Training or Intro video for crimping a RJ-45 head to a network cable and more information here as well bridgecable.com/knowledge-center/
There is so much more to our business at BridgeCable.com. We like to share videos and below is our marketing team member Erica's work on just producing this new video. We hope this helps newbies or newer companies in the field.
One of my assignments for Bridge Cable last week was shooting a tutorial video for Bridge Cable. I videotaped Matt, one of our top techs with our Philadelphia, PA team. We covered attaching a RJ45 Connector end to a Cat6 cable and attaching a compression-crimped end onto a CAT6 cable. I stood on a ladder to get the perfect angle. Our lighting was great or so I thought. I had a bit of difficulty figuring out my managers’ camera. I could not find the aperture dial so the video came out too bright for my liking. I do realize that everything I’m doing now is a learning process so I will fix that mistake next time around. I ended up looking up how to adjust the aperture on that specific camera via the Internet, after the fact. We did our video tutorial in a beautiful residential house in South Philly. BridgeCable.com normally does not do residential but this was a large job. The clients wanted expeditive Internet and network service. When factoring in the parameters of the house and amount of devices the house was using, Bridge Cable decided to give them a small industrial set up. We attached a small rack to the wall and began organizing the wire into it. As we are shooting the Rj45 segment, I realize that Matt is very old school. He is removing the jacket for the wires with a box cutter. Although this is old school, this still gets the job done. I also taped Paul, my manager putting together a patch panel. This video in my opinion was my favorite, not only visually but because I learned something from it. The wires that came from the wall connect to the network box and then are put into the patch panel. This is the end point for the wire. The wires are physically punched into the metal panel to ensure that they are connected. From there the energy flowing within get absorbed into the metal. I feel like I am one step closer to understanding how Network Cabling works.
When I went into postproduction, I ran into a few problems. Windows Movie Maker on my work laptop would not take the video files straight from the camera. After searching the Internet, I downloaded a program that converted the files to an appropriate platform. After converting the files, I realized something was not right. The program did not accept this file either. I then converted the file to another that the Internet suggested, this also did not work. Slightly frustrated I jumped onto my personal computer and began editing the video on IMovie. I had used IMovie before, so it was smooth sailing from here on in. On the first video, I added three text plugins. These were simple links to the website. While we were shooting Paul’s cellphone kept going off. His ring tone is R2D2 from Star Wars. I was very tempted to type in that we offered this sound effect for our Network Rack, for a special price of $9.99. As a gag of course! By the third video I had gotten a bit more comfortable editing and decide to push in a more creative direction. I took our logo from the Internet and merged it onto a suitable sized white page on Photoshop. After compressing the layers, I brought the file onto IMovie. When the video started, the viewer saw the company’s logo for 10 sec right before the beginning of the tutorial.
Now these videos are mainly used for internal training purposes, specifically to train new employees. Why put the company’s logo on the videos, do you ask? Well not only does it look professional, It also gives us an opportunity to post these videos online for other cablers in different states. BridgeCable.com likes to give back to the Network Cable community. We come from humble beginnings. Our team started off with two and we have expanded slowly but surely to the team we have today. BridgeCable.com seeks to provide tutorials for the companies in different states who are just starting out. This overall was a successful day at work. I am excited to see what other projects I get to work on.
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