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Amazon is already on my shot list when they discontinued the Cloud Cam, which I got solely because it was on sale and was one of two cameras that worked with Amazon Key, and replaced it with a (free) Blink cam that does not work with Key. [I]And[/] requires a monthly or annual fee to use at all. They’re next tier cameras will work with Key, but are stupid expensive. So I got a set of refurbished Wyze cameras, since I already have their doorbell, and put one in the garage. They can record to SD locally. They do motion detection, and I could pay the sub to record to the cloud, which I may do. My main consideration was to *not* pay Amazon, because gently caress them for that rug pull. One camera of the three is currently unused, but I put one as a monitoring camera on my 3D printer, where it works admirably.
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Thanks Ants posted:I can let smart thermostats slide simply because nobody seems able to make a programmable thermostat that is easy to configure. I'll pay double just to get a web UI and automatic DST changes.
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When my schedule's unpredictable a smart thermostat is very useful compared to a timer. I don't heat an empty flat or come home to a freezing one. Other things I can do without. I could turn my roomba on remotely but I won't. Not since the time my cat shat on the floor and the roomba smeared it all over the place. There are so many nooks and crannies on the underside of a roomba you have to pick cat poo poo out of.
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Renegret posted:A smart thermostat is the one IOT device that I'm going to defend just because of the sheer amount of customization options you're given. “Sheer amount of customization options”…? My thermostat has a weekly cycle that lets me program the temp during parts of the day whether it’s a weekday or weekend. No internet required. What else do you need it to do?
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Mine hooks up to my humidifier, dehumid, and power air exchanger so it can do a few more things.
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Agrikk posted:“Sheer amount of customization options”…? Power on if one of the thermostatic valves detect a lower temp than planned or have the thermostat skip powering on if there is no need based on the temp from the valves? I use my netatmo that way.
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Did you just describe the function of a thermostat? Open for the heating if it's cold, stop heating when it's warm.
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nielsm posted:Did you just describe the function of a thermostat? Open for the heating if it's cold, stop heating when it's warm. My previous thermostat turned on heat at set intervals and if the thermostat felt it was hot enough, it would stop. Sadly my flat develop horizontally so it would cut off with the area near the thermostat barely warm and the other zones colder as gently caress. Each heater element has sensors now that can talk with the thermostat and, if that room expected temp is not reached, they can arm the water pump to circulate hot water for that specific unit.
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May 27, 2023 11:30
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Did you tell your girlfriend to stop putting the halogen lamp right next to it?
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Got to reboot one of these today: I don't recommend it. They're designed to run 24/7/365 and there is no actual software shutdown command. This one had to be shut down because they were doing some maintenance work that required shutting down the building power for longer than the battery backup (those 8 giant batteries on the right) was rated for. The shutdown / cold boot procedure basically involves just taking a config backup and then flipping the breakers on the back. And then praying when you fire it back up. This one took about 3 hours to coax all the control boards and line cards back to life.
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Entropic posted:The shutdown / cold boot procedure basically involves just taking a config backup and then flipping the breakers on the back. And then praying when you fire it back up.
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Jun 11, 2023 04:44
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Entropic posted:Got to reboot one of these today: You've seen a Rockwell Retro Encabulator in person?!
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That thing is a relic, wow
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Thanks Ants posted:That thing is a relic, wow You know it's old because it's branded Northern Telecom. You know, the company that would later go on to change its name to Nortel. Who famously went out of business like 15 years ago. Now if you want a real relic, you gotta find something branded Northern Electric. Entropic fucked around with this message at 15:19 on Jun 11, 2023 |
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nexxai posted:I can't be the only one wondering what happens during an unscheduled utility power black out Hopefully, the batteries last. It has a lot of them, but I imagine it's power-hungry.  And actually, this building has backup generators, but those generators had to be taken offline as part of the maintenance yesterday, hence the controlled shutdown of the old PBX. It also comes with a voicemail server that is the exact size and form-factor of a mini-fridge: 
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Jun 11, 2023 15:08
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What's the reasoning behind running that thing still?
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Thanks Ants posted:What's the reasoning behind running that thing still? look inside your heart
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If they didn't have that voicemail server how would they hear about their car warranty expiration.
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Thanks Ants posted:What's the reasoning behind running that thing still? Inertia. Sure, it ends up costing a bunch of money in dribs and drabs to keep it running over the years (and I bet no one has looked at how much it contributes to elecricity bill costs) but those are expenses that already fit in the existing budget and replacing it with a modern new system would be a big one-time cost in the 5 figures and can you prove to the beancounters that whatever new system you put in won't also have lots of maintenance costs? This isn't even the only Meridian 1 system I know of that's still running in this town. You install something like that at a government site and they're gonna keep it running until they literally can't.
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Just don't be the one working there when it finally goes kaput.
