I have 2 envelopes here from Ubiquiti that I received back I think around April (they are not dated) with labels I had requested for Loco-M5 and PBE-5AC-500. They sent separate codes for each model, and said they were to unlock U-NII-2 band. What I wanted was U-NII-1 band, plus the fact that they sent separate codes for each model tells me I would need to request different codes now for other models if I were to purchase Nanobeam M5 or Powerbeam M5 radios. And apparently you find out when you get them if you need an unlock code, and then if you request unlock codes, you find out what those do when you get the codes and try to install them.
And from the UBNT Forums, my understanding is you still need to use beta firmware to unlock the AC Powerbeams. >From what jaldridge is saying, even if I were to order a Powerbeam, upgrade to >5.6.3, request and install a key, it won’t work? I’m assuming you are talking >about M not AC which would be on airOS 7.x, right? From: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, December 16, 2015 12:42 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AFMUG] M series NanoBeam/PowerBeam and U-NII-1 We upgraded to the 5.6.3 and tried using a key it says the powerbeam doesn't qualify. Sent from my iPhone On Dec 16, 2015, at 11:47 AM, Mathew Howard <[email protected]> wrote: Well, right. that was the case up until airOS 5.6.3 was released... I expect they'll update the data sheets when the radios are shipping with the new firmware. On Wed, Dec 16, 2015 at 11:11 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: I was just stating what the data sheet says about the US version versus worldwide version. I know that we have been buying nanobeams And using them just fine we ordered powerbeams this last time and cannot do anything other than 5725-5850. <image1.PNG> Sent from my iPhone On Dec 16, 2015, at 10:50 AM, Mathew Howard <[email protected]> wrote: You most certainly can use the US radios in 5150-5250, and whoever said that only the world version supports it is wrong. You just need to upgrade the firmware to 5.6.3, and enter the unlock key - which you do need to request from UBNT. On Wed, Dec 16, 2015 at 10:39 AM, Ken Hohhof <[email protected]> wrote: Ben, what does “approvals are in” mean? I don’t give a rat’s ass whether you have approvals in. I want to know if I can order equipment for a customer install, upgrade to latest released firmware if necessary, and operate it in the 5150-5250 band. That’s all that matters to me. Anything else is your internal process to get to what I need, which is a radio I can buy from my distributor and send out with an installer to do a customer install off a Rocket M5 AP we installed 8 months ago. When I go to the grocery store to buy 2% milk, they don’t tell me the farmer has bought a cow, they either have 2% milk on the shelf or they don’t. Status reports on the feeding and milking of the cow don’t give me something to pour on my cereal. From: Ben Moore Sent: Wednesday, December 16, 2015 10:23 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AFMUG] M series NanoBeam/PowerBeam and U-NII-1 Hi Guys - The approvals for both lower band and DFS are in. Same w it AC gear. Thanks, Ben On Wed, Dec 16, 2015 at 9:05 AM, Ken Hohhof <[email protected]> wrote: This is just incredible. They've been screwing around with this for about 8 months. Ubiquiti seems to be giving the middle finger to the US market. I am going to have to look at ripping out some APs and PTP links I put up back in April and replacing them with something else. I don't know how to explain to a customer that I can't order equipment for their service because my vendor has their head up their ass, that just reflects badly on me for using their equipment. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, December 16, 2015 4:25 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AFMUG] M series NanoBeam/PowerBeam and U-NII-1 Only the world version supports it. Sent from my iPhone On Dec 15, 2015, at 11:06 PM, Ken Hohhof <[email protected]> wrote: Does anybody know if the NBE-M5-19 and PBE-M5-300/400/620 allow 5150-5250 MHz with release firmware now? And what is the likelihood any product I bought from a distributor today would support this band out of the box without requesting a key from Ubiquiti? You'd think Ubiquiti would have this somewhere, but I can't find it.
