I graph/poll the SNMP sync stat. There's one AP that gives me some hassle but all of the other ones are just fine.
Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Wed, Jul 26, 2017 at 3:41 PM, Steve Jones <[email protected]> wrote: > review your AP logs, you might be suprised > > On Wed, Jul 26, 2017 at 2:11 PM, Josh Baird <[email protected]> wrote: > >> GPS pucks are perfectly reliable for us. >> >> On Wed, Jul 26, 2017 at 3:07 PM, Steve Jones <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> packetflux is the only way to sync, everything else is garbage, GPS >>> pucks aren't reliable, CTMs and CMMs are a waste of money and are no where >>> near as versatile, cambium cant get their pucks to work, so I wouldn't >>> trust their little syncpipe knockoffs either. Ala-cart sync, switch >>> agnostic, no worries. Small sites you can split one injector to power >>> and/or sync a mix of voltages and pinouts, PLUS (this is a big thing) two >>> Fridays ago, after hours, had an issue with getting one working, got direct >>> communication from packetflux and got things going, good luck with that >>> from cambium and their new tiered support >>> >>> On Wed, Jul 26, 2017 at 1:54 PM, George Skorup <[email protected] >>> > wrote: >>> >>>> It's not only the antenna. Newer 1000 boards and all 2k's have a >>>> GPS+GLONASS receiver. They also updated the 450AP a couple years ago with a >>>> revision that includes this receiver. GPS-only kinda always sucked. With >>>> GLONASS added, you have a lot more sats available, so the probability of >>>> maintaining lock is much, much better. I really wish Forrest would start >>>> using this in his pipes and boxes. >>>> >>>> Typically moving the antenna a few inches or a foot says there's some >>>> multipath going on. And sometimes the receivers just get confused and need >>>> a power-cycle. I have some SyncPipes on 1-foot stand-offs with another 300' >>>> of tower above them and rain will make them see no sats. >>>> >>>> What has worked better for me than anything else is a SyncInjector and >>>> pipe/box on the ground away from tower steel and lots of RF. Even then, >>>> those get confused sometimes too. Usually when I see really bad fading at >>>> night during the summer, I'll see that tracked sats will go from the normal >>>> 9-12 down to 5-7, but they rarely lose lock. >>>> >>>> Once upon a time, I had a SyncInjector and a pipe running in the server >>>> room for 4-5 days (because I forgot to run a cable outside for the pipe). >>>> It worked fine... until it rained. >>>> >>>> >>>> On 7/26/2017 1:31 PM, Nate Burke wrote: >>>> >>>>> When we first started using EPMP, (5ghz, with GPS) we had some AP's >>>>> would keep losing satellites. Then after our first couple installs, >>>>> everything just Worked after that. Slap the GPS antenna on any random >>>>> surface, and lots-o-satellites with no issues. Now the New AP's we're >>>>> getting out of Distribution have the GLONASS label on the antennas, and >>>>> we're back to having hit and miss GPS again at new sites. Are the new >>>>> antennas less sensitive? At one location, 1 out of the 4 APs was going >>>>> from 12 satellites tracked (20 visible) to 0 Satellites tracked (still 20 >>>>> visible) at random times. We moved the GPS Puck about 4 inches >>>>> vertically, >>>>> and now it has a steady 17 satellites tracked. >>>>> >>>>> Has something changed with the Antennas? >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >> >
