Chair Clips – PaD #6/7
I was at the DFR railway today helping out their telecoms team. I also had a bit of a wander around Lydney Junction station and took this shot a pile of clips used to hold the rails in place on the sleepers.
Comms wise, we terminated a couple of 10 pair cables in a cabinet some way down the line, got back to the Norchard exchange and tested them out – only to find a break. Further tests showed us roughly where the break was, so we went out to investigate and found rat damage to the conduit that stretch of cable lies in. Not a good sign! We considered moving the pair over to another pair, but found that one had a break in it as well, at a different place in the same conduit.
We’re going to have to go back to it with a tone generator so we can work out which section of conduit has which breaks in, and investigate further.
Also had a bit of a chat with John about how best to build an exchange out of uniselectors, and he showed us his exchange which does just that. Most impressive, yet the idea is begining to look achievable.
I might even be able to make it portable enough to take to a dorkbot meeting.