Testing Capabilities
“PICS Certified” signifies a standard of quality that meets or exceeds the original manufacturer’s standards. We back all of the pre-owned and used equipment we sell with our one year, advanced replacement warranty. Our equipment is carefully tested by our Cisco Certified Network Administrators (CCNA) in our state-of-the-art lab, using specified manufacturer processes, to ensure it meets the rigorous standards necessary for PICS Certification.
- Audit and Inspection: all components of the equipment are inspected for hardware revision levels, part number identification and cosmetic appearance, which is verified throughout this process
- Inventory Process: chassis, bays and individual cards are identified by manufacturers serial number, bar-coded, assigned an inventory control number in POINTS and stored in a static-free, climate-controlled storage facility
- Configuration: orders are custom configured to meet client specifications for plug and play facilitation
- Quality Certification: all configurations are double checked to OEM specifications by two certified technicians
- Initial Test: full power on and boot up to OEM specification. Equipment status, revision levels and software version confirmation
- Revision Process: repair and replace nonworking parts, software as applied to specific upgradeable equipment
- Full Diagnostic Test: diagnostic test of integrated product, includes optical level, protection switching and functionality
- Outgoing Diagnostic: full test of customer configured equipment, test documentation and equipment printouts provided for packing
- Quality Packaging: final visual inspection, order is packed in individual, antistatic and reinforced customized packing to prevent any shipping or handling damage
If you have any questions regarding PICS Telecom’s testing services or the “PICS Certification” process please email us at test@picstelecom.com.
Test Certification Checklist 