Well my 4^th week with Hiscall is rapidly approaching and I wanted to (finally) do a bit of an update on the ol blog.  Things have been so busy lately . . . I always end up saying that in every post but this is a whole new LEVEL of crazy.  Hiscall is very busy as a copany and trying to get up to speed with a new job position while you’re in the thick of things has been as exciting as it has been draining.  Every day I learn something new about the way Hiscall works, a new code or law about Security or A-V, or something new about a piece of technology that we’re offering.    

Last week I was in London Kentucky working on St. Josephs Hospital (a brand spankin’ new hospital that Hiscall did all the data network, phones, and security for . . . 6 floors worth !).  I took a few pictures and video on my cell and though that it would be the best way to do something approaching a 12 of 12 . . . and yes, I know it’s only the 9^th.  I get to fudge things when I want to !  8- )

 

And here we have the main entrance to St Josephs Hospital.  Very pretty !

And this is my ‘Sam Fisher’ hard hat . . . for working hands free in the ceiling . . . and for sniping people !

And here is where they trap the zombies for decontamination and incineration . . . once the Zombie Apocalypse arrives you understand. 
Or . . . this is where they wash the gurneys . . . but I like the first explanation better !

One of the Networking Closets for, I think, the 4^th floor.  This one was across the hall from the Pharmacy, which was cool because we needed to run to a couple of wires to motions sensors in the Pharmacy from the security panel . . . which is in the Networking Closet.

A ‘Glow Rod’ with wires attaches to pull through the ceiling of the Pharmacy back to the Networking Closet.

Nice cable management there.  No, I didn’t do it . . . that’s why it looks so nice !

The upper part of a Power over Ethernet Security Camera mounted in a drop ceiling.  Just cool looking up here.

Running cable up some cable up a conduit in an outside lighting pole to a Pan Tilt Zoom (PTZ) camera in the parking lot.  The taped electrical connections there are 440 volts.  My job was to reach into the pole and fish out the networking wire and run it up the conduit.

The weather called for a chance of rain that day (as we were working with 440 volts in the parking lot).

 

10 minutes later, the clouds were spinning above the hospital !  We took cover right about now.

We waited inside for about 45 minutes for the storm(s) to pass.  Then, back to work !

Upon arriving back at the office Thursday afternoon, this was setup on my desk !  WOOT !

Chris, Brian and I in the Discovery Lab (at Hiscall) doing a quote for an upcomming project.  The Discovery lab is SUPER cool.

 

That’s about it.  This comming week (and the week after in fact) I’ll be in Memphis working with Chris and then with Brian . . . in August I have Crestron training in Atlanta . . . and after that who knows ! 

Now I must go learn more about Final Cut Pro 6 . . . which I’m not too keen on so far as it appears to be VERY finickey as to what it likes to edit and just how you go about doing it. 

 

 

 

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