I have a tiny light probe which doesn't look out of place on my
keyring of keys, tools and thumbdrives. Its one of the most usefull
things I own and is responsive enough for testing flashing lights on a
switch and lodes of other things like that; I really suggest you
invest in one. Off the top of my head, I've used it for:
Switches and things like that
Testing laptop lcd's (Although its a bit hard to tell if there
cracked; just if there powering on)
Testing to see if desktops are posting
Testing little power lights on motherboards to confirm that the board
is getting power
Testing the lights on the front of cases to make sure that I've
connected those dreadfully annoying front panel connectors correctly
Like I say, one of the most usefull things I've ever owned and it was
actually my mum that saw it and promptly purchased it for me - I have
her fairly well trained you see.
Hth, Ben.
On 16/03/2010, David Mehler
Hello, Thanks for the various replies. Please provide me with more information on these options. Thanks. Dave.
On 3/16/10, Greg B.
wrote: Dave,
I have something called a light probe that I use to check lights. It cannot tell color but I think it can check flashing.
Greg B.
-----Original Message----- From: blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org [mailto:blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org] On Behalf Of Stewart Hamling Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2010 3:23 AM To: 'Blind sysadmins list' Subject: Re: [Blind-sysadmins] router lights
Dave, Many years ago when I worked on a switchboard, I had a light sensor able to read LEDS; it didn't distinguish colour, but it would be possible to identify a solid light from a flashing light? Let me know if you would like more detail.
-----Original Message----- From: blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org [mailto:blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org] On Behalf Of David Mehler Sent: Thursday, 11 March 2010 1:25 PM To: blind-sysadmins Subject: [Blind-sysadmins] router lights
Hello, Simple question here, how do user's tell which lights on a hub, or switch are active and their color? Thanks. Dave.
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