Give me the damn blinky thing
Fair warning: Coming off fifteen hour day in a hot plant. Three double shots of Jack Daniels. Half a milligram of Xanax. Smokey treats consumed. Read at your risk.
So I have been in troubleshooting hell the last two days. I won't bore you with the details, it just sucked. And not in the nice way.
After Chrysler and I completely failing at troubleshooting a weird ghost in the networking, I call HQ to send in the meter which shall hereafter be referred to as 'Gadget A'.
Gadget A is a meter that cost about $4500. It is a tool to troubleshoot the network we were debugging.
Asking for Gadget A caused quite a stir at the plant. They had a Gadget A sitting in box for a few years because no one had a damn clue as to how to use it. NO ONE. I had to promise to give their electricians a class in how to use it once they learned I knew how to work it. Unfortunately, they where missing a key component in their unit and I had to wait for HQ to send me their meter.
While I am waiting for Gadget A to be Fedexed to me this morning, I had about four hours to kill before I would receive delivery. In a bid to eliminate another possibility causing the network ghost, I asked if they had a recording digital oscilloscope so I could use it to eliminate another possible fault that might be occuring. The digital recording oscilloscope shall hereafter referred to as 'Gadget B'.
Gadget B is nice tool that costs around $15000. It is a nice piece of equipment for troubleshooting. Any electrical, electronic or computer engineering student should have a clue how to use it.
Asking for Gadget B caused quite a stir at the plant. They had a Gadget B sitting in even prettier box than Gadget A was in for a few years because no one had a damn clue how to use it. NO ONE.
I had a plant electrical engineer delivery me the case. When I opened it up, the plastic wrapping had never even been touched. It was at least four years old and mint.
The electrical engineer spent the next two hours over my shoulder trying to learn how to use Gadget B as he watched me.
*sigh*
Some of the engineers who had NO clue how to use their equipment are making two to three times my salary.
Oh well. I could be unemployed. Or stupid.
Nite all.
So I have been in troubleshooting hell the last two days. I won't bore you with the details, it just sucked. And not in the nice way.
After Chrysler and I completely failing at troubleshooting a weird ghost in the networking, I call HQ to send in the meter which shall hereafter be referred to as 'Gadget A'.
Gadget A is a meter that cost about $4500. It is a tool to troubleshoot the network we were debugging.
Asking for Gadget A caused quite a stir at the plant. They had a Gadget A sitting in box for a few years because no one had a damn clue as to how to use it. NO ONE. I had to promise to give their electricians a class in how to use it once they learned I knew how to work it. Unfortunately, they where missing a key component in their unit and I had to wait for HQ to send me their meter.
While I am waiting for Gadget A to be Fedexed to me this morning, I had about four hours to kill before I would receive delivery. In a bid to eliminate another possibility causing the network ghost, I asked if they had a recording digital oscilloscope so I could use it to eliminate another possible fault that might be occuring. The digital recording oscilloscope shall hereafter referred to as 'Gadget B'.
Gadget B is nice tool that costs around $15000. It is a nice piece of equipment for troubleshooting. Any electrical, electronic or computer engineering student should have a clue how to use it.
Asking for Gadget B caused quite a stir at the plant. They had a Gadget B sitting in even prettier box than Gadget A was in for a few years because no one had a damn clue how to use it. NO ONE.
I had a plant electrical engineer delivery me the case. When I opened it up, the plastic wrapping had never even been touched. It was at least four years old and mint.
The electrical engineer spent the next two hours over my shoulder trying to learn how to use Gadget B as he watched me.
*sigh*
Some of the engineers who had NO clue how to use their equipment are making two to three times my salary.
Oh well. I could be unemployed. Or stupid.
Nite all.