[AFMUG] Cambium discontinuing the traditional wall wart power supply

2015-06-05 Thread Mark Radabaugh
So is anyone else unhappy with Cambium’s decision to EOL the traditional power 
supply?

The replacement part is a Ubiquiti or ePMP brick style.   It costs more, does 
not include the power cord, and requires an additional CAT5 jumper cable.

While the current supply has it’s issues (hard to plug into a power strip) it’s 
simple to troubleshoot over the phone with a customer with limited ways to 
screw it up.   I think this is going to create more ‘miswire’ service calls.


Mark

Re: [AFMUG] Cambium discontinuing the traditional wall wart power supply

2015-06-05 Thread Jeremy
I thought everyone stopped using those years ago.  I didn't even realize
that they still made them.  They aren't grounded and provide no path to
ground for the radio.  I just make sure that I explain to each customer
that the 'POE' side provides power to the radio, and anything else that you
plugin to it will be permanently fried.  I haven't had anyone do that yet.

On Fri, Jun 5, 2015 at 8:37 AM, Mark Radabaugh m...@amplex.net wrote:

 So is anyone else unhappy with Cambium’s decision to EOL the traditional
 power supply?

 The replacement part is a Ubiquiti or ePMP brick style.   It costs more,
 does not include the power cord, and requires an additional CAT5 jumper
 cable.

 While the current supply has it’s issues (hard to plug into a power strip)
 it’s simple to troubleshoot over the phone with a customer with limited
 ways to screw it up.   I think this is going to create more ‘miswire’
 service calls.


 Mark


Re: [AFMUG] Cambium discontinuing the traditional wall wart power supply

2015-06-05 Thread Christopher Gray
In a presentation earlier this year they had 5 versions of the C3
devices.

One was a C3-201W which included PoE, 2.4 GHz WiFi, 5 GHz WiFi, and *no*
VoIP. MSRP was listed as $110.

-Chris

On Fri, Jun 5, 2015 at 12:43 PM, Matt matt.mailingli...@gmail.com wrote:

  Mark, I guess you could look at the C3VOIP200 since it includes
 Canopy/ePMP
  compatible POE on the WAN port.

 I so wish they made a version of it with WIFI and without VOIP.



  Find the thin wire coming off the 1” block and follow that to the power
  supply.
 
  9/10 times, the customer will argue with me that it doesn't run to
  anything because they can't find it in their mess of wires.  Or that it
  runs to their router (because the Router power cord looks the same size)
 
 
 
 
  On 6/5/2015 10:27 AM, Mark Radabaugh wrote:
 
  Interesting.   I always found it pretty easy to troubleshoot.
 
  On the back of the router find the 3” long flat black cable that goes
 into
  a 1” square black box.   Is it plugged into the WAN port on the router?
 Oh -
  you plugged that flat black cord into the wall jack?  Swap the ends -
 the
  flat black cord goes in the router.   Find the cord plugged into the
 1” box
  and follow that to the wall jack.  Is it plugged in securely at both
 ends?
  Find the thin wire coming off the 1” block and follow that to the power
  supply.  Is it plugged in and the green light on?  No?  Plug it in.
  If the
  green light is on unplug the power supply and tell me if the light goes
 out
  right away.   It fades away slowly?  Then there is a break in the wire
  between the power supply and the equipment outside?  Oh - your husband
  wacked that wire with his hedge trimmer?  Yeah - that might possibly be
 the
  problem.
 
 
  Mark
 
 
  On Jun 5, 2015, at 11:10 AM, Nate Burke n...@blastcomm.com wrote:
 
  We've been using the Tycon's for quite a while as well.  We found it
 next
  to impossible to trouble shoot the Cambium power supply with a
 customer.
  They could never comprehend what it was, and always tried to plug in a
 PC to
  the POE Jumper.  The Tycon's are nice, because you can describe the
 white
  box, with 2 plugs on one side (AC and LAN), and one plug on the other
 (poe).
  Is there a yellow or green light, The Cable from outside plugs into
 the end
  with only 1 plug.
 
 
 
 
  On 6/5/2015 9:50 AM, Ken Hohhof wrote:
 
  I never used it anyway, prefer Tycon POE-24iR-CI.  And yes, a patch
  cord, but those come in various lengths and colors rather than the
 short
  little stub which is limiting.
 
 
  -Original Message- From: Mark Radabaugh
  Sent: Friday, June 05, 2015 9:37 AM
  To: af@afmug.com
  Subject: [AFMUG] Cambium discontinuing the traditional wall wart power
  supply
 
  So is anyone else unhappy with Cambium’s decision to EOL the
 traditional
  power supply?
 
  The replacement part is a Ubiquiti or ePMP brick style.   It costs
 more,
  does not include the power cord, and requires an additional CAT5
 jumper
  cable.
 
  While the current supply has it’s issues (hard to plug into a power
  strip) it’s simple to troubleshoot over the phone with a customer with
  limited ways to screw it up.   I think this is going to create more
  ‘miswire’ service calls.
 
 
  Mark
 
 
 



Re: [AFMUG] Cambium discontinuing the traditional wall wart power supply

2015-06-05 Thread Adam Moffett
Describe it as the wire that doesn't have a connector, the one that's 
permanently attached.


Maybe it's just that people will be dumb no matter what PoE we give them.



On 6/5/2015 12:22 PM, Nate Burke wrote:
Find the thin wire coming off the 1” block and follow that to the 
power supply.


9/10 times, the customer will argue with me that it doesn't run to 
anything because they can't find it in their mess of wires.  Or that 
it runs to their router (because the Router power cord looks the same 
size)





On 6/5/2015 10:27 AM, Mark Radabaugh wrote:

Interesting.   I always found it pretty easy to troubleshoot.

On the back of the router find the 3” long flat black cable that goes 
into a 1” square black box.   Is it plugged into the WAN port on the 
router?   Oh - you plugged that flat black cord into the wall jack?  
Swap the ends - the flat black cord goes in the router.   Find the 
cord plugged into the 1” box and follow that to the wall jack.  Is it 
plugged in securely at both ends? Find the thin wire coming off the 
1” block and follow that to the power supply.  Is it plugged in and 
the green light on? No?  Plug it in.   If the green light is on 
unplug the power supply and tell me if the light goes out right 
away.   It fades away slowly?  Then there is a break in the wire 
between the power supply and the equipment outside?  Oh - your 
husband wacked that wire with his hedge trimmer?  Yeah - that might 
possibly be the problem.



Mark



On Jun 5, 2015, at 11:10 AM, Nate Burke n...@blastcomm.com wrote:

We've been using the Tycon's for quite a while as well.  We found it 
next to impossible to trouble shoot the Cambium power supply with a 
customer.  They could never comprehend what it was, and always tried 
to plug in a PC to the POE Jumper.  The Tycon's are nice, because 
you can describe the white box, with 2 plugs on one side (AC and 
LAN), and one plug on the other (poe).  Is there a yellow or green 
light, The Cable from outside plugs into the end with only 1 plug.





On 6/5/2015 9:50 AM, Ken Hohhof wrote:
I never used it anyway, prefer Tycon POE-24iR-CI.  And yes, a patch 
cord, but those come in various lengths and colors rather than the 
short little stub which is limiting.



-Original Message- From: Mark Radabaugh
Sent: Friday, June 05, 2015 9:37 AM
To: af@afmug.com
Subject: [AFMUG] Cambium discontinuing the traditional wall wart 
power supply


So is anyone else unhappy with Cambium’s decision to EOL the 
traditional power supply?


The replacement part is a Ubiquiti or ePMP brick style.   It costs 
more, does not include the power cord, and requires an additional 
CAT5 jumper cable.


While the current supply has it’s issues (hard to plug into a power 
strip) it’s simple to troubleshoot over the phone with a customer 
with limited ways to screw it up.   I think this is going to create 
more ‘miswire’ service calls.



Mark






Re: [AFMUG] Cambium discontinuing the traditional wall wart power supply

2015-06-05 Thread Matt
 Mark, I guess you could look at the C3VOIP200 since it includes Canopy/ePMP
 compatible POE on the WAN port.

I so wish they made a version of it with WIFI and without VOIP.



 Find the thin wire coming off the 1” block and follow that to the power
 supply.

 9/10 times, the customer will argue with me that it doesn't run to
 anything because they can't find it in their mess of wires.  Or that it
 runs to their router (because the Router power cord looks the same size)




 On 6/5/2015 10:27 AM, Mark Radabaugh wrote:

 Interesting.   I always found it pretty easy to troubleshoot.

 On the back of the router find the 3” long flat black cable that goes into
 a 1” square black box.   Is it plugged into the WAN port on the router? Oh -
 you plugged that flat black cord into the wall jack?  Swap the ends - the
 flat black cord goes in the router.   Find the cord plugged into the  1” box
 and follow that to the wall jack.  Is it plugged in securely at both ends?
 Find the thin wire coming off the 1” block and follow that to the power
 supply.  Is it plugged in and the green light on?  No?  Plug it in.   If the
 green light is on unplug the power supply and tell me if the light goes out
 right away.   It fades away slowly?  Then there is a break in the wire
 between the power supply and the equipment outside?  Oh - your husband
 wacked that wire with his hedge trimmer?  Yeah - that might possibly be the
 problem.


 Mark


 On Jun 5, 2015, at 11:10 AM, Nate Burke n...@blastcomm.com wrote:

 We've been using the Tycon's for quite a while as well.  We found it next
 to impossible to trouble shoot the Cambium power supply with a customer.
 They could never comprehend what it was, and always tried to plug in a PC to
 the POE Jumper.  The Tycon's are nice, because you can describe the white
 box, with 2 plugs on one side (AC and LAN), and one plug on the other (poe).
 Is there a yellow or green light, The Cable from outside plugs into the end
 with only 1 plug.




 On 6/5/2015 9:50 AM, Ken Hohhof wrote:

 I never used it anyway, prefer Tycon POE-24iR-CI.  And yes, a patch
 cord, but those come in various lengths and colors rather than the short
 little stub which is limiting.


 -Original Message- From: Mark Radabaugh
 Sent: Friday, June 05, 2015 9:37 AM
 To: af@afmug.com
 Subject: [AFMUG] Cambium discontinuing the traditional wall wart power
 supply

 So is anyone else unhappy with Cambium’s decision to EOL the traditional
 power supply?

 The replacement part is a Ubiquiti or ePMP brick style.   It costs more,
 does not include the power cord, and requires an additional CAT5 jumper
 cable.

 While the current supply has it’s issues (hard to plug into a power
 strip) it’s simple to troubleshoot over the phone with a customer with
 limited ways to screw it up.   I think this is going to create more
 ‘miswire’ service calls.


 Mark





Re: [AFMUG] Cambium discontinuing the traditional wall wart power supply

2015-06-05 Thread Bill Prince
IMHO, that's a good thing. You want any path to ground to be outside the 
house.


bp
part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com

On 6/5/2015 7:41 AM, Jeremy wrote:
I thought everyone stopped using those years ago. I didn't even 
realize that they still made them.  They aren't grounded and provide 
no path to ground for the radio.  I just make sure that I explain to 
each customer that the 'POE' side provides power to the radio, and 
anything else that you plugin to it will be permanently fried.  I 
haven't had anyone do that yet.


On Fri, Jun 5, 2015 at 8:37 AM, Mark Radabaugh m...@amplex.net 
mailto:m...@amplex.net wrote:


So is anyone else unhappy with Cambium’s decision to EOL the
traditional power supply?

The replacement part is a Ubiquiti or ePMP brick style.   It costs
more, does not include the power cord, and requires an additional
CAT5 jumper cable.

While the current supply has it’s issues (hard to plug into a
power strip) it’s simple to troubleshoot over the phone with a
customer with limited ways to screw it up.   I think this is going
to create more ‘miswire’ service calls.


Mark






Re: [AFMUG] Cambium discontinuing the traditional wall wart power supply

2015-06-05 Thread Adam Moffett
The one that really ticked me off was a POE injector where the ports are 
labeled something like Data in and Data + Power out.  The 320 POE 
was like that.  The use of the words in and out when data is clearly 
(to me) bidirectional makes no sense.  For the Joe Schmoe's comparing it 
to something like video in and video out it seems backwards.  
Basically those labels are nonsense to everyone and cause confusion.


