I gave you an opportunity to blame it on a cat.  Our customers do it all the 
time.  Oh, that cat must have been playing with the cables again.

From: Matt Mangriotis 
Sent: Monday, August 24, 2015 9:47 AM
To: [email protected] 
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Field Service Bulletin - PMP 450 SM

Catalina is the internal name of the Analog Devices chip that we use in the PMP 
450 product.  Nothing fancy or real significant.

 

You guys are reading WAY more into this than necessary.

 

Oh, and mostly this occurred due to a HUGE government conspiracy to cover up 
the existence of an alien species that was sent to Earth to assimilate our 
independent fixed wireless networks.  Resistance is futile.

 

From: Af [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ken Hohhof
Sent: Monday, August 24, 2015 9:43 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Field Service Bulletin - PMP 450 SM

 

Probably not enough information to guess.  Given the wording “increased the 
incidence of”, one could speculate that this issue has always occurred, either 
on some units or under some conditions, but with a low probability.  I know I 
recently RMA’d a unit that intermittently showed this issue, and it was not on 
the serial number list.

 

“Factory process issue” could be like that Proton rocket where they put the 
part in backwards and hammered it to fit.  It could just mean someone loaded 
the pick&place machine with a reel of the wrong parts.

 

What I can’t figure out is the significance of the term “Catalina”.  I can find 
an old DSP company called Catalina Research, but no indications it was absorbed 
into Analog Devices or sold technology to them.  Maybe it’s a cat name, like 
Sierra or Harley.

 

 

From: Chuck McCown 

Sent: Monday, August 24, 2015 9:33 AM

To: [email protected] 

Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Field Service Bulletin - PMP 450 SM

 

Fire up the Clinton auto parse-extrapolator....

 

OK, crystal ball in lap....  “factory process issue”...

Soldering most likely.  Short, ground, bridge, open.....  Could be a 
mis-aligned or misplaced chip too.  Same difference.  

 

“that resulted in an electrical problem”

Yeah, most physical soldering issues are truly an electrical (as opposed to 
software, firmware etc. problem)

 

“which increased the incidence rate of voltage issue”

OK, increased failure rate due to voltage issues.  Solder opens normally do 
cause voltage (or lack thereof) issues.  

 

I still don’t understand what the meaning of “is” is...

 

 

From: Matt Mangriotis 

Sent: Monday, August 24, 2015 8:17 AM

To: [email protected] 

Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Field Service Bulletin - PMP 450 SM

 

There was a factory process issue that resulted in an electrical problem which 
increased the incidence rate of voltage issues with the Analog Devices RF chip 
(the “ADI” chip). It won’t affect ALL the units listed, but we don’t want to 
take any chances.  The issue has been root caused and corrected.

 

Matt

 

From: Af [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jaime Solorza
Sent: Sunday, August 23, 2015 2:50 PM
To: Animal Farm <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Field Service Bulletin - PMP 450 SM

 

I thought they only worked union scale? 

On Aug 23, 2015 1:07 PM, "David Milholen" <[email protected]> wrote:

  They let the budwiser frogs on the assembly line for one week.

  On 8/21/2015 8:41 PM, Chuck McCown wrote:

    So, what is actually wrong with these radios?

    �

    From: Matt Mangriotis 

    Sent: Friday, August 21, 2015 7:37 PM

    To: mailto:[email protected] 

    Subject: [AFMUG] Field Service Bulletin - PMP 450 SM

    �

    I wanted to get this out to everyone before the weekend.� We found the 
root cause and identified the affected units by serial number.

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    See the attached Field Service Bulletin, and you can post any further 
comment or issue in the thread that discusses it here:� 
http://community.cambiumnetworks.com/t5/PMP-450/Field-Service-Bulletin-ADI-Catalina-R1-Chip-not-supported/m-p/43211#M1106

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    Apologies for the pain this issue has caused.

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    Cambium Networks
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