I'm thinking about this as an option. The question then becomes what to do with the empty holes?
On Tue, Mar 8, 2016 at 1:15 PM, Roland Houin <rho...@fourway.net> wrote: > how about selling unit with 1 module set & allow us to expand to full > capacity. > that way I can standardize even small sites, which can grow.. > > Roland > > > Well, it looks like it might actually be finally happening. > > We are about 98% sure we have a rackmount enclosure manufacturer which we > can > work with. Domestic. Product looks decent. Price is right. > > Which means it's time to nail down a few details here, such as number of > ports, > so I can get some enclosures cut and boards made and hopefully get this > elephant out of the room.... > > So I need some input: > > The rough figures I'm working with here is $800 for a 18 port rackmount > power > injector. Voltage and pinning jumper selectable per port. Per-port control > of > power and sync. Probably some redundant power and other things built in, > but > I'm still nailing those details down (a lot of it comes down to space on > the > front panel of the enclosure). > > PLEASE NOTE: The prices here are soft - until I get the design completed I > won't > know what I can sell this for - as many of you know I try to price things > at a > fair price as opposed to what the market will bear. > > The main questions I have for the list are: > > Is 18 the correct number of ports? 18 is looking like about the most I can > fit > based on front panel dimensions. This corresponds to 3 blocks of 6 ports > (if > you lose a port and need to replace it, you'd replace 6 at a time). > > Other options are 16 (4 blocks of 4), and pretty much any smaller > quantities of > ports which are divisible by 4 or 6. > > I guess what I'm really asking here is whether the 18 port version for > $800 is > the only version of this I should make or carry, or does it make sense to > sell > (as an example) an 8 port version for $400 instead of or in addition to > this? > > -- > > Forrest Christian CEO, PacketFlux Technologies, Inc. > > Tel: 406-449-3345 | Address: 3577 Countryside Road, Helena, MT 59602 > forre...@imach.com | http://www.packetflux.com > > < > > -- *Forrest Christian* *CEO**, PacketFlux Technologies, Inc.* Tel: 406-449-3345 | Address: 3577 Countryside Road, Helena, MT 59602 forre...@imach.com | http://www.packetflux.com <http://www.linkedin.com/in/fwchristian> <http://facebook.com/packetflux> <http://twitter.com/@packetflux>
