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I like turning up equipment and kind of like I've-conquered-a-mountain sort of type of deal. I've brought that baby up. I'll call it, oh, I brought that baby up from scratch. I've tested it and I know it works. I can bet my paycheck on it. I feel confident enough sometimes that way. Of course, I have help. Sometimes it takes two of us to do it.
It's like a challenge to me--when I'll call and certify a piece that's been installed like, again, a DACS-2. It's a Digital Access Cross-Connect System. Me and another coworker have done what we call a test acceptance test. We have to run through a series of tests following a procedure and if there's a trouble in any particular step, we have to go through process of clearing that trouble.
Again, we have to know our basic electronics, knowing how to read a schematic, how to follow the flow and then coming up with resolution, solution to provide the answer to what's causing the problem. It may be what we call a ribbon cable. It may be the pack itself. It may be a variety of other things, but we have to go through the process of elimination using our basic knowledge, our common sense and not panicking. And once you resolve the problem, wham, you've done a good job. You know, I feel good about that. Go brag about it.
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