EDA Center Remodel
The EDA Center remodel is basically over, see
http://www.gigascale.org/dopcenter
The information below here is obsolete
Contents
EDA Website: http://www-cad.eecs.berkeley.edu/eda/
The notes below are just some random thoughts on the Electronic Design
Automation (EDA) Center remodel that is happening in 524 and 550 Cory
Valerie Neumann described the remodel as
The Electronic Design Automation (EDA) Center is a project
for the research branch of the department of Electrical Engineering
and Computer Science (EECS), which is part of the College of Engineering.
Approximately 10,000 square fee, comprised mainly of partitioned cubicles, is to be renovated into semi-private offices, an open forum, video conference
room, classroom, library and lounge areas. The heating system for the entire 5th floor, which is currently steam, is to be replaces by a hot water system.
The 5th floor was constructed with floor access panels and the
current plan is for networking and data cabling to be run in the
access floor space.
Getting started with the Sony laptop
Your account
Software
A lot of software has already been installed, see
below.
Hardware
The hardware configuration is described
below
Two partitions
The laptops are configured with two partitions (c: 7.8 gig, d: 10.8 gig)
The reason for two partitions:
- Basically, best practices for Win2K laptop/desktop is to
have the ability of separating
OS(system) from pagefile. Enhanced performance is the
primary reason for separating active system volume from virtual memory
(pagefiles.) Windows. Remember unlike UNIX the Windows 2000 executive
kernel actively contends with user environment for
resources. This is especially true with heavy memory intensive applications
like programming/software development &
graphics.
- Came with factory installed with 2 FAT32 partitions. Which I
converted to NTFS.
- Windows 2000 Recovery options are enhanced by having two partions.
Hardware management
We need a list of who will actually be getting laptops.
The list needs to include
How Many?
We will need 110 machines for the following user communities and spares
Mon- Laptop
itor
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74 74 students/visitors (583-589,592-598)
1 1 director (582)
6 6 administrative staff (581,542)
2 production booth (524c)
Have 1 15" LCD, need another
1 class room (524a)
1 conference room (524b)
2 open forum projectors (590)
1 video conference (591)
No external monitors in the open forum, video conference
room or classrooms
6 faculty: Brayton, Newton, Sangiovanni, Keutzer, Lee, Henzinger
What about Kuh? Other faculty?
7 staff: Motley, Sitea, Hylands, Krebs, Stewart, Hopkins, Walburg
Handle monitors for these on a case by case basis
4 4 Embedded lab (521)
10 spares
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85 115 Total
We have the following
Sony PCG-XG500K, 700Mhz, 13.3" XGA, DVD, 20Gig, 256Mb, v90 Modem,
1 year warranty - $2300+ list
Included Accessories
Questionable:
Accessories Listed on the Sony website:
Questions
Modem
The Sony Vaio's have a Conexant HCF PCI Modem
To determine what type of Modem is installed, go to
Start->Settings->Control Panels->System->Hardware->Device Manager->Modems
As of 6/01, the laptops were configured with driver version is 2.1.2.166
You can also check the version by connecting to the
modem with HyperTerminal and typing in ATI3.
Note that the modem cannot be in use.
AT#UG will return information about the last connection.
