I am using the DC power connector, not POE. I spoke with Cambium and they did not seem to have the answer as to whether or not this would work, and the details of their -48v being floating or not.
On Sat, Mar 30, 2019 at 4:55 PM Ken Hohhof <[email protected]> wrote: > It sounds like he wants to use the DC power connector. > > > > Cambium doesn’t do a very good job of answering the question in any of > their documentation. Several places they refer to the direct DC power as > -48 which I would take to mean positive side grounded. > > > > One tends to assume that when powering via POE, the radio takes the DC > from the Ethernet transformers and uses it just like it would direct DC > power, but I’m kind of getting the impression that’s not true. > > > > PTP820C/S can definitely accept floating power via POE, and I could swear > I have several sites using +48 VDC power (negative side grounded) for POE > via a GIGE-POE-APC. > > Keep in mind that no matter which side of the power supply is grounded, + > goes to + and - goes to -. That seems to confuse some people. > > > > You might want to open a support case on the Cambium website and get them > to answer the question. > > > > *From:* AF <[email protected]> *On Behalf Of *Gino A. Villarini > *Sent:* Saturday, March 30, 2019 2:59 PM > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <[email protected]> > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Cambium 820C -48v power supply questions > > > > Are you using Trango POE? IIRC it’s a proprietary pinout.. > > > > *Gino** Villarini * > Founder/President > @gvillarini > t: 787.273.4143 Ext. 204 > m: > > [image: Image removed by sender. aeronet-logo] <http://www.aeronetpr.com/> > > [image: Image removed by sender. inc500] > <https://www.inc.com/profile/aeronet> > > [image: Image removed by sender. fb-logo] > <https://www.facebook.com/aeronetpr/> > > [image: Image removed by sender. insta-logo] > <https://www.instagram.com/aeronetpr/?hl=en> > > [image: Image removed by sender. in-logo] > <https://www.linkedin.com/company/aeronet-broadband-corp> > > [image: Image removed by sender. tw-logo] > <https://twitter.com/AeroNetPR?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor> > > > [image: Image removed by sender. yt-logo] > <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCr2Q9WBrAYVm3Fn970Jd6VA> > > www.aeronetpr.com | Metro Office Park #18 Suite 304 Guaynabo, PR 00968 > > *From: *AF <[email protected]> on behalf of Jeremy < > [email protected]> > *Reply-To: *AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <[email protected]> > *Date: *Saturday, March 30, 2019 at 12:12 PM > *To: *AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <[email protected]> > *Subject: *[AFMUG] Cambium 820C -48v power supply questions > > > > I am confused. I have a 6A rackmount Trango Power supply > http://www.silverbranch.com/Useppa/DS-9030-C-Giga-PowerSupply-1U-48.pdf > that I would like to use to power an 820C. I hooked it up -48v and it > would not power on. I hooked it up +48v and it worked perfectly. This is > on the bench and not installed. I am hearing from others on here that the > power supply will short as soon as I ground the radio if I actually run it > at +48v. So I have a few questions....why won't this power up at -48v? I > really don't want to use POE. What are people using to power these? Any > reason that this Trango Power supply should be not working? > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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