Thursday, June 30

We have been busy little bees.  This is what the switch room looked like at the beginning of our "project".

All the blue CAT 5 cables ranged from 3 feet to 7 feet.  The bottom portion are the switches and the top portion are the links to the classrooms.  There are black "cable organizers" between the classroom links that hold all the blue cable.  We took all the cables out, removed the organizers, and moved the switches so they are right under the classroom links.  Scott did have to purchase more switches so we alternated the old with the new.

So now that the switches are closer to the classroom links we are able to use the 1 foot CAT 5 cable and "clean up" the look of the room.

Our final steps include the colored cables that link all the switches to the main box which is the bottom right above and below.

The final step was Scott hooking up his lap top and doing a sync with the system and telling it "what to do", (I've learned alot, but it's a lot to take in and remember....sorry for the untechnical terms!)  This all took place at Centennial Elementary School.  Our next project is CreekWood High School which is twice as big and will take twice as long.  I'll keep you posted!!