Are you wanting POE just for the power? you can do something like this convert the POE to a adapter plug
https://www.fs.com/products/71172.html?currency=USD&paid=google_shopping&gclid=CjwKCAjw5ZPcBRBkEiwA-avvk2_F9aNpcaABeoxNCEuaFCgPYqHeVZRvA8bWqXkJJ9gAg36DwCt97RoCtCoQAvD_BwE On Tue, Aug 28, 2018 at 9:32 AM Joe Novak <[email protected]> wrote: > It's less about the fan, more about the AF POE converter. > > "The Raspberry Pi Power over Ethernet HAT is a small accessory for the > Raspberry Pi computer. It can only be used with the Raspberry Pi 3 Model B+ > (launched March 2018). The PoE HAT allows you to power your Raspberry Pi > using Power over Ethernet–enabled networks; for this product to be used, > the network it is connected to needs to have power-sourcing equipment > installed." > > If you really cared enough it appears that you could remove the fan if you > felt it was necessary. > > "The PoE HAT is fitted with a small fan that is controlled by the > Raspberry Pi via I2C. The fan will turn on and off automatically depending > on the temperature of the main processor on the Raspberry Pi." > > Either way: this allows a Pi to be powered via POE fairly easily, right > from the Pi Foundation. Previous methods I saw used a external adapter that > was a step down/splitter like thing that was external to the board and not > very clean. This thing is kind of cool and keeps the same footprint of the > board. > > > Joe > > On Mon, Aug 27, 2018 at 7:05 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Submerse it in mineral oil and seal it in an old paint can. >> >> *From:* Lewis Bergman >> *Sent:* Monday, August 27, 2018 5:55 PM >> *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group >> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] POE powered PC for monitoring >> >> I doubt your app would require a fan since you won't be pushing the >> processor that hard. >> >> On Mon, Aug 27, 2018, 5:55 PM Robert <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Seems like a fan is defeating the whole purpose of a Pi board... >>> >>> On 8/27/18 12:38 PM, Joe Novak wrote: >>> > I just saw this on slashdot: >>> https://www.raspberrypi.org/products/poe-hat/ >>> > >>> > >>> > On Mon, Aug 27, 2018 at 1:43 AM, Forrest Christian (List Account) >>> > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>> > >>> > Ok, that makes more sense. >>> > >>> > My initial assumption was that you were doing some automated >>> > management at the site, i.e. rebooting radios, etc via script >>> > control. I'm trying to figure out what is interesting for people >>> > to control automatically so I can make sure those features make it >>> > into either the first or an early release. >>> > >>> > For what you're doing, I'd definitely start with the Pi. >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > On Sat, Aug 25, 2018 at 7:20 PM, David Coudron >>> > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected] >>> >> >>> > wrote: >>> > >>> > That’s right. We have this running in our NOC as a backup >>> only >>> > if the local ones fail. Our DIAs are geographically dispersed >>> > so the thought is we run these in the DIA and some other key >>> > towers for their local subnets only since we don’t backhaul our >>> > traffic from the different regions to the NOC, we dump it on >>> the >>> > Internet close to the tower groupings. If these monitors fail >>> > for some reason, we fire up the one in the NOC that is >>> connected >>> > to those subnets through VPN. We are looking for cheap and >>> > small foot print since we have a very feasible backup we can >>> > kick in easily. ____ >>> > >>> > __ __ >>> > >>> > Get Outlook for iOS <https://aka.ms/o0ukef>____ >>> > >>> > ____ >>> > >>> > >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> > >>> > *From:*30141712500n behalf of >>> > *Sent:* Saturday, August 25, 2018 6:55 PM >>> > *To:* [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >>> > >>> > >>> > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] POE powered PC for monitoring ____ >>> > >>> > ____ >>> > >>> > Probably what a lot of us would do. I kind of get the >>> impression >>> > that he wants to run these things locally?____ >>> > >>> > __ __ >>> > >>> > bp____ >>> > >>> > <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com>____ >>> > >>> > __ __ >>> > >>> > On 8/25/2018 3:39 PM, Forrest Christian (List Account) >>> wrote:____ >>> > >>> > Someone please correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't it >>> typical >>> > to run those functions in one or more servers in your >>> noc?____ >>> > >>> > __ __ >>> > >>> > On Sat, Aug 25, 2018, 3:05 PM David Coudron >>> > <[email protected] >>> > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:____ >>> > >>> > OK, sounds like we need to get our hands on a PI and >>> > start messing with it. Our monitoring is mostly going >>> > to be IP based stuff. We are implementing Sonar and >>> > need it to run the Poller client. So we will be ping >>> > devices and doing SNMP pulls. We may also have it do >>> > some other scripted stuff, but haven’t really dug into >>> > that much. ____ >>> > >>> > ____ >>> > >>> > Once we have a Linux device in these sites, I am sure >>> > there is more that we could be doing with it than what >>> > we monitor/control today.