Day 11-17 - Banner is up

Day 11-17 - Banner promoting SGU Multi Purpose Computer Club Launching is now up near the entrance of the parking lot of SGU and here is the display as you enter the parking lot::

Front Entrance Launching Banner

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Day 9-10 - Training by TE Ltd.

Day 9 (No activity) & Day 10 - Training conducted by TE Ltd.  The training starts around 13:30 (a little late than expected 13:00).  At the first hour, there are 3 persons attended the training. Later, 6 participants joined the training class.

Sudarto Chan teaching SGU team (Stewart & Michael)

Abdul, Michael and Stewart are listening carefully

Sudarto Chan explaining structure cabling system

About the same time, Pak Suhadi arrived and brought batch I of the materials to be used in the installation.
Here are some pictures of the materials in the room FB 208:

Rack Mount & Shielded Cat 6A

Cat 6A SL Jack

2 M patch cord CAT 6A cable 

Rack Mount Double Fan & Angled Patch Panel

Suhadi Kho and his teammate counting the items

Sudarto Chan explaining in the class

Sudarto Chan training SGU Team (another view)

SGU participants enjoy the training

The launch date is now fixed 8 August 2011, the poster is fixed in the front of the FB 208 door.

Launching Poster in front of FB 208

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Day 6-8 - 16 iMacs in the Laboratory Room

Day 6-8 (16-18 July 2011): After software update, 16 iMacs are now in the Room FB 208 ... finally ...

iMac in Room FB 208 (front view)

The look from the back view of iMac in the Lab...

iMac in Room FB 208 (back view)

The look from the back of the room:

A view from the back of the room

Here is another view from the front of the room:

View from the left side of the room (front)

Another view from the left side of the room (front)

View from the left side of the room (right)

Next, still waiting for the network cable infrastructure from TE Connectivity to be installed (expected within this week) ...

Day 3-5 - Power Cable Installation (Finishing)

Day 3-5 (13-15 May 2011), the cable team work on the trunking and rewiring the cable under the table. Here is a sample of the new cable under the table:

Sample cable under the table is now tidy

All the cables (under the table) for each of the computer is now ready ...

All cables are now installed under the tables.

The raiser trunking is also ready ... this box will be replaced with new box from TE (Tyco Electronics) soon.

The riser trunking is ready

Here is the plan for power distribution for each of the computer to the Main Power Fuse Box:

Power Distribution Plan for the room

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Day 2 - Preparing iMac & Power Socket Installation

Day 2 (12 July 2011), at 9:00 am, The Lab Assistant enthusiastically open the boxes (room FB 207.2) and pull out the iMacs:

iMac boxes

Randy (one of the lab assistant) is preparing the iMac (registration process):

Randy with his "new toy"

Randy registering the iMac one by one

Up close to the iMac screen (registering iMac OS):

iMac OS Registration Screen (up close)

Michael (also lab assistant) writing down all registration information (standard information for all iMac):

Michael writing down the reg info on the white board

 In the other room (FB 208), the cable team is installing electrical power socket:

Electrical Power socket

Preparing electrical power socket

Fixing electrical power socket in the trunking

A little mistake that need re-fixing at the end of the pipeline ... cable hanging from the table :(

Cable hanging from the table ... need fixing

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Day 1 - Electrical Cable Wiring

Here is Room FB 208 (originally named ERP Lab), soon to be renamed to Multi Purpose Computer Lab:

Room FB 208 (previously named ERP Laboratory)

Day 1 - 11 July 2011 (9:30 am - 17:00) and here is the initial plan for the next few days (drawn on the white board):

Electrical Wiring and Ducting Installation Plan

Here is room FB 208 before installation:

View from the back of the room

View from the front (left)

The Cable Installation team (Emboy and team are busy bringing in all the materials)

The Cable Team inspecting the working area

Logistic (cable, trunking and tools) are now inside the room FB 208:

Cable, tools and trunking equipments

Now ... installation time (get to work) ... 

Cutting cable

Cutting the trunking

Drilling the floor

Installing trunking and cabling on the table ...

Installing cable under the table

Trunking under the table

Installing trunking under the table

Enjoying cable installation under the table

Trunking is almost ready on day 1 ...

Trunking at the back

Trunking at the right side

Trunking at the left side

 Day 1 end with Trunking and cable under the table ready ...