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Posted: Fri 12 Nov 2010, 18:54
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How To Install OpenCV computer vision library on Puppy
Subject description: Seeing Eye Puppy
Verified Installs
- Original install by myself on Puppy 4.3.1
- Secondary install by myself on Puppy 4.3.0 (from fresh puppy install)
- Install by swindler on Puppy 4.3.1 (from fresh install)
I finally got OpenCV installed and running after many frustrating hours of hacking at terminal commands and tracking down libraries. Turns out it ended up being a lot simpler than I was making it, thanks to the PET package directory on the Puppy Official Site.
This is a HOW TO guide on how to get OpenCV up and running in Puppy:
First, we must install many prerequisites to even have the slighest chance at getting this thing to compile. Here are a list of all the packages that I installed before compiling. They can mostly all be downloaded from
NOTE: It should be noted that before you start installing anything but the devx file, that you should verify that you have a recent version of gtk+-2.x (with the dev packages too). There should be some PETs in the same directory that the link above points to.
As noted by swindler, there may be an issue with the gtk+-2.18 PETs, but the gtk+-2.14 PETs work
The pets that are links are not in the folder mentioned above can be downloaded from the link when you click on them.
After you have all of those packages installed, you need to get opencv
do that by running:
NOTE: <your_working_dir> indicates the path where you wish to install OpenCV
#cd ~/<your_working_dir>
#svn co http://opencvlibrary.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/opencvlibrary/trunk .
After the source code finishes downloading, we can finally start installing. Run the following commands to install:
First, we make a release directory where we will be installing to and cd into that directory.
#cd ~/<your_working_dir>/opencv
#mkdir release
#cd release
Next, we have to run
to configure the build. Followed by the traditional make and make install
NOTE: OpenCV now ONLY supports CMAKE to build. ./configure is no longer used.
#cmake -D CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RELEASE -D CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr/local -D BUILD_PYTHON_SUPPORT=ON ..
If your cmake ouput says the following:
-- Looking for linux/videodev.h
-- Looking for linux/videodev.h - not found
-- Looking for linux/videodev2.h
-- Looking for linux/videodev2.h - not found
Then we have to modify the CMakeCache.txt file. If it says that those libraries are "found", then skip this step.
First of all, verify that the videodev.h and videodev2.h files exist in the directory:
If they don't, then you are likely missing a dependency, that we need to track down for you, before you can continue this install.
If they exist, then you need to open the CMakeCache.txt file from your release folder (should be in the current directory that you ran cmake from)
Search for the lines:
//Have include linux/videodev.h
//Have include linux/videodev2.h
And add a 1 after each equal sign to make it look like this:
//Have include linux/videodev.h
//Have include linux/videodev2.h
Save the file and go back to your terminal.
Now run:
#make install
Now that the source has been compiled and installed, we must make some adjustments to the library path and pkg-config path in order for the libraries to be referenced from any source file on your file system.
Run the following code to add the libraries to the paths:
#ldconfig -v
#export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
#cd ~/<your_working_dir>/opencv
#export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig
It is a good idea to test the install now.
Run the following code to run the cxcore and cv tests:
#cd ~/<your_working_dir>/opencv/release/bin
#./cvtest -d ~/<your_working_dir>/opencv/tests/cv/testdata/cv
I had no failures on the cxcore test and a few failures on the cv test due to no data being available. I didn't have the camera working and I think they were testing video. It runs fine regardless.
Finally, it is time to have some fun! A good place to start is with the samples that install with OpenCV. You will need to navigate to the directory
Run the following to build the samples and run an example:
#cd ~/<your_working_dir>/opencv/samples/c
#. build_all.sh
Go ahead and try the other samples as well. Some of them are especially neat (some do require a camera).
If you have any questions or suggestions, please let me know. Also if you try it on another version of puppy, also let me know so I can add it to the verified versions.
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Posted: Fri 12 Nov 2010, 23:05
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What is Open CV good for? What would I use it for?
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Posted: Sat 13 Nov 2010, 11:30
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OpenCV is an open source computer vision library originally put out by Intel. It is now managed by Willow Garage.
Here is a link to their web page:
With computer vision, you can do all kinds of image processing. To list a few:
- Face recognition
- People recognition
- Find a specific letter, shape, image, etc in a larger image or video
- Movement tracking
- Reconstruct a digital version of the real world
How is all of this useful? Well, for instance, I am currently doing research in the field of autonomous construction. We use computer vision to detect all the construction equipment and payloads in the environment. The computer that is doing the computer vision issues commands to the equipment to tell them where to move, how to move, as well as what operation to carry out (pick up a payload, drop a payload, wait for the crane to move a payload, etc).
Hope this gives you a little insight on computer vision and OpenCV. If you have any further questions, feel free to ask.
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Posted: Sat 13 Nov 2010, 20:15
Post subject: Screen Shot
Here is a screen shot of an example from OpenCV. This particular example uses the find_obj sample.
What it does is takes a certain image and finds all the objects in another image larger image that contains many objects.
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Posted: Sun 14 Nov 2010, 23:51
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nice work on pulling together all those dependencies. that's been quite a search through the labyrinth.
have you had any luck on getting camera support working? I still can't find a gstreamer that works, and even though I have libv4l-0.5.8.pet installed, cmake can't seem to see it.
any suggestions?
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Posted: Mon 15 Nov 2010, 02:29
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I am currently working on the video camera support on Puppy. I think the problem is in the V4L install. I'm not sure the exact problem, however.
As a sanity check when I was tracking down the dependencies, I did the same proceedures on my Ubuntu machine. Using apt makes tracking down libraries much simpler
. On my Ubuntu install, I do indeed have camera support, and I did not include any of the gstreamer stuff. Actually, the OpenCV guides never mention the need for gstreamer as a needed pre-req, just all the ffmpeg libraries.
I was originally going to include the gstreamer stuff, but was getting lots of problems from doing so. After the Ubuntu success without them, I just neglected to care about the gstreamer libraries.
