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# Pick a PC | # Pick a PC | ||
# Log in using your OIT WIN credentials | # Log in using your OIT WIN credentials | ||
| + | # Start [[MobaXterm]] | ||
| + | # Type <source lang=bash> ssh -XY NETID@teer##.oit.duke.edu</source> | ||
| + | #:where NETID is your NET ID and ## is the two digit number of the Teer machine you want to use. | ||
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# Start the most recent version of [[X-Win 32]] available - at least 2011 or 2012 on the PCs in B209 (i.e. NOT 6.x or 9.x). There may be a desktop shortcut or you may need to go into the Start menu to find the most recent version of X-Win. As of Fall 2014, this should be X-Win 2014. | # Start the most recent version of [[X-Win 32]] available - at least 2011 or 2012 on the PCs in B209 (i.e. NOT 6.x or 9.x). There may be a desktop shortcut or you may need to go into the Start menu to find the most recent version of X-Win. As of Fall 2014, this should be X-Win 2014. | ||
#* If X-Win is asking you if you would like to scan for things, decline | #* If X-Win is asking you if you would like to scan for things, decline | ||
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#* If a window is asking you to allow connections, allow them. | #* If a window is asking you to allow connections, allow them. | ||
#* If the xterm window comes up, you can now close it - but do '''not''' close the PuTTY window. | #* If the xterm window comes up, you can now close it - but do '''not''' close the PuTTY window. | ||
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| + | # If you are thinking about printing during this session, type <source lang=text>lpq</source> to check the line printer queue - if there are no entries, you are set. If there is a list of files, the particular Teer machine to which you have connected is detached from the [[ePrint]] queue. If you are planning to print anything out, you will want to log into a different Teer machine. | ||
== Problems Logging In == | == Problems Logging In == | ||
Revision as of 14:45, 23 August 2014
B209 Fitzpatrick is a computer lab used by EGR 103, EGR 224, ECE 382, ME 131, and occasionally ME 141 and ME 160.
Contents
Specifications
- 49 networked Windows 8.1 computers with WIN domain credential logins split up into 24 lab benches
- 1 instructor station Windows 8.1 - equipped with a SMART Sympodium
- Projection system with screen
- WolfVision document camera
- 25 National Instruments NI PCI 6014e or NI PCI 6221 cards (one at instructor station, one per lab bench)
- 20 Circuit Specialists PBB 272 powered breadboards
- 20 Circuit Specialists MS8264 digital multimeters
Using the PCs to Run Unix Programs Remotely
Here is the somewhat long-form of the log-in procedure:
- Pick a PC
- Log in using your OIT WIN credentials
- Start MobaXterm
- Type
ssh -XY NETID@teer##.oit.duke.edu
- where NETID is your NET ID and ## is the two digit number of the Teer machine you want to use.
- If you are thinking about printing during this session, type to check the line printer queue - if there are no entries, you are set. If there is a list of files, the particular Teer machine to which you have connected is detached from the ePrint queue. If you are planning to print anything out, you will want to log into a different Teer machine.
lpq
Problems Logging In
- If xterm will not work and if the error is something about "error in locking authority file"
- Go to the PuTTY page regarding Xauthority_file_locking
- If x-win needs a license, use the Activation License option and note that the license will be on the screen in the front of the room.
- If your password doesn't work or matlab "doesn't exist,"
- try logging in to a different Teer machine
- If PuTTY claims that you cannot connect to localhost or some other graphical problem:
- Make sure the Teer machine did not complain about an error in locking authority file - if it did, see solution above.
- Make sure X-Win 32 is running.
- Hover over the X-Win icon to make sure it is Display 0 - if not, see the X-Win 32 page for troubleshooting.
- Exit PuTTY, restart it, load the session you tried to open, go to X11 or Tunneling in the Category, and make sure X11 was checked
- If none of that works, find a TA or the instructor.
Software
Partial list:
Specifically for EGR 103
- Acrobat reader
- ePrint
- MATLAB with toolboxes (esp. Simulink, data acquisition, controls)
- Be sure shortcut has "Start In" of C:\Documents and Settings\mrglocal\My Documents\MATLAB
- Microsoft Office
- National Instruments Measurements and drivers
- National Instruments LabVIEW (as of Fall 2010)
- PuTTY (including configuration file to log in to any Teer machines with X11 forwarding)
- Fall 2013: The configuration files do not seem to be static at the moment - hopefully this can be fixed
- SSH (including file transfer)
- X-Win 32
Tech Notes
- After installing a new version of MATLAB 32-bit, be sure to:
- Right-click and run as administrator
- daqregister('nidaq')
Other courses
- Logisim
- SolidWorks (ME 131 / 141 / 160)
Instructor Station
The instructor station includes several extra pieces of software. This includes:
- Software for document camera
- SMART Sympodium drivers
- SMART Notebook
Questions
Post your questions by editing the discussion page of this article. Edit the page, then scroll to the bottom and add a question by putting in the characters *{{Q}}, followed by your question and finally your signature (with four tildes, i.e. ~~~~). Using the {{Q}} will automatically put the page in the category of pages with questions - other editors hoping to help out can then go to that category page to see where the questions are. See the page for Template:Q for details and examples.
