Instructions for using the "Reserve" program

You need to have a version of OpenSSH installed on your computer. There is a free version of OpenSSH for Windows computers called PuTTY. See the bottom of the page for instructions on how to load and configure it. This only has to be done once per computer. Mac computers running OS 10 have SSH already installed.
For Windows, double click on the PuTTY icon to start the program (see below for Mac and UNIX alternatives)..
Click on the kunmr saved session and click Load.
Click Open.
At the prompt ?login as:? enter the user name reserve.
Enter the global reserve password.
You will see a menu with choices 1 (400), 2 (500), 3 (Higuchi 400), or q (quit). Choose the appropriate item.
Enter your username and password (the ones you previously used for KISS).
You will see a user profile screen. The first time you use it, enter your name, lab number, lab phone number, and email address. Subsequently, if there are no changes to this information, enter D(one).
You will see a schedule for the day consisting of 10 minute blocks (or, if you are the first person reserving time on that day, it will be created when you make a reservation). Each day is one column longer than the screen, so you will either be missing the first four hours of the day, or the last four hours. For reservations, your choices are make, delete, change, rules, or information. You can see the missing time or proceed to other days by using the forward and backward options.
To make a reservation, choose M(ake). Enter your start time and either end time or total time. If your reservation is OK, it will be displayed.
If your reservation is not consistent with the signup rules, you can review the complete list of rules that applies to you, or see which rule your requested reservation failed to meet.
Announcements about the instruments can be viewed by typing S(tatus). This screen is not displayed for you automatically, but you should check it frequently.
When you are finished making reservations, type q(uit).
From the main screen, type q(uit) again. You are automatically logged out.

Using a Mac or UNIX computer:

Open a terminal window, and type

ssh -l reserve kunmr-suse.msg.ku.edu

(-l reserve indicates you want to log in as reserve)
Then proceed as above. On a Mac, the Terminal program can be accessed by going to the Accessories folder, to the Utilities folder.

Installing and configuring PuTTY on a Windows computer:

PuTTY comes as a self-extracting executable, PuTTY.exe. You can download it here, double click the .exe file and follow the instructions onscreen. After the installation, you should have a PuTTY icon on your desktop.
Double click PuTTY and create a session profile for reserve as follows:
In the Saved Sessions window, type reserve.
Under protocol, choose SSH. This will change the entry in the Port window to 22.
Under Host Name, enter kunmr-suse.msg.ku.edu.
In the Category window on the left, choose SSH. Then choose SSH protocol 2. Now go back to Session under Category.
Click Save. In the future, you only need to highlight reserve in the Saved Sessions window, and click Load.
The first time you connect to kunmr7, the program will stop and ask you if you want to accept the public encryption key from kunmr7. Say yes. Enter the user name reserve and proceed as above.

Last modified 12/16/2007