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PC Pool at Frangenheimstraße 4 / Building 213

View of the PC Pool at Frangenheimstraße

Hardware and Software Equipment

Room M01 provides students with 26 computer workstations with 22-inch (approx. 56 centimeter) monitors. Additionally, there are two laptop workstations where students can charge their own devices and use them with keyboard and mouse.
All PCs have height-adjustable chairs.

Room M01A (26 student workstations + 2 laptop workstations)

Schematic view of the PC Pool Frangenheimstraße

Room M01 provides 26 computers for students. The PCs have 8 GB RAM and i3 CPUs. The monitors are 22-inch 16:10 format.

All PCs are consistently labeled (the first computer is called FSCIP01, the last one FSCIP28) for better identification.

PCs with special equipment features in M0.1:

  • Workstations with larger screens: the PCs FSCIP02 and FSCIP28 are equipped with 23-inch (16:9) monitors.
  • Instructor PC: the demonstration PC FSCIP-00 is intended for instructors. The equipment includes:

All PCs in the room have an extensive curated selection of software for student work, research, and teaching.

A detailed overview of the installed software licenses can be found here.

Usage/Login to the PCs

Login to the computers is done directly in the AD domain using the student or staff account. The login credentials are the same as those for Webmail, ILIAS, or Klips.

After successful login, users of the pool automatically have access to the SOFS storage system of the University of Cologne.

  • All files saved by the user on the personalized drive letter S: remain available even after logging out from the computer. Documents successfully saved on this drive are securely transferred to the SOFS cloud during saving.
  • These files in the personalized SOFS drive can also be accessed from any other PC. For this purpose, thematic research on the RRZK pages is recommended.
  • Please note: All files saved on the desktop or in locations other than the SOFS drive are deleted upon logout for space reasons. Therefore, use the SOFS drive with the letter S: to secure your documents.

Printing via App on Digitexx Printers

The PC Pool has a powerful Thinprint printer for student printing from the service provider Digitexx.

The printing costs per page are as follows (as of 2/2021):

  • A4 format/single-sided/black and white: 0.06 €
  • A4 format/single-sided/color: 0.24 €

The printing credit must be deposited in advance (!) via an app (available for Windows, Android, and iOS) which can be obtained from the manufacturer.

Payment can be made via PayPal, instant bank transfer, or credit card. For more information, please contact the support of the app provider.

Please visit the following page for further information about the Kuario app and additional processes: https://ub.uni-koeln.de/lernen-ausleihen/lernen-arbeiten/wlan-kopieren-scannen-drucken-speichern

The printers from DiGiTEXX are not maintained by the Media Network! Please note that we have no relationship with the company Kuario and the printer operator, the company Digitex.

If you have questions about the equipment or handling of the computer pools, please contact one of our technical staff directly, or send a brief email to computerpools.hf@uni-koeln.de

Questions about booking the PC Pools are answered on this page.

How to find us:

Frangenheimstraße 4, 50931 Köln

Room M01A (Building 213 / Ground floor)

Phone: 0221-470-4680

For detailed directions, please use the interactive campus map of the University of Cologne.

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