We use a small 5” inch box with a belt clip. Inside is a tiny 12V lead acid battery because it is forgiving and easy to charge in the car. It has a 48volt dc/dc converter with a switch that lets us choose between 12v and 48V so that we can power either Ubiquiti or wimax CPEs. We have a volt/Amp guage so that we can clearly see what voltage is selected and see the condition of the battery. The amp guage is handy as it indicates if something is wrong with the line or cpe/line we are testing. A thermal fuse protects everything against bad cat5,cpes or misconnections. We also have a red jumper with the power lines crossed in case we need to power up an older Canopy unit. Lastly the cigarette lighter port means we can power odd ball devices or a small ac inverter. Been using that for years.
I was planning to add an airgateway with Static IPs + DHCP so we can connect to all the different types of equipment we use wirelessly. If I can’t script it to choose the appropriate default gateway I may use a raspberry pi instead. Although instead of even doing that. I may next build lithium batteries and wifi into the spare room in the CPE case. Then its just the cpe on a pole and an iPhone to hold onto. Maybe put an iphone case on the pole. Matt Corcoran Stratos networks. From: Af <af-boun...@afmug.com> on behalf of David Coudron <david.coud...@advantenon.com> Reply-To: "af@afmug.com" <af@afmug.com> Date: Thursday, May 11, 2017 at 10:32 PM To: "af@afmug.com" <af@afmug.com> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] battery powered wireless test unit We are using the same. Works very well as it has the access point built in and you can connect from your phone. They also have 48V upconvertor if you are not using 24V. Thanks, David Coudron david.coud...@advantenon.com<mailto:david.coud...@advantenon.com> | Mobile: 612-991-7474 Advantenon, Inc. [id:image001.png@01CEE562.60FF8FC0] <http://www.linkedin.com/company/Advantenon> [id:image002.png@01CEE562.60FF8FC0] <http://www.twitter.com/Advantenon> [id:image003.png@01CEE562.60FF8FC0] <http://www.facebook.com/Advantenon> [id:image004.png@01CEE562.60FF8FC0] <http://blog.advantenon.com/> i...@advantenon.com<mailto:i...@advantenon.com> | 3500 Vicksburg Lane N, Suite 315, Plymouth, MN 55447 | www.advantenon.com<http://www.advantenon.com/> | Phone: 800-704-4720 | Local: 612-454-1545 [cid:image005.jpg@01D2CB06.F7E44420] From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Sean Heskett Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2017 9:20 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] battery powered wireless test unit This: http://www.linktechs.net/productcart/pc/viewPrd.asp?idproduct=2251&idcategory= -Sean On Thu, May 11, 2017 at 5:11 PM Keith Fletcher <anotherwirelessl...@gmail.com<mailto:anotherwirelessl...@gmail.com>> wrote: What are you guys using for battery powered wireless testing units?