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GreenNight posted:Just don't be the one working there when it finally goes kaput. I've worked on an install at a hotel where their old system abruptly died on them and we had to rush to get something new up and running. They had their main business number forwarded to a cell phone that lucky employees got to pass around for days while we scrambled to get parts in and get it installed. And they were lucky, all the hundreds of room phones were basic analog sets and compatible with the new system. I can't imagine doing a panic install at a huge office where there's hundreds of sets but they're all digital ones that need to be individually replaced and extension numbers aren't all wired in neat linear order in the phone room. Nothing makes you appreciate VOIP like having to map out cross-connects for 100+ digital extensions. (god help you if the jacks don't have labeling you can rely on and you have to tone stuff out)
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We moved to VOIP years ago. It has been a mixed bag, since we are running phone traffic over three different networks across several divisions.
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Much like printers, phones are another thing I was responsible for in a previous job that I have entirely erased from my resume and will deny having any knowledge of if asked to ever support them again.
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The only phone knowledge I will admit to having is "I can give you dialtone in Teams if you'd like"
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Oh hi US Robotics Sportster, haven’t seen you in a minute
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Entropic posted:It also comes with a voicemail server that is the exact size and form-factor of a mini-fridge: crytycal services indeed
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Data Graham posted:Oh hi US Robotics Sportster, haven’t seen you in a minute I routinely run into those still in service as out-of-band remote access to network equipment. Mostly being superceded by cellular modems now, but if you want a reliable way to remotely access a router if the site's internet is down or the WAN settings are buggered, having a dial-in to the console port still does the job.
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Sirotan posted:will deny having any knowledge of if asked to ever support them again. For example: If you're trying to get away from a job that makes you support phone systems, and the interviewer at the new place asks you if you know telephony, a perfectly reasonable answer is "No." If they ever somehow find out AND confront you about your experience with telephony later, you can just say that you didn't and still don't feel confident working with it and so didn't want to overstate your capabilities. This accomplishes two things: - You might actually get the job that doesn't make you support telephony (or <insert technology you hate>) - You show humility and "self-awareness" of your own skill level See, sometimes lying works out for everyone. 
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poo poo, I just remembered something about that hotel install. We did have some trouble finding a few extensions in the end, so once I was done with the programming I was helping a cabling tech to tone those out. In big buildings usually they'll have voice wiring terminated to panels on each floor or wing or whatever with 25 or 50 pair riser cables going from those down to the main panel, terminated to BIX strips at both ends. (BIX was the Nortel standard so you see it everywhere in Canada, I think in USA the equivalent is more commonly 110 block? basically the same thing) It will be labeled on the panel strip so you can see where it goes. Like you'll see a BIX strip in the main voice wiring panel that says "50 pair to 2nd floor" on it or something. Anyway, we were trying to tone something out and traced the pair back to a BIX strip that was just labeled code:Basically there turned out to be dirt-floor crawlspace tunnels in the basement which for some reason had a cross-connect panel in them
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Entropic posted:You know it's old because it's branded Northern Telecom. You know, the company that would later go on to change its name to Nortel. Who famously went out of business like 15 years ago. I think I've got a bunch of Ameritech branded telecom stuff in a closet off a bathroom at the office.
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nexxai posted:This is a really awesome mindset, and one that I think a lot of newer IT folks forget is an option. This with IVR systems, Sharepoint, team foundation server. Never a-loving-gain.
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Hey do you know about door access control? Nope, no idea.
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Oh, y'all use computers for that? Wow, we are truly living in the future.
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Entropic posted:It also comes with a voicemail server that is the exact size and form-factor of a mini-fridge: Unfortunately almost every extension is the Avaya proprietary digital poo poo so we're stuck with this disaster until we either drop the client or it fails and they finally acknowledge that it needs to be replaced.
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Data Graham posted:Oh hi US Robotics Sportster, haven’t seen you in a minute ATT still sends you one in the box for their cisco routers. I haven't the heart to tell them they can fallback to my secondary distinct fiber pull if they need to get in.
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Entropic posted:Got to reboot one of these today: We had four of those systems decommissioned this year. The dismount procedure started with impact guns and then switched to buzzsaws and thermal lances once they guessed that being stuck in a position for decades will mean they are proper seized. Most of the systems weight was in the power trays, the voltage regulators are very over specced and the batteries aren’t no slouch either.
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SlowBloke posted:We had four of those systems decommissioned this year. The dismount procedure started with impact guns and then switched to buzzsaws and thermal lances once they guessed that being stuck in a position for decades will mean they are proper seized. Most of the systems weight was in the power trays, the voltage regulators are very over specced and the batteries aren’t no slouch either. Sounds like a speedy cutover https://youtu.be/saRir95iIWk
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gooby pls posted:Sounds like a speedy cutover I don't know poo poo about phones but this is terrifying
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Found this hidden in a bathroom in the warehouse. No longer in use, thankfully.  
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