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DSC Alarm + Envisalink3 + DSCServer + SONOS = Alarm Announcements!

Long title and a large degree of entropy? Nah! This is a system that was built in layers but the components are largely used and fairly niche in their use. I’ve just decided that I’d use them to provide something… Continue Reading →

Overlapping Subnets is never a good thing…

Recently I had an issue that I couldn’t find a solution for using the power of Google. My company has a wonderful tool from BMC called ADDM. It’s an enterprise tool that allows you to scan your network and discovery… Continue Reading →

Dynamic DNS Updates For Multiple Hosts On A Synology

Need to update multiple DYNDNS.org hosts on your Synology? Frustratingly you can’t update multiple hosts with the GUI on a Synology. Once you select DYNDNS.org as your provider you’ll see there is only the option to enter a single host… Continue Reading →

Closed Loop Monitoring For Motorola Paging System

In my last post I talked about an issue my company had. We couldn’t monitor our paging infrastructure from end-to-end and we couldn’t find anybody selling anything that could. Before folks start yapping about pagers, you will see them in… Continue Reading →

Arduino in the workplace

Recently I was faced with an interesting challenge at work. How could I monitor our paging infrastructure (pagers, yes pagers, I work in healthcare) to ensure it was up and running 24 hours a day, 7 days a week? I… Continue Reading →

Healthy Habitats For Home Labs

I’ve slowly been able to expand my home lab to include the type of equipment that allows me to continually improve my technical skills as well as experiment with home automation and DIY electronics. As my home lab has grown so has the need… Continue Reading →

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