ati3
2.1.2.166.003
OK
at#ug
<VERSION=10>
<CALL SETUP RESULT=Detected Data Answer Tone>
<MULTIMEDIA MODE=Data Only>
<DTE-DCE MODE=Async data>
<V.8 CM octet string="">
<V.8 JM octet string="">
<RX SIG POWER DB=29, TX SIG POWER DB=15, S/N RATIO DB=32>
<V.34 INFO bit map =1073881632>
<TX MOD=V.90, TX SYMBOL RATE=3200, TX CARRIER FREQ=1829>
<RX MOD=V.90, RX SYMBOL RATE=8000, RX CARRIER FREQ=0>
<TX FIRST DATA RATE=26400, RX FIRST DATA RATE=46667>
<CARRIER LOSS=0, RATE RENEG=45>
<RETRAINS REQ=12, RETRAINS DET=0>
<TX FINAL RATE=26400, RX FINAL RATE=38667>
<PROTOCOL NEGOTIATION=LAPM>
<EC FRAME SIZE=80>
<EC LINK TIMEOUTS=0>
<EC LINK NAKS=E>
<COMPRESSION NEGOTIATION=V42BIS>
<COMPRESSION DICTIONARY SIZE=800>
<TX FLOW CONTROL=2>
<RX FLOW CONTROL=2>
<TX CHARS SENT FROM DTE=CD014>
<RX CHARS SENT TO DTE=27A1A1>
<TX CHARS LOST=0>
<RX CHARS LOST=0>
<TX FRAME COUNT=3842>
<RX FRAME COUNT=578E>
<TX FRAME ERROR COUNT=74>
<RX FRAME ERROR COUNT=E>
<TERMINATION CAUSE=DTR drop>
<LSD Vdd=0, Power Bits=0>
<V8BIS FLEX VERSION=43, V8BIS DSP VERSION=47>
<RATE RENEG REQ=42, RATE RENEG DET=3>
<HIGH PASS FILTER ENABLED=0>
<ROBBED BIT PATTERN=0>
<DIGITAL PAD DETECTED=0, DIGITAL LOSS ESTIMATE=2000>
<Cnt1=0, Det1=0, Res1=0>
<EQM=130A, TRAINING EQM SUM=12166>
OK
Prelim-Core EDA Center Laptop Build will include (currently 460 MB)Builds in
5 minutes with only prompting for Machine Name & Administrator password
The following will be pre-installed via Group Policy when machine is started
up in EECS domain.
Common EDA Center software
CAD supported software
Install the following from \\winsww
The software below is not on \\winsww
Software Warehouse (\\WINSWW\SWW\PUBLIC\ All MSI's tested and approved. By
default all public packages advertised via add/remove programs. Currently,
Acrobat/MS OFFICE/POWER Archiver 2000/Virusscan/Explorer 5.5 will be
assigned to EDA Center machines meaning that once the machine is added to
the domain and rebooted all pre-assigned software will load.
Mounting winsww using the run menu
- Select the Run choice in the Start menu and type
\\winsww (That's two backslashes followed by winsww)
- You will be prompted for a user name and passwd.
Type in your eecs Windows domain user name:
eecs\cxh
- Type in your eecs Windows domain passwd.
If you have problems, try the following:
Software on winsww
By all appearances \\Winsww contains most significant software packages and
as such provides an automated enviroment for not only installing software
but maintaining and upgrading the very same software It allows us the
opportunity to work on fine-tuning specialized applications and developing
more interactive modes of communication like Netmeeting.
Rollout
- Install Ptolemy Group supported software
- I don't have a local account on the machine.
I logged in to the eecs domain, but no local account appeared.
Most of the information below this point is obsolete
The idea is to have 5 displays in the entry that display images
from the 60's, 70's, 80's, 90's and 00's (oughties?) from the EDA
industry.
This project has the follow components
- Media (12 hours?)
- The most important aspect is the images we are displaying.
- Hardware ($6.2k + 8hrs staff time)
- Ideally, we would run the 5 screens off the Kiosk cpu
- Software (10-18 hours?)
- What software will we use to display the images?
So, we are looking at at least 30-38 hours of staff time and $6.2k
I would estimate that really it will be about 60 hours of staff time
and about $9k.
Ideally, this would all be done in time for the opening on 9/15.
Brad Krebs is the primary contact for the EDA Center Networking.
He should defer to Fred Archibald <fred@eecs.berkeley.edu> when necesssary
Wiring Features
The last Cory Hall wiring project provided the following per desk
Our current working model for the 550 remodel per station is
The labelling in the plans is for construction only, the labelling
will follow the building standard. The contractor points out
that we will be labelling the numbers twice. The contractor
would like to have the numbers now. We will have an RFI for this.
