Cambium sync is going to happen... but I didn't want to hold this
injector
any longer.
My choice was to ship a functional, solid, working injector now
which does
everything but cambium sync, or hold it for a few more months. At some
point I just have to ship something, instead of waiting until some
fictional
future point where there aren't any additional features to be added.
The advantage here is that the controller and enclosure will remain the
same. Customers who want cambium sync can wait a bit more, or can
buy the
system as it is and swap out boards as needed down the road.
The other driving factor is that Cambium sync will be increasing the
sale
price by at least $10 and maybe as much as $20 per port. This means
that
there is a good chance that a fully loaded cambium sync rackinjector
will
cost around $250 more than the non-cambium sync version. For those
people
who don't need cambium sync, this is a big jump for a feature they
don't
need, so I'll be selling both versions.
-forrest
On Mon, Jan 30, 2017 at 9:17 AM, Ken Hohhof <[email protected]> wrote:
New installations will be biased toward new APs, so Cambium sync
may be a
critical feature.
From: Af [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Forrest Christian
(List Account)
Sent: Monday, January 30, 2017 9:30 AM
To: af <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] PacketFlux Rackmount Injector Update
Yes. Currently there is only one board type for the slots... You
will be
able to order it with any number of slots filled - the rest will
have blanks
put in place. It is designed so end users can add, remove or swap
each
board.
The current board is essentially our current powerinjector+sync in
that
form factor - 4 ports, each jumperable for any gigabit-compatible
power
scheme, and each jumperable to select one of the three voltage input
sources.
There are two additional board types on the drawing board. The one
most
interesting to my existing customers will add support for cambium
sync which
is compatible with the 450i and 450m.
On Mon, Jan 30, 2017 at 8:12 AM, That One Guy /sarcasm
<[email protected]> wrote:
is this mix and match for the 4 slots?
On Mon, Jan 30, 2017 at 8:35 AM, Forrest Christian (List Account)
<[email protected]> wrote:
For those eagerly waiting for the RackMount Injector....
The engineering validations I mentioned before have been completed. I
discovered one minor board error, which has been corrected. I also
took
advantage of the additional board revision to make another minor
circuit
revision which will improve performance. At this point, what we
hope are
the final verification boards are on order. Because of how minor the
revision was to the boards, we have decided to go ahead and release
this to
part purchasing - which basically means we're buying everything we
need to
actually build these. We should be able to validate the final board
revision and have actual production boards here before all of the
other
parts arrive. This will also give us a chance to modify the
circuit board
if we discover a parts availability issue during the purchasing
process.
We've issued almost all of the purchase orders for parts for the first
production run - we're now waiting for final confirmation of
delivery dates.
I expect these this week, with the caveat that in a couple of cases
we're
dealing with the non-joys of trying to get things done during
China's spring
festival holiday. At least one vendor is shut down completely
until the
3rd, and I'm sure there will be a bit of backlog when everyone
returns to
work.
Once I have confirmed orders with estimated ship dates and validated
pricing for almost everything, I'll get the unit up on the website
to do
pre-orders with a semi-definite ship date. At this point, I'm
guessing
either just before or just after WISPAMERICA. We're hoping for
just before
since I would much rather tell people that the product is shipping
than
explain why it isn't. But the reality is that there isn't much
time before
WISPAMERICA so I'm guessing I'll be explaining.
One more teaser image is attached.
--
Forrest Christian CEO, PacketFlux Technologies, Inc.
Tel: 406-449-3345 | Address: 3577 Countryside Road, Helena, MT 59602
[email protected] | http://www.packetflux.com
--
If you only see yourself as part of the team but you don't see your
team
as part of yourself you have already failed as part of the team.
--
Forrest Christian CEO, PacketFlux Technologies, Inc.
Tel: 406-449-3345 | Address: 3577 Countryside Road, Helena, MT 59602
[email protected] | http://www.packetflux.com
--
Forrest Christian CEO, PacketFlux Technologies, Inc.
Tel: 406-449-3345 | Address: 3577 Countryside Road, Helena, MT 59602
[email protected] | http://www.packetflux.com