Is Cambium taking notes for design of their future PoE injectors?


On 6/5/2015 12:15 PM, Bill Prince wrote:

First I've heard of it.

I guess I have mixed feelings. The Canopy POE is simple, and it's 
super easy to tell if it's plugged in properly. The other types (like 
Tycon) are hard for some people to grock. Even when I show it to them 
and explain which connector goes where, I've had customers argue with 
me that it should be the other way. So on the Tycons, I have gone to 
the extreme of labeling the POE/LAN cables to indicate exactly what 
they hook to.


bp
part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com

On 6/5/2015 7:37 AM, Mark Radabaugh wrote:
So is anyone else unhappy with Cambium’s decision to EOL the 
traditional power supply?


The replacement part is a Ubiquiti or ePMP brick style.   It costs 
more, does not include the power cord, and requires an additional 
CAT5 jumper cable.


While the current supply has it’s issues (hard to plug into a power 
strip) it’s simple to troubleshoot over the phone with a customer 
with limited ways to screw it up.   I think this is going to create 
more ‘miswire’ service calls.



Mark






Re: [AFMUG] Cambium discontinuing the traditional wall wart power supply

2015-06-05 Thread Nate Burke
Find the thin wire coming off the 1” block and follow that to the power 
supply.


9/10 times, the customer will argue with me that it doesn't run to 
anything because they can't find it in their mess of wires.  Or that it 
runs to their router (because the Router power cord looks the same size)





On 6/5/2015 10:27 AM, Mark Radabaugh wrote:

Interesting.   I always found it pretty easy to troubleshoot.

On the back of the router find the 3” long flat black cable that goes into a 1” 
square black box.   Is it plugged into the WAN port on the router?   Oh - you 
plugged that flat black cord into the wall jack?  Swap the ends - the flat 
black cord goes in the router.   Find the cord plugged into the 1” box and 
follow that to the wall jack.  Is it plugged in securely at both ends?   Find 
the thin wire coming off the 1” block and follow that to the power supply.  Is 
it plugged in and the green light on?  No?  Plug it in.   If the green light is 
on unplug the power supply and tell me if the light goes out right away.   It 
fades away slowly?  Then there is a break in the wire between the power supply 
and the equipment outside?  Oh - your husband wacked that wire with his hedge 
trimmer?  Yeah - that might possibly be the problem.


Mark



On Jun 5, 2015, at 11:10 AM, Nate Burke n...@blastcomm.com wrote:

We've been using the Tycon's for quite a while as well.  We found it next to 
impossible to trouble shoot the Cambium power supply with a customer.  They 
could never comprehend what it was, and always tried to plug in a PC to the POE 
Jumper.  The Tycon's are nice, because you can describe the white box, with 2 
plugs on one side (AC and LAN), and one plug on the other (poe).  Is there a 
yellow or green light, The Cable from outside plugs into the end with only 1 
plug.




On 6/5/2015 9:50 AM, Ken Hohhof wrote:

I never used it anyway, prefer Tycon POE-24iR-CI.  And yes, a patch cord, but 
those come in various lengths and colors rather than the short little stub 
which is limiting.


-Original Message- From: Mark Radabaugh
Sent: Friday, June 05, 2015 9:37 AM
To: af@afmug.com
Subject: [AFMUG] Cambium discontinuing the traditional wall wart power supply

So is anyone else unhappy with Cambium’s decision to EOL the traditional power 
supply?

The replacement part is a Ubiquiti or ePMP brick style.   It costs more, does 
not include the power cord, and requires an additional CAT5 jumper cable.

While the current supply has it’s issues (hard to plug into a power strip) it’s 
simple to troubleshoot over the phone with a customer with limited ways to 
screw it up.   I think this is going to create more ‘miswire’ service calls.


Mark




Re: [AFMUG] Cambium discontinuing the traditional wall wart power supply

2015-06-05 Thread Ken Hohhof
Oddly the labels on the otherwise identical Tycons are a little better than 
the ones on the Lairds which seem to have been written by someone whose 
native language is not English.  RJ45/splitter or switch/hub.


But I just tell them the cable from the outside goes to the port with the 
red POE warning sticker.


Also we typically use a yellow patch cord to the router.  Works especially 
well with Cisco ATAs and Netgear routers.



-Original Message- 
From: Bill Prince

Sent: Friday, June 05, 2015 11:15 AM
To: af@afmug.com
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Cambium discontinuing the traditional wall wart power 
supply


First I've heard of it.

I guess I have mixed feelings. The Canopy POE is simple, and it's super
easy to tell if it's plugged in properly. The other types (like Tycon)
are hard for some people to grock. Even when I show it to them and
explain which connector goes where, I've had customers argue with me
that it should be the other way. So on the Tycons, I have gone to the
extreme of labeling the POE/LAN cables to indicate exactly what they
hook to.

bp
part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com

On 6/5/2015 7:37 AM, Mark Radabaugh wrote:
So is anyone else unhappy with Cambium’s decision to EOL the traditional 
power supply?


The replacement part is a Ubiquiti or ePMP brick style.   It costs more, 
does not include the power cord, and requires an additional CAT5 jumper 
cable.


While the current supply has it’s issues (hard to plug into a power strip) 
it’s simple to troubleshoot over the phone with a customer with limited 
ways to screw it up.   I think this is going to create more ‘miswire’ 
service calls.



Mark





Re: [AFMUG] Cambium discontinuing the traditional wall wart power supply

2015-06-05 Thread Ken Hohhof
Mark, I guess you could look at the C3VOIP200 since it includes Canopy/ePMP 
compatible POE on the WAN port.


-Original Message- 
From: Nate Burke

Sent: Friday, June 05, 2015 11:22 AM
To: af@afmug.com
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Cambium discontinuing the traditional wall wart power 
supply


Find the thin wire coming off the 1” block and follow that to the power
supply.

9/10 times, the customer will argue with me that it doesn't run to
anything because they can't find it in their mess of wires.  Or that it
runs to their router (because the Router power cord looks the same size)




On 6/5/2015 10:27 AM, Mark Radabaugh wrote:

Interesting.   I always found it pretty easy to troubleshoot.

On the back of the router find the 3” long flat black cable that goes into 
a 1” square black box.   Is it plugged into the WAN port on the router? 
Oh - you plugged that flat black cord into the wall jack?  Swap the ends - 
the flat black cord goes in the router.   Find the cord plugged into the 
 1” box and follow that to the wall jack.  Is it plugged in securely at 
both ends?   Find the thin wire coming off the 1” block and follow that to 
the power supply.  Is it plugged in and the green light on?  No?  Plug it 
in.   If the green light is on unplug the power supply and tell me if the 
light goes out right away.   It fades away slowly?  Then there is a break 
in the wire between the power supply and the equipment outside?  Oh - your 
husband wacked that wire with his hedge trimmer?  Yeah - that might 
possibly be the problem.



Mark



On Jun 5, 2015, at 11:10 AM, Nate Burke n...@blastcomm.com wrote:

We've been using the Tycon's for quite a while as well.  We found it next 
to impossible to trouble shoot the Cambium power supply with a customer. 
They could never comprehend what it was, and always tried to plug in a PC 
to the POE Jumper.  The Tycon's are nice, because you can describe the 
white box, with 2 plugs on one side (AC and LAN), and one plug on the 
other (poe).  Is there a yellow or green light, The Cable from outside 
plugs into the end with only 1 plug.





On 6/5/2015 9:50 AM, Ken Hohhof wrote:
I never used it anyway, prefer Tycon POE-24iR-CI.  And yes, a patch 
cord, but those come in various lengths and colors rather than the short 
little stub which is limiting.



-Original Message- From: Mark Radabaugh
Sent: Friday, June 05, 2015 9:37 AM
To: af@afmug.com
Subject: [AFMUG] Cambium discontinuing the traditional wall wart power 
supply


So is anyone else unhappy with Cambium’s decision to EOL the traditional 
power supply?


The replacement part is a Ubiquiti or ePMP brick style.   It costs more, 
does not include the power cord, and requires an additional CAT5 jumper 
cable.


While the current supply has it’s issues (hard to plug into a power 
strip) it’s simple to troubleshoot over the phone with a customer with 
limited ways to screw it up.   I think this is going to create more 
‘miswire’ service calls.



Mark





Re: [AFMUG] Cambium discontinuing the traditional wall wart power supply

2015-06-05 Thread Bill Prince

First I've heard of it.

I guess I have mixed feelings. The Canopy POE is simple, and it's super 
easy to tell if it's plugged in properly. The other types (like Tycon) 
are hard for some people to grock. Even when I show it to them and 
explain which connector goes where, I've had customers argue with me 
that it should be the other way. So on the Tycons, I have gone to the 
extreme of labeling the POE/LAN cables to indicate exactly what they 
hook to.


bp
part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com

On 6/5/2015 7:37 AM, Mark Radabaugh wrote:

So is anyone else unhappy with Cambium’s decision to EOL the traditional power 
supply?

The replacement part is a Ubiquiti or ePMP brick style.   It costs more, does 
not include the power cord, and requires an additional CAT5 jumper cable.

While the current supply has it’s issues (hard to plug into a power strip) it’s 
simple to troubleshoot over the phone with a customer with limited ways to 
screw it up.   I think this is going to create more ‘miswire’ service calls.


Mark




Re: [AFMUG] Cambium discontinuing the traditional wall wart power supply

2015-06-05 Thread Adam Moffett

I always liked the original PoE and rarely used anything else.


So is anyone else unhappy with Cambium’s decision to EOL the traditional power 
supply?

The replacement part is a Ubiquiti or ePMP brick style.   It costs more, does 
not include the power cord, and requires an additional CAT5 jumper cable.

While the current supply has it’s issues (hard to plug into a power strip) it’s 
simple to troubleshoot over the phone with a customer with limited ways to 
screw it up.   I think this is going to create more ‘miswire’ service calls.


Mark




Re: [AFMUG] Cambium discontinuing the traditional wall wart power supply

2015-06-05 Thread Sean Heskett
Yeah we are pretty bummed about it.

I don't see why we can't keep buying them if we want to.  Come on cambium!

2 cents

-Sean


On Friday, June 5, 2015, Mark Radabaugh m...@amplex.net wrote:

 So is anyone else unhappy with Cambium’s decision to EOL the traditional
 power supply?

 The replacement part is a Ubiquiti or ePMP brick style.   It costs more,
 does not include the power cord, and requires an additional CAT5 jumper
 cable.

 While the current supply has it’s issues (hard to plug into a power strip)
 it’s simple to troubleshoot over the phone with a customer with limited
 ways to screw it up.   I think this is going to create more ‘miswire’
 service calls.


 Mark


Re: [AFMUG] Cambium discontinuing the traditional wall wart power supply

2015-06-05 Thread Mark Radabaugh
Interesting.   I always found it pretty easy to troubleshoot.

On the back of the router find the 3” long flat black cable that goes into a 1” 
square black box.   Is it plugged into the WAN port on the router?   Oh - you 
plugged that flat black cord into the wall jack?  Swap the ends - the flat 
black cord goes in the router.   Find the cord plugged into the 1” box and 
follow that to the wall jack.  Is it plugged in securely at both ends?   Find 
the thin wire coming off the 1” block and follow that to the power supply.  Is 
it plugged in and the green light on?  No?  Plug it in.   If the green light is 
on unplug the power supply and tell me if the light goes out right away.   It 
fades away slowly?  Then there is a break in the wire between the power supply 
and the equipment outside?  Oh - your husband wacked that wire with his hedge 
trimmer?  Yeah - that might possibly be the problem.


Mark


 On Jun 5, 2015, at 11:10 AM, Nate Burke n...@blastcomm.com wrote:
 
 We've been using the Tycon's for quite a while as well.  We found it next to 
 impossible to trouble shoot the Cambium power supply with a customer.  They 
 could never comprehend what it was, and always tried to plug in a PC to the 
 POE Jumper.  The Tycon's are nice, because you can describe the white box, 
 with 2 plugs on one side (AC and LAN), and one plug on the other (poe).  Is 
 there a yellow or green light, The Cable from outside plugs into the end with 
 only 1 plug.
 
