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Independent IT field services · San Diego
Field engineering, done right.
Pin1 Services LLC is an independent IT field services company in San Diego — installs, repairs, and deployments handled by the same senior engineer, every time.
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20+ yearshands-on field engineering experience
600+ jobs completedcorporate and retail sites
100% satisfactionclient rating on WorkMarket
Selected work — network rack, patch panels and cabling · Poway · Oct 2024
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If Pin1 installed it, Pin1 can service it — no marketplace middleman, no new-vendor paperwork. Book a checkup or a fix, and you get the same photo-documented close-out report as the original job.
Network health check — cabling, switches, Wi-Fi coverage
POS & register repairs and refreshes
Camera, workstation, and printer service
Rack cleanup, re-labeling, and documentation updates
PCs, printers, peripherals, on-site diagnostics and swap-outs.
Networking
Structured cabling, rack installs, device configuration and testing.
POS systems
Installs, refreshes, and troubleshooting for retail locations.
Deployments
Multi-site rollouts, surveys, and decommissions for corporate clients.
Based in San Diego and covering San Diego County, including multi-site projects across Southern California. One point of contact, clear scheduling, and photo-documented completion on every job.
Certifications & Proof
Optos California RGB Level 2 General Servicing — trained and competency-certified March 12, 2025 (Source Support Services)
Optos Preferred FE — Source Support Services (assignments dispatched via Source Techworks)
Infinidat field engineer certification (via Source Support Services)
600+ completed jobs on WorkMarket with 100% satisfaction
Background check clear
20+ years in field engineering and repair
Nationwide deployment experience — retail rollouts, medical devices, and network infrastructure
How I Work
Site survey & documented plan before work starts
Photo-documented installation, start to finish
Tested, labeled, and verified before leaving site
A written close-out report with photos after every job — the client keeps the record
Ask to see a sample close-out report — this is the standard on every Pin1 job. See one in Field Tools ↓
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Add what you need to your cart, review it, then check out as a guest on Stripe’s secure payment page. You pay by card — no Pin1 account, no password, and no phone call required to buy. Questions go by email: quotes & purchases to orders@pin1services.com, support to support@pin1services.com.
Remote Diagnostic
$99 one-time · up to 1 hour
Remote troubleshooting and diagnosis via RustDesk. A good first step when you’re not sure what’s wrong, or when a site visit may not be needed.
Secure remote session — you watch everything on your screen
Diagnosis and next-step recommendation
$99 credited toward on-site: if the same problem needs a visit, the full $99 comes off the $199 On-Site Service Call — you pay only the $100 balance for the visit
Past 1 hour: $75/hr, rounded up to the next full hour — confirmed with you before any extra time starts
On-Site Service Call
$199 trip + first hour
On-site service in San Diego. $199 covers the trip and the first hour of work on site.
Trip + first hour included in the $199
Extra time: $75/hr, rounded up to the next full hour — for example, 20 extra minutes bills as 1 extra hour ($75)
Already paid the $99 Remote Diagnostic for this same problem? That $99 is credited here — $100 balance for this call (see the policy below for how to use the credit)
Photo-documented close-out report on every job
How the $99 credit & extra hours work
$99 credit (same problem only): Start with a Remote Diagnostic. If that same problem then needs an on-site visit, the $99 you paid is credited in full toward the $199 On-Site Service Call — the visit’s balance is $100, not another $199. The credit does not apply to a different problem.
Extra hours round up: Time past the first included hour bills at $75/hr and is rounded up to the next full hour, on-site and remote alike. Any part of an extra hour bills as a full hour.
Remote past 1 hour: The $99 covers up to 1 hour. If a fix needs more time, we confirm the $75/hr rounded-up rate with you before work continues — no surprise clock.
Paid ≠ scheduled: Paying buys the service; it doesn’t pick a time. After checkout, email orders@pin1services.com and we’ll book the session or visit time with you by email.
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Buying both for the same problem? Don’t check out both at full price. Buy the Remote Diagnostic first — if it leads to a visit, email orders@pin1services.com and you’ll get the on-site call at the $100 credited balance. Larger installs, multi-site work, and gear supplied by Pin1 are still quoted first — see Get a Quote below.
