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Testing IP cameras – pt.1
Since ERA already has some IP cameras from previous years, it’s probably time to dust them off and try them out with the new Asus 901s. We have a pair of D-Link badged items – a DCS-900 wired-only Motion-JPEG camera … Continue reading
Sipdroid works on G1 Android 1.5
Good news sipdroid works with our Asterisk server. Following up on a lead I received from Ben Charlton at the JISCRI developers workshop last week, I tried running sipdroid on a borrowed G1 Android phone (big thanks to Paul Hogan). … Continue reading
Using smartphones as …phones.
Could it be that the way to make a telephone call on a geology site would be to use a telephone? Now we seem to have some fairly stable WiFi networking hardware, and are considering that we might ditch the … Continue reading
Googlemaps links
Some annotated maps of our adventures on the North East coast : Seaton Sluice – visited on 01/08/09 Hartley Bay – visited on 01/08/09 Scremerston – visited on 04/08/09 Saltwick Bay – visited on 05/08/09 Howick – Rumbling Kern and … Continue reading
Durham field tests
The ERA team has just returned from a week-long field trip in the North East of England, based at Durham University.ย We did tests at locations related to OU Geology module SXR369 along the Northumberland coastline.ย We trialled new (to … Continue reading
The curse of ERA strikes again! (sunshine :-) )
The curse of ERA – bringing sunny weather to field trips – strikes again! Despite packing gaiters, gortex, and waterproof sample bags to protect our kit, it was the sunshine rather than the rain that was the challenging weather for … Continue reading
Thursday: Configuration and Demonstration
Today we had a morning checking over kit, and trying out further configurations. One of the benefits of working alongside an Open University residential school is that we’re getting to visit a lot of authentic field sites and trying out … Continue reading
Clifftop multi-hop: Scremerston
Today’s visit brought us to the dramatic coastal features of Scremerston, just south of Berwick-upon-Tweed. This is a tough location for Assisted Requirements students as the high, steep cliff face can be quite challenging to negotiate for anyone. The closest … Continue reading
Second field tests at Old Wolverton
Today we carried out our second set of field tests. This time using our new Ubiquity Nanostation2 wifi routers. In the morning Chris, Mark and John started with a radio site survey, then did a single wifi link of about … Continue reading
ERA: Portable VoWLAN project
ERA (Enabling Remote Activity) is an Open University project that supports remote participation by students in field trips. Using a wireless network, digital stills and video cameras, and two way audio communications, students are able to gather data and interact … Continue reading