Light at end of tunnel
Suddenly, not a train.
Today we managed to get everything to play nice together but two devices. We have ringers coming in on the two devices. One has no way (other than expensive hardware) to change it’s subnet mask, which is causing us some comm-type grief, and the other is a Siemens control, and as such is designed from the get-go not to function under any circumstances, so any actual operation it’s capable of will be a surprise to us all.
I’m not even ON this job and i’ve
a: Designed the part we’re making
b: done MOST of the layout drawings
c: interfaced most of the machinery
Of course, like all past tradeshows, other people will get all the glory.
But I know who made it fly. And that is enough.

“the other is a Siemens control, and as such is designed from the get-go not to function under any circumstances”
Sounds like our Siemens phone system at work.
I like Siemens, we make lots of money showing engineers their errors on design-build mechanical jobs.