We are planning to upgrade to Mathematica 11.0, the next time that sphere is rebooted.  If you have any concerns about this please email us at requests@math.toronto.edu.

The drum cartridge on the lw3 printer has been replaced and the printer is functioning normally again.

Summary:

1) Only use the HDMI connection in the table

2) Use the “6180” NEC remote (available at the front desk) to turn the projector on and select “HDMI2”

3) When you are finished using the projector press the “OFF” button on the remote control for about a second and then press it once more to confirm

4) Return the remote control (and the HDMI cable if you borrowed it) to the front desk

The Controller panel embedded in the table in BA6180 to control the projector has proven to be too fragile for the users of that room and now no longer works.  The HDMI cable connection does work so laptops can be connected to that directly (the VGA connection is not reliable…do not use it).  Please borrow, from the front desk, the NEC remote control, which is labelled with “6180” on the bottom, to turn the projector on and if the input is not “HDMI2” (this should be the only one that people use, so it should be the default setting) then use the “MENU” button on the remote to select the INPUT source and select that one.

The two small monitors in the Seminar Room (BA6183) were not working properly and have been replaced.

From: Utilities & Building Operations, Facilities & Services

The Steam and Hot Water supplied from the St. George Campus Central Power Plant will be shut off for the annual inspection and maintenance of heat producing equipment and associated heat distribution piping system.

The shutdown will last for 3 ½ days commencing at 20:00 hours Sunday, August 28, 2016   and will be returned to service in stages commencing at 08:00 hours Thursday, September 1st  2016.

The electrical, computer, and networking systems should be unaffected, but there will likely be no hot water in our departmental buildings during this time.

There will be a complete network outage in PGB (45 St. George Street) starting on Tuesday August 30, 2016 morning which could last up to two days, in order to allow the contractor to replace a broken network cabinet. It is possible that things will be back up by the end of the day on Tuesday. The outage includes all wired and UofT wireless connections in that building.

The UofT wireless access security certificate has been updated today, Tuesday, August 16, 2016.

From: http://main.its.utoronto.ca/news/security-update-for-wireless/

Please be advised that ITS will be renewing the security certificate for University’s wireless authentication server on Tuesday, August 16th.

What does this mean for wireless users?

After this update, wireless users will be prompted to accept or verify the new security certificate the first time they attempt to reconnect to the UofT or eduroam networks.  Once the new certificate has been accepted, the wireless device will save the setting and connect automatically thereafter.

For campus wireless access information, please visit the Information Common website.

A Xerox Phaser 4510 printer has been installed in PGB (at 45 St. George Street) in Room 301.  It can be accessed with (on coxeter):

Print -Plwcam3 file-to-be-printed

Please type Print with no arguments on coxeter for more details about printing.