{"id":313,"date":"2011-03-23T06:22:27","date_gmt":"2011-03-23T14:22:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fox-gieg.com\/tutorials\/?p=313"},"modified":"2016-11-04T06:57:12","modified_gmt":"2016-11-04T14:57:12","slug":"installation-checklist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fox-gieg.com\/tutorials\/2011\/installation-checklist\/","title":{"rendered":"Installation Checklist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>1.  Computers:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>How many computers does this run on?<\/li>\n<li>What are their specs (RAM, CPU, GPU, storage, etc.)?<\/li>\n<li>Do they need to communicate?<\/li>\n<li>What types of network connections do they have (AC wifi, gigabit ethernet, etc.)?<\/li>\n<li>Do they need any peripherals (mouse, keyboard, Wiimote, Kinect, etc.)?<\/li>\n<li>What types of peripheral connections do they have (USB, Firewire, Bluetooth, etc.)?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>2.  Media<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What&#8217;s your storage medium (HDD, SSD, optical disc, etc.)?<\/li>\n<li>What&#8217;s your backup strategy (RAID, offsite backup service, Time Machine, disk image, cloned spare drive, optical disc, etc.)?<\/li>\n<li>Will there be an attendant present in case the computers crash?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>3.  Video<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>How is the video being presented (projector, LCD, CRT, LED wall, etc.)?<\/li>\n<li>Is there live video input?<\/li>\n<li>Does it need to be recorded?<\/li>\n<li>What kind of cameras are you using (DSLR, webcam, industrial, DV, etc.)?<\/li>\n<li>Does your camera have a usable &#8220;live view&#8221; mode?<\/li>\n<li>How are they connected to the computer (USB, Firewire, analog cable, etc.)?<\/li>\n<li>Do they have manual focus\/iris\/white balance?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>4.  Audio<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>How is the sound being presented (built-in speakers, external amplifier, stereo, 5.1, etc.)?<\/li>\n<li>Is there live sound input?<\/li>\n<li>Does it need to be recorded?<\/li>\n<li>What kind of microphones are you using (shotgun, contact, cardioid, lavalier, etc.)?<\/li>\n<li>How are they connected to the computer (USB, Firewire, analog cable, etc.)?<\/li>\n<li>Do they have manual gain control?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>5.  Sensors<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What other types of live input do you need (light, temperature, vibration, tilt, acceleration, etc.)?<\/li>\n<li>How is the data being presented?<\/li>\n<li>Does it need to be recorded?<\/li>\n<li>Can you find commercial products that fit your budget, or will you need to make your own sensors?<\/li>\n<li>How are they connected to the computer (Raspberry Pi, Arduino, serial port, etc.)?<\/li>\n<li>What external hardware controls do you need (on\/off switch, gain, threshold, status lights, etc.)?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1. Computers: How many computers does this run on? What are their specs (RAM, CPU, GPU, storage, etc.)? Do they need to communicate? What types of network connections do they have (AC wifi, gigabit ethernet, etc.)? Do they need any peripherals (mouse, keyboard, Wiimote, Kinect, etc.)? What types of peripheral connections do they have (USB, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fox-gieg.com\/tutorials\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fox-gieg.com\/tutorials\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fox-gieg.com\/tutorials\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fox-gieg.com\/tutorials\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fox-gieg.com\/tutorials\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=313"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/fox-gieg.com\/tutorials\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":893,"href":"https:\/\/fox-gieg.com\/tutorials\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313\/revisions\/893"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fox-gieg.com\/tutorials\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=313"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fox-gieg.com\/tutorials\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=313"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fox-gieg.com\/tutorials\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=313"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}