The phone wires will terminated in the data wiring closets and
then patched over to the telephone wiring closet. This
will give us flexibility for future IP phones, and it will
provide us with some security. We will need to get
a rough estimate from Ken on how much having the phone
equipment in a separate location is costing us.
We will have roughly 80 desks, we should provision a total
of 135 stations to cover the 80 desktops, conference
rooms, printers, equipment closet etc.
There will be roughly 9 ceiling height stations for use with
future wireless hardware and web-cams. Each ceiling station
will be provisioned as follows:
The architect is encouraged to come up with a way to hide
the AC receptacle and connections.
Initially, we will run 100Mb switched over one of the Cat 5 UTP
to each desk - Figure 100 connections on day one
(We will be turning off a certain number of connections, but
there will be an increase of roughly 25 new connections)
We will not be using the fiber on day one. Also, the
wireless network
will not be up on day one.
The current wiring closet (Rm 561) _must_ have better airconditioning.
Currently it is about 90 degrees in there (with a high of 95),
and I think I'm starting to see hardware failures. We should
also add a card key.
We will also need better than average a/c in the production
booth and in the video conferencing room.
Because of wire length limitations
we will have another wiring closet near the video
conference room. This room is would be located near the upper
right and corner of the plans (NE Corner), near the current void
with a double door. Note that we may want to use IP phones in
the future, which will also have 100m length limitations.
The phone lines for the stations located
in this closet will likely run directly to the phone closet, rather
than running to the existing 5th floor data closet and then on
to the phone closet.
Rm 561 Existing Wiring Closet - To be extended into 562
However, since we are adding a second wiring closet, will
this be necessary? The phone equipment will also
be in another closet.
Ideally, we would like to get an estimate of the cost
of expanding 561. Perhaps we can save money by making the new
auxiliary closet larger and have it pick up more stations
from the EDA center. Of course, this could require
getting another Accelar hub, or else running more gigabit
home runs between the two closets and using the Accelars in
the current closet.
We can use two 450 hubs from Professor Lee's group in the new closet.
CNS considers Cory Hall to be a private network, and because
we have a subfloor, not all the CNS standards apply here. However,
we will make an effort to follow the CNS standards where they do apply.
Contractor to supply:
We need to know when the closets will be ready for Fred
11/8 - Electrical Contractor says not for at least 6 weeks ??
(Small crew, other departmental needs etc.)
Move in date is the end of March . . .
Contractor wants us to wait for certificate of completion
before we start working in the new closet. The contractor
says that we should paint first, and then the contractor comes
in and finishes the trim plate.
Ideally, Fred would like 6 weeks for cross connects. This puts
us in Mid January?
Peter says that this will be brought up in the next Tuesday's
meeting.
Costs
Our current working estimate for the wiring is $50k +$15k for
Systimax.
IDSG does cross-connects at $110/connection + $35 for the
cross connect cable. There will be roughly 100 connections to be made.
One issue here is that when we do demolition, we will
be generating lots of cross connects and using some of those up
for the temporary connections. We will then need cross connects
for the new EDA center wiring while the old temporary connections
are still in use.
In general, removing the cross connects tends to damage them or
the adjacent cross connects, but IDSG will attempt to reuse cross
connects where ever they can.
IDSG is strongly encouraged to remove all cross connects from
561 after the demolition is completed so there is space for new cross
connects.
Other costs:
Totals:
Miscellaneous Notes
Fred writes:
I think we should plan for worst case. We may at some point want to switch
to the 8000 series switch in order to provide higher density of Gig
connections to desktops. We might want 2 such devices per closet. Below are
the power and heat load specs. I am thinking at leaset 2 20A circuits per
closet.
Input Volt Amperes Rating
1236 VA maximum
Input Power
1112 W maximum
Input Voltage
100-240 VAC
Input Current
12-6A per line cord
Thermal Rating
3792 BTU/hr
Current contents of the 5th floor hub
We will probably be adding two Accelars??? and two 450T???
