Yearly Archives: 2026

Tally over NDI needs no extra cable and no tally box. Here is how the switcher tells each camera it is live, and what to check when a light stays dark.

A button panel and a touch screen solve different problems. Which one suits your production depends on whether you switch fast, control cameras, or both.

What a volunteer-run church stream actually needs: three PTZ cameras over the network, one switcher with the camera controls built in, and a cable plan that survives a Sunday.

Every Satella Power lock side by side: what opens it, how many fingerprints and codes it holds, whether it has a doorbell and a camera, what door it fits, and what it costs.

A fingerprint lock goes onto the door you already have, in the hole the old lock left, in about twenty minutes with a screwdriver. Here is the measuring, the fitting and the enrolling, in order.

How to run a short-term rental on a fingerprint lock: a code for each guest that you delete at checkout, a fingerprint for the cleaner, and a key in the drawer for the day the batteries die.