I confirmed with support that they weren't able to sync. 

Jon Langeler
Michwave Technologies, Inc.


> On Nov 21, 2016, at 10:58 PM, Bill Prince <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> We have PTP450s installed, and they appear to be syncing with co-located 
> PMP450s.
> 
> 
> bp
> <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com>
> 
>> On 11/21/2016 7:56 PM, Jon Langeler wrote:
>> Except it doesn't sync with anything yet. They may have fixed it in 15.0 but 
>> I haven't had time to test it.
>> 
>> Jon Langeler
>> Michwave Technologies, Inc.
>> 
>> 
>> On Nov 21, 2016, at 10:47 PM, Bill Prince <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>>> That's correct. The PTP450 does support sync, but not over power. It's the 
>>> timing port or the highway.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> bp
>>> <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com>
>>> 
>>>> On 11/21/2016 4:06 PM, Mathew Howard wrote:
>>>> If I remember right, PTP450 does support               sync, just not sync 
>>>> over power (so you have to use the timing port), but AF-3x does have a 
>>>> pretty significant speed advantage, since they can use 40mhz channels and 
>>>> the PTP450 is limited to 20mhz (if I'm remembering right). 
>>>> 
>>>>> On Mon, Nov 21, 2016 at 5:09 PM, Ken Hohhof <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>> Good point, I forgot the 3.65 band allows up to 1W/MHz EIRP, so maybe the 
>>>>> conducted xmt power is higher than the 2 and 5 GHz variants.
>>>>> 
>>>>>  
>>>>> 
>>>>> Oh, and I was looking at AF3x vs PTP450 3.65                           
>>>>> connectorized today, and was surprised to see that Cambium was actually 
>>>>> cheaper.  Not quite                           apples-to-apples since if I 
>>>>> remember right PTP450 doesn’t support GPS sync?  And AFx includes the GPS 
>>>>> antenna.
>>>>> 
>>>>>  
>>>>> 
>>>>>  
>>>>> 
>>>>> From: Af [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Colin Stanners
>>>>> Sent: Monday, November 21, 2016 4:17 PM
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> To: [email protected]
>>>>> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Cambium PMP450 3.65 pricing?
>>>>>  
>>>>> 
>>>>> It may be amplifiers are the reason for the 3.65SM heatsink and a 
>>>>> contributor to the higher pricing. There's a variety of COTS high-power 
>>>>> 2ghz and 5ghz 256-QAM-capable amplifier ICs that I've seen inside various 
>>>>> WISP products, it could be there is nothing easily available for 3.65 so 
>>>>> that is a cause of the additional hardware/cooling and partially cost.
>>>>> 
>>>>>  
>>>>> 
>>>>> On Nov 21, 2016 6:48 AM, "Stefan Englhardt" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> I guess calculation is different for 3.65. They sell much less and in 
>>>>> 5GHz there are more competitors.
>>>>> 
>>>>> I dont believe UBNT/Cambium does something LTE Based. This SIM-Stuff and 
>>>>> complicated infrastructure would hinder low cost. Wasn't there any 
>>>>> licensing the vendor has to pay for patents? UBNT want to target their 
>>>>> airmax price range.
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
>>>>> > Von: Af [mailto:[email protected]] Im Auftrag von Ken Hohhof
>>>>> > Gesendet: Montag, 21. November 2016 12:37
>>>>> > An: [email protected]
>>>>> > Betreff: Re: [AFMUG] Cambium PMP450 3.65 pricing?
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Take a look at AF-3x pricing vs AF-5x, parts cost is probably the same 
>>>>> > but
>>>>> > Ubiquiti prices it at double.  Also, I wouldn't expect any vendor to 
>>>>> > rush a new
>>>>> > 3.65 product to market unless it is fully CBRS compatible and probably 
>>>>> > LTE
>>>>> > based.
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Best we could probably hope for is Cambium does some kind of HW refresh
>>>>> > based on the new wideband SM and brings the price down.  It's not 
>>>>> > obvious to
>>>>> > me why the 3.65 SM is different from the 5 GHz SM, with the heatsink 
>>>>> > fins and
>>>>> > different LEDs, like it is based on the 450i design or something.  It's 
>>>>> > not like you
>>>>> > are going to run 40 MHz channels in 3.65.  There's something going on 
>>>>> > that's
>>>>> > not apparent to the casual observer.
>>>>> >
>>>>> >
>>>>> > -----Original Message-----
>>>>> > From: Af [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Stefan Englhardt
>>>>> > Sent: Monday, November 21, 2016 2:59 AM
>>>>> > To: [email protected]
>>>>> > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Cambium PMP450 3.65 pricing?
>>>>> >
>>>>> > I think there is 0,1% possibility this will happen.