If you do wish to compile with gstreamer, you will need to track down and install at least the following libraries:
gstreamer plugins base
gstreamer plugins good
gstreamer plugins bad
gstreamer plugins ugly
gstreamer plugins dev
The only problem in finding those that I had was the dev package. I don't remember seeing the source code on the gstreamer site. This happens to be the package that has the gstreamer-app and gstreamer-video libraries. Without these, cmake will always configure gstreamer as off. I did find the dev package in Ubuntu once before, using apt I beleive...
Looking back over the differences between my Ubuntu install and my Puppy install, it seems that the main difference between the cmake outputs is on the v4l/v4l2 list item.
On Ubuntu I get: V4L/V4L2: 1/1
On Puppy I get: V4L/V4L2: /
This seems to support my theory in that the V4L stuff wasn't done correctly. Maybe the cmake didn't actually find the v4l library...I may try to download the source and compile it myself to see if there is a difference or if something missing...It is possible that both libraries may be needed as well (V4L and V4L2).
I have attached a screen shot from my Ubuntu install showing a working camera program, as well as the cmake output from Ubuntu.
I will be working on the camera stuff off and on throughout the day, so I will make note of any progress or problems to this forum page. If you get anything going or have any ideas, please let me know so I can add it.
This archive includes 2 items:
- screen shot from motion tracking on my Ubuntu install
- cmake output from my Ubuntu Install
It should be noticed that the only considerable difference between this cmake report and the one from both my puppy installs i
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Posted: Mon 15 Nov 2010, 13:06
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Update on the video stuff...
I believe the problem is indeed related to V4L/videodev/camera drivers, where:
V4L: video for linux libraries
videodev: video development library module
drivers: I have been trying to use the uvc drivers
What I have found is that I can get a videofeed when I run ucview. However, when I try to use xawtv or other programs/methods (including OpenCV), there is a failure to grab images from the camera.
The errors are all IOCTL errors.
I am pretty sure that the OpenCV library isn't opening the video feed because of the same IOCTL errors. The curious part is that when Cmale runs to configure the install, it does not detect the videodev.h/videodev2.h, even though they are present at the directory where Cmake is looking. My guess is that there are some hidden dependencies that OpenCV needs in addition to just the library.
I am looking more into this now.
Btw, I have added a couple more libraries, and it is recognizing that I have V4L, but not V4L2. The camera I have might be a V4L2 device, which could be the real issue. I am going to be looking for every possible library that deals with the V4L and install them and see where I get. I will make PETs of each of these libraries so that it will be easier to replicate later.
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Posted: Mon 15 Nov 2010, 22:57
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So, I was looking in the cmake output and noticed that there were the lines:
-- Looking for linux/videodev.h
-- Looking for linux/videodev.h - not found
-- Looking for linux/videodev2.h
-- Looking for linux/videodev2.h - not found
When in my Ubuntu Install, they were found...hints why I was wondering about the videodev stuff in the first place.
I tracked went to the appropriate directory, and there they were...seems odd that they exist in the correct directory, ucview uses them, cmake reported them missing, and opencv had no video support...certainly odd. But, the videodev libraries do exist, so I figured, let's get hacking.
After running cmake with the appropriate switches, there is a CMakeCache.txt file that is generated. This file has all the switches for what cmake found and didn't find, which is then used in the make/make install process. I went to the lines regarding the videodev files and modified them as shown below:
//Have include linux/videodev.h
//Have include linux/videodev2.h
Changed to:
//Have include linux/videodev.h
//Have include linux/videodev2.h
This basically tells the install scripts that those really do exist and to go ahead and to build the support.
After I installed, I built the samples that use a video camera, and they worked!!!!
I did, however, install a few libraries in the process, so I will add those as optional/unknown dependency in the tutorial (first post). I don't really think that any of them made a difference, so it would be nice if someone could verify. I will also add the CMakeCache hack into the tutorial as well.
Enjoy, and here is a screen shot of opencv's motion tracking sample working in puppy. (screen shot from same program as the Ubuntu post)
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Posted: Fri 19 Nov 2010, 20:05
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after much monkeying around, (copying libs, trying various pets, etc.), I think I almost had it working but something made puppy freeze up on me. So I'm starting over with a fresh frugal install of 431, gonna flesh out this howto.
using all the pets above, with the CMakeCache.txt edits, 'make' stops at:
[89%] Building CXX object apps/haartraining/CMakeFiles/createsamples.dir/createsamples
Linking CXX executable ../../bin/opencv_createsamples
/usr/lib/gcc/i486-t2-linux-gnu/4.2.2/../../../libgtk-x11-2.0.so:undefined reference to 'g_array_get_element_size'
/usr/lib/gcc/i486-t2-linux-gnu/4.2.2/../../../libgtk-x11-2.0.so:undefined reference to 'g_array_unref'
/usr/lib/gcc/i486-t2-linux-gnu/4.2.2/../../../libgtk-x11-2.0.so:undefined reference to 'g_mapped_file_unref'
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make[2]: *** [bin/opencv_createsamples] Error 1
make[1]: *** [apps/haartraining/CMakeFiles/createsamples.dir/all] Error 2
make: *** [all] Error 2
my guesses are:
1) there's some dependency we don't have yet (or it's the wrong version?)
2) something's in the wrong place (or hasn't gotten linked properly)
think you can track this down before I do?
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Posted: Sat 20 Nov 2010, 18:36
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well, that was easier than I thought. The problem was with gtk+-2.18 and its DEV package. don't know what the problem was, but
opencv compiled right up when I switched them for:
(from that page of pets in the first post)
I'll also confirm that the edits to CMakeCache.txt lets opencv read from my webcam. so ... well done, jyore.
now to learn how to use this thing.
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Posted: Mon 22 Nov 2010, 02:51
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Thanks for testing everything out. I added your notes on the gtk packages into the original post so that others can see it. Also, I added you to the verifications section.
Thanks again for helping with the verification. Let me know if you come across any problems.
A good place to start learning is to find some of the sample programs and go through them and pick out the useful bits for your application.
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Posted: Fri 26 Nov 2010, 03:06
Post subject: Not able to use cross compiled OpenCV with all webcam device
I cross compiled the OpenCV library with arm-linux-gnueabi. and its working fine with microsoft webcam. But its giving error with T-Link webcam.
