Information about the virtual venues run by the AGSC can be found at: http://www.agsc.ja.net/services/virtualvenue.php
Note that the server name has changed since Chris last used it... And, others might find this page helpful... http://www.agsc.ja.net/venues.php It's a list of virtual venues with addresses and ports. Mike > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Christoph Willing > Sent: 31 May 2005 23:37 > To: Marcus Christie > Cc: AG-TECH mailing list > Subject: Re: [AG-TECH] EPCC Access Grid node > > > On 01/06/2005, at 5:37 AM, Marcus Christie wrote: > > > > > I'm afraid this is probably a very stupid question, but I can't find > > the EPCC (University of Edinburgh) AG venue. I was told I > could find > > it under "Institutional Venues", which I think used to be > available in > > the ANL Venue Server, but now I can't find any such thing. > I've tried > > https://ivs.mcs.anl.gov:9000/Venues/default and looked > everywhere, and > > tried https://vv2.mcs.anl.gov:9000/Venues/default but couldn't > > connect. Many thanks in advanced from someone who _still_ > feels like > > an AG newbie. > > > > This is an almost exact same use case given in a talk at the San > Francisco retreat (searching for U East Anglia). The talk was about > making maps of venue servers and using the map information for > VenueClient navigation directly into rooms rather than having > to wonder > how to navigate through a server to some arbitrary room. Slides are > available at: > http://www-unix.mcs.anl.gov/fl/flevents/ag/agr05/talks/ > agr05_willing_T_mapping.ppt > > Slides aren't very informative after the event, so briefly: a small > modification to the VenueClient enables a new menu similar to the "My > Venues" menu. A user then runs a "ServerInfo" shared app to > download up > to date room layout information about various venue servers. This > layout information is available via the new menu for room navigation. > > In this case, I can go to my new menu - a list of venue servers - and > find AGSC (Access Grid Support Centre, which seems to be the main > server in UK), which cascades out to a list of all rooms on that > server. From this list, select "University of Edinburgh > (EPCC)" and the > VenueClient goes directly to that room. > > The short answer (from using the method above): > https://george.ag.mcc.ac.uk:8000/Venues/ > 000000fe537e9bf200c0009600b8004606a > > > chris > > > Christoph Willing Ph: +61 7 3365 8350 > QPSF Access Grid Manager > University of Queensland > > >
