Technical Information

From McGill University Physics Department Technical Services Wiki

Welcome to the Physics Technical Services Wiki!

The primary goal of this project is to capture and exchange information critical to our day to day activities. I don't know how useful this is going to be, but I suspect it has potential. It could be quite good for tracking experimental setups, for example I've made a sample entry for Hall Effect III.

I am just starting to figure out how this thing works, and I am the one who set it up, so don't be amazed if it seems hard to use. After setting up a few pages it is getting much easier. Please feel free to experiment.

Better that something might get broken in uses, than that it never be used at all :)

There is, fortunately, documentation (http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help%3AIndex) on this Wiki.

Topics

• Experiments The root of much suffering.
• Equipment Numbering Systems Different systems used to keep track of different types of equipment.
• Damaged Equipment perhaps we can keep track of what is not working here.
• Missing Equipment and how we are progressing in our relentless pursuit of it.
• Borrowed Equipment
• Maps
• Computers machines which sometimes make our lives easier, but which normally ...
• People
• Courses
• To Do Lists and Progress Reports
• General Discussion This is actually a good place to try creating pages and generally not caring at all if you make a mistake!
• The Great Move
• Active Directory Services
• Hardware