if not all--available > >> wall space. > >> > >> We currently use headphones for the audio as echo cancelation is not > >> cost effective or likely to work well in such a noisy environment (it > >> can top 60db white noise at times). I do not believe there is any > >> practical way to use the AG audio channel for getting someones > >> attention. > >> > >> Brian > >> > >> Tom Coffin wrote: > >> > >>> > >>> Are there any/some wall/screen spaces where projections can be used > >>> at a scale significant enough to attract your attention while at > >>> work on the beamline equipment? > >>> > >>> _________________________________________ > >>> At 08:29 AM 4/13/2006, Brian Tieman wrote: > >>> > >>>> The beamline is a noisy place where people are focused on their > >>>> experiments > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> ___________________________________________________________ > >>> Tom Coffin .......................... tcof...@ncsa.uiuc.edu > >>> > >>> NCSA-ACCESS cel: 703-477-5948 > >>> 901 North Stuart Street, #800 tel: 703-248-0105 > >>> Arlington, Virginia 22203 fax: 703-248-0100 > >>> > >>> _________________________ http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/~tcoffin > >>> > >> > >> > > -- Thanks Kevin Tan Manchester Materials Science Centre University of Manchester