____ >>> > >>> > ____ >>> > >>> > Regards,____ >>> > >>> > ____ >>> > >>> > David Coudron____ >>> > >>> > ____ >>> > >>> > ____ >>> > >>> > ____ >>> > >>> > *From:* AF <[email protected] >>> > <mailto:[email protected]>> *On Behalf Of >>> *Forrest >>> > Christian (List Account) >>> > *Sent:* Saturday, August 25, 2018 3:04 PM >>> > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group < >>> [email protected] >>> > <mailto:[email protected]>> >>> > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] POE powered PC for >>> monitoring____ >>> > >>> > ____ >>> > >>> > Raspberry pi should be robust enough, the only issue >>> > would be sd card durability if you don't pick a good >>> > quality card and take care to mount the drives with sd >>> > friendly mount options.____ >>> > >>> > ____ >>> > >>> > To somewhat hijack the discussion, I'm interested in >>> > what you plan to monitor on site. The reason is that >>> > I'm currently doing product definition work for our >>> next >>> > generation in caninet monitoring platform which is >>> going >>> > to include a lot of the functionality that would >>> > normally be reserved for the noc. Mainly want to know >>> > what people are looking for in this type of >>> solution.____ >>> > >>> > ____ >>> > >>> > On Sat, Aug 25, 2018, 8:10 AM David Coudron >>> > <[email protected] >>> > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:____ >>> > >>> > We are considering adding a small Linux based >>> > PC/device into our cabinets to run a variety of >>> > monitoring services. There are lots of small >>> > computing options out there, but we haven’t >>> stumbled >>> > across a solution that seems to provide the fit we >>> > are looking for. Here is a list of desired >>> > features:____ >>> > >>> > 1. Support for Ubuntu 16.04 ____ >>> > 2. POE powered, either 24 or 48 V will work ____ >>> > 3. Small form factor, DIN Rail mounted would be >>> > ideal ____ >>> > 4. Cheap – We think there is reasonably priced >>> > stuff out there, but haven’t found it yet. >>> > There are industrial versions of these things, >>> > but we don’t need that reliability or >>> durability >>> > ____ >>> > >>> > ____ >>> > >>> > Some things that aren’t important to us:____ >>> > >>> > 1. Durability – we have backup monitoring running >>> > in our NOC so if we lose one of these we can >>> run >>> > indefinitely without it ____ >>> > 2. High Performance – any moderate level platform >>> > will do, it is just monitoring __ __ >>> > 3. Gigabit Ethernet – 100 Mbit is fine ____ >>> > 4. Bluetooth/Wifi or video support - As long as >>> we >>> > can get Linux installed and log into it >>> remotely >>> > we are fine. ____ >>> > >>> > ____ >>> > >>> > We keep looking at the Raspberry PI platform, but >>> > are not sure that either the >>> > performance/compatibility under Ubuntu will be >>> OK. >>> > Anyone have any luck with a moderately priced >>> > solution for this kind of thing?____ >>> > >>> > ____ >>> > >>> > Regards,____ >>> > >>> > ____ >>> > >>> > David Coudron____ >>> > >>> > ____ >>> > >>> > ____ >>> > >>> > ____ >>> > >>> > ____ >>> > >>> > -- >>> > AF mailing list >>> > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >>> > >>> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >>> > < >>> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com>____ >>> > >>> > -- >>> > AF mailing list >>> > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >>> > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >>> > <http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >>> >____ >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > ____ >>> > >>> > __ __ >>> > >>> > >>> > -- >>> > AF mailing list >>> > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >>> > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >>> > <http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com> >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > -- >>> > *Forrest Christian* /CEO//, PacketFlux Technologies, Inc./ >>> > Tel: 406-449-3345 | Address: 3577 Countryside Road, Helena, MT >>> 59602 >>> > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> | >>> > http://www.packetflux.com <http://www.packetflux.com/> >>> > <http://www.linkedin.com/in/fwchristian> >>> > <http://facebook.com/packetflux> <http://twitter.com/@packetflux> >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > -- >>> > AF mailing list >>> > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >>> > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >>> > <http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com> >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> >>> -- >>> AF mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >>> >> ------------------------------ >> -- >> AF mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >> >> >> -- >> AF mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >> >> > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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