Selected Work
603 jobs completed · 100% client satisfaction
Pin1 Services provides field IT installation and support for national retail, hospitality, healthcare and enterprise clients across Southern California — point-of-sale systems, network infrastructure, structured cabling, and specialized equipment, installed right the first time.
Engineering engagements
Alongside the storefront work: enterprise, data-center, and medical-imaging engineering — much of it dispatched nationwide.
Qualcomm
Data-center engineering on site at Qualcomm — Supermicro was the supplier that contracted Source Support Services, which brought Samorn in for the work.
Data center · via Supermicro / Source Support Services
Optos
Retinal imaging systems serviced and supported in eye-care clinics and optical practices — California RGB Level 2 General Servicing, trained and competency-certified in March 2025, with Level 1 training on the Silverstone and Monaco systems.
Medical imaging · via Source Support Services
Source Support Services
Nationwide field-service partner — dispatched through Source Techworks as an Optos Preferred FE for imaging assignments, plus data-center and enterprise work, including the Qualcomm engagement.
Nationwide · Optos Preferred FE
Rockwell Collins
Engineering work with Rockwell Collins (now Collins Aerospace) in the employed years before Pin1 went independent — the HP and Dell certifications from that era were held under the employer programs there and at Modis.
Aerospace & defense electronics
The work travels: Source Support and deployment assignments have taken Pin1’s engineer across the country — imaging clinics, data centers, and retail rollouts far beyond San Diego — and every trip ends the same way: tested, labeled, and photo-documented.
Enterprise Rent-A-Car
Rental counter workstations and payment terminal installation
La Mesa · 2026
The Home Depot
Front-end register and self-checkout installation, Deployment Solutions deployment program
San Diego County · 2024
Data Center, Poway
Network rack installation and structured cabling
Poway · 2024
Eye-Care Clinic
Ophthalmic imaging equipment and workstation installation
Los Angeles · 2023
Big 5 Sporting Goods
Multi-store point-of-sale and wireless network rollout
Spring Valley · El Cajon · Chula Vista · 2015
Field Tools · The Pin1 job-documentation system
Every Pin1 job leaves with a paper trail.
Field Tools is the system Pin1 Services runs on site: photo-documented close-outs, step-by-step checklists, and verified test results — assembled while the work happens, and handed to you when it’s done. No chasing a tech for photos. No wondering what got installed.
Interactive demo — a working miniature of the real system, with sample data only.
Photo-documented close-outs, every single job
When a Pin1 job wraps, you don’t get a shrug and an invoice — you get a written report with photos, built in Field Tools as the work happens. Your team keeps the record: what was installed, where, and proof it tested good.
Photos that prove it
Before, during, and after shots of every run, rack, and device — labeled to your site plan, not dumped in a camera roll.
A report you keep
Scope completed, materials used, test results, and anything found along the way — written up and delivered the same day, in a format your PM can forward.
Findable later
Six months from now, when a lane goes down or an auditor asks, the record is there: port numbers, labels, and readings, tied to the job — not to someone’s memory.
Your data stays yours
Reports contain your site’s documentation and nothing else. Client details never appear in demos, samples, or anyone else’s paperwork.
Checklists, not memory
Every install type in Field Tools carries its own checklist, worked in order on site. A step isn’t done because someone remembers doing it — it’s done because it’s ticked, tested, and in the report.
Survey
Walk the site first: pathways, ceiling access, rack space, power. Photos and notes before a single cable moves.
Install
Pull, dress, and terminate to standard — bend radius respected, no stretched pairs, service loops left for the next tech.
Test
Every run certified with a real tester, and the result saved to the job. If it doesn’t pass, it gets fixed — not buried.
Label
Both ends, the panel, and the plan all carry the same identifier, so your team can trace any run in seconds.
Verify
Devices live on the network, speeds checked where the work happens, and a walkthrough with your site lead before sign-off.
Ready on arrival
The homework happens before the truck rolls. Field Tools keeps the references, standards, and site details in the same place as the job — so the work starts at the door, not after an hour of phone calls.
Standards in-system
Pinout references, labeling conventions, and manufacturer install guides live with the job — the same standard on job one and job six hundred.
Kit checked before departure
Certifier, label printer, tone & probe, PoE tester — the gear list is part of the job record, verified before the drive, not discovered missing on site.
