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Remote Coral
Coral If on the Cornell campus network, Coral can be run "remotely" from any web browser with an appropriate java
runtime installed. Run the latest version of Java7 or Java8 (Java 6 and earlier are no longer maintained). Running Remote Coral over a dialup internet connection is not recommended due
to the large size of the files which must be downloaded. Remote Coral also
requires a reasonable amount of horsepower to run.Versions of Java newer than version 8 may not work – Java8 can be directly downloaded from https://java.sun.com
SeaBird is a web-based application for managing Coral reservations.
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Mac OS X and Remote Coral
Users of Mac OS X should first download and install Java 7 from OracleMake sure to use the Mac link for Remote Coral. Using the non-Mac link will require disabling GateKeeper to run Coral.
Clicking on the "Coral" link on the CNFUsers website will not start Coral but will instead download a "coral.jnlp" filean Apple DMG (Disk Image), "OpenCoral-Mac.dmg". Look in your Safari downloads and choose to "open" this file, which will open the disk image – a Finder window should open. Double click the "coral.jnlp" file to start Coral. You may receive a warning about running applications downloaded from the Internet. Depending on your version of OS X, you may also need to, under "Security & Privacy - General" in "System Preferences", set "Allow apps downloaded from" to "Anywhere".
Local Coral
"Local" coral is run from your CNF Thin linux account.
Start Coral either by typing in "coral" (without the quotes) at a command prompt or by choosing Coral from the Applications -> CNF Applications menu.
You can also remotely run "Local" Coral via a login to remote.cnf.cornell.edu. You Sunray linux account. If remotely logging into
your sunray linux account, you will need to enable X11 forwarding/tunneling
and run an X server (such as Exceed on Windows).
If your AFS tokens have expired, you will not be able to run Coral.
Start Coral either by typing in "coral" (without the quotes) at a command
prompt or by choosing Coral from the Applications menu.
Viewing Equipment Status and Qualifications
When initially starting Coral, the left most pane will display a list of
process areas. To expand a particular process area and see the equipment under
that area, double click the process area.
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Mutliple problems can be reported for a piece of equipment.
Flash-based Tutorial
Link to flash tutorial on CNFUsers Website