Re: [WISPA] Resends of TowerCoverage Website Submissions

[Jim Patient]

Ok,  here is what we came up with.  Login and go to My Account, under APIs 
click EUS API Templates.   The map they see at the end will be the map ID you 
enter.  To get your map ID just open the map you want to use and the last 
numbers in the URL is the map ID.  Should be a drop down to select the map 
later but not there yet. Click the little question marks to see tool tips.  
Once you have the colors and options the way you want them, click show code.  
The needed HTML code will be generated. Copy and paste the code into a page on 
your website.  You can test it before actually using it to see how it looks.  
Keep in mind this form uses the API system so API calls are counted as 
submissions are entered.   The standard iframe does not count against API 
calls.  We will be updating the wiki but not done yet.

Now you don’t need a programmer to customize the look and feel of the form.  
You still have the option of doing your own programming though if you don’t 
like this one.

Hope this helps.


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From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf 
Of James Wilson
Sent: Monday, July 11, 2016 2:23 PM
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Subject: Re: [WISPA] Resends of TowerCoverage Website Submissions


Can't wait, thanks in advance!
On Jul 11, 2016 2:55 PM, "Jim Patient" 
mailto:jpati...@linktechs.net>> wrote:
I have one of the programmers working on this.  We are going to build templates 
that are customizable for your websites.  You will be able to download them 
free.  You will have a number of different options to choose from.  The 
templates will need to be loaded on your webserver and use the API system to 
push the data into towercoverage.com.

I don’t have an ETA for completion just yet.  There is a lot of programming 
work to do to integrate this with your multimap.  Hopefully a week or 2 to get 
one to test with.

Jim

From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org 
[mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On 
Behalf Of James Wilson
Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2016 11:54 AM
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Subject: Re: [WISPA] Resends of TowerCoverage Website Submissions


I don't have all of the answers, but there are people that do web page design 
to make it more intuitive.  Here are some examples:

http://www.creativebloq.com/web-design/5-ways-make-your-web-designs-more-intuitive-91516938

http://www.designforfounders.com/web-app-ux/

I don't know how to do this, but there are consultants that do.  The 
functionality of TowerCoverage is there, but the user interface is lacking.

You can complain about people not reading directions or you can make its easier 
to read the directions - or make the flow so that they don't even need to read 
the directions.  The best sites guide people along with different pages for 
different steps - don't put too much information on each page.

We spend an inordinate amount of time with people that just don't 'get' what 
the EUS form wants them to do.  We find that they don't why they need to move 
the pin to their location or have no idea what Captcha is.

We could spend the money to have someone write (and maintain) a page to work 
with the API, but that's what we pay TowerCoverage for.

The back end is there, now it just needs a better user interface.  Often the 
people writing web site backends are not the same people writing the front end, 
it's a whole different way of thinking.
We give you the ability to edit the text in the landing page they get to 
explain what happens next.  You can also edit the text on the title of the 
iframe.  If you’re using the API and have your own form then obviously you can 
explain how it works there.  Not much we can do about users that don’t read the 
instructions and message text before just hitting back and resubmitting.

We’re open to suggestions on better ways to do things.

Jim

From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org 
[mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On 
Behalf Of James Wilson
Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2016 10:00 AM
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Could be the prospective customer is expecting an instant reply about service 
availability and fills out the form and retries.

I've watched people fill out the form.  It's unintuitive and confuses a lot of 
people.
On Jun 29, 2016 10:50 AM, "Jim Patient" 
mailto:jpati...@linktechs.net>> wrote:
Take a look at your EUS data.  Lanich hit submit 3 times about 30 seconds 
apart.   Did you get multiple emails for Cutlip EUS? Cutlip has a single 

[WISPA] Can anyone service this address?

[Martha Huizenga]

 This is for one of my client's sons.

It's 3347 Dumaine St.  New Orleans 70119

Hit me off list - mar...@dcaccess.net

Thanks.
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[WISPA] Can anyone service this address?

[Martha Huizenga]

This is for one of my client's sons.

It's 3347 Dumaine St.  New Orleans 70119

Hit me off list - mar...@dcaccess.net

Thanks.
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Re: [WISPA] DC UPS (and Solar?) Setup.

[Forrest Christian (List Account)]

In relation to the sitemonitor base unit:

It's perfectly fine with running off of the battery voltage directly, and
can use a different voltage on each voltage input as long as they share the
same common.  (I.E. +12V battery and +48V regulated is ok, + and - 48VDC is
not).   Just make sure you fuse the input at somewhere around 1A.

On the solar side:  I like the morningstar controllers, they have a new
prostar MPPT which might even be better for those sites.   Our solar charge
controller support is also going to have at least a half-dozen or so
additional controllers added to the list here shortly.

-forrest


On Jul 14, 2016 2:29 PM, "Duncan Scott"  wrote:

> Hi,
>
> So historically we've been a mostly AC setup, but I'm trying to figure
> out a DC setup for some of our smaller sites, and hopefully a solar
> setup as well. I'm new to all of this though so I'm trying to see if
> anyone has any written guides or part lists. Basic goal is to power an
> airfiber or equivalent and A few Canopy or Ubnt APs.
>
> Here's what I've been looking at so far:
>
> 48v DC power supply
> Traco TSP-BCMU360
> Packetflux Site monitor 2 base
> Packetflux SiteMonitor 6 Channel Switch Closure Input
> Neotonix DC switch
>
> This seems to work okay, the TSP-BCMU360 charges and monitors the
> battery and the Packetflux Sitemonitor provides a network connection to
> monitor the status.
>
> Issues so far:
>
> I'm running the site monitor off the BCMU, but this means that it's
> input power is 48v, I want to monitor the voltage of the battery, but
> that's just 12v and I don't think I can have different voltages plugged
> into the two inputs to the site monitor. Another option would be to have
> the site monitor powered off the batteries directly, but that seems bad...
>
> Is the packetflux stuff the best solution for this, or is there another
> web enabling option? Seem pretty good so far, but I'm not even sure what
> the other options are.
>
> The other issue is I have no idea what I should be using for
> breaker/fuses for the equipment. A suggested list of DIN mountable stuff
> I should have would be super useful if someone has it on hand. Also who
> to order this stuff from.
>
> The other thing I would like to try is some kind of solar setup. Again
> it need to be monitored remotely. Power draw would be as low as I could
> manage. This is Oregon, so not lots of snow, but there are a lot of
> cloudy days. Packetflux makes several items that integrate with Morning
> Star controllers. It that a good way to go? Something like a TS-MPPT-30?
>
> Batteries are another thing. I'm also very curious if Lithium ion
> batteries are feasible yet. This would need a different charger but it
> would save a TON of space and maybe even be cost effective given the
> smaller enclosure size that would be possible.
>
> Then there is the issue of what solar panels to buy.
>
> If anyone has any thoughts, comments, links, documents, etc. I'd really
> appreciate it.
>
> Thanks,
> Duncan
>
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