Site details up front
Address, access notes, contacts, and scope are in the job before arrival — including what the survey found last visit.
Credentialed & covered
Optos Level 2 certified (2025), background check clear — credentials your vendor-onboarding team can verify, attached to the same record as the work.
What lands in your inbox
A close-out report, the way a client receives it. This one is a sample — the shape is real, the job is not.
SAMPLE CLOSE-OUT — DEMONSTRATION ONLY
Network refresh — 12 drops, 2 access points
Retail site · San Diego, CA · On site 8:02 AM – 11:47 AM · Tech: S. Pen, Pin1 Services
Before — existing rackAfter — dressed & labeledAP-1 — sales floorUplink speed test
Pulled and terminated 12 Cat6 runs from the new patch panel to counter, office, and stockroom locations. Mounted two ceiling access points, adopted them to the site network, and verified coverage at the registers and the receiving door. Removed abandoned legacy cabling above the ceiling and left service loops at both ends of every run.
Run
Length
Result
Runs 01–06 — sales counter
38–45 ft
Pass · certified
Runs 07–09 — back office
52–61 ft
Pass · certified
Runs 10–12 — stockroom
47–58 ft
Pass · certified
Uplink throughput
—
941 Mbps · 0 errors
Status: Complete & verified on siteSigned off by: Site lead, same dayDelivered: Report + full photo set to client
Don’t take our word for it — tap through it.
Open the interactive demo: switch between Close-Out, Checklists, Gear, Network, and Jobs, and tick the install checklist yourself. It behaves the way the real system does on site.
Field Tools & Utilities — how this page works. The four tools directly below run entirely in your browser, on your device. Nothing you type into them is uploaded, logged, or sent anywhere by this page.
Everything else on this page is links only: Pin1 does not host installers, disk images, or firmware files here. Each listing names the official source it points to and shows its domain, so you can check where you are going before you click. Links were last checked October 28, 2026. Read the Terms & limitations at the bottom of this section before using anything you download.
Run it right here — browser utilities
No install, no sign-up, no upload. The same quick math a field tech does on a ladder, in a browser tab.
Subnet calculator IPv4
Enter an IPv4 address and a prefix length. IPv6 is not supported by this tool.
Bandwidth & transfer-time calculator
How long will this file actually take? A byte is 8 bits — link speeds are sold in bits, file sizes are counted in bytes, and that is where most estimates go wrong. GB = 1,000 MB (drive & vendor sizing); GiB = 1,024 MiB (operating-system sizing).
JSON formatter & validator
Paste JSON to check it and pretty-print it. Your text is rendered as plain text only — it is never executed and never leaves this page.
Base64 encode / decode
Base64 is encoding, not encryption. Anyone who sees Base64 text can decode it instantly. Never use it to protect a password or a secret.
Pin1 can do this with you: stuck on a subnet plan, a slow transfer, or a config that will not parse? A Remote Diagnostic works it live on your screen.
The download armory — links to official sources only
The boot media and bench tools Pin1 reaches for. Pin1 does not host these files and does not repackage them — every link goes to the project’s or vendor’s own site, and the destination domain is shown on each listing. Check the license on the source site before using any tool commercially.
Boot & recovery
Ventoy Open source · GPLv3
Boot many ISO images from a single USB stick — copy ISOs onto it, pick one at boot, no reformatting between images.
Bootable Linux rescue environment for repair, imaging, and file recovery on systems that will not start. It also includes chntpw, the Windows password-reset tool — use that built-in copy rather than unofficial download sites.
Bootable partition editor — create, resize, move, and check partitions without booting the installed OS. Back up first: partition edits can destroy data.
Bootable RAM tester — run it for several full passes when a machine crashes randomly. Note: this is the open-source MemTest86+ from memtest.org, a different product from PassMark’s MemTest86 despite the similar name.
Network discovery and port scanning — find hosts and confirm which services are actually listening. Scan only networks you own or are authorized to test.
SSH, Telnet, and serial terminal — the console cable and switch-CLI staple. Download it only from the official page shown here; look-alike PuTTY sites are a known malware trap.
A speed test you host yourself (server or command-line) — useful for proving LAN and WAN throughput without a third-party website. Note: this is a self-hosted tool, not a desktop app.
Pin1 brings the armory to you: imaging, data recovery triage, and network faults handled on site, with the results in your close-out report.
