Registration, Login and Slot Booking

Go to the website sbhs.os-hardware.in and click on the Virtual labs link available on the left hand side. The home page of Virtual labs is illustrated in Fig . If you are a first time user, click on the link Login/Register. Fill out the registration form and submit it. If the registration form is submitted successfully, you will receive an activation link on your registered Email id. Use this link to complete the registration process. If you skip this step you will not be able to login. Registration is a one time process and need not be repeated more than once. After completing registration login with your username and password. You should now get the options to Book Slot, Delete Slot etc.

View/Delete slot option allows you to delete your booked slots. This option however will work only for slots booked for the future. You cannot delete a past or the current slot. Download log files option gives you the facility to download your experiment log files. Clicking on it will give you a list of all of the experiments you had performed. Show video option can be used to see the live video feed of your SBHS. Web cameras are mounted on every SBHS. You can see the display of your SBHS as shown in Fig. 1.1.

Figure 1.1: Show Video

Clicking on the Book slot option will allow you to book an experiment time slot. Slots are of 55 minutes duration. Click on the Book slot option. If the current slot is free, Book now option will appear. Click on it. Else you have to book an advance slot for the next hour or any other future time using the calender that appears on this page. There is a limit to how many slots one can book in a day. We are allowing only two non-consecutive slots, per user, to be booked in a day. However, there is no limit to how many current slots you book and use. Book an experiment slot. Once you successfully book a slot a Slot booked successfully message highlighted in green color will appear on the top side. This is shown in Fig. 1.2. It will automatically take you to the View/Delete slot page.

Figure 1.2: Slot booking