First steps for Math 385 at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

This guide explains how to set up your Engineering Work Station (EWS) account. The level of detail (and the inclusion of rather obvious steps) is not meant to belittle you; we just want to make sure that everyone gets started without a hitch, so that we can focus on mathematics. If you run into trouble, you can always ask one of the lab attendants for help.

• If you do not have a UIUC Active Directory password, then choose one at http://accounts.ad.uiuc.edu/. Have an extended coffee break (an hour is usually enough) while your new password is being propagated to the lab machines.
• In an EWS Linux or Sun lab (such as L426 Digital Computing Laboratory, or 57 Grainger Engineering Library), sit down at a Linux machine or Sun workstation and log in with your NetID and your new password. If this doesn't work yet, have a coffee break and try again later. (If the lab machine lets you in but then kicks you out a few seconds later, just log in again and you'll be fine.)
• Start Matlab by typing matlab at the prompt in the terminal window in the upper left hand corner of your screen. (Before typing anything, click in this window to make sure that it has the keyboard focus.)
• Click on the Mozilla logo on the right hand side of the screen, wait for the browser window to appear, then point your browser to http://www.math.uiuc.edu/iode/. Bookmark the page by right-clicking in the browser window.
• Click on Download in the navigation bar on the left, then click on the link to the simplified installation instructions for Matlab. Follow the installation instructions. Launch Iode by typing iode at the Matlab prompt.
• Log out: When you're done, remember to quit out of Iode, then exit from Matlab, and finally log out of your account by clicking on the Exit button in the upper right hand corner of the screen.
• Keep in mind that in the future, you need to cd into your Iode installation directory before starting Matlab. For instance, if you have installed Iode in the directory my_iode, you need to type cd my_iode in your terminal window before typing matlab.

Printing at EWS labs

See EWS printing guide.