>>>>> > As I understand the parameters of both systems are quite different. It 
>>>>> > would
>>>>> > need a lot of work to make them GPS-Compatible. Think you are Pera and 
>>>>> > have
>>>>> > the choice of bringing this to market 2017 or make compatibility and 
>>>>> > bring this
>>>>> > to market 2018. Guess what ...
>>>>> >
>>>>> >
>>>>> > > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
>>>>> > > Von: Af [mailto:[email protected]] Im Auftrag von Josh Reynolds
>>>>> > > Gesendet: Montag, 21. November 2016 09:13
>>>>> > > An: [email protected]
>>>>> > > Betreff: Re: [AFMUG] Cambium PMP450 3.65 pricing?
>>>>> > >
>>>>> > > "I just hope that Ubiquiti can copy the exact timing parameters from
>>>>> > > the Cambium products"
>>>>> > >
>>>>> > > Good luck with that.
>>>>> > >
>>>>> > > I understand it could be a good way to transition, don't get me wrong,
>>>>> > > I just don't (A) think they really care, for whatever reason and (B)
>>>>> > > built their own system from the ground up with what they wanted to
>>>>> > maximize performance.
>>>>> > >
>>>>> > > On Sun, Nov 20, 2016 at 10:35 PM, Kurt Fankhauser
>>>>> > > <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>> > > > I just hope that Ubiquiti can copy the exact timing parameters from
>>>>> > > > the Cambium products so we can mix and match Cambium/UBNT PtMP in
>>>>> > > the
>>>>> > > > same frequency band in the network. Im getting so much 450 gear up
>>>>> > > > that it just has to be synced because its so dense, I wont' be able
>>>>> > > > to coordinate throwing some other brand of AP in their and having to
>>>>> > > > watch frequency usage even closer.
>>>>> > > >
>>>>> > > > On Sun, Nov 20, 2016 at 11:28 PM, Jon Langeler
>>>>> > > > <[email protected]>
>>>>> > > > wrote:
>>>>> > > >>
>>>>> > > >> Yeah can't wait
>>>>> > > >>
>>>>> > > >> Jon Langeler
>>>>> > > >> Michwave Technologies, Inc.
>>>>> > > >>
>>>>> > > >>
>>>>> > > >> On Nov 20, 2016, at 11:09 PM, Kurt Fankhauser
>>>>> > > >> <[email protected]>
>>>>> > > >> wrote:
>>>>> > > >>
>>>>> > > >> No I'm not good with paying that price for it but what else are we
>>>>> > > >> supposed to do? That's still the cheapeast 3.65ghz solution out 
>>>>> > > >> right now.
>>>>> > > >> Now its going to get real interesting if Airfiber PtMP comes out
>>>>> > > >> with some 3.65ghz gear....
>>>>> > > >>
>>>>> > > >> On Sun, Nov 20, 2016 at 10:48 PM, Ken Hohhof <[email protected]>
>>>>> > > wrote:
>>>>> > > >>>
>>>>> > > >>> Depends on what you mean by "good".
>>>>> > > >>>
>>>>> > > >>> Actually we buy the 20M SM at around $315 and for special
>>>>> > > >>> occasions the uncapped integral panel at around $500 including the
>>>>> > > >>> tilt bracket, so worse than your $275.
>>>>> > > >>>
>>>>> > > >>> They are certainly more expensive than we'd like, but you do what
>>>>> > > >>> you gotta do.  We do have a lot of 3.65 Lite APs so we save a
>>>>> > > >>> little at that end.
>>>>> > > >>>
>>>>> > > >>> If you go through a lot of them, I'd work with your reseller to
>>>>> > > >>> negotiate a volume discount from Cambium.  Like commit to 200 SMs
>>>>> > > >>> over the next year, see if they'll give you a better price, and
>>>>> > > >>> then take deliveries 50 at a time.  It won't be 50% off, but
>>>>> > > >>> you'll probably get something.  On the other hand, if you're like
>>>>> > > >>> me and most of your volume is 5 GHz, then just open your wallet,
>>>>> > > >>> unless you want to do LTE.
>>>>> > > >>>
>>>>> > > >>>
>>>>> > > >>>
>>>>> > > >>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> > > >>> From: Af [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jon Langeler
>>>>> > > >>> Sent: Sunday, November 20, 2016 9:25 PM
>>>>> > > >>> To: [email protected]
>>>>> > > >>> Subject: [AFMUG] Cambium PMP450 3.65 pricing?
>>>>> > > >>>
>>>>> > > >>> Is everyone good with paying $275 for cambium 10Mbps SMs ? Or has
>>>>> > > >>> everyone just jumped ship?
>>>>> > > >>>
>>>>> > > >>> Jon Langeler
>>>>> > > >>> Michwave Technologies, Inc.
>>>>> > > >>>
>>>>> > > >>>
>>>>> > > >>>
>>>>> > > >>
>>>>> > > >
>>>>> >
>>>>> >
>>>>> >
>>>>> >
>>>>> 
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