Foster Room
1138 Meyer Hall CA&ES Departments of Animal Science, Environmental Toxicology, and Nutrition
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Overview
The Foster Room is a conference room in 1138 Meyer Hall that is shared by three UC Davis College of Agricultural & Environmental Sciences departments (Animal Science, Environmental Toxicology, and Nutrition). The room was donated by Foster Farms in memory of Paul E. Foster. It is fitted with a ceiling mounted overhead projector and a multimedia podium with projector/screen controls, DVD/VCR, and network access. The Foster Room may be reserved by calling Animal Science at 752-1250. Please contact your department to check out keys to the room/podium. Information on the equipment available in the room is given below.
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Multimedia Podium
The podium in the front of the room is fitted with a cable cubby (black box on top towards the back left), smart panel (black rectangular panel with lighted buttons on it towards the back right), screen controls (white panel to the right of the smart panel), slide projector control port (silver panel to the right of the screen controls), and microphone port (green port behind the cable cubby). Behind the left front door is a DVD/VCR player and the controls for the microphone volume. The microphone, extension cables, and slide projector control are stored behind the right front door. On the right side of the podium (not in front of it, but on the side of the podium) there is a drawer that pulls out that contains the document camera.
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Smart Panel
The podium has a smart panel installed on the top desk area. This is where you control the data projector and volume. The controls to lower and raise the screen are to the right of the smart panel. An instruction sheet on how to use the smart panel is available online.
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Cable Cubby
The podium is fitted with a cable cubby where all the cables are stored. It contains 2 power outlets, VGA cable, audio cable, Ethernet cable, and audio/video cables for auxiliary devices such as cameras. Note that extension cables for VGA, audio and Ethernet are available behind the right front cabinet door (these could be used to extend the connections so that one could sit with their laptop at the table instead of standing behind the podium). Behind the cable cubby is the microphone port. Note that to remove the microphone from the microphone port one has to push down the button behind the port and wiggle the cable from side to side while pulling up.
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Document Camera
A document camera is a digital overhead projector with a video camera. It projects whatever you have placed on the white space under the camera in real time (it will project both transparencies and plain pieces of paper). It is stored in the drawer on the right side of the podium. The document camera is an Elmo 7100SX with the following specs: 2.1 MEG Pixel Progressive Scan CCD with 900 (H&V) TV lines, 15 frames/second.
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Videoconference System
The Foster Room has a ViewStation EX videoconference system that operates over IP or ISDN lines. Please contact your individual department for support with the videoconference system.
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Data Projector
The Foster Room is fitted with a ceiling mounted data projector. The projector is a Hitachi CP-X430W with the following specs: 1,024 x 768 color pixels, Lamp Brightness 2,500 lumens. Note: projector will automatically shut off after 3 hours of use.
Network Access
If your laptop is configured for DHCP and your Ethernet card address is registered for the campus network, then you should be able to connect, boot, and go. Otherwise, below is static IP setting information that can be used in the Foster Room.
IP: 169.237.247.129
Gateway: 169.237.247.142
Subnet:255.255.255.240
DNS1: 169.237.1.250
DNS2: 169.237.250.250
Phone Line
There is an active telephone line in the Foster Room on NAM # 015410 (the phone jack on the wall when you first walk in the main door). The phone number is 530-754-6154. You need to bring your own phone and phone cord. Note that this is a restricted phone line (you can make on campus calls and receive calls, but to make off campus or long distance calls you will need an access code - this is a 6 digit code issued to you by Communication Resources that can be used to put campus phone charges on a particular DaFIS account - contact your Communications Resources rep to set one up). To make a call with an access code dial 5, 1, number with area code, and then your access code when prompted.
Tech Info
Information for technical support staff is given below.
Service Information
Contact Classroom Technology (752-3553) for yearly service (once a year have the fan cleaned out). Lamp life is 2,000 hours (contact Classroom Technology to replace lamp).
Hitachi Tech Support: Tel: 1-800-448-2244
Replacement Lamp for Hitatchi CP-X430W
Hitachi LCD projector lamp
Hitachi Part# CPX430LAMP (~$460)
Replacement Lamp for Elmo
HV-7000SX Top/base light (2 pcs. in a box) Exclusive 6W Fluores 1000 hr Elmo Part # 9356 (~$60)
Replacement bulb for podium light
GE F13T5/830 - 13 watts, 21 inches
Projector serial number: RT4H002997
Document Camera serial number: 750095
NAMs
- NAM # 15410 in 1138 (on wall when first walk in the main door) Phone line: 530-754-6154 (you will need an access code to call long distance), Inactive data NAM
- NAM # 701117 in 1138A (in annex) Active Data NAM on NUTRITION-1 VLAN
- NAM # 716747 in 1138 (near podium) Inactive port on NAM that was installed for podium
- NAM #700863 in 1138 (near podium) Active Data NAM on MEYER_COMM VLAN
Contacts
You should contact your individual department for technical support in the Foster Room:
Animal Science
Curt Finley (752-6175, 1253 Meyer, cmfinley@ucdavis.edu)
Romeo Capell (752-2681, 1259 Meyer, racapell@ucdavis.edu)
Environmental Toxicology
Sudhir Vaikkattil (752-8815, 4148 Meyer, ssvaikkattil@ucdavis.edu)
Nutrition
Jennifer Ruhe (752-4650, 3113 Meyer, jruhe@ucdavis.edu)
Alex Zingorenko (752-4650, 3113 Meyer, azingorenko@ucdavis.edu)
Meyer Hall Common Space
Joel Van Eenennaam (752-2058, jpvaneenennaam@ucdavis.edu)