Visible Emissions Monitoring System

I've been staying busy with VEMS (Visible Emissions Monitoring System) work.  Last week I talked a client through the installation process of our latest version over the phone, as the client contact was technically proficient enough to handle this.  I worked in Visual Studio to create a custom VEMS report for another client.  Now I'm preparing to travel to Iowa for an on-site installation tomorrow.  Another consultant and I are planning to leave about 4:30 AM for a 5 hour drive to the client site.  We'll install the software & train the plant personnel on the new software, then head back to KC.  It'll be about a 14 hour day, but we think its worthwhile to just get it over with in one day.  I'll write about the experience once I get enough sleep to focus.

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9/11/08 - Rather than start a new post, I thought I'd just update this one.  We decided to cancel the trip to the Iowa cement plant, as we felt our software wasn't ready.  We had found some small bugs and our main programmer hasn't had time to update all the reports that are available within the software, as he's been full-time billable on another project for a petroleum refinery.  He's in the office today for our 6 month review and we should have time to work on the software together.  Rather than roll the software out with some minor bugs, we would rather delay the installation a couple of weeks and give the customer a near flawless product.