Recent content by johngalt

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    Cable for SFP switch port?

    They make OSP Fiber. It's cheap if you look in the right places.
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    Fish-EYE Camera support (Please...Pretty Please....Cherry On Top!

    Samsung SNF-8010 / SNF-8010VM has onboard de-warping
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    Cable for SFP switch port?

    There is an SFP module that goes into the port of the switch. You choose your SFP module then the type of fiber and connectors the SFP module is designed to transmit and receive over.
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    iVMS-4200 Windows 10 - hangs

    I had it running solid on 7 for awhile. Finally upgraded to 10 and it crashes, can't get it to start up on boot up, screens white out...
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    How Do You Terminate Cat5 Cable?

    If you have never tried a Panduit RJ-45, you should. Expensive, but quick and easy.
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    How Do You Terminate Cat5 Cable?

    +1 B standard
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    Exterior Cat6 - Never realized it was so hard to find actual "real" outdoor cable

    Hello? Is anyone listening? If you want indoor/outdoor, use a CMR/CMX cable like this. http://ce.superioressex.com/uploadedFiles/Docs/PDF/Catalogs/Communications/CAT6-Outdoor.pdf http://ce.superioressex.com/uploadedFiles/Docs/PDF/Catalogs/Communications/CAT5e-Outdoor.pdf
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    Exterior Cat6 - Never realized it was so hard to find actual "real" outdoor cable

    Plenty of outdoor Cat6 options are available. I never understood the logic of trying to save $20 a box of cable, only to realize the costs of troubleshooting and re-pulling bad lines. Here's a few options. These should cost you less than $300 a box. Notice you can find legit data sheets and...
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    Calculating UPS Run Time?

    Yeah, Efficiency is not calculated into any of those things. I know APC and MinuteMan had pretty good calculator tools. I'm guessing CyberPower does too. Sometimes you can find some common electronics already in their drop downs / selections.
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    Vince's home automation build - far from done

    Holy shit, I barely have time to read through all this let alone take on a project like this. Awesome work! Thanks for all the cool pics.
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    Please help me with security system for an optical shop

    I think BICSI made exceptions to their normal standards of terminating the permanent horizontal cabling to accommodate security installations. Does anyone keep current with their TDMM?
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    Please help me with security system for an optical shop

    The installer makes money on the material, because he sources it, carry's some cost associated with possessing it for however long, dealing with the paperwork (tax certs, etc) and warrantying it. Ask him how much he is going to charge you to come back and fix a camera you provided vs a camera he...
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    Xeon vs i7 Haswell

    I have a 1231v3 in one of my machines, I figured I'd be using a dedicated gpu anyways on this one so why pay $100 more for the i7? It's basically the same.
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    Sunday Attic Party -- Loving Life

    I used to sell these for $80 a set. Total bummer when you drop one in a wall cavity. Harbor Freights are $10-15. Get's the job done and doesn't ruin your day when you lose a couple or leave them behind.
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    My ISP's marketing department has hit a new low

    Google Fiber went down for 2 hours the other day and everyone around here was losing their mind. Everyone has already forgotten about Comcast and Time Warner apparently. Google even issued a 2 day credit proactively to everyone. My Comcast issues would last for days and weeks. Google fiber has...
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