Wednesday, April 30, 2008

Connections at last!

Two IT specialists committed "as long as it takes" of their time yesterday afternoon to configuring and installing three trial cameras - two at KDEC and one at my home.
* The wireless connection from school had been pre-configured.
* The DSL connection at my home was set-up
* All other work was completed in about three hours.
Testing included dialing both Wellington and Auckland offices as well as each of our own three test sites.
The wireless connection at home requires a little more work but should be up and running (for test purposes) within a few days.
The only technical "hitch" was this morning when when I tried to dial up KDEC from home.
"That's always the way isn't it", giggled the 0800 helpline receptionist.
"The IT guys go and the system doesn't work."
The on-line IT voice performed a quick diagnosis: "Mmmm! Have you tried a reboot?" (I've heard that line before somewhere) ... and all was well.

For the record, I'll post some pix ...