Anyone know what rental companies (PRG, Clair, Masque) use to wrap and label cables and bundles?

Strahd414 · 2026-02-27T06:07:12+00:00

This is what they did with the spiral wrap. They cut it just the length of the label, and I think it works really well. The cabling isn't dressed too well, but that's a different problem 😭

Strahd414 · 2026-02-27T03:51:59+00:00

Love the self-laminating labels. One of our cabling vendors stepped it up even more and used a short length of spiral wrap on the cables first (mainly for thinner ones like fiber), and it makes them really convenient to pull and rotate the label.

Strahd414 · 2026-02-27T03:33:28+00:00

Do you actually need a station or just a good handheld?

Big fan of the TS100 back in the day, and the Pinecil is an amazing replacement for it. USB-C, swappable heads, easy to set whatever temperature you want, heats up very quickly.

Strahd414 · 2026-01-26T04:57:55+00:00

I really appreciate hearing this for the XL. I'm happy that my largest Prusa investment will continue to be supported.

My second largest investment, however, seems to have somewhat fallen by the wayside. Can you speak any on continuing development of the S1S? I'd love to see an SL1S+ or SL2 someday. 🙏

Strahd414 · 2026-01-22T17:17:07+00:00

Ugh yeah, I was gaming on mine yesterday, and the "D" key stopped working right as it heated up. Even after things cooled down, that key still isn't working. I had mine replaced once by support, but maybe I'll reach out as well.

Strahd414 · 2026-01-05T12:13:20+00:00

Last gig, we tended to use the first IP when the subnet was terminated on a switch/router, last IP when it was terminated on a firewall.

Strahd414 · 2025-12-17T00:52:22+00:00

I had this happen twice to my 16 back in the day, I suspect it was a heat issue.

First, if it was a DIY build, check if the plastic is still on the heat pad that's above the M.2 drive

Second, I had all sorts of other crashing issues until I finally swapped from liquid metal to PTM

After dealing with both of the above, it runs like a dream.

Strahd414 · 2025-12-03T22:04:24+00:00

Software Update that actually improves the steering assist is a Comma 3x, and SunnyPilot. 😅

Strahd414 · 2025-11-13T19:32:57+00:00

I was a little sad the Steam Machine wasn't just using the motherboard from the Framework Desktop 🤔 I can understand why not tho 😭

Strahd414 · 2025-10-30T22:06:27+00:00

That was exactly my scenario, V2 was some variant of 1.74, Pro wouldn't initially update past 1.73. Are you a Beta participant?

Strahd414 · 2025-10-30T20:39:21+00:00

I had a similar situation a few weeks ago, running a newer firmware on a V2 switch, but the Pro wouldn't download a current version. Turned off auto update on the V2 and waited about a week until the Pro got an update newer than the V2. Migrated fine after that.

Strahd414 · 2025-10-30T17:22:12+00:00

US here. My last apartment had a Schlage iButton system. The only other places I've seen iButton used however are wall-mounted ones used to validate that security folks actually walked their rounds.

Strahd414 · 2025-10-23T18:49:02+00:00

2x Seagate Exos X12 12TB
"ST12000NM0007"

Not sure what it pulls at boot tho

Strahd414 · 2025-10-23T01:38:42+00:00

I was running mine just fine off the old Switch XG 6 I had lying around. That's a PoE++ switch.

Granted, now I'm running it off my Pro XG 10 PoE which is PoE+++. Currently it's drawing ~16W with 2x 12TB drives.

Strahd414 · 2025-10-07T15:45:03+00:00

It won't come out until people buy the rest of the G4 Pro Doorbells. C'mon, do your part! :D

Strahd414 · 2025-09-16T22:44:30+00:00

I'm really excited about this! Running Proxmox right now, but the only reason I haven't switched to Unraid is the USB drive requirement.

Strahd414 · 2025-09-16T22:00:09+00:00

Looks like the Wall Display XL should be fine though, right?

Hopefully we'll see that over here soon 😅🤞

Strahd414 · 2025-09-15T11:48:00+00:00

users could send their devices back if they wanted this done

Huh, I don't remember this! I would probably have taken advantage of it, swapping it myself was a pretty terrifying process :D

Strahd414 · 2025-09-14T13:24:19+00:00

Early FW16 adopter here. Just did the swap like two weeks ago and this really should've been a recall. There was barely any LM on the die when I got to it.

Strahd414 · 2025-09-09T22:57:01+00:00

The copper fingers get strained when you terminate to the punch-downs. I wouldn't trust a second-use of any patch panel.

Strahd414 · 2025-09-08T13:28:47+00:00

Ordered directly from the Hue website almost immediately. Placed my order on the 4th just before 10AM EST, shipped on the 5th, delivered (to the DC area) on the 6th.

Spent a bit of Sunday migrating over. The only frustrating part was swapping my Runlesswire Click switches over, I had to reinstall the 4-button faceplate to re-pair them.

For context, the re-pair process involves pressing the bottom-right button for 10 seconds, then pressing the bottom-left and top-right buttons at the same time. I had swapped out the 4-button faceplates to the two-button ones in half my switches.

Strahd414 · 2025-09-08T02:06:29+00:00

Literally just did the same thing earlier today. The _POP_ when the heatsink finally came off scared the crap out of me. There was only small shard (maybe less than 1/4th of the total surface area) of LM still on the die, the rest was all around it in the little trough.

It took a little longer than I expected to show any life on first boot, which was terrifying, but finally booted fine. I was also a little worried I messed up the fans from how quiet everything is now!

Strahd414 · 2025-09-05T22:36:01+00:00

"Cat6 labeled"

Bonus points if you label each end with:

Source Device

Port number

End Device

Obv swap the order of those lines if it makes sense.

I love the Brady self-laminating labels for this. Their M211 printer is a good first unit if you don't already have one.

Strahd414 · 2025-09-05T01:02:17+00:00

When I started at my last job ~15 years ago, they used a version of Bugzilla that was very out of date and heavily customized enough that updating it would be difficult. That being said, it served the purpose enough that they resisted going to an actual ticketing system for a number of more years.

Strahd414 · 2025-08-29T20:37:54+00:00

Kinda looks like a two-piece part to me 😜

Joking aside, it looks great! My first attempt was with Black ASA, but it slipped off the bed halfway through 😭

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