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Monash EVO pilot - Quick-start guide

Important terminology

‘Koala’:  The EVO client software running on our PC.

‘Panda’:  An EVO server.  Your Koala will establish a connection to a nearby Panda server.  EVO operates a global network of Panda servers – there are currently two in Australia: ‘AARNET_AU’ located in Brisbane (operated by AARNet), and ‘MONASH_AU' located in Clayton (provided by Monash University).

Window layout

EVO Layout

Getting it working

If you’ve just installed a new Logitech camera following its instructions, you will have installed the Logitech QuickCam software and you will have opened the Logitech QuickCam QuickCapture preview window to check that the camera is working.  Once you’ve done that, make sure you close the Logitech QuickCapture preview window before you start EVO, otherwise EVO may not be able to pick up the feed from your camera. More...

FAQs

Everything is working but EVO won’t pick up my camera feed?

Make sure you have closed the Logitech QuickCam QuickCapture preview window. More...

My Koala says it is connected to the AARNET_AU Panda server (which is inBrisbane) even though I am at Monash?

This seems to happen often.  Use the Koala Monitoring screen to change the Panda to MONASH_AU. More...

My Koala says it is connected to the mera4.its.monash.edu.au or 130.194.245.4 Panda server?

This seems to happen often.  This is OK – these are synonym names for the MONASH_AU Panda server. More...

When I try to set the camera resolution to VGA I get an error message saying that H.261 mode will not support greater than CIF resolution?

A solution to this issue is currently being investigated.

EVO crashes when I try to set the camera resolution to 4CIF even though I am using an endorsed HD camera?

A solution to this issue is currently being investigated.

How do I find out if a remote site is part of the global R&E network?

Use AARNet’s tool available at:  http://old.aarnet.edu.au/cgi-bin/traffic.cgi

Some common digital video formats

Format name

Resolution
(columns x rows)

Aspect ratio

Megapixels

CIF rating (*)

QCIF

176 x 144

4 x 3

0.025

Quarter CIF

CIF

352 x 288

4 x 3

0.101

CIF

VGA

640 x 480

4 x 3

0.307

3 CIF

4CIF

704 x 576

4 x 3

0.406

4 CIF

PAL (analog)

~704 x 576

4 x 3

0.406

~4 CIF

SD

720 x 576

4 x 3

0.415

~4 CIF

SVGA

800 x 600

4 x 3

0.480

~5 CIF

HD720 (4x3)

960 x 720

4 x 3

0.691

~7 CIF

XGA

1024 x 768

4 x 3

0.786

~8 CIF

HD720 (widescreen)

1280 x 720

16 x 9

0.922

~9 CIF

full HD

1920 x 1080

16 x 9

2.074

20 CIF

* CIF = Common Interchange Format


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