If a surge suppressor gets wounded it can cause all kinds of problems.  As a 
sacrificial element, it is sometimes not clear if they have taken too many 
hits.  Best way to test is just bypass and see what happens.  

From: Josh Luthman 
Sent: Monday, April 30, 2018 12:16 PM
To: [email protected] 
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Problems with Packetflux Powerinjector

It's probably 20-30 feet of cat5 at the most.  I've been doing 24v since day 
one and it's gone through a couple of winters now.  Thing is that we don't 
reboot when it's 5* and the batteries are all inside on the ground. 

Chuck...would epmp have problems here rebooting/not powering for a few minutes 
with bad SS cards?


Josh Luthman
Office: 937-552-2340
Direct: 937-552-2343
1100 Wayne St
Suite 1337
Troy, OH 45373

On Mon, Apr 30, 2018 at 1:50 PM, Steve Jones <[email protected]> wrote:

  IIRC the issues are connected if the surge suppressors are in line. I dont 
recall if the ones we had that were rebooting were resolved with just the port 
speed or bypassing. 
  Using 48 v makes sure the EPMP doesnt freeze, they will with the 24, and if 
its long runs the power drop may be an issue too

  On Mon, Apr 30, 2018 at 12:42 PM, Josh Luthman <[email protected]> 
wrote:

    No ethernet problems - it's POWER.



    Josh Luthman
    Office: 937-552-2340
    Direct: 937-552-2343
    1100 Wayne St
    Suite 1337
    Troy, OH 45373


    On Mon, Apr 30, 2018 at 1:35 PM, Steve Jones <[email protected]> 
wrote:

      If you have the old MT surge suppressors with EPMP there was an issue 
with this and negotiation. I believe current revisions have resolved it. Also, 
if you are only running 20mhz channels you dont need gigabit connectivity, so 
you can lock ports to 100mbps to help

      On Mon, Apr 30, 2018 at 12:16 PM, Josh Luthman 
<[email protected]> wrote:

        I've got two of these with problems: 
http://store.packetflux.com/powerinjector-plus-sync-gigabit-version/ 

        However one of these gives me no problems: 
http://store.packetflux.com/sitemonitor-4-channel-gigabit-poe-injector-controller/

        I have a 24vdc plant going up the tower.  In the box it feeds these 
three Packetflux units.  The 4 channel POE injector has given me 0 problems.

        I've got Cambium ePMP on the PowerInjector and it has been randomly? 
rebooting units for several months.  Yesterday one of the ports just decided to 
turn off for 20 minutes and come right back.  We've replaced the line & radio 
to make sure it's the box, but all signs point to it.

        Has anyone else seen this or am I lucky in getting the only two units 
with power problems on them?  AFAIK sync has been just as reliable as the power 
through them.


        Josh Luthman
        Office: 937-552-2340
        Direct: 937-552-2343
        1100 Wayne St
        Suite 1337
        Troy, OH 45373



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