Tools
Free tools built from years of UC and AV consulting work, plus a few that help with the web side. Start with a brief if you want to talk to me, or jump straight into a calculator below.
UC / AV Engagement Brief
4-step matrix to scope a UC, AV, or room-build engagement. Tell me project basics, sectors, platforms, and current state — I'll come back with a fit assessment.
Start the brief → 🌐 Talk to me · WebWebsite Brief Builder
4-step matrix for marketing website projects. Scope, audience, content, and stack — takes about three minutes.
Start the brief →AV Rack Power & Heat
Size HVAC, breakers, UPS, and rack space from an 80-device preset library. AU/US/EU voltages.
Size a rack →Display Size Calculator
AVIXA DISCAS optimal screen sizing for collaboration and viewing tasks.
Open calculator →Room Acoustics Calculator
Estimate reverberation time and speech intelligibility (STI) from room dimensions and finishes.
Open calculator →Cisco Codec & Room System Selector
Pick the right Cisco device by platform, room size, displays, tracking, and tier. Top pick + alternatives + side-by-side comparison + BOM.
Open the selector →Wall Reinforcement Calculator
Backing material spec for display, codec, and camera wall mounts — matched to weight and standard.
Open calculator →Wireshark Filter Generator
Find devices by MAC or IP, trace Dante / SIP / RTP / mDNS, debug multicast. Bundled IEEE OUI lookup + subnet calculator.
Open the tool →Wireshark Capture Playbooks
Reference procedures for capturing DNS, SIP/RTP, Dante, mDNS, IGMP, DHCP, and LLDP/PoE traffic.
Browse playbooks →Palo Alto Filter Generator
PAN-OS log filters (Traffic / Threat / URL / WildFire / System), CLI session lookups, and packet-capture command sequences.
Build a filter →CLI Cheat Sheet
Parametric reference for Red Hat Linux (dnf/systemd/SELinux), TMUX (sessions/panes/copy mode), and TMUX on Blink iOS. Fill variables → copy commands.
Open the cheat sheet →Men & Mice Bulk DNS Builder
CSV / TSV builder for Micetro web UI bulk DNS import. Add / Modify / Remove records with per-type data hints and validation.
Build a bulk import →PowerShell DHCP Generator
Windows DHCP cmdlets for query, reservations, bulk imports, scope management, options (66 / 67 / 150 / 43), diagnostics. Variables auto-substitute.
Build DHCP commands →SIP Trace Analyser
Paste a SIP message — get headers, SDP, auth, URIs, Via chain decoded with RFC references. Handles CUCM / Asterisk / FreeSWITCH trace wrappers.
Analyse a SIP message →Subnet Calculator
CIDR analyse · IP-in-subnet check · equal split · VLSM allocator · supernet aggregate · range → CIDR list · mask/wildcard convert · IPv6 basics.
Calculate subnets →Teams Phone Regex Builder
Build & test MS Teams Direct Routing normalization rules. ACMA-compliant AU recipes (mobile · 13 · 1300 · 1800 · 1900 · geographic · 0011), live regex tester with E.164 translation, bulk validator, regex explainer.
Build a normalization rule →AU Conduit Capacity Calculator
AS/NZS 3000 fill calculation + AS/NZS 2053 conduit type selector. Pick conduit type (rigid PVC, corrugated, steel) + size 16–150 mm, add cables, get fill % with bend de-rate + verdict. Reverse calc + cable OD reference for Cat 5e/6/6A, TPS, fibre, HDBaseT.
Calculate conduit fill →Exchange Room Mailbox PowerShell Generator
55+ EXO cmdlets for room mailboxes. Calendar booking policy, delegates & calendar editors, Set-Place for Room Finder, room lists, workspace mailboxes, bulk CSV patterns. Each cmdlet explained with WHY + gotchas.
Generate Exchange cmdlets →AudioCodes Message Manipulation
Build & interpret AudioCodes SBC message manipulation rules. Form-driven rule builder, paste-and-explain interpreter, 18 recipes (Teams DR, ITSP, PAI, Privacy, SDP, Diversion), full searchable Ver. 7.4 syntax reference + Pre-Parsing + Call Setup Rules + HTTP.
Build a manipulation rule →CloudWatch Logs Builder
Form-driven Insights queries for VPC Flow Logs, CloudTrail, and Lambda. CIDR-to-regex + AWS console deeplink.
Build a query →SQLite Query Builder
SELECT, JOIN, GROUP BY, CREATE TABLE, UPSERT, PRAGMA, EXPLAIN. 12 presets with safe value quoting.
Build SQL →True Cost Calculator
Real cost of engagement options — offshore vs onshore vs hire vs augment. Tunable assumptions.
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