Error is "HIGHGUI ERROR: V4L2: Pixel format of incoming image is unsupported by OpenCV Unable to stop the stream.: Bad file descriptor"
What can be the reson? Or i did some mistake while cross compiling the lib and need to do some changes in CMakeCache.cmake file?and how to rectify it?
I disabled the ffmpeg as i need to capture the image only not the videos.
//Include FFMPEG support
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Posted: Tue 30 Nov 2010, 17:17
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astha.aggarwal...which version of Puppy are you using? If you are not using Puppy, then I will still try to answer your question, even though this forum is specifically for Puppy Linux users...
I personally have not seen the error you are getting, but it seems to be some incompatibility with the V4L2 drivers and that specific camera. Do you know what drivers the camera that does not work uses on Linux systems? The Microsoft cams use the UVC drivers, which I know work with OpenCV and Linux. Also, does that camera work with other applications like ucview, mplayer, any vlc application, skype, etc?
I do not think it is the OpenCV install since it worked with the one camera.[/quote]
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Posted: Thu 03 May 2012, 11:15
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Hi! Thanks for the detailed description!! Very handy...
I'm going to install opencv on puppy, do you think your process will work smoothly on puppy 528?
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Besides its Memphis headquarters, it has a Nashville office, as well as ones in Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas.
Sharpe received the property via quitclaim from the city-county Industrial Development Board in 2005. Prior to that, the property had been part of a payment-in-lieu-of-taxes agreement with the IDB.
Source: The Daily News Online & Chandler Reports
– Daily News staff
FedEx Corp. is No. 6 on Fortune magazine's list of the most admired companies in the world.
The annual ranking by the business magazine puts the Memphis-based company two positions higher than it was on the 2011 list.
The rankings are based on nine attributes that deal with a company's reputation and performance.
FedEx has been in the top 20 of the list since 2001.
– Bill Dries
Memphis-based Fred's Inc. has reported total sales of $159 million for the four-week fiscal month of February, the first month of fiscal 2012.
Fred's total sales for the month, which ended Feb. 25, increased 4 percent from $153 million in February 2011.
Comparable store sales for the month declined 0.7 percent compared to an increase of 0.9 percent in the same period last year.
Fred's operates 700 discount general merchandise stores, including 21 franchised stores, in the southeastern United States.
– Taylor Shoptaw
Janna Hacker and Associates Speech Language Pathology Services has opened an office at 8596 Farmington Blvd., suite 1, in Germantown.
JHA, which has been in business four years, has five speech language pathologists, an occupational therapist and an oral myofuctional therapist. The therapists work with children and adults, and provide services at the office and at private schools in the Memphis area.
Therapy services for children improve each child's speech-language skills, social skills or feeding skills. Services include evaluations, therapy sessions and social group therapy sessions.
Adult services include voice, articulation and language therapy.
– Sarah Baker
Memphis Minority Business Council (MMBC) will host a quarterly training seminar called "Strategic Fits: Building Successful Joint Ventures & Strategic Alliances," Thursday, March 8, from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. at its offices, 158 Madison Ave., suite 300.
The seminar will focus on minority businesses seeking to grow their enterprises in a competitive market and corporations seeking key suppliers who can provide cost savings. By partnering, minority businesses can achieve cost savings, expand their footprints, generate economies of scale, increase production capacity, pool resources, commercialize new products or facilitate entry into new markets.
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The CFA Societies of Arkansas, Memphis and Mississippi recently announced that Harding University won the local competition in the CFA Institute's Research Challenge. CFA stands for chartered financial analyst.
Harding now advances in April to the Americas regional challenge, where it will compete with universities from Canada, the U.S. and South America.
The CFA Institute Research Challenge offers students the opportunity to learn from leading industry experts and their peers from the world's top business schools. This year, more than 100 CFA Institute member societies will host local competitions with more than 2,500 students from more than 500 universities worldwide.
Sponsors of the local Mid-South Research Challenge were the CFA Societies of Arkansas, Memphis and Mississippi, as well as FactSet.
– Andy Meek
Memphis-based apartment-focused real estate investment trust EdR has executed agreements with Concord Eastridge to develop, own and manage a $52 million mixed-use collegiate housing community adjacent to the Phoenix Biomedical Campus and three blocks from Arizona State University's downtown campus.
EdR will be the majority owner and will manage the community upon its summer 2013 completion. Scottsdale, Ariz.-based Concord Eastridge is developing and constructing the housing, which will be owned jointly by the two companies.
Construction is expected to begin next week.
The development will include 609 beds within 326 units One of the residential buildings will offer 7,500 square feet of retail space at the street level.
A sharp drop in commercial building projects caused a slight decline in construction spending in January. But the dip comes after previous figures were revised much higher.
Construction spending edged down 0.1 percent in January, the Commerce Department reported Thursday. That is the first drop since July. It follows a 1.4 percent increase in December and a big rise of 1.9 percent in November. November's figure was revised up from 0.4 percent.
Construction of factories, hotels and power plants all fell sharply in January, pushing down nonresidential construction by the most in a year. Government construction spending also fell. Federal construction spending dropped while state and local spending ticked up.
Spending on residential construction rose 1.8 percent, driven by a big gain in single-family home building.
Overall construction spending dipped to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $827 billion, down slightly from December.
Last month, December's construction spending total was reported as $816.4 billion, but that was pushed up by the big revision to November's figures. Large revisions to construction spending aren't unusual.
– The Associated Press
The number of people seeking unemployment benefits fell last week to the lowest point in four years, a further sign that the U.S. job market is improving.
A seasonally adjusted 351,000 people sought unemployment aid, down from 353,000 the previous week, the Labor Department said Thursday. That matches the four-year low reached three weeks ago. The improving numbers show that steadily fewer people are being laid off and suggest that some companies are stepping up hiring.
The four-week average of applications, which smooths out weekly fluctuations in the data, also fell last week, to 354,000. That's also the lowest in four years.
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Dell's Dilemma: Overseas Cash, U.S Taxes
Advisers working on Dell's $24.4 billion buyout are trying to solve a problem: how to use the computer maker's foreign cash without paying a $2.6 billion U.S. tax bill. Sharon Terlep joins digits. Photo: AP.
