set up Dietmar and Tony

The new security software at the Carr Astronomical Observatory is working. And because of the new implementation, I am finally comfortable providing Dietmar and Tony access. We won't be damaging files of their Windows operating system.

I walked them through the process over the phone. I wrote up some documentation and sent it out. Dietmar double-checked it. They're happy.

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This has been such a long and arduous battle that I almost forgot the goal.

When I learned of the new security software version over the winter, I immediately was hopefully that it would eliminate the Windows installation bug. I didn't want to inflict this on Dietmar or Tony. I hatched a plan to upgrade in the early spring.

But with the early port forwarding challenges, the P4 server meltdown, new machine integration and set up, all the intermittent ISP problems, the misconfiguration mayhem of sending email alerts on motion detection, the inability to control the security software by remote control, the new weather station issues (admittedly, a distraction), and other issues, many of which occurred over the winter when I could not access the CAO... I almost forgot.

Now, looking back, I see now it has all worked. Wow. The new software has better features (which I've yet to fully explore). Most importantly, it avoids the corruption / damage problem. The developers did this by employing an altogether different strategy. Maybe that was another contributing factor. By solving the problem with different software, I missed the direct impact.

Anyway, it's been a long time coming. November last year I set up the security system... Over 6 months ago.