If it was an old site, I just used to stand there holding the keys and
the book with an angry look on my face whenever there were contractors
in the MDF. Most were professional but you have to give them the right
kind of pencil sometimes :)<br>
<br>I once transcribed a 300 pair book with active, up to date entries
going back to the 80s, because the thing had basically disintegrated
after 30 years of use and many re-used pairs had been erased and
re-written so much that pages had holes in them with stickers on etc...
blech.<br>
<br>For new sites where I was the first one who touched the MDF,
spreadsheets AND books were used, but template-wise, you really have to
re-invent the wheel for your own needs. When there's a fault and you
have to ring a number, you need circuit id's at your fingertips. <br>
<br>Regards,<br><br>Juan<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 29 March 2013 02:16, Tom Storey <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:tom@snnap.net" target="_blank">tom@snnap.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div dir="ltr">Could you offer some alternative simple methods for reporting changes? Something that can be done in the field with minimal effort I am thinking of.<div><br></div><div>Such as:</div><div><br></div><div>
SMS details of change to x number</div><div>email details of change to <a href="mailto:x@y.com" target="_blank">x@y.com</a></div><div>Phone x number to advise of changes</div><div><br></div><div>All of which dont really require much effort from the tech, so they cant really complain that they didn't have time, or it was too difficult or what not? And you get a centralised method to process and record changes.</div>
<div><br></div><div>But still, probably nothing will beat a good old fashion audit.</div></div><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 28 March 2013 02:19, Juan Zenos <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:juan@fatuous.org" target="_blank">juan@fatuous.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi Chris, it's an excellent point. And at sites with high turnover of
links, and copper mains often being the cheaper option, what good is
pencil and an eraser when the paper in the book has rubbed through to
the other side?<br>
<br>I think a spreadsheet is sufficient for the majority of krone/110
style vertical termination blocks and fiber termination points, but the
difficult part is getting human beings to update it. In some cases, like
when you have operators from 36 different subcontractors representing 7
different telcos working on the MDF on a weekly basis, it is
impossible. Sorry, I know that doesn't help much.<br>
<br>If you're looking for a spreadsheet template, you'd best start with the krone 1000 pair record book, krone product # <a href="tel:6462%203%20010-03" value="+16462301003" target="_blank">6462 3 010-03</a>.
I know it sounds unhelpful but it's the way it has been done for
decades. Don't throw out that F-set just yet, you're gonna need it :)<br>
<br>Regards,<br><br>Juan<br><br><br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div>On 28 March 2013 12:28, Chris Lee <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:chris@datachaos.com.au" target="_blank">chris@datachaos.com.au</a>></span> wrote:<br>
</div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div><div dir="ltr">Looking through the Warrnambool Exchange investigation report has just got me thinking how we'd recover in the event of fire in an MDF / IDF throughout our infrastructure... we have several MDF's around and like most we have paper based record books (and I realise some of these are probably well out of date anyway in terms of services being cancelled).<div>
<br></div><div>Does anyone keep electronic records of their MDF / IDF infrastructure, and if so what particular software or do you just use an excel spreadsheet perhaps, and if so does anyone have a template they might be willing to share ? </div>
<div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div>Chris</div></div>
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