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For almost four years, downtown shoppers and passers-by at 1006 Main Avenue have been greeted by the ever-smiling face of Jake, the jovial, beret-donning stick figure mascot of Life is Good, a Boston-based company that specializes in optimistic apparel and accessories. But Jakes beaming grin wont be around in Durango much longer.
Trey and Lori Bennett, owners of Life is Good-licensed retailer Down to Earth, are closing shop later this month or in early September, depending on when their stock of merchandise sells out. The couple already has returned to Florida to open a handful of Papa Murphys take-and-bake pizzerias.
Our background is in food. We operated Subway franchises in southwest Florida for twenty years, Trey Bennett said. We enjoyed running away to the mountains for five years, but now were getting back to what we know.
The Bennetts first stumbled upon Durango in 2006 as part of an extended road trip across the United States. Looking for a change of scenery, they traversed the country while homeschooling their two children to assess pros and cons of potential new homes, mostly small towns in the West.
Durango quickly rose to the top of the list, said Bennett.
After evaluating the business climate and deciding Durango was already saturated with restaurants, the Bennetts branched into a new sector and opened their store in November 2008. Life is Good seemed an ideal fit, since its image meshes with the happy-go-lucky mindset of many locals and visiting tourists.
Our customers came in and walked out with a smile. The (Life is Good) product is wonderful. It wears well, lasts a long time and has a positive message that is representative of Durango, he said. All the things Jake likes to do hike, camp, bike, eat Durangoans like to do. The shirt designs reflect that lifestyle.
Bennett said the decision to close Down to Earth wasnt motivated by declining sales: The store always paid the bills and provided for us. All together we sold close to $1 million worth of merchandise in three-and-a-half years.
Down to Earth was a Genuine Neighborhood Shoppe, a distinction given by corporate headquarters to independently-owned retailers that (almost) exclusively sell Life is Good wares: T-shirts, hats, mugs, stickers and myriad other cheerful goods.
We could sell local products that were complementary, like OHaras jelly, Zuberfizz, candles, soap and jewelry. But no other clothing items, Bennett said.
According to the company website, there are 72 such stores in the United States, and no others in Colorado.
The Bennetts put Down to Earth up for sale earlier this summer, and despite interest from several parties, no buyers stepped forward. So instead, theyve discounted most remaining items by 50 percent to clear out inventory and will terminate the lease agreement at the end of September.


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Graduate Studies at Moore is pleased to present this special event as a companion piece to The Galleries at Moore's Liminal Sites: 2013 Faculty Triennial Exhibition which, according to Kaytie Johnson, Rochelle F. Levy Director and Chief Curator, includes "a wide range of media that explore, or are informed by, ideas and processes related to the concept of liminality." Asuka Goto and Sreshta Rit Premnath, whose works are on view in Liminal Sites, are two of the featured artists in this installment of Studio Conversations.
The evening will be an exploration of an artist's ideas and processes that are influenced by their international heritage. Asuka and Rit will be joined by fellow faculty member José Ruiz (live from Art Basel Miami) for this insightful discussion led by moderator Liz Park, ICA Philadelphia's Whitney-Lauder Curatorial Fellow. It will be followed by an exchange with the audience.
Thursday, December 5, 2013
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Asuka Goto received her Master of Fine Arts in Sculpture at Tyler School of Art of Temple University, her Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Studio Art and her Bachelor of Arts in Studio Art from Brandeis University. Her work has been exhibited in Philadelphia, New York, Connecticut and Berlin. She has been an artist-in-residence at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, the LMCC Swing Space Residency in NY, HomeBase V Residency in Berlin and the Vermont Studio Center Residency. She has received several grants and awards including the Joan Mitchel Foundation MFA Grant, the Dreyfus Foundation Fellowship at Skowhegan, an Individual Creative Artist Fellowship from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts and Emergency Grants from the Foundation for Contemporary Art in NY and Change Inc. in Florida. Asuka has taught at Tyler and at City College of New York, CUNY.
Sreshta Rit Premnath received his Master of Fine Arts from Bard College and his Bachelor of Fine Arts at the Cleveland Institute of Art. Prior to attending Cleveland Rit studied at Edinburgh College of Art in Scotland and after completing his MFA he attended The Whitney Independent Study Program at the Whitney Museum of American Art in NY. He has had solo exhibitions in Long Island, Cleveland, New York, Chapel Hill, Chicago, Bangalore, Berlin and Basel, Switzerland. He has also exhibited in group shows in New York, San Francisco, Amherst, Portland, Chicago, Miami, Brooklyn, Newark, Cleveland, Copenhagen, Bangalore, Mumbai, Lahore, Vancouver, Paris, and Yogyakarta, Indonesia. He has been an artist-in-residence at the Yale-Norfolk Painting Residency, Skowhegan School of Art and at the Civitella Ranieri Fellowship in Umbria, Italy. He has received several awards and fellowships including the Civitelia Ranieri Fellowship and an Art Matters Foundation Fellowship. Rit is the founder and editor of Shifter Magazine, a topical magazine founded in 2004 that invites contributions by emerging artists, poets, theorists and scientists. His work has been reviewed in numerous online and print publications including Artforum.com, ArtAsiaPacific, Platform Magazine, Art 21 Blog, ARTSLANT, Artscape Magazine, The Bangalore Mirror and The New York Times. He has taught at Parsons College at The New School for Design, at the Vermont College of Fine Art, Williams College and Cooper Union School of Art.
José Ruiz is a Peruvian-born artist and curator. He received his MFA in 2004 from the San Francisco Art Institute's New Genres program and soon after moved to New York City. During the past 10 years, he has shown his work in US cities such as New York, Miami, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Philadelphia, and Washington, DC and internationally in countries such as Egypt, Ireland, Mexico, Japan, Slovakia, Germany, Hungary, South Africa, South Korea, and the Netherlands. His projects have been featured in museums such as El Museo del Barrio, Queens Museum of Art, Bronx Museum of the Arts, El Museo de Arte de El Salvador, and the Van Abbe Museum. Ruiz's practice has been the subject of various publications, including the New York Times, The New Yorker, Wall Street Journal, ARTnews, Arte al Dia, Artnet, and The Washington Post. He currently serves as an adjunct professor at George Washington University and Moore College of Art & Design. Additionally, he is the founder of Furthermore—a research, production and development lab in Washington, DC— and a co-founder of Present Company—a Brooklyn-based exhibition, performance and social space.
