I only have a rumor. When I spoke to a traveling sales guy he seemed to think that Cambium would be selling a licensed 450i SM (like the 450 line, licensed by bandwidth) _sometime_ this year. That is all we got out of him.. I think Q2 to Q3 was roadmap for it.
Joe On Sun, Jan 17, 2016 at 8:39 AM, Mark Radabaugh <[email protected]> wrote: > George, > > I think you understood the question fine - the issue with having anything > other than a 450i SM to be able to use the 5.1 and 2 bands is the problem. > The selection of SM’s available to use in 5.1/2 is currently limited to > only the much higher priced 450i SM’s. > > Is Cambium planning on releasing or updating the ‘commodity’ priced 450SM > to use the full frequency range of the AP or not? > > Or put another way - the current 450I SM’s are simply license restricted > versions of the AP, rather than a dedicated SM. This makes the cost of > the SM high due to the rugged case, high end CPU, timing hardware, extra > memory, etc. Will there be a stripped down SM capable of operating in > 5.1/2 to make those bands (and therefor the 450i AP’s) more competitive and > useful? > > Mark > > > > On Jan 16, 2016, at 6:09 PM, George Skorup <[email protected]> wrote: > > I guess I didn't understand Mark's question. Yeah, so the regular 450 is > locked by hardware filter to 5470-5900. 450i APs and SMs do 4940-5925 or > maybe 6050. You'll need a 450i SM to use the 5.1 and 5.2 bands. Then if you > have any 450 SMs on the sector, all that is moot. > > On 1/16/2016 4:35 PM, Josh Luthman wrote: > > 450d physically can't, so it'll be only integrated... > > Josh Luthman > Office: 937-552-2340 > Direct: 937-552-2343 > 1100 Wayne St > Suite 1337 > Troy, OH 45373 > On Jan 16, 2016 5:34 PM, "George Skorup" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I believe Matt said they're still waiting on FCC approval for the lower >> bands. >> >> On 1/16/2016 10:29 AM, Josh Luthman wrote: >> >> Nope. Just do 5.7 :( >> >> Josh Luthman >> Office: 937-552-2340 >> Direct: 937-552-2343 >> 1100 Wayne St >> Suite 1337 >> Troy, OH 45373 >> On Jan 16, 2016 8:19 AM, "Mark Radabaugh" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Has Cambium ever said what the plan is with respect to 450i and the >>> lower 5.1 and 5.2 bands? The 450i AP can run in them at high power, but >>> the only SM’s available are the much higher priced 450i integrated or a AP >>> set to SM mode, which makes it cost prohibitive for residential >>> deployment. >>> >>> Did I miss something? >>> >>> Mark >>> >> >> > >
