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Science On a Sphere^® Support

Here is a collection of documentation snippets that describe how to do "something" on a Science On a Sphere system.
For video "How To's" visit the Video Tutorials.

Basic How To... Start up the system Shut down the system Edit a playlist Connect the Wii Remote for RedHat Connect the Wii Remote for Ubuntu Connect Two Wii Remotes Wii/Bluetooth Issues Run SOS in Verbose mode Use the ATI Remote (no longer supported) Set Up How To... Calculate projector lens throw distance from throw ratio Calculate the Sphere Mount Locations Calculate the SOS Field Of View (FOV) Convert Amps to VA (for UPS) Use CU wall projector display software R&D spreadsheet to calculate the blackhole size based on projector distances Projector How To... Align the projectors for the One Computer Configuration with the Wii Remote Align the projectors for Ubuntu with the Wii Remote (Chinese directions) Align the projectors for RedHat with the ATI Remote Setup Sony Projector (VPL-FE40) Menu and IP address Setup Sony Projector (VPL-FE40) to use GUI control

Maintenance How To... Update SOS software for 5 PC configuration (Redhat Only) Swapping in the spare computer for 5 PC configuration (Redhat Only) Install or Rebuild SOS for 5 PC configuration Install or Update Nvidia driver (Redhat Only) Change NVIDIA Settings for 5 PC Configuration Change NVIDIA Settings for Ubuntu PC Configuration Reinstall The Sound Card Driver (For Dell 390n Only) Linux Format a USB external disk drive or Thumbdrive Clone a Linux disk (Redhat Only - Old) Run the Wii Remote from a Display Node other than NC Change the IP address of the NC Disable the iptables of the NC (Redhat Only) Boot RH4 into Single User Mode Content How To... Set Up RT Data Configure automatic data updates Mirror data with lftp (script example) Make an SOS label file (script example) Use MPEG-4 Files With SOS Releases ... Release Notes for SOS 3.4.1 Release Notes for SOS Remote App 1.0 (for iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch)