Aw cool, the 2-relay/3-switch module! That complements the
3-shunt/3-volt module perfectly for the Traco DC-UPS setup.
I always prefer to have medium and larger site's power, PoE and
switch/router equipment modular. Just easier to replace a failed
component than the entire thing. But for remote/repeater/micro-POP
sites, it would be nice to have an all-in-one kind of thing. We're doing
a lot of this: 450SM backhaul, four 900 sectors and a LOS omni (2.4 or
5GHz FSK, UBNT or maybe ePMP later). So built-in timing, ethernet switch
and battery/DC-UPS in a single unit would be cool.
Also would be nice to have an 8-port SyncInjector that can be
rack-mounted or wall/surface mounted.
On 10/5/2014 3:19 PM, Forrest Christian (List Account) via Af wrote:
It's been (quite) a while since I sent one of these messages out to
the list.
With the release of all of our new gigabit injectors, it is time for
me to decide which products will be next out the door at PacketFlux.
We've got several products at various stages of completion, but almost
all of them I expect to be very low volume projects - the type of
products we complete just because they help fill out our product
offering instead of expecting a lot of revenue from them. A couple
of these have appeared on the website recently - I.E. a 2 Relay, 3
Switch module, and the voltmeter/shunt input modules.
So, what I'd love to hear is some suggestions for products PacketFlux
could build which would help you in your WISP. I'm particularly
looking for products which if they existed would go at every one of
your tower sites, or even better at every customer location. I know
these product ideas exist out there, and I'd love to hear them. Feel
free to throw ideas out which are outside of the narrow niche that you
think of PacketFlux fitting into.
One final note - there is always a query for an all-in-one tower
device which includes some mixture of ac power supply, dc-dc
conversion, battery charging/management, Ethernet switch, router,
power injection, fiber conversion, etc.. I've heard those loud and
clear and am aware of that desire. There's work being done in-house
toward something like that, but there are many hurdles left to make it
a reality. If there's a simplified version of this which would fit a
specific, widespread, need I'd love to hear about it, but the idea of
a device you put into your rack and it handles everything needed at a
tower site is still quite a ways off for us.
So, throw your best ideas out there... I'd love to take a couple and
run with them.
-forrest
