Leave them open. If it really bothers someone there is wide black tape.
On Tue, Mar 8, 2016 at 2:39 PM, Forrest Christian (List Account) < li...@packetflux.com> wrote: > 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> > >
