Or notes in the gigE powerinjector that says it works with
*this radio
*that radio
*the next radio


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On Mon, Sep 11, 2017 at 3:11 PM, Mathew Howard <[email protected]> wrote:

> You might want to consider renaming it or something, because it does tend
> to give the impression that you need something special for an airFiber.
>
> On Mon, Sep 11, 2017 at 1:37 PM, Forrest Christian (List Account) <
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
>> You're close.   The AirFiber came out because I expected it to need more
>> power than the 4 or 8 port port poe could handle.
>>
>> Nowadays it's just a single port version of the gige powerinjector,
>> complete with internal jumpers, minus the sync.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sep 11, 2017 11:41 AM, "George Skorup" <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>> I want to say the single-port AF injector came out before Forrest had the
>> 4/8-port GigE injectors done. Or maybe even before they were designed. And
>> that's simply because of the GigE + 4-pair injection scheme. That was one
>> of the few radios at the time that required 4 pairs because of the power
>> consumption.
>>
>> Forrest said the newer relays he's using on the GigE 4/8-port injectors
>> will handle the current fine. The older orange Omron relays not so much.
>> I've burned up quite a few of them over the years. Luckily they're not too
>> difficult to replace.
>>
>> I'd just use a GigE PowerInjector+Sync these days. You get 2A per port
>> using 4-pair injection. Plus solid-state over-current protection. Or the
>> 5ch PDU and GigE-POE-APCs. There are many good options now. The
>> RackInjector is gonna be awesome. And I hope to see the 12-port
>> PowerInjector+Sync later for the smaller cabinets. Fuses and wiring drives
>> me nuts.
>>
>>
>> On 9/11/2017 12:08 PM, Adam Moffett wrote:
>>
>> It so happens an AF24 is exactly what I'm looking at.
>>
>>
>> ------ Original Message ------
>> From: "Mathew Howard" <[email protected]>
>> To: "af" <[email protected]>
>> Sent: 9/11/2017 12:56:13 PM
>> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Packetflux Airfiber POE
>>
>> If I remember correctly, the 4 port works fine. I think the reason for
>> the special one was because the airFiber 24 draws so much power, but if I
>> remember right, it was determined later on that the normal injectors would
>> handle it fine (and I'm pretty sure I had one running on one at one point).
>> It certainly wouldn't be an issue with anything other than the 24ghz
>> airfbers anyhow, since the others all use a lot less power.
>>
>> On Mon, Sep 11, 2017 at 11:40 AM, Adam Moffett <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I'm wondering why there is a special AirFiber POE device for
>>> Packetflux.  Will AirFiber not work with the 4 port gigE POE adapter?
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>

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