The cost of 100Mb switched port hardware is roughly $200 ea.
In July, we received the following quote for 2 hubs, which comes out to $177
per port.
Q Part number List Disc. Price Tot.
2 al2012e14 BayStack 450 - 24 ports 3595 48% 1,869 3,739
of 10/100 Switched
2 AL2033010 BayStack 400-ST1 Cascade 495 48% 257 515
Module (for BayStack 450,
includes cascade cable).
Total Equipment: 4,254
- 10/13
- We need to check on whether the wireless hub locations
have AC power
Resources
Wiring Cost Analysis
We will have roughly 80 desks, we should provision a total
of 135 stations to cover the 80 desktops, conference
rooms, printers, equipment closet etc.
I'm guessing that 150 stations might be closer to reality
Currently, the department is charging $360 per connection to attach
something to existing wiring. Note that each station has multiple
connections, and the $360 does not really cover the wiring.
Since we already have the closet electronics, and there is a certain
economy of scale, my guess is that the cost to wire and connect each
station will between $600 and $1000, which would be between $90k and
$150k.
The wireless networking hardware will be a donation, I'm guessing that
the value of the wireless gear will be about $50k.
The new racks and patch panels will probably run $12k
Below is a seat of the pants estimate:
$112k - $212k
I would guess $150k
If it came in at $250k, I would not be surprised.
Kevin mentioned the possibility of using IP phones, which
would require Cat 5 UTP instead of Cat 3.
We will have roughly 35 doors to Card key. Currently,
we have 6 doors card keyed:
There is space for 16 more card key controllers, so
we need 13 more controllers (35-6-16=13)
Each card key door needs:
The estimate for this is $2575/door, or 35 doors for $87.5k
Panic hardware would be $3205/door
BWRC contracted with Pinkerton to have them do the installation.
There is possibly a 15% overhead charged placed on Pinkerton installation charges
For BWRC, Sherry Wiezer (UCPD, wiezer@uclink.berkeley.edu,3-9375)
and Karen Alberts (UCPD) reviewed the Pinkerton quote. The job
had to go through PD@C to get the service done.
One limitation is that the police department only wants to have
one phone line per building, so it might be difficult to manage our
own card key system
We likely should get an A/V Installer, Brad will manage this.
The conference room can be divided by a partition into two separate rooms:
We should consult with Ferenc Kovacs, Professor Rowe and Oliver Crow
about this.
Both sides of the conference room have the following issues:
Floor
The raised floor tends to 'boom', especially when people run in the
adjacent hallway. The floor consists of thin 18" carpet squares placed on
30" steel plates that are screwed to a framework that is 6-8" off the subfloor.
The subfloor space contains network wiring and wiring to the
Herman-Miller partitions currently in the room.
Potential solutions:
Ceiling
The ceiling should probably be relatively hard so that it helps
reinforce speakers, rather than a softer ceiling.
Room Reservations
We will need to determine a room reservation policy for each space.
It would be nice if there was a space where it was easy to have
impromptu meetings without struggling with trying to reserve a room.
We should look at the departmental
IDSG Calendar and Room Scheduling page and see what sort of software we can use
to schedule rooms.
Other Common Elements
Lighting
Ideally, we would have some sort of commercial grade dimmer preset
system that would allow the two rooms to be controlled individually by
users, and that would also allow production staff to control the
lighting for each room from the booth.
The Lutron Grafik Eye system or comparable seems promising. A system
that had a web interface might also be interesting.
Conference room
The conference room will be used primarily for meetings consisting of
EDA Center faculty, students and staff. The conference room will
also be used to interact with visitors.
Classroom
I need a budget before proceeding.
For $0k, we could not use it
For $5k, we could install some cameras
For $20k, we could replicate the gsrc setup
for $50k, we could create something useful
There are a number of issues involved in capturing talks to
video. Ideally we need a production booth with the following
features, IMHO most important first
An alternative would be to create a portable setup and have
a patch panel that we could plug into
There are two ideas here, one is the full blow system, the other
is the scaled back version. At this point, it looks like we are going to
go with the scaled back version.
