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Caltech P-mag Lab Wiki - Main Page
Welcome to the Kirschvink lab! This wiki will (hopefully) provide the support you need to do awesome and groundbreaking research. It will also (hopefully) reduce the amount of time it takes you to learn how to use the many instruments in the lab and fix some of the simpler errors that happen when the grinding wheel of science attempts to roll over you.
Table Of Contents
- Lab Contract of Behavior - what we expect of you when you work in the Kirschvink lab.
- Network Setup - a.k.a. where the heck are my files?
- Connecting to the Internet
- Wifi
- Ethernet
- Preparing Sample Data Files + Directories
- Sample Sun-compass Header Excel File (of dooooooooom!)
- Where to save / copy files and folders
- An introduction to the Pick and Put RAPID Sample Changer system
- Shoemaker, snake-chain
- Lowenstam, XY
- RAPID System User Guides
- First-time users Guide to the RAPID system + Paleomag software
- Beginner's Guide to trouble-shooting the RAPID system
- Intermediate Guide to trouble-shooting the RAPID system
- Advanced Guide to trouble-shooting the RAPID system
- Doing Rockmag on the RAPID system
- Setting up Rockmag data files + directories
- Creating a Rockmag Step routine in Paleomag software
- How to safely run a Rockmag routine
- matRockmag #1 - How to analyze Rockmag data without going insane
- matRockmag #2 - How to analyze Rockmag data while going insane
- SQUID microscope: What is it? How do I use it? Does it taste like chicken?
- Preparing SQUID Microscope samples + data files
- Beginner's Guide to Using the SQUID Microscope
- Advanced Guide to Tuning and Maintaining the SQUID Microscope
- Trouble-shooting the SQUID Microscope
- Kappa Bridge susceptibility meter
- Beginner's Guide to the Kappa Bridge Susceptibility meter
- Trouble-shooting the Kappa Bridge
Guide to Using this Wiki
If you are not logged into the wiki you will see two links at the top right of the page.
Register
which allows you to create a new account.Login
which lets you login using an existing account.
If you are already logged in this area will change to show the following:
- The full name and username of the currently logged in user.
- An
Admin
link if your account is a member of the admin group. Clicking this link will take you to the admin window. Update Profile
which takes you to a page to change settings such as your real name, email address, and password.Logout
to log out of the wiki.
Next is the search field. Entering text in this field and either pressing Enter or clicking the magnifying glass will perform a full-text search over the entire content of the wiki. See Search for more information.
The last three links are:
Recent Changes
– shows a list of pages in the wiki that were changed recently. See Recent Changes.Media Manager
– opens a page which allows the user to upload non-text content such as images, audio, video, and other documents. See Fullscreen Media Manager.
Breadcrumbs
The next section starts with the word “Trace” after which is shown a list of recently visited pages. This functions similarly to the history function in most web browsers. Clicking on any of the breadcrumb links will take you to that page. See breadcrumbs for more information.
Note that another kind of breadcrumb is available which displays the hierarchy of namespaces related to the current page. See the youarehere configuration setting.
Page Content
The largest area of the page is devoted to the page content. This is where your wiki source is rendered and displayed. See page structure for more info.
Page Tools
To the right of the page content there are the page tools1) that you need to edit and manage the page. Initially displayed as images, by moving the mouse pointer over them they will expose written labels about their functions whose kind and number vary depending on your rights / if you are logged in, the mode you are in (show, edit, and some more), and your wiki's configuration for some special options. Normally you should see:
image / symbol | label | function/ note |
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pencil / page / paperclip / magnifying glass | Edit this page / Show page / Edit draft / Show pagesource | depending on mode and rights: open the page editor in order to make changes to the page OR return to viewing the page (without changes) OR editing non saved changes DokuWiki has detected OR just view the page's source wikitext2) |
clock | Old revisions | shows the list of changes made to a page |
chain link | Backlinks | shows a list of pages in your wiki that link to the current page |
upward arrow | Back to top | scrolls the page to the top |
As a logged in user you will also see
image / symbol | label | function/ note |
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envelope | Managing Subscriptions | see Email Subscriptions |
Footer
The footer is located below the page content.
It shows the date and time that it was last edited, and by whom it was edited. Further it provides information on the publishing license and filename of the page.