Firmware & BIOS utilities
Firmware is the one category that can permanently kill hardware when it goes wrong. These listings are for experienced techs. Pin1 links to them — it never hosts firmware files, and you should only ever flash firmware you downloaded for the exact model and revision in front of you.
Before any flash: back up everything, save the current firmware version and settings, put the machine on reliable power (UPS where possible), and never interrupt a flash in progress. A wrong or interrupted BIOS or network-chip flash can leave a board or a NIC unbootable — “bricked” — and recovery can mean a programmer clip or a replacement part, if recovery is possible at all.
flashrom Open source · GPLv2Extreme risk
Reads and writes BIOS / UEFI flash chips from the command line, including with external programmers. Advanced techs only: the wrong image, or the right image written wrong, bricks the board.
Intel’s official utility for programming the boot ROM and firmware options on Intel network adapters. A bad NIC flash can take the adapter offline until it is re-flashed correctly.
Supermicro’s command-line tools for configuring BMC / IPMI controllers. Powerful and unforgiving — a mistake can lock you out of the controller until someone is standing at the machine.
Two honest gaps: Broadcom does not make its NIC tools publicly available, and Realtek download links change too often to list responsibly — for both, start from your system or adapter maker’s support page instead.
Firmware links last checked October 28, 2026.
Rather not flash it yourself? Pin1 handles BIOS, NIC, and BMC firmware updates on site — backups and version records first, update second.
Server service tools — by manufacturer
Remote-management and update tooling for servers, listed vendor by vendor with the access rules stated plainly. Some of these are free downloads; others sit behind a support contract, and no download link changes that — plan around the entitlement before you drive to a site.
iDRAC is Dell’s out-of-band controller; OpenManage and Repository Manager handle monitoring and driver / firmware updates. The tools download free — but iDRAC’s advanced features (full virtual console, virtual media and more) require an iDRAC Enterprise or Datacenter license on the server itself.
iLO is HPE’s controller and SUM applies updates — but the Service Pack for ProLiant (SPP) is STRICTLY ENTITLEMENT-GATED: it requires an active warranty or support contract and an HPE account. iLO’s full remote console likewise needs an iLO Advanced license.
XClarity Controller (XCC) manages the server out of band; OneCLI and UpdateXpress collect inventory and apply updates. Downloads are free; XCC license tiers gate the more advanced remote features.
Supermicro’s IPMI / BMC interface plus the Supermicro Update Manager (SUM) for BIOS and BMC updates. Downloads are free; using SUM out of band needs an SFT-OOB-LIC license per node.
Cisco’s Integrated Management Controller and UCS software are STRICTLY ENTITLEMENT-GATED: downloads require a Smart Net support contract and a Cisco (CCO) account. No contract, no download.
Oracle’s Integrated Lights Out Manager firmware and tools are STRICTLY ENTITLEMENT-GATED: they require a My Oracle Support account tied to an active support contract.
Server tool links and availability notes last checked October 28, 2026.
Pin1 services servers on site: iDRAC, iLO, XClarity, and IPMI setup, firmware baselines, and update windows — documented in the close-out report.
Know Your Cable — Cat3 and up
Every twisted-pair category, what it can actually carry, and where it stops. Speeds and distances below assume a standards-compliant channel — cable, jacks, patch panels, and cords all of the same category or better, properly terminated — with the full 100 m channel made up of up to 90 m of solid horizontal cable plus patch cords.
Category
Top speed
Bandwidth
Distance at top speed
PoE
Capabilities & limitations
Cat3
10 Mbps
16 MHz
100 m at 10 Mbps
No — voice circuits only
Voice-grade legacy cable from the telephone era. Fine for analog / PBX phones; not a data cable for any modern network. If you find it feeding a data jack, that run is the bottleneck.
Cat5
100 Mbps
100 MHz
100 m at 100 Mbps
Marginal — early 802.3af at best
The Fast Ethernet era cable, long superseded by Cat5e. Still found in older buildings. Do not install it new — the labor costs the same as 5e and buys a tenth of the headroom.
Cat5e
1 Gbps · 2.5 Gbps rated
100 MHz
100 m at 1 Gbps and at 2.5 Gbps
Yes — 802.3af / at, and bt within bundle limits
The workhorse. Gigabit everywhere, 2.5GBASE-T rated to the full 100 m, and it powers most cameras, phones, and access points. The honest default for most small-site runs today.
