How would this work? You mean something like a 3 port ethernet switch? I.E. for a radio and a AP?
Trying to understand the use and logic here... -forrest On Sun, Oct 5, 2014 at 5:06 PM, timothy steele via Af <[email protected]> wrote: > Somthing easy to make that gets asked for on the list I noticed would be a > POE Y cable that would allow you to put 2 radios on a customers house/tower > with only 1 cable going into the house > > — > Sent from Mailbox <https://www.dropbox.com/mailbox> > > > On Sun, Oct 5, 2014 at 6:51 PM, Chuck McCown via Af <[email protected]> wrote: > >> How about 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 with fiber conversion. >> >> Seriously, I would think that if you adopted some of features RMS has >> that you do not have it could help. >> >> Perhaps a watchdog feature the cycles the power to the AP if it cannot >> ping google for 15 minutes. I dunno, just brainstorming a bit. I >> personally always want more telemetry, more voltage inputs. More >> isolation on the voltage inputs. >> >> Solar charge controller built into some of your other stuff? >> >> Competitor jammer. >> Pan tilt rifle remote. >> Active denial transmitter. >> AP seeking missile launcher. >> >> *From:* Forrest Christian (List Account) via Af <[email protected]> >> *Sent:* Sunday, October 05, 2014 2:19 PM >> *To:* af <[email protected]> >> *Subject:* [AFMUG] PacketFlux Product Ideas >> >> 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 >> >> >> >> >> > >
