Volumetric Capture Setup

This page describes how to setup the high-end workstation PC, in order to use the Volumetric Capture Application.

Workstation PC Specifications

• 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.

RabbitMQ Setup

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