24/7 video tunnel
The video conference room is to have a video tunnel up 24/7 to
the BWRC.
Scaled back video tunnel
Common elements
The current departmental conferencing infrastructure is
used 1-2 days a week. Some groups make heavy use of it, many
groups never use it. There is often a need for ISDN lines, we
should wait until someone actually needs one before installing ISDN
To my knowledge, the Intel TeamStation connection with BWRC
was never used for anything beyond testing.
The collaborative environment should allow for video, full duplex
audio, telephone conferencing and the use of collaborative software,
such as shared whiteboards.
The space will have doors that can be closed if the forum is too loud.
We will need to pay particular attention to lighting.
The video conferencing room should have the following equipment
What sort of technology should we use to connect the two
rooms?
Ideally, we would like rear projection, or flat screen monitors, so that
the illusion of having the conference table on the other side was preserved.
The NEC 100" Rear projection TV takes 42.3" of space
The Sony Video wall 41" diagonal units take 43" of space
(Sony PFM510A2WU 42" Flat Screen HI-Resolution $13.5k at
B&H Photo)
Toshiba 40" rear projection takes 9" space
42" Plasma takes up 9cm
Rear Projection Screens
Front Projection
Videowalls consisting of arrays of CRTS or maybe LCDs
Array of LCDS or CRTS -
Plasma:
The bulk of the MoBIES Lab information is located on
an internal
GSRC Embedded Lab Page.
Below are some relevant sections:
Lighting Controls
Edward writes:
It occurs to me that one good first demo of our embedded systems
lab would be to control the lights in the lab using one of HPs relay banks
on the net... This will take a little planning, to have the wiring pass
through one place...
I'm not a licensed electrician, but I play one on TV, so this would be
fairly straight forward to do. It would likely be easier to have them wire
the room as it would usually be wired, and then to go in and hack the wiring
up later.
We could have Dave Shackleford do the wiring, or I could do it. There
are a number of issues here.
-
I'm not sure what the rating of the relay module contacts are. We need
to switch 120VAC at an amp or two. I looked on
http://www.hpie.com but I could
not find anything about the relay block
-
X-10 does something similar, see the faq at:
ftp://ftp.scruz.net/users/cichlid/public/x10faq
The idea of X-10 is that you have a controller that sends signals over
the AC Lines to remote switches. I used this technology from Leviton
http://www.leviton.com/sections/prodinfo/automate/automateindex.htm
15 years ago to install switches in locations that were inaccessible.
We could easily interface the ieee-1451 relay closures to a Leviton
Dry Contact Transmitter and then have the lights have recievers. This would
be safer, since we would be connecting to UL rated gear, and the AC would
be farther away from our stuff.
This also cuts into the amount of wiring we would need to do, since
we use the existing AC wiring.
If we went this route, then we could have each bank of lights connected
to an X-10 receiver, and then have a website that controlled the lights.
We could also get an annoying motion detector that would turn off some
of the lights after an hour of no motion etc _and_ we could plot the motion
sensor activity on the web.
Switching flourescent lights on and off is wasteful, but we could switch
incandescent desk lights on and off in some sort of really annoying pattern.
Edward would prefer to have incandescent trackl ighting, if this is
permissible under energy codes
Ceiling mounted XGA projectors, 2000 lumens
We will need 6 of these, figure $65k total.
On May 10, Brad wrote:
We should go with the Sony projectors, even though the Epsons may be a
better deal. Thanks for the updated quote of $9,292.00 each for -> 6 <-
of the Sony VPL-PX31/31 Multi-Media Projector, XGA, 2800 Lumens, with
VPLL-ZM31 Short Throw Lens.
We will need a location for printers in the main area:
There will be a kiosk in the lobby. The idea is that it will
contain a website that lists who is in the EDA center, and their associated
projects.