Cat6
10 Gbps (short runs) · 1 Gbps full distance
250 MHz
100 m at 1 Gbps; only about 37–55 m at 10 Gbps
Yes — af / at / bt
Tighter twists and often a spline separator: stiffer cable, larger bend radius, less forgiving terminations. Buys 10G only on short in-room runs — the 10G distance limit is the limitation people forget.
Cat6A
10 Gbps
500 MHz
100 m at 10 Gbps
Yes — best copper choice for high-power 802.3bt
True 10G to the full 100 m, and it sheds heat best in big PoE bundles. Thicker, heavier, and pricier cable that needs larger pathways and more careful termination.
Cat7
10 Gbps
600 MHz
100 m at 10 Gbps
Yes, on shielded installs
Honesty flag: Cat7 is an ISO specification that the TIA — the body behind US cabling standards — never adopted. Full Cat7 requires GG45 or TERA connectors, not RJ45; most “Cat7” cable sold with RJ45 plugs is marketing, not a standards-compliant system. Pin1 does not spec it.
Cat8
25 / 40 Gbps
2,000 MHz (2 GHz)
30 m maximum
Not its purpose
A shielded data-center cable for short switch-to-server links inside a room. The 30 m limit rules it out as a building cable — it was never meant to be one.
Which one do you actually need? Phones, cameras, and most office drops: Cat5e or Cat6. New runs you never want to re-pull, 10G uplinks, or heavy PoE: Cat6A. Anything already installed and passing a certification test at the speed you need is worth keeping, whatever the jacket says.
When the answer stops being copper: runs past 100 m, building-to-building links (fiber also breaks ground loops and lightning paths between buildings), very high-interference environments, and 10G+ backbones over distance. Past copper’s limit, the right move is fiber with media converters or SFP modules — ask for it in your quote.
Pin1 runs, terminates, and certifies cable: new drops, re-terminations, and panel work — every run tested and labeled, results in your report (see Your test results, below).
Field references
RJ45 pinouts — T568A & T568B
Pin 1 is on the left with the clip facing away and the contacts facing you. Either standard works — what matters is using the same standard at both ends of a straight-through run, and the same standard across a site.
Pin
T568B (most common in US commercial work)
Pair
1
White / Orange
2
2
Orange
2
3
White / Green
3
4
Blue
1
5
White / Blue
1
6
Green
3
7
White / Brown
4
8
Brown
4
Pin
T568A (common in government & residential)
Pair
1
White / Green
3
2
Green
3
3
White / Orange
2
4
Blue
1
5
White / Blue
1
6
Orange
2
7
White / Brown
4
8
Brown
4
A-vs-B in one line: A and B differ only in swapping the orange and green pairs. A cable with A on one end and B on the other is a crossover cable — rarely needed now that auto-MDIX is universal, and a classic cause of “mystery” link problems when it happens by accident.
BIOS / UEFI & boot-menu keys — common keys by vendor
These are the common keys for each maker. Exact keys vary by model and era — the boot splash screen usually names the right one, and tapping the key repeatedly from power-on is the reliable technique.
Vendor
Boot menu
Setup (BIOS / UEFI)
Dell
F12
F2
HP
Esc, then F9
Esc, then F10
Lenovo
F12 (or Fn + F12)
F1 or F2 — ThinkPads often use Enter, then F1
ASUS
F8
Del or F2
MSI
F11
Del
Gigabyte
F12
Del
Supermicro
F11
Del
Acer
F12 (may need enabling in setup first)
F2 or Del
Common ports
Port
Protocol
Service
Field note
22
TCP
SSH
Secure shell & SFTP — the admin door you want open, to the right people only.
23
TCP
Telnet
Unencrypted legacy access — finding it open is a finding, not a feature.
53
UDP / TCP
DNS
Name lookups — UDP day-to-day, TCP for large answers and zone transfers.
67 / 68
UDP
DHCP
67 is the server, 68 the client — no answer here means no address, no network.
80
TCP
HTTP
Unencrypted web — fine as a redirect to 443, not as a login page.
161
UDP
SNMP
Device monitoring and management polls for switches, UPSs, and printers.
