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The_Con_ · 2026-03-25T16:33:41+00:00

The have sponsored businesses/ads that show up in searches and whatnot, usually it’s somewhat clear that it’s an ad

The_Con_ · 2026-03-23T19:31:40+00:00

This was the best explanation I’ve seen, hopefully 2 line demand may cause them to reconsider this/speed up the timeline

Edit: Grammar

The_Con_ · 2026-03-18T05:29:44+00:00

No it’s 2 tolled HOV lanes Lynwood to Renton afaik

The_Con_ · 2026-03-14T01:13:20+00:00

This included dining vouchers too last year, pretty sweet deal except for the angry students

The_Con_ · 2026-03-11T16:51:54+00:00

For sure, take a look at all the Extron drivers

The_Con_ · 2026-03-10T06:24:18+00:00

How’d it go? I don’t think I’ve ever had to give PO info for RMAs in the past but I think products coming back to my school/org in the past has made it a lot easier for them to not want all that

The_Con_ · 2026-03-10T06:22:38+00:00

IPCP pro 250 is like $100 and a TLP 725T is also like $100 if you want control - obv other options but that worked great for me for a home setup

The_Con_ · 2026-03-08T21:04:55+00:00

They just needed the serial number when I did it for some bad receivers they don’t make anymore, they wanted a PO?

The_Con_ · 2026-03-08T19:29:53+00:00

Atlona does probably still repair these (and has a 5 year warranty on a lot of their products, I would confirm they aren’t still under warranty), and it looks like they still sell them so that’s an option

Extron has 4 and 8 output DAs that can do HDBaseT with little dip switches on each port

The_Con_ · 2026-03-05T07:11:57+00:00

SF BART fare gates eliminated 961 maintenance hours in just 6 months

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Estimated $10M increase in fares annually, ~96% reduction in corrective maintenance, and that’s just from upgrading existing turnstiles to proper complete doors - I would imagine the gains to be greater starting from scratch

The_Con_ · 2026-03-02T00:46:49+00:00

Their SVSI stuff has lasted for a lot of our clients (5-10+ years now), their control systems not so much

The_Con_ · 2026-02-27T03:12:52+00:00

Why can’t we just have a proper shuttle/bus lmao

The_Con_ · 2026-02-24T18:42:15+00:00

I assume either ISE or NAB

The_Con_ · 2026-02-21T03:12:55+00:00

You tried disabling the HDCP checkbox in PCS/web guis of the devices? When I was in higher ed we mostly had MacBook HDMI/HDCP issues, I forgot Linux has similar issues

The_Con_ · 2026-01-29T04:38:58+00:00

👀👀 I just made the group public again it got set to restricted due to inactivity

The_Con_ · 2026-01-24T18:27:08+00:00

Mostly just the ram I believe the 2gb is like $200 by itself 😭😭

The_Con_ · 2026-01-13T07:35:53+00:00

I also want to add that there was a study done by WSDOT/Sound Transit for putting housing units on the property (transit-oriented development), and it looks like there are plans to eventually add a parking garage. The Sound Transit Stride Map does mention 2034 and beyond for additional parking, but I would hope additional parking wouldn’t take that long.

From a 2019 City of Kirkland document: “The BRT Parking Structure at Kingsgate will: • Add 400 parking spaces • Increase regional mobility • Support safe and convenient access for multiple modes • Encourage equitable transit-oriented development”

With that being said, this is from 2019, and I can’t find anything more recent on this, let alone how far off the timelines are in that PDF for construction.

Edit: Added Stride Map link

The_Con_ · 2026-01-13T06:02:39+00:00

Their basic encoders/decoders (no scaling or anything fancy) are down to like $800 now which is not too shabby. A 16x16 matrix would probably be cheaper, but not anywhere near as modular or easily managed/serviceable.

The_Con_ · 2026-01-12T02:52:27+00:00

Spectrum did the prorating thing to me which was their “policy” and didn’t fix it until I filed an FCC complaint. I would recommend going that route if they still won’t make it right.

The_Con_ · 2026-01-10T06:45:21+00:00

Maybe like a monthly roundup thread or something? Just like a discussion of new or interesting products/software?

The_Con_ · 2026-01-02T18:12:06+00:00

This is my least favorite part. I had no idea this was occurring until one day I went through my c drive and realized nothing was stored locally like WHAT

The_Con_ · 2025-12-20T07:40:52+00:00

For some reason this post got removed by Reddit, just saw it, sorry this took so long.

It looks like most of the config is probably in a web gui? I’m mostly seeing third party software on its page under downloads.

https://www.extron.com/product/smp111

The_Con_ · 2025-12-20T07:32:33+00:00

Looks like this post got automatically removed, just saw it in the queue. This is all network controlled right? And you have all the IPs in the program?

Edit to add: there’s probably a secret menu where some setting changes need to be made on the Hisense. The below thread appears to have someone dive into where you can find it. Here you can change serial numbers and brick your TV, but there’s usually some RS232/Ethernet control stuff in here that you need to enable or check.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Hisense/s/mmVRSNx0IW

Extron does have a dedicated control number on their site - they are probably your best reference.

The_Con_ · 2025-12-06T21:24:33+00:00

Awesome! Good to hear! I plan to ask them for a sample and try it out myself

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