u/GreenHrast

The I/O button was accessible via 2 wires soldered onto the remote control unit mainboard.

On/Off was simulated via IP module + reley board using Normally Opened/Normally Closed pins.

Basic HTML was implemented to place K1 check box onto the I/O button ✅

The HEADEND air-condtitioner (unknown manufacturer KOBE) used to switch off after every power surge, but this DIY technique saved our lives 2007 - 2016, after every NOC calling to alarm us about high temperature.

It was real fun, huh? 😇 😁

Back in a day we didn't know anything about IoT, Smart home etc.😎

The idea was very carefully designed, receive LO 10.6 GHz & transmit 9.00 GHz, 2 way DIY satellite link back in a day.

No working elevator most of the time, it was fun carrying upstears 20 kg welding machine

Google maps (available 2012 the earliest)

You gotta like animals, huh? 😇

IMHO hiding STB behind the TV was not the smartest thing we were forsed to do back in a day. 💡

Actually there were not any problems with the remote control. But normally one would like to see STB indicators (our STB has only On/Off green/red LED) and to have access to HDMI or RJ45 ports)

Those were the times... Staring at the LEDs of Thomson 571, counting how many seconds it takes to become online (or don't get online at all) 🙄

20+ years ago, when you didn't have no sweep, no digital level meter, no Monitoring system...

One day you switched from QPSK to QAM16 and suddenly lost some 20% of the modems😆

And after a month running through the amps and climbing poles like crazy (you didn't have any Nodes yet) you finally convince the docsis admins to change the upstream frequency from 25 to 29... And all of a sudden all the modems are back online, no loss at all.

Dosis is fun , right? 😎

Back in a day the cheepest (and the only possible) solution to extent input A & B of our video mixers. We were able to switch from Live signal (local cable&tv operator) 2 VCRs, 2 stereo VCRs and a PC (we run mono till 2000 🙃 ). I don't know what happened to Panasic mixers, today accidentally came accross to these 2 beauties, we called them clickers (I believe they are "isostat switches" , right?)

Peace ✌️

Lots of LNBs, huh? As long as I can remember there shoud be: 15West, 12W, 4W, 1W, 5Eeast, 8E, 13E, 16E, 19E, 36E, 39E, 45E + terrestrial 6-7 analogue TV channels link 😇

How do you find my weldering skills? 😁

A colleague of mine taught me how to do it back in 1999, on the top of a gass-station during the Solar eclipse! 😁

Never heard about OSHA in those wild times, the main goal is staying alive😇