443
TCP
HTTPS
Encrypted web traffic.
445
TCP
SMB
Windows file sharing — never expose it to the internet.
3389
TCP / UDP
RDP
Windows Remote Desktop — keep it behind a VPN or gateway.
5900
TCP
VNC
VNC remote framebuffer — first display is 5900, later displays add 1 each.
8080
TCP
HTTP alternate / proxies & device UIs
A common home for appliance and camera web interfaces — check what answers before assuming.
9100
TCP
JetDirect printing
Raw network printing to most office printers.
Pin1 terminates and tests to these references every job: same standard both ends, labeled to the plan, certified before sign-off.
Your test results — TREND Networks AnyWARE
See the certification results for your own project
When Pin1 certifies cabling on your job, the tester results are uploaded to TREND Networks AnyWARE, the tester maker’s cloud platform. That is where your project’s cable test results live — wire maps, lengths, and pass / fail records for the runs Pin1 tested for you.
Use the link below to open AnyWARE and sign in with the access for your project. Pin1 does not publish any customer’s results, project names, or account details on this website — your results are visible only through your own AnyWARE access. If Pin1 certified cable for you and you can’t find your results, email support@pin1services.com and we’ll point you to the right project.
Destination: anyware.trend-networks.com — TREND Networks’ official platform, not a Pin1 page.
Want results like these for your site? Pin1 installs, terminates, and certifies network cabling — and you keep the test record.
Terms & limitations — Field Tools & Utilities
Third-party software: every tool in the armory, firmware, and server sections belongs to its own author or vendor. Pin1 does not host, modify, or redistribute any of it, and listing a tool here is a pointer to its official source — not a claim that Pin1 verified it safe, and not an endorsement by its vendor of Pin1.
Links, not guarantees: links point to sources believed to be the official homes of these tools when last checked (October 28, 2026). Sites change hands and addresses change — confirm you are on the domain shown in the listing before downloading, and verify any checksums or signatures the source publishes.
Use at your own risk: these tools are provided by their authors, generally without warranty. Pin1 is not responsible for damage, data loss, or downtime resulting from software you download or run, or from following a reference on this page.
Firmware can brick hardware: BIOS, UEFI, network-chip, and BMC / IPMI updates can render equipment unbootable or unreachable if the wrong image is used or the process is interrupted. Back up first, match the exact model and revision, keep the device on reliable power, and do not proceed if you are not prepared to recover or replace the hardware.
Licenses are yours to check: open-source, freeware, and vendor tools carry different licenses, including limits on commercial use for some of them. The license on the source site governs your use.
Entitlements are real: where a listing says a download is entitlement-gated, you need that vendor’s active contract, warranty, or license — Pin1 cannot provide access to another vendor’s gated downloads.
Browser utilities: the subnet, bandwidth, JSON, and Base64 tools on this page run locally in your browser and this page does not collect what you enter into them. Their results are estimates and aids, not engineering sign-off — verify critical numbers independently before acting on them. Base64 is an encoding, not encryption.
Authorized use only: scanning, recovery, password-reset, and erasure tools must only be used on systems and networks you own or are authorized to service.
Remote Support
Remote Support
Pin1 Services can fix many problems without a site visit — secure remote support, powered by RustDesk (free, open-source). Remote help starts with the $99 Remote Diagnostic in the Shop cart (up to 1 hour; past 1 hour, $75/hr rounded up to the next full hour, confirmed with you first — and the $99 is credited toward an on-site visit for the same problem if one is needed). For remote help, contact Pin1 by email at support@pin1services.com.
Tap the button above and install or open RustDesk on your computer — it’s free and takes about a minute.
Find “Your Desktop”
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Send the ID to Pin1
Email that ID to Pin1 Services at support@pin1services.com. We connect, you watch everything on your screen, and you can end the session at any time.
Stay safe
Only download RustDesk from the official page linked here — nowhere else.
Only send your session ID and password by email to support@pin1services.com when Pin1 has asked for it — never through this website’s form, and never to any other address.
The password changes every session, so it cannot be reused later.
Get a Quote
Tell us what you’re building.
Get a ballpark today, a firm quote after a quick survey.
How it works
Send the form / photos → ballpark range same day.
Site survey if it’s not simple ($149, credited toward your job).
