Author Archives: Josh Malone

Granting limited access to clustered OnTap via the System Manager gui

Posted on November 4, 2016 by

Although NetApp’s clustered OnTap was designed for secure multi-tenancy, the OnCommand System Manager GUI is currently unable to provide per-SVM access; you must do it via SSH. I need to be able to give my Windows admins access to configure … Continue reading →

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Read AIPS / FITS tape without AIPS

Posted on May 19, 2016 by

We get occasional requests to read data from old DDS or Exabyte tapes. Since we’ve long-ago removed tape drives from individual workstations, we now only support a single shared tape reading machine. AIPS tapes have a pretty simple format — … Continue reading →

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Conference timer app (JS Timer) release 2.1

Posted on April 20, 2016 by

I’m happy to announce the latest release of my conference session timer app “JS Timer”. This release, version 2.1, is the version used at our latest conference. You can get JS Timer 2.1 from Github. Returning to this release are … Continue reading →

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FSR to LXC-200 via telnet server

Posted on December 29, 2015 by

So, after all the work I put into investigating the HTTP RPC method, it turns out that the LXC-200 supports running a telnet server on a user-selectable port which communicates directly with the serial port. Select “Remote Session Method: Telnet … Continue reading →

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FSR fun: Bit-banging HTTP POST

Posted on December 29, 2015 by

So, now that I have the Aurora LXC-200 RPC API figured out, I’m moving closer to my ultimate goal of having an FSR FLEX-LT use an LXC-200 as an expansion serial port. There’s just one problem: The FLEX doesn’t speak … Continue reading →

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Scripting an Aurora LXC-200 from the command line

Posted on December 29, 2015 by

Aurora Multimedia produces a number of network-attached port expanders for their WACI line of A/V control systems. Among these is their LXC-200, which provides 3 RS-232 serial ports, 2 IR ports, 2 relays and 1 GPIO in a small, POE-powered … Continue reading →

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Slides from my Monitoring talk at UVa-LSP

Posted on December 10, 2015 by

I’ve posted the slides from my Automated Systems Monitoring talk I gave at the recent UVa LSP conference. Slides are available with and without my presenter notes. This talk covered high-level concepts in automated systems monitoring as well as some … Continue reading →

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How to fix AIPS under OSX 10.11 ‘El Capitan’

Posted on October 5, 2015 by

The latest version of Mac OS X, code-named El Capitan, introduces a new feature called System Integrity Protection (SIP). SIP is designed to protect the core operating system files, as well as Apple-supplied applications, from tampering by malicious software. Unfortunately, … Continue reading →

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Atlona HTBaseT VGA/HDMI wall plate (AT-HDVS-TX-WP)

Posted on August 13, 2015 by

Part of my job entails the design and support of the audiovisual systems in 7 conference rooms in Charlottesville (as well as some support for those at other sites). Our rooms are used by a combination of internal staff and … Continue reading →

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JS Timer 1.1 released

Posted on March 20, 2015 by

I’ve released an update to my JS Timer application. Version 1.1 of JS Timer adds a few new features Configurable labels for “Presentation” and “Q&A” sections – in case you want to call them something else Auto-sizing of the clock … Continue reading →

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