 
 
 
 On 6/5/2015 9:50 AM, Ken Hohhof wrote:
 I never used it anyway, prefer Tycon POE-24iR-CI.  And yes, a patch cord, 
 but those come in various lengths and colors rather than the short little 
 stub which is limiting.
 
 
 -Original Message- From: Mark Radabaugh
 Sent: Friday, June 05, 2015 9:37 AM
 To: af@afmug.com
 Subject: [AFMUG] Cambium discontinuing the traditional wall wart power supply
 
 So is anyone else unhappy with Cambium’s decision to EOL the traditional 
 power supply?
 
 The replacement part is a Ubiquiti or ePMP brick style.   It costs more, 
 does not include the power cord, and requires an additional CAT5 jumper 
 cable.
 
 While the current supply has it’s issues (hard to plug into a power strip) 
 it’s simple to troubleshoot over the phone with a customer with limited ways 
 to screw it up.   I think this is going to create more ‘miswire’ service 
 calls.
 
 
 Mark
 



Re: [AFMUG] Cambium discontinuing the traditional wall wart power supply

2015-06-05 Thread Adam Moffett

Maybe the OEM will sell it themselves?


So is anyone else unhappy with Cambium’s decision to EOL the traditional power 
supply?

The replacement part is a Ubiquiti or ePMP brick style.   It costs more, does 
not include the power cord, and requires an additional CAT5 jumper cable.

While the current supply has it’s issues (hard to plug into a power strip) it’s 
simple to troubleshoot over the phone with a customer with limited ways to 
screw it up.   I think this is going to create more ‘miswire’ service calls.


Mark




Re: [AFMUG] Cambium discontinuing the traditional wall wart power supply

2015-06-05 Thread Nate Burke
We've been using the Tycon's for quite a while as well.  We found it 
next to impossible to trouble shoot the Cambium power supply with a 
customer.  They could never comprehend what it was, and always tried to 
plug in a PC to the POE Jumper.  The Tycon's are nice, because you can 
describe the white box, with 2 plugs on one side (AC and LAN), and one 
plug on the other (poe).  Is there a yellow or green light, The Cable 
from outside plugs into the end with only 1 plug.





On 6/5/2015 9:50 AM, Ken Hohhof wrote:
I never used it anyway, prefer Tycon POE-24iR-CI.  And yes, a patch 
cord, but those come in various lengths and colors rather than the 
short little stub which is limiting.



-Original Message- From: Mark Radabaugh
Sent: Friday, June 05, 2015 9:37 AM
To: af@afmug.com
Subject: [AFMUG] Cambium discontinuing the traditional wall wart power 
supply


So is anyone else unhappy with Cambium’s decision to EOL the 
traditional power supply?


The replacement part is a Ubiquiti or ePMP brick style.   It costs 
more, does not include the power cord, and requires an additional CAT5 
jumper cable.


While the current supply has it’s issues (hard to plug into a power 
strip) it’s simple to troubleshoot over the phone with a customer with 
limited ways to screw it up.   I think this is going to create more 
‘miswire’ service calls.



Mark




Re: [AFMUG] Cambium discontinuing the traditional wall wart power supply

2015-06-05 Thread Ken Hohhof
I never used it anyway, prefer Tycon POE-24iR-CI.  And yes, a patch cord, 
but those come in various lengths and colors rather than the short little 
stub which is limiting.



-Original Message- 
From: Mark Radabaugh

Sent: Friday, June 05, 2015 9:37 AM
To: af@afmug.com
Subject: [AFMUG] Cambium discontinuing the traditional wall wart power 
supply


So is anyone else unhappy with Cambium’s decision to EOL the traditional 
power supply?


The replacement part is a Ubiquiti or ePMP brick style.   It costs more, 
does not include the power cord, and requires an additional CAT5 jumper 
cable.


While the current supply has it’s issues (hard to plug into a power strip) 
it’s simple to troubleshoot over the phone with a customer with limited ways 
to screw it up.   I think this is going to create more ‘miswire’ service 
calls.



Mark