Liz Park is a curator and writer from Vancouver, Canada, currently based in Philadelphia as Whitney-Lauder Curatorial Fellow at Institute of Contemporary Art at University of Pennsylvania. After receiving an MA in Art History / Curatorial Studies at the University of British Columbia, she held various curatorial positions including Curator-in-Residence at Western Front, Co-Director/Curator of Access Gallery, and Public Programmer at the Vancouver Art Gallery. She curated a number of exhibitions internationally including at the Glenbow Museum in Calgary, the Kitchen in New York, and Seoul Art Space_Geumcheon in Seoul, and her writing has been published by Afterall Online, Performa Magazine, Fillip, Yishu: A Journal of Contemporary Chinese Art, Pluto Press, and Ryerson University Press among other places. The topics of her curatorial research and writing include politics of mobility, representation of violence, artist-run institutions, and non-Western art in the global context of contemporary art. She has received awards from Canada Council for the Arts, British Columbia Arts Council, and the Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada for her independent curatorial work and scholarship. In 2011/2012, Park was Helena Rubinstein Fellow in the Whitney Museum of American Art's Independent Study Program.


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Cowlishaw: Cowboys' Tony Romo must turn his edge in talent into September victories
For the remainder of this month, until Peyton Manning comes knocking to avenge Little Brother's defeat at AT&T Stadium, Tony Romo gets all the check marks. What he accomplishes with them will set the tone for whether the Cowboys have the kind of September they need in order to return to the playoffs.
Romo vs. Kansas City's Alex Smith at noon Sunday: Check mark to Romo, even though Smith was second in the NFC in passer rating in 2011 when he led the 49ers to the NFC Championship Game — the season before lost he his job to Colin Kaepernick. That wasn't the first time Smith lost a job.
Romo vs. St. Louis' Sam Bradford: Bradford has lacked the protection, the receivers and, frankly, the poise to develop into a top-flight quarterback. For sure it could still happen. It hasn't yet.
Romo vs. San Diego's Philip Rivers: Two years ago there would have been a lively discussion here since Rivers at least guided one Chargers team to an AFC Championship Game. As the line crumbled in front of him, his lack of mobility has proved costly time after time, including the Monday night opening loss to Houston.
What's unusual about all of this?
Rivers was the fourth pick in the 2004 draft. Smith went first overall (famously taken well ahead of Aaron Rodgers) in 2005. Bradford was first overall in 2010.
October will feature three more No. 1 overall picks (Manning, Detroit's Matthew Stafford, Philadelphia's Michael Vick) and a No. 2 overall (Washington's Robert Griffin III), but let's stick to September for now.
Romo, as a player who went undrafted out of Eastern Illinois, has piled up better statistics than Dallas' next three opposing quarterbacks. For him to clear up the hole on his résumé with an extended playoff run, the Cowboys need to take advantage of the fact that he should be the best passer on the field for a few weeks.
So it's Romo's stage. Even though we have heard so many quarterbacks say so many times that they aren't playing the opposite quarterback, we know that's more what the NFL is about today than it has ever been. It's like saying starting pitchers in baseball aren't really opposing each other.
Completely irrelevant. You think it isn't all about Eli vs. Peyton on Sunday in New Jersey?
For finally knocking off the New York Giants last Sunday night in Arlington, Romo received far less praise than you would imagine for such a thing. The story was all about the defense and those six turnovers, which is (mostly) as it should be.
And yet Romo's uncharacteristic caretaking role with the offense was no small feat.
Instead of gambling and going for broke, the Cowboys offense pulled in the reins. Dez Bryant nearly disappeared from the offense completely, and that's something that can't last for long, obviously. But while Romo threw 49 passes and failed to even approach the 300-yard mark (263), the absence of big mistakes enabled the Cowboys to chalk up a victory.
Bryant averaged only 5.5 yards per catch and, except for one 18-yard burst where he got away from defenders, Miles Austin averaged just 7 yards on 10 catches. Dwayne Harris also averaged 6.
Those are shockingly low numbers for wide receivers, but Romo's 36 completions kept the chains and clock moving and worked in conjunction with a defense that was giving up huge chunks of yardage but making up for it with all those turnovers.
And turnovers will decide if the Cowboys can get off to a 3-1 start in September (it would be preposterous to talk about something more, wouldn't it?) or if they backslide after the promising start against New York.
The Chiefs provide an unusual test in this regard.
Smith has finally found his niche as a low-risk, low-reward quarterback in an offense that will feature running back Jamaal Charles. It's an unlikely approach for Andy Reid, who mostly threw the ball all over the field in Philadelphia and with considerable success (17-12) when it came to facing the Cowboys.
Romo is more likely to open the throttle against Kansas City than he did Sunday night. That should mean more throws to Bryant down the field, and it won't be a surprise if the rookie Terrance Williams is set up for a big play or two in single coverage.
But we know what can happen with Romo when the green light is given. The yards come quickly and so can the turnovers. His 19 interceptions last season matched his career high set in 2007, his first full season as a starter. That shouldn't happen with a veteran quarterback in the middle of his career.
You'd rather have Romo on your side at this stage, for this game than Smith, and you'd still take Romo the next two weeks, too. You just want to make sure you're getting the right Romo.
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Many people prefer having an eyeshadow palette so they can see all their shadows at once and keep them organized and in one place. Depotting MAC eyeshadows will allow you to create your own customized eyeshadow palette. Even better, you can return the empty shadow pots to MAC to get a free lipstick once you accumulate six of them under their Back to MAC recycling program. The same de-potting process can also be used on MAC powder blushes.
Taking the shadow pans out of the black pots that case them can be a bit tricky at first, but it's quite simple once you get the hang of it. The hardest part is not breaking or shattering the shadow itself, but this is easy enough to avoid if you work slowly with a soft towel underneath to cushion any accidental falls. There are many different methods to depot MAC Cosmetics shadows. Many people use a flame to melt the plastic on the bottom of the pot but this can be downright dangerous. Some people use an iron, which is an improvement on the flame method. However, I find that the easiest and least risky method is using a hair straightening iron.
