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Box 2: A Guide to the PASSCAL Instrumentation Center Web Site
www.passcal.nmt.edu
Information provided on the PASSCAL Web site is targeted
at the user community. Although every project has unique
features, basic policy and contact information needed by
the user community to initiate support is present there. PIs
can use the Web site to interact with PIC staff for instrument
and scheduling requests, and during experiment and
logistics planning, training, data collection, and data archival.
During proposal writing or experiment planning, the
PIC Web site provides general technical information about
supported instrumentation and online access to PASSCAL
support schedules, which can be especially important
when contemplating large, broadband experiments. While
an experiment is active, users frequently access the Web
site for detailed procedures or technical specifications, to
access PASSCAL software, and for data archiving information.
The Web site also services requests for software or
instrumentation specifications for researchers or students
using archived data from the IRIS DMC. The PIC Web site
was designed and developed prior to the advent of content
management systems (CMS), which are now standard for
maintaining and creating large Web sites. Thus, PASSCAL
initiated a site redesign in January 2008 with professional
consultation. This redesign will implement CMS and
organize the site based on common-use profiles. The new
site is scheduled to be operational in late 2008. The current
structure and content of the Web site is outlined below.
SUPPORT
Equipment
available Equipment (http://www.passcal.nmt.edu/user_support/equipment_inventory.html)
inventory (http://www.passcal.nmt.edu/user_support/inventory_chart.html)
Software (http://www.passcal.nmt.edu/software/software.html)
Shipping
estimate shipping (http://www.passcal.nmt.edu/user_support/shipping.html)
list of shippers (http://www.passcal.nmt.edu/user_support/shippers.html)
Training
Scheduling and planning (http://www.passcal.nmt.edu/user_support/Training/preparing.html)
agenda (http://www.passcal.nmt.edu/user_support/Training/planning.html)
feedback form (http://www.passcal.nmt.edu/user_support/Training/feedback.html)
Visiting PASSCAL
directions and maps (http://www.passcal.nmt.edu/user_support/map2PASSCAL.html)
lodging (http://www.passcal.nmt.edu/user_support/lodging.html)
Virtual tour (http://www.passcal.nmt.edu/user_support/tour_1.html)
Contact Information
general contact (http://www.passcal.nmt.edu/user_support/contact.html)
Staff directory (http://www.passcal.nmt.edu/user_support/staff.html)
How Tos
racS (Redundant Array Copy System) (http://www.passcal.nmt.edu/user_support/Training/racs.html)
ref TEK timing correction file (http://www.passcal.nmt.edu/user_support/Training/PCF_tutorial.doc.pdf)
calibrating and Autosensorting (http://www.passcal.nmt.edu/user_support/Training/Calibration.html)
emergency laptop install of RH 7.0 (http://www.passcal.nmt.edu/user_support/Training/RHInstall.html)
FAQs (http://www.passcal.nmt.edu/user_support/faqs.html)
SCHEDULES
Broadband
2007–2008 (http://www.passcal.nmt.edu/schedules/BB07-08.html)
2008–2009 (http://www.passcal.nmt.edu/schedules/BB08-09.html)
2009–2010 (http://www.passcal.nmt.edu/schedules/BB09-10.html)
Intermediate period 2007–2008 (http://www.passcal.nmt.edu/schedules/IP07-08.html)
Short period 2007–2008 (http://www.passcal.nmt.edu/schedules/SP07-08.html)
TEXAN 2007–2008 (http://www.passcal.nmt.edu/schedules/TXN07-08.html)
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