Sometimes when equipment is moved or replaced, cables need to be extended. Every now and then you’ll find coiled up spare cable as a “just in case” but usually not. Here’s a few things that should happen while extending cables:
Wire color to color. If the cable you are extending has 4 conductors… red, black, white [...]
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Filed under: Tips and Tricks, Troubleshooting
If you’ve done any service work at all, you’ve probably had the following happen to you:
Client has a problem so you want to get that problem fixed as quickly as possible
While you go to the head end to identify the equipment in question and trace down cables, the client comes up to you and says [...]
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Sometimes when there’s an issue such as “a door will not lock”, multiple things could go through your mind as you are driving to the site as far as what the problem may be. Could be a software issue… a power supply issue… a wiring issue… could be a lot of things. Before diving into [...]
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Filed under: Access Control, Troubleshooting