To get started, you only need a few items that most people already have on hand. You will need a sharp knife, a bit of wax paper, a soft towel, and a flat iron. You can use any type of flat iron as long as the plates are flat. Finally, if you are super organized, you might want to get some round sticky labels so you can label your shadows. The ¾ inch size works well on MAC shadow pans.
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3. Turn on your flat iron and rest it on one side, so that one of the plates is facing up and the other is facing down. Cut a piece of wax paper about four inches by four inches and place it on the plate that is facing up.
4. Set the shroud on top of the waxed paper, ensuring that it is positioned over the plate of the flat iron. You should leave it on top of there for several minutes so the heat can melt the bottom of the shroud and the glue a bit. How long this takes depends on your iron, but around five minutes should do the trick. Carefully check the bottom of the shroud and look for an indent in the middle. This signifies that it's ready for the next step.
5. Stick your knife into the melted indent on the bottom of the shroud and push up gently. The plastic should be soft and the knife should slide right in. The pan should lift out easily. If not, let it cook a little more on the flat iron. You don't want to push it out all the way- just lift it out a little.
6. Turn the shroud over and place the blade of your knife underneath the pan. Use the blade to lift the pan out and set it on the towel to cool. The metal of the pan will be extremely hot so don't touch it! Once it cools, it's ready to be placed into your palette. You can use cotton swabs dipped in alcohol to remove any extra glue that remains stuck to the pan. You can also attach a magnet or sticker if desired.
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There has been great reception to the new Daybreak shawl pattern. I really appreciate receiving all the comments and seeing the gorgeous versions on Ravelry.
Stefanie Japel wrote a wonderful post on her blog about knitting Daybreak. She noted some wonderful tips and tricks. There's also an amazing Barry Manilow video on that post with his song appropriately called Daybreak as well.
A couple nice people over at KnitPicks started working on Daybreak as well so there's some more Daybreak talk on Nina's Blog.
I got a little westknits "fan club" started with my friend Patricia (questionable) on Ravelry to serve as a place to talk and ask questions about current patterns. There will be some new patterns, that I'm very excited about, coming this Fall.
I also started an etsy shop called westknits woolies at http://westknits.etsy.com. The shop has several accessories that I designed, some of them are projects that I'm not going to work on anymore and other items are prototypes for designs or actual samples from my designs.
I am looking forward to my move back down to Urbana on Tuesday. I'm going down there for the day tomorrow so I can try to find a job. I am not knitting at full force as Fall approaches with rehearsals and a couple classes starting. So, I have to pick and choose what I really want to work on. I was commissioned to knit a cabled hat for a small clothing company and I devoted yesterday to that project. I got to work with Karabella's Donegal Cashmere Tweed and think it made a beautifully rustic hat.
Thursday, August 13, 2009
4 comments:
- sarah said...
knowing it all started at Brigitte's shop in lil' ol' Urbana!
- August 14, 2009 at 9:18 AM
- sarah said...
ooops. my comment was truncated... i meant to say, congrats!! it's cool to see your work reach a world-wide audience and...knowing that....you know the rest. :)
- August 14, 2009 at 9:19 AM
- WillyG said...
Looks like you got a beautifully ruddy sunburn! I'd assume it was the beach if you lived in Jersey or something! I just visited Loop today in Philly, and was delighted to see your Botanic Hat, arrived ten minutes before me, on display. I also picked up some yarns in my favorite colors to knit Daybreak!
- August 14, 2009 at 8:01 PM
- Robyn said...
Your work and patterns are beautiful! I just "found" you today on Ravelry. I am looking forward to trying your patterns.
Coffee and Cotton
- August 24, 2009 at 9:28 AM
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California hasn't suffered from the flu as much as some other parts of the country have, with their hospital ERs clogged with patients struggling with fevers, breathing problems and other symptoms typical of influenza.
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Speaking with The Times last week, Dr. Jonathan Fielding, director of the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, said that many people who had shown up in local hospitals over the past six weeks or so complaining of flu-like illness actually had RSV, and that the county was experiencing the "highest level of RSV we've seen."
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Facebook Places has gone live in the UK. It lit up in Japan a few days ago as well. No love for Canada or many other countries yet. Still, even in locations where Facebook places has launched, it doesn't seem to have slowed down FourSquare or Gowalla at all.
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IBM Systems Network Architecture Routing
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IBM's networking architecture has evolved considerably as computing in general has evolved away from domination by centralized computing solutions to peer-based computing. Today, IBM Systems Network Architecture (SNA) routing involves two separate kinds of environments, although a number of key concepts are central to all SNA routing situations. This chapter addresses functions and services that make both SNA subarea routing and Advanced Peer-to-Peer Networking (APPN) routing possible. Topics covered include session connections, transmission groups, explicit and virtual routes, and Class of Service (COS).
IBM SNA Session Connectors
IBM SNA session connectors are used to bridge address spaces when sessions traverse multiple address spaces. Three types of session connectors exist: boundary functions, SNA network interconnection (SNI) gateways, and APPN intermediate routing functions. Boundary functions reside in subarea nodes and map between subarea and peripheral address spaces. SNI gateways act as bridges between SNA networks, accepting data from one network and transmitting it to the appropriate destination in another network. SNI gateways are transparent to endpoint network attachment units (NAUs). APPN intermediate nodes perform intermediate routing within APPN networks. Refer to Figure: SNA Routing Relies on Transmission Groups to Interconnect Subarea Entities for the relative position of a session connector in a traditional SNA environment.
Figure: SNA Routing Relies on Transmission Groups to Interconnect Subarea Entities
IBM SNA Transmission Groups
IBM SNA transmission groups (TGs) are logical connections formed between adjacent IBM SNA nodes that are used to pass SNA session traffic. TGs are comprised of one or more SNA links and their assigned transmission priorities. Multilink TGs, which provide added reliability and bandwidth, are used to bundle multiple physical links into a single logical SNA link. Multilink TGs are supported only between T4 nodes. TG sequence numbers are used to resequence out-of-order messages at each hop. Four transmission priorities are supported at each transmission group: low, medium, high, and network-service traffic (the highest priority).
