RamCam upgrade, Wiki updates.
Note 7/17/2025: The RamCam upgrade has been postponed to next week, hopefully.
After years of dedicated service, our two remaining RamCams are finally getting a prodigious upgrade. We’re talking 4K resolution, 60 frames per second, a 1/2.5″ CMOS sensor, Lightfinder, Wide Dynamic Ranges and all sorts of things we don’t fully understand! These new cameras will deliver great image quality and are expected to last for another 15 years– that we do understand. While the high-quality images are a bonus, the primary purpose of the RamCams remains the same: to keep us and our student’s loved ones, all connected with VCU campus life. The upgrade is scheduled for tomorrow morning, July 16, 2025, and will likely result in some downtime for the RamCam feeds. We’ve created a cute little outage page you can look forward to.
The wiki.vcu.edu domain, previously linked to our Confluence Server, is now redirecting to our Confluence Cloud instance. This redirect is designed to catch most existing bookmarks. You can also now use a convenient shortcode to link directly to Spaces; for example, http://wiki.vcu.edu/spaces/TUG/ will correctly redirect to https://wiki-vcu.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/TUG/overview. The redirect on wiki.vcu.edu also forces a login, which will help prevent a common error we’ve addressed in previous posts.
Finally, we’re in the process of procuring the Mosaic plugin suite to assist in content creation and making things generally prettier.
Categories Confluence Wiki, RamCams