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Smart lighting systems are supposed to make managing commercial buildings easier and more energy efficient. MaxLite’s c-Max system (as well as others that seem to rebrand the same technology), sell a Bluetooth mesh solution for commerical lighting, lets facility managers control lighting networks using a smartphone app and QR codes. However, a closer look at…
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The Core Problem: User-Bound Identity vs. Application Integration When evaluating SaaS API integrations, enterprise platforms generally fall into two categories: “all-or-nothing” monolithic keys, or modern, fully granular Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) designed specifically for programmatic service principals. I am not saying I enjoy setting up least priviledge especialiy on a new integration that doesn’t have…
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During a recent flight, I decided to take a closer look at the Bluetooth devices my phone could detect. Using the iOS app Bluetooth Inspector, I scanned my surroundings. While I don’t use every feature of the app, I find it incredibly useful for locating nearby devices. I’ve even used it to track down Bluetooth…
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Recently, I faced a challenge while trying to deploy a wireless profile from the Meraki Systems Manager MDM platform as I transitioned to Intune. Unfortunately, the deployment didn’t go as planned. Windows machines were either timing out after several failed attempts or failing to connect altogether when using the WPA (automatic) feature. Although the MDM…
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This powershell script will get the HyperV Host server FQDN and save as a variable to input as the Location in the Location field of SNMP. Updates to the SNMP agent will require the agent to be restarted to take effect. $VMHost = (get-item “HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Virtual Machine\Guest\Parameters”).GetValue(“HostName”) $SNMPAgent = “HKLM:\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\SNMP\Parameters\RFC1156Agent” Set-ItemProperty -path $SNMPAgent -Name…
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Until recently I was stumped trying to import the ACLs off my 8206 Procurve (Aruba) switch into HP IMC using the ACL Devices function. The error I would receive was an Unknown Error and a Failed last poll result. Ironically the issue was simple after trying to recreate the issue on another device. Once…
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I recently came to the realization that I could be using the SQL backend systems of the different products I maintain to allow for additional insight into operations. As part of this I started to look at comparing my Whatsup Gold implementation with my HP IMC implementation. The systems fundamentally perform similar functions of management…
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One of the issues in documentation is being able to leverage existing data stored in management systems. A good example of this is in the HP IMC product it can use SQL as a backend which allows for data to be pulled out is you know how to formulate the queries. Below is a example…
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We have been rolling out an updated Moodle based training site and recently I was asked to be able to create multiple certificates within a single course. I found it fairly easy to modify /mod/certificate/type/A4_non_embeddded to reference the name of a certificate item in the course and get a matching certificate to the title. To…
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I recently had a problem with a Sentinel USB dongle that was required for a piece of software to allow multiple users. You may have run into these before: I found it very difficult to find out if the key was connected unless I went into the device manager in the system itself. I did…