IBM SNA Explicit and Virtual Routes
Routes between subareas assume either an explicit or virtual route form. Explicit routes are the physical connections between two subarea nodes, and they serve as the ordered sequences of subareas and connecting transmission groups. Explicit routes are unidirectional, and two explicit routes are required to create a full-duplex path.
Virtual routes are two-way logical connections formed between two subarea nodes. A virtual route flows over both an explicit route and a reverse explicit route that follows the same physical path. Virtual routes do not cross network boundaries; instead, they use an SNA network interconnect session connector to bridge two virtual routes. Virtual routes include values defining transmission priority and global flow control, which is provided by pacing, in which a receiver with sufficient buffer space grants pacing windows to the sender. Each pacing window enables the sender to transmit a certain amount of information before the sender must request the next pacing window.
IBM SNA Class of Service
The IBM SNA Class of Service (COS) function designates the transport network characteristics of a given session. Depending on user requirements, different COSs can be specified in an SNA network. COS provides the mechanism to determine all SNA routes and describes acceptable service levels for a session. COS also specifies the collection of session characteristics, including response time, security, and availability. In addition, COS can be established automatically when logging in, or manually (by the user) when the session is initiated. Each COS name is associated with a list of virtual routes that meet the desired service-level requirement. Relevant information for a given session is captured in COS subarea and APPN tables. The differences between COS implementation in subarea and APPN routing are summarized in the following sections.
COS in Subarea Routing
In subarea routing, the user defines COS support required for a particular session. Specific virtual routes are mapped to identified services, while COS characteristics are associated with the underlying explicit routes. The System Services Control Point (SSCP) uses the COS table to provide information on virtual routes and transmission priority to the path control function. Path control, in turn, selects a virtual route and transmission priority for use in a session.
Figure: A Subarea Routing COS Table Holds Data on Virtual Routes and Transmission Priorities illustrates the subarea routing COS table-entry format.
Figure: A Subarea Routing COS Table Holds Data on Virtual Routes and Transmission Priorities
Subarea routing COS table entries include COS name, virtual route number (VRN), and subarea transmission priority (TRPI).
COS name is a standard name, such as SEC3, that is agreed upon by conventions.
The VRN identifies a specific route between subareas. Up to eight virtual route numbers can be assigned between two subarea nodes. Each virtual route can be assigned with up to three different transmission priorities, and up to 24 virtual routes are possible between two subareas.
TPRI identifies the priority of logical unit-to-logical unit (LU-to-LU) session data flowing over an explicit route. Users can select one of three priorities for each virtual route: 0 (lowest), 1, or 2 (highest).
COS in APPN Routing
COS in APPN is defined explicitly with COS table parameters. COS is more granular in APPN than subarea SNA. In particular, COS for APPN allows a route to be defined based on capacity, cost, security, propagation delay, and user-defined characteristics. It extends service to end nodes (ENs) and is not limited to communications controllers, as in subarea SNA. APPN COS permits the topology database to maintain a tree for every COS that tracks all routes and costs. APPN COS also provides a configuration option to control memory dedicated to COS trees.
Figure: An APPN Routing COS Table Can Include Special Character Returns and Route-Weighting Information illustrates the APPN routing COS table-entry format.
Figure: An APPN Routing COS Table Can Include Special Character Returns and Route-Weighting Information
APPN routing COS table entries include COS name, index, APPN transmission priority (TPRI) characteristics, and APPN COS Weighted Field (WF).
The COS name is a standard name, such as SEC3, that is agreed upon by conventions.
The Index field entry enables computed weight values for route components to be stored and retrieved. This entry points to the entry in the COS weight array where the weights for the COS are stored.
APPN TPRI identifies the priority of LU-to-LU session data flowing over an explicit route. It specifies only one TPRI field for each COS table entry. APPN TPRI requires that traffic over a given session with the same COS in a particular APPN network flow with the same transmission priority.
Node and transmission group (TG) characteristics consist of a user-specified list of characteristics acceptable for an identified COS. Each row defines either a set of node characteristics or a set of TG characteristics. Entries can include security, cost per connect time, and available capacity. The field representing a characteristic contains a range of acceptable values.
The APPN COS WF enables routes-selection services (RSS) to assign a weight to a given possible route component (node or TG). WF is used by RSS to determine relative desirability of a particular route component. The WF can contain a constant or the name of a function that RSS uses in weight calculation.
IBM SNA Subarea Routing
SNA logical areas and node addressing are two central components of traditional routing in SNA environments. This section addresses these topics in the context of traditional SNA networking.
SNA networks are divided into logical areas: subareas and domains. Subareas consist of a subarea node and its attached peripherals. Domains consist of a system services control point (SSCP) and the network resources that it can control. SSCPs in different domains can cooperate with each other to compensate for host processor failures.
Node addresses are categorized as subarea-node and peripheral-node addresses. Subarea-node addresses are global and must be unique within the entire network. These addresses are assigned to NAUs when activated. Subarea-node addresses generally consist of a subarea portion and an element portion. All NAUs within a given subarea share the same subarea address but have different element addresses.
Figure: Subareas Exist Within Domains in SNA Subarea Routing illustrates the relationship between subareas and domains in the context of SNA subarea routing.
Figure: Subareas Exist Within Domains in SNA Subarea Routing
Peripheral-node addresses, which are considered local addresses, differ depending on whether the node is T2 or T2.1. T2 addresses refer to NAUs and are statically assigned, while T2.1 addresses are dynamically assigned for the duration of a session and identify the session rather than the NAU. Peripheral-node addresses are referred to as local form-session identifiers.
IBM Advanced Peer-to-Peer Networking Routing
IBM Advanced Peer-to-Peer Networking (APPN) routing is dynamic and is based on a least-weight path calculated from input received from all APPN network nodes. Each APPN network node is responsible for reporting changes in its local topology (that is, the node itself and the attached links). Topology information is passed until all APPN nodes receive it. When a node receives data that it already has, it stops forwarding the data to other nodes. Duplicate information is recognized via a check of update sequence numbers.
