Volumetric Capture Setup
This page describes how to setup the high-end workstation PC, in order to use the Volumetric Capture Application.
- CPU: Intel i7 7700K (or better)
- RAM: 16 GB of RAM (or more)
- GPU: Nvidia Geforce 1070 (or better)
- HDD: The Hard Disk Drive's capacity is not really an issue; it depends on the needs of each user. The recommended capacity is at least 1 TB of storage. However, a writing speed of 7200 rpm (or faster) is essential.
The communication between the Workstation PC and the mini-PCs (Intel NUCs) is achieved by utilizing a RabbitMQ message broker. The following steps explain how to install and setup a RabbitMQ broker on the Workstation PC:
-
Download and install the Erlang Compiler, by choosing Windows x64 Binary file.
-
Download the RabbitMQ installation file from RabbitMQ webpage and install.
-
In order to estamblish communication between the different parts of the system, you will have to open port: 5672 on Windows Firewall. * Open Windows Start Menu and search for Control Panel * In Control Panel open Windows Defender Firewall * In the left panel select Advanced Settings * In the left panel of the window that poped-up select Inbound Rules * In the right panel that appeard select New Rule...
-
Open Start menu and search for Control Panel
-
Additionally, you will have to open outbound connections to port: 15672, (the same way as the previous step, but putting 15672 instead of 5672 as the port number), in order to use RabbitMQ's management interface.
-
To enable RabbitMQ's management interface follow the instructions here
-
When the management plugin is enabled, you can use it by opening you web browser and typing localhost:15672. The default username and password are guest and guest respectively.
-
You will have to make a new user with username: volumetric and password: capture
