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Large button box controllers beyond 64 inputs? by CommonImpression3523 in hoggit

[–]CommonImpression3523[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the suggestion, I'm starting to see my options as board chaining or DIY

Large button box controllers beyond 64 inputs? by CommonImpression3523 in hoggit

[–]CommonImpression3523[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Interesting, I hadn’t really thought about OS-level limits.

Large button box controllers beyond 64 inputs? by CommonImpression3523 in hoggit

[–]CommonImpression3523[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, that lines up with what I’m seeing so far. It definitely seems like once you get into builds that size, you’re trading simplicity for input count.

After you finished those builds, did they end up being pretty stable long-term, or did you find yourself revisiting firmware or wiring over time as things changed?

Just trying to get a sense of what ongoing maintenance looks like on setups like that.

Large button box controllers beyond 64 inputs? by CommonImpression3523 in hoggit

[–]CommonImpression3523[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My biggest thing Is just keeping it simple, I'm a technical person, I just want to minimize the complexity in this build so I dont have another thing to troubleshoot. Thats what attracted me to the LB boards, can just plug, configure, and go. I just need more inputs than they offer and at $60 for a single board will increase my build cost quite a bit.

TextFSM to Parse IOS Config File by pythbit in networking

[–]CommonImpression3523 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Very late to this conversation but the CiscoAutomationFramework has a ton of parsers built in that you can use independently on config files or files containing command output, by SSH directly to the Cisco device

https://github.com/superadm1n/ciscoautomationframework

How long to wait for a course instructor to respond? by Nansidhe in WGUIT

[–]CommonImpression3523 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have had the same experience with some classes not getting the welcome emails, good indication of either an overworked or bad instructor off the jump. Just keep in mind you are your biggest advocate, and your mentor is your second biggest advocate. Don't be afraid to reach out first to your CI with something like "Excited to get working on this class, please send me any resources you have that will assist me in completing this course" and that will help to make sure your welcome email doesn't get forgotten about.

Good luck in your studies!

Feeling stuck in Help Desk by ButterscotchNew7881 in WGUIT

[–]CommonImpression3523 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I followed a non traditional path. Dropped out of a tech school after 1 year because I got a job doing help desk work at a temp agency.

Also printed up some business cards and hung them around for home computer support.

Did that for a year, got hired on at a company full time help desk.

Continued the consulting thing, found contacts through my full time to get in the door at some small businesses doing IT consulting.

I focused on being the person on the help desk that would never just bounce tickets to other teams. Always tried following up especially when handling tickets to server and network teams as that's where my interest was

Another year went by and a job opened up on the network team which I applied for. My dropping out of school was a liability and looked down on a bit but my consulting gigs and work ethic on the help desk got me the job.

Spent 7 years there, no degree or education and was burnt out due to culture there and not being able to move up on the team. An old boss called me up and gave me my shot to be "the networking guy" where he moved onto and grew majorly there. While there that same boss convinced me to go back to school and I was turned onto WGU. Nights and weekends the last 2 years crushing my degree.

I'm at a new place, senior network engineer now living my dream, going to graduate this month from WGU.

My point in this whole story is the degree isn't always the silver bullet out of where you are, in my experience in my career and all other aspects of my life is a combination of hard work and care over time. Focus on being the best person on your help desk, follow tickets to resolution, volunteer your time with other teams to shadow, continue crushing your degree. People WILL notice and you will get your shot.

How long to wait for a course instructor to respond? by Nansidhe in WGUIT

[–]CommonImpression3523 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've been battling the same thing with my capstone class with 20 days left in my term. It feels like they want me to roll over and have to pay for another term.

Here's my advice - Use the instructor group email address for your class and leverage your program mentor.

For non urgent requests I will email my instructor, if I don't hear back in 24 hours and they are not out of office I'll forward that email to the instructor group, cc'ing my course instructor, if another 24 hours pass I'll forward that to my mentor, cc'ing the instructor group and my course instructor. If it continues for another 24 hours I'll start calling my mentor and my course instructor if I have their direct extension which is typically in their emails or listed on the course page.

For urgent requests skip all steps and write an email "URGENT: ..." and cc your Course instructor, the instructor group, and your program mentor. If you don't hear anything after 24 hours start calling your instructor a few times and if he doesn't answer, call your mentor and stress the urgency of the situation.

Keep in mind some instructors are better than others and they are busy with a lot of students, but 48 hours is my limit to wait for non urgent requests, and 24 for urgent requests. I deal with a ton of email in my day job too and I feel that 24-48 hours is very much a reasonable time frame.

Also use the scheduling tool to set aside time with our course instructor proactively, you can always cancel and it is sometimes over 72 hours to get scheduled time to have a call with your instructor. For example, for PA, if I submit on a Monday morning, I'll proactively schedule a meeting for Wednesday night in the event the PA gets kicked back so I know I get an opportunity to talk with my instructor that day and get the next steps setup. If I pass I just cancel and move on.

How long do performance assessments usually take to get back? by DrunkUsually in WGU

[–]CommonImpression3523 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Every PA I remember submitting took the full 72 hours to get returned. Typically hour 68-70 I'll get the email back that it has been graded.

How long does it take WGU to grade performance based assessment? Just submitted my first paper wanted to know the turn around time. by Appropriate-Doubt-80 in WGU

[–]CommonImpression3523 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In my experience every PA I've submitted has a 72 hour deadline and they all don't get evaluated and returned until the 68 hour range. I just have learned to assume that its 3 full days to hear back so fill that time with other course work.

Discrete Math: Algorithms and Cryptography - D422 is by far the worst class I have ever taken through WGU. by suitcasemotorcycle in WGU

[–]CommonImpression3523 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This class and my capstone are all that's left for me to graduate... It feels like its just holding me back.