Figure: APPN Network Nodes Link to ENs, LENs, and Other Network Nodes illustrates where APPN network nodes fit into the general scheme of an APPN environment with ENs and low-entry network (LEN) nodes.
Figure: APPN Network Nodes Link to ENs, LENs, and Other Network Nodes
Several underlying functions and capabilities enable APPN routing. These include node type 2.1 routing, Dependent Logical-Unit Requester/Server (DLUR/S) routing, connections networks, and border nodes.
IBM APPN Node Type 2.1 Routing
Node type 2.1 routing involves routing traffic between one or more APPN network nodes. Two node type 2.1 routing processes are supported: intermediate session routing (ISR) and high-performance routing (HPR).
Intermediate Session Routing
The ISR process involves bind session BIND requests and responses flowing from network node to network node. In this environment, session connectors are built and used in place of routing tables in APPN. With ISR, a map is generated of the session identifier and port from one side of a node to the other. A unique session identifier in the session connector header is swapped for an outgoing identifier and then is sent out from the appropriate port.
ISR-supported subarea SNA features include node-to-node error and flow-control processing, as well as session switching around network failures. Node-to-node error and flow-control processing are considered redundant and unnecessary because these processes reduce end-to-end throughput.
High-Performance Routing
The HPR protocol, an alternative to ISR, is based on two key components: Rapid-Transport Protocol (RTP) and Automatic Network Routing (ANR). RTP is a reliable, connection-oriented protocol that ensures delivery and manages end-to-end network error and flow control. RTP creates new routes following a network failure. ANR is a connectionless service that is responsible for node-to-node source-routed service.
The RTP layer is invoked only at the edges of an APPN network. In intermediate nodes, only the ANR layer is invoked. RTP nodes establish RTP connections to carry session data. All traffic for a single session flows over the same RTP-to-RTP connection and is multiplexed with traffic from other sessions using the same connection.
Figure: RTP Is Supported Only in APPN Edge Network Nodes illustrates the overall architecture of an HPR-based routing environment.
Figure: RTP Is Supported Only in APPN Edge Network Nodes
A typical HPR routing process involves several stages. First, a route is selected while it is using ISR. To establish a connection between the edge RTP nodes, either an existing RTP-to-RTP connection is used or a route-services request (RSR) is sent. The returned route-services reply (RSP) carries information showing forward and reverse paths through the network.
Paths represent the forward and reverse port lists and include the port identifier used in each ANR node. These lists are carried on every message, eliminating the need for routing tables or session connectors in the ANR nodes.
HPR provides for link-failure recovery. If a link fails and an alternate path exists between the RTP endpoints for a particular COS, a new RTP-to-RTP connection can be selected, and a session can be moved without disruption. If a connection does not exist along the new path, RSR and RSP messages are sent to obtain the new port lists. Sending a new BIND is not required because the session is not disrupted.
Flow control in an HRP environment uses a technique called adaptive rate-based (ARB) flow control. ARB flow control monitors and controls the amount of traffic introduced into the network. Under ARB flow control, the sending and receiving RTP nodes exchange messages at regular intervals. Traffic introduced into the network is modified to adapt to network conditions.
IBM APPN DLUR/S Routing
The Dependent Logical-Unit Requester/Server (DLUR/S) is an APPN feature that allows legacy SNA traffic to flow on an APPN network.
Under DLUR/S, a client/server relationship is established between a Dependent Logical-Unit Server (DLUS) and a Dependent Logical-Unit Requester (DLUR). A DLUS is typically an ACF/UTAM4.2 entity, and a DLUR is typically a router. A pair of LU 6.2 sessions is established between the DLUR and DLUS. These LU 6.2 sessions transport legacy SNA control messages. Those messages not recognized in an APPN environment are encapsulated on the LU 6.2 session. Messages then are de-encapsulated by DLUR and are passed to the legacy SNA LU. The DLU session initiation is then passed to the DLUS and is processed by the DLUS as legacy traffic. The DLUS sends a message to the application host, and the application host sends the BIND. Finally, legacy SNA data flows natively with APPN traffic.
IBM APPN Connection Network
An IBM APPN connection network is a logical construct used to provide direct connectivity between APPN ENs without the configuration overhead of defining direct connections between every pair of ENs. In general, the process of creating a connection network starts when a LOCATE request is received from an EN.
A network node (NN) then is used to locate the destination specified in the LOCATE request. If the NN sees that the two ENs (source and destination) are attached to the same transport medium (such as Token Ring), a virtual node (VN) is used to connect the two endpoints and form a connection network. The NN defines the session path as a direct connection from EN1 to VN to EN2, and then traffic is permitted to flow.
IBM APPN Border Node
A border node is an APPN entity that enables multiple APPN networks to interconnect. Presently, border nodes are implemented only in ACF/VTAM and OS/400. Border nodes are responsible for tying directories and topology databases together for connected networks, and rebuilding BIND requests to show separate routes in each network.
With border nodes, topology and directory databases in NNs are reduced to sizes required for individual subnetworks rather than the composite network. In addition, cross-network sessions are routed through the border node.
Figure: Border Nodes (ACF/VTAM and OS/400 Devices) Can Connect APPN Networks illustrates the position of border nodes (ACF/VTAM and OS/400 devices) in a multinetwork APPN environment:
Figure: Border Nodes (ACF/VTAM and OS/400 Devices) Can Connect APPN Networks
Review Questions
Q - What are SNA session connectors used for?
A - IBM SNA session connectors are used to bridge address spaces when sessions traverse multiple address spaces. Three types of session connectors exist: boundary functions, SNA network interconnection (SNI) gateways, and APPN intermediate routing functions.
Q - What is created when a network node determines via the LOCATE request that the two end nodes are attached to the same medium?
A - A network node (NN) then is used to locate the destination specified in the LOCATE request. If the NN sees that the two ENs (source and destination) are attached to the same transport medium (such as Token Ring), a virtual node (VN) is used to connect the two endpoints and form a connection network.
Q - True or false: All NAUs within a subarea have the same element address.
A - False. All NAUs within a given subarea share the same subarea address but have different element addresses.


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