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                            College of Engineering
            Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences
                         Instructional Support Group

/share/b/pub/cardkey.help
								  Aug 23 2019

              Cardkey Access to EECS Instructional Computer Labs
	      --------------------------------------------------

CONTENTS
	Obtaining Authorization
	What the cardkeys are for
	Access times and doors
	Rules of usage
	Which labs for your class
	UC Extension & Concurrent Enrollment students
	Reporting problems
	Locating your CAL1 "prox" cardkey number


Obtaining Authorization 
-----------------------

  Cardkeys are automically requested on your behalf, based on the classes 
  you are taking during the semester. Cardkey requests are proccessed once 
  a week by the UCPD.   

  All students taking EECS classes with scheduled labs in Cory and Soda 
  are eligible for after-hours cardkey access to 105 and 199 Cory,
  271, 273, 275, 277, and 330 Soda.
  Additional access to certain EE labs in Cory is granted based on 
  classes scheduled in those labs.

  To see what doors are enabled for you this semester, please login to
  
	http://inst.eecs.berkeley.edu/webacct 
	select "List User's Accounts & Cardkey"

  If you believe your cardkey access is denied due to an error, 
  please contact keys@eecs.berkeley.edu, or visit the 387 Soda Front Desk

  Access will be updated periodically during the semester to adjust to
  adds and drops in enrollments.

  The Instructional labs are listed in

	http://inst.eecs.berkeley.edu/~inst/iesglabs.html


What the cardkeys are for
-------------------------
  Most of the labs require access by cardkey on evenings and weekends
  (as do the Cory and Soda Hall entrances).  The Instructional labs are 
  provided for students to complete coursework, so access is linked to your
  current enrollment in an EECS course.  Students are granted access to 
  specific labs for the classes they are in.  


Access times and doors
----------------------
  - The Instructional workstation labs in Cory and Soda Halls are usually 
    unlocked from 7am-6:30pm on weekdays when classes are in session.
   
  - The electronics labs will always require a cardkey.

  - Access to the buildings and to individual labs will require a cardkey 
    after 6:30pm and on weekends, and holidays.

  To enter Soda Hall after hours, these external doors can be used:  
    1) Soda west entrance (across from Etcheverry Hall, at the 3rd floor) 
    2) Soda east stairwell entrance (on Leroy Ave, at the 4th floor).  

  Get to the second floor of Soda using the east stairwell or the elevator.

  The elevators in Soda Hall have cardkey readers that are activated on
  evenings, weekends and holidays.   All Soda-resident faculty, staff, and 
  graduate students should be able to get to the all floors in Soda.   Other 
  students in EECS classes will have access only to the 2nd and 3rd floors.

  To enter Cory Hall after hours, these external doors can be used:  
    1) Cory north entrances (along Hearst Ave, to the 3rd floor) 
    2) Cory southwest entrance (near Davis Hall, to the 1st floor elevator)

Rules of usage
--------------
  You should never allow another person to enter the building or a lab using
  your cardkey.  This is an offense for which your cardkey access privileges
  could be revoked.   We require this level of security because there have
  been actual bombings in Cory Hall, and our insurance requires it as well. 
  Please help us: take this seriously.

Which labs for your class
-------------------------
   The EECS Instructional general-access drop-in labs are available 24
   hours a day with a cardkey.  These labs include UNIX and Windows work-
   stations in 105, 199 Cory and 271, 273, 275, 277, 330 Soda.

   The lab access for each class varies from one semester to the next;
   your instructor will inform you of any special labs for which you'll 
   have access.  You can find current cardkey eligibility at:

   http://inst.eecs.berkeley.edu/webacct		

UC Extension & Concurrent Enrollment students
---------------------------------------------

  After their enrollment in the concurrent enrollment program has been 
  completed, and after the start of the term, concurrent students can 
  obtain a CAL1 Card at the CAL1 Card Office (180 Cesar Chavez Center).  
  Bring your student id number as issued by UC Extension and a valid 
  government-issued photo id.  For more information, please see

  * https://extension.berkeley.edu/static/studentservices/concurrent
  * https://cal1card.berkeley.edu/
  * the instructions you were sent after registering at UC Extension
  * ask concurrent@berkeley.edu
  
  CAL1 cards are also cardkeys that may be approved for access to labs
  used by your courses.  Once you have a cardkey, it can be approved 
  for the EECS labs in one of two ways:

  1) Ask your instructor or TA to notify the IT staff that you are in the 
     class.  They can send this information to inst@eecs.berkeley.edu:

     student's name, UCEX/CalNet ID number, cardkey number, which course

     Your cardkey access will be updated for the labs within a week.  
     This will also authorize you to get a computer account for the class 
     from http://inst.eecs.berkeley.edu/webacct.  

  2) If you are advised to do so, submit the form at http://goo.gl/71hlZY.

Reporting problems
------------------
  Most students' cardkeys (aka CAL1 cards) are activated automatically during 
  the first 3 weeks of the semester for the EECS labs that they need for their 
  classes.  If you are enrolled via CalCentral, and other students in your class
  have access to a lab but you don't, then you should bring your CAL1 card to 
  the CS Front Office in 387 Soda (weekdays 8am-noon, 1pm-4pm).  They can 
  verify which labs you should have and update the cardkey database if needed.
  
  For information about the cardkeys:

  http://inst.eecs.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/pub.cgi?file=cardkey.help
  http://inst.eecs.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/pub.cgi?file=calnet.help

  For information about the lab rooms and schedules:

  http://inst.eecs.berkeley.edu/~inst/iesglabs.html
  http://inst.eecs.berkeley.edu/~inst/lab-schedules

  This is only about getting access to EECS instructional labs.
  For help with other problems about your SID card, please visit the CAL1 
  Card Office (http://services.housing.berkeley.edu/c1c/static/index.htm).

Locating your CAL1 "prox" cardkey number
----------------------------------------
  Your CAL1 student id card is also a cardkey for campus doors if you are
  authorized.  Each card has a unique cardkey number, which is also called 
  a "prox" number.  The number is printed on the lower right corner on the 
  back of the CAL1 card (http://inst.eecs.berkeley.edu/pub/png/CAL1-card.png).

 					EECS Instructional Support
					378/384/386 Cory Hall, 333 Soda Hall
					inst@eecs.berkeley.edu