Tuesday, November 6, 2007

Cool New Patch Panel

Hi Gang-

It's been a busy day today. We are about to break through the walls to expand our facility. We have to move all of our employees into offices with others, the lunch room and the conference room. Tight squeeze for the next few weeks. Daily showers are mandatory for duration. They tell me it will be two weeks....two weeks????? Did anyone see The Money Pit.

... Ok a little more background; I have 4 kids and have been married for 19 years. I am happily living the suburbia life.........mini van, soccer on the weekends and believing that Olive Garden is a big night out!

Back to the cool stuff..... One of my vendors...(or as you fortune 50 consultants say "partners") came by to visit last week. He was showing me his new "Patented" patch panel" I love it when these vendors play the patented card....especially when it's being made in China.....no worries, someone won't copy it !!!!

Either way....this is a cool new feature for the patch panel market. The navlight patch panel allows you to locate the jack without toning every connection on the patch panel. Wow that really didn't explain it. This is the scoop....after you install your jacks and punch them down to the patch panel.......now you need to label them. Basic plan is to tone and test to see which jack in the offices tones out to which jack in the patch panel. Ok it’s easy to find the jack in the office..... Connect the Navlight device in the jack in the office....and it lights up a led over the jack on the patch panel. No more hard to hear tones....or toning each jack on the panel to find the right one.

We are starting to carry the product on my site http://www.showmecables.com/
Until Tomorrow ........

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