How To: Quickstart ADAPT

This is a very basic quickstart guide to building, configuring and running the ADAPT Video Server.

The Steps

• In this order do a make clean; make in the following directories:
  libcp10/
  rudp/
  cprudp/
  frame/src/
  adapt/src
  
  
• Note that with the ADAPT make it will not stop if errors are found in subdirectories. Just watch them carefully.
  
  
• The machine(s) where you install / make ADAPT need libraw and libdc1394 installed.
  
  
• You'll need to modify the config files for ADAPT before running:
  
  
  • The Client Coordinator (acco):
    adapt/run/config/acco/allhost.conf
    - Note / Change the ListenPort
    - Change the ASCOHost (The Server Coordinator machine)
    
    
  • The Server Coordinator (asco):
    adapt/run/config/asco/allhost.conf
    - Modify the asmmList according to the lower entries
    - asmmX: modify the host names to be the hosts that have cameras and in the order that you want them connected to (e.g. if you only need 3 hosts the first 3 will be used and so on).
    
    
  • The Server Daemon (asd):
    adapt/run/config/asd/cameras.conf
    - Using the existing entries enter your cameras. (I'm not 100% sure of all the values here)
    
    adapt/run/XX/config/asd/cameras.conf
    - Just a synlink to adapt/run/config/asd/cameras.conf
    
    adapt/run/XX/config/asd/allhost.conf
    - Needs to be there, no real need to change anything.
    
    adapt/run/XX/config/asd/perhost.conf
    - unique to each host
    - CameraCount to the number of cameras
    - CameraNames to the names of the cameras below
    - Set the properties of the cameras as they are described in the file. Pretty straight forward.
    
    
• To run the system:
  Bring up in any order the asd, asco, and acco.
  
  • asd:
    adapt/run/asd XX/config/asd
    
    
  • asco:
    adapt/run/asco adapt/run/config/asco NUMBER_OF_STREAMS
    
    
  • acco:
    adapt/run/acco adapt/run/config/acco NUMBER_OF_STREAMS
    
    
  • capture:
    adapt/run/capture
    - Will print the usage message
    - Note to get files into a subdirectory this needs to be part of the file_prefix and be a directory that exists.
    
    
• Some items that must be installed:
  • STL
  • libdc1394_control
  • libraw1394

Feedback

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