4x markup for something that works is very reasonable. 10x or more
markup for a poorly-built device is a bit much.. They could have at
least included a hot glue stick to fix the dang power connector.
Vlad
On 2/17/2017 4:20 PM, Jaime Solorza wrote:
Nothing new. Solectek got started by using a PC, SMC Ethernet card,
NCR WaveLAN card and KarlNet software on memory card. Back then
parts about 600..sold for 2499.00 if I recall... Same with OverLAN and
TTI.....
On Feb 17, 2017 3:06 PM, "Vlad Sedov" <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Well, I can see paying premium for radios.. After all, they work
good, and make us lots of money.. They are well-engineered and
tested for the most part.
The CMM5 controller is a hobby-grade piece of untested
off-the-shelf crap, and does not justify the price tag.
Vlad
On 2/17/2017 4:02 PM, Keefe John wrote:
So they're charging $995.00 for something that likely cost them <
$50. Now you know their profit margins on radios and other hardware.
Keefe
On 2/17/2017 3:28 PM, Vlad Sedov wrote:
Awesome! Can't wait. We have a bunch of these Medusas going up
in the near future..
Vlad
On 2/17/2017 3:17 PM, Forrest Christian (List Account) wrote:
So this looks like as good of a place as any to provide this
tidbit:
I finally found the component I was looking for to complete the
cambium sync design here, and I now have a breadboarded
solution to sync Medusa (and 450i) via 'cambium sync) here.
Seems to be working. I'm in the process of getting the design
on a prototype board for the rackmount injector. This *is*
going to be more expensive than the non-cambium sync version,
but for roughly the price of just that controller, you should
be able to get the rackmount chassis+controller plus either 8
of injection, and a syncbox GPS receiver. For probably around
$1200 or so, you should be able to get a fully loaded one with
16 ports of sync.
I'm *not* holding this injector for this for reasons I
described in earlier threads, but add a month or two after
WISPAMERICA and this should be shipping.
-forrest
On Fri, Feb 17, 2017 at 10:13 AM, Vlad Sedov <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
The only reason we got this is to properly sync our Medusa
APs from the base of the tower, and maintain a clean
gigabit ethernet link.
If Forrest had a product that did the same thing, we would
be all over it. Literally every other piece of GPS sync
hardware we use is from PacketFlux.
Vlad
On 2/17/2017 11:09 AM, Mathew Howard wrote:
You could also buy all the parts to do the same thing with
PacketFlux gear for a whole lot less than $800... I don't
think the actual cost of building the hardware has much to
do with the price of a CMM
On Fri, Feb 17, 2017 at 10:55 AM, Adam Moffett
<[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
You couldn't write the software for it for $100.
Are you looking at a prototype or a finished product?
Link?
------ Original Message ------
From: "Vlad Sedov" <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>>
To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
Sent: 2/17/2017 11:53:31 AM
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] CMM5 controller.. Are you
serious, Cambium?
No doubt, but for $800, I would expect something a
bit more um.. rugged. I can build this for about $100.
Vlad
On 2/17/2017 10:36 AM, Adam Moffett wrote:
Just like you, they're in business to make money.
------ Original Message ------
From: "Vlad Sedov" <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>>
To: "[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>"
<[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>
Sent: 2/17/2017 10:31:01 AM
Subject: [AFMUG] CMM5 controller.. Are you
serious, Cambium?
$700-900 for a $35 Raspberry Pi
controller, a DC-DC regulator, and a metal
box?
Looks like OpenWRT-type Linux distro with
LuCI web interface, and a module to
control the CMM5.
Seems a bit steep, no?
peace
Vlad
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