POS station install (terminal, printer, scanner, drawer, test transaction)
Starting at $299 per station
IP camera install (mount, aim, focus, configure recording)
Starting at $175 per cameracable run extra if no drop exists
VoIP phone deployment
$49 per phone5-phone minimum, or $299 system setup for small installs
Half-day tech rate (4 hrs on site)
$549
Full-day tech rate (8 hrs on site)
$999
Site survey
Photo pre-quote — Free. Text or email photos of the space and the network closet. Ballpark range the same day.
Free
On-site survey — standard: $149. Site up to ~5,000 sq ft inside San Diego metro: walk-through, drop/AP/camera count, photos, closet check, written scope + itemized quote within 2 business days.
$149
On-site survey — large / multi-floor: $299. Bigger footprints, warehouses, multi-suite, or after-hours access.
$299
Credit rule: The survey fee is credited 100% toward the install if you proceed with a job of $1,000 or more within 30 days of the quote. On jobs under $1,000, 50% of the fee is credited. If you don’t proceed, you keep the written scope and quote — the fee bought you a plan you can hand to anyone. Travel beyond ~25 miles of San Diego metro: add a trip charge, quoted up front.
Pro picks — hard-to-find gear
Long-range point-to-point wireless bridge — links two buildings without trenching cable. Ubiquiti NanoBeam 5AC Gen2 — $169 each supplied (a link needs two); aiming, mounting, and config included as one job.
60 GHz short-range bridge — gigabit across a parking lot or street. MikroTik Wireless Wire Cube Pro class — ask for it in your quote.
Industrial DIN-rail switch — for control cabinets, gate controllers, plant floors. Planet IGS-801T 8-port gigabit — supplied per job.
Industrial unmanaged switch — Moxa EDS-205A 5-port — supplied per job, priced at quote time.
Gigabit fiber media converters (pair) — extend a run past copper’s 100 m limit. 10Gtek pair — sold as part of the long-run drop price.
SFP / SFP+ modules, vendor-compatible — the small part that unblocks a big switch. 10Gtek / FS-compatible — we keep a few on the truck.
CCTV/IP-camera tester — the tester we use on site. Triplett 8150 CamView IP Pro 5 — $253.60.
Cable + network qualification tester — proves a drop will run 10G. Fluke Networks LinkIQ — $2,956.71.
Rackmount PoE midspan injector — adds PoE without replacing the switch. 24-port gigabit, PoE Texas class — ask in your quote.
Ethernet surge protectors (outdoor runs) — UniFi Ethernet Surge Protector (ETH-SP) — small stock, added to every outdoor camera/AP job.
Odd couplers & adapters — RJ45 female-to-female couplers and the small parts that can kill an install day. Dingsun RJ45 coupler 2-pack — $12.
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Close-Out
Job report
Network refresh — 12 drops, 2 APs
Retail site · San Diego, CA
Sample
✓ Complete · verified on site
BeforeRack dressedLabeledSpeed test
All 12 runs certified end to end. Both access points mounted, adopted, and tested at the counter and the stockroom. Old patch leads removed and recycled.
On site
8:02 AM
Wrapped
11:47 AM
Runs tested
12 / 12 pass
Signed off by the site lead on site. Full report with photos delivered to the client the same day.
Checklists
Install checklist
0 of 7 done
Tap a row — this checklist actually ticks.
Gear
Kit on the truck
Cable certifier
Calibrated · results save to the job
Ready
Tone & probe kit
For tracing unlabeled runs
Ready
Label printer + heat-shrink
Labels that match the plan
Ready
PoE tester
Verifies power before the device goes up
Ready
Fiber cleaning kit
One-click cleaner + inspection tips
Ready
Fish tape, glow rods, magnet puller
Pathways through finished walls
Ready
Network
Test results
Run 07 — Counter POS
Cat6 · 42 ft · wire map clean
Pass
Run 08 — Counter POS
Cat6 · 45 ft · wire map clean
Pass
AP-1 — Sales floor
PoE 802.3at · link 1 Gbps
Pass
AP-2 — Stockroom
PoE 802.3at · link 1 Gbps
Pass
Uplink — Switch to router
Throughput 941 Mbps · 0 errors
Pass
Every result is saved against the job and printed in the close-out report — not scribbled on a sticky note.
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