Re: [AFMUG] SNMP

2024-05-08 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
ightmare. > > > > *From:* AF *On Behalf Of *Forrest Christian > (List Account) > *Sent:* Wednesday, May 8, 2024 4:13 PM > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] SNMP > > > > Some devices can be configured to send an email if a contact c

Re: [AFMUG] SNMP

2024-05-08 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Some devices can be configured to send an email if a contact closes, but the way this happens varies between devices. My problem with integrating this on the the sitemonitor platform has traditionally been that you need a rule system in order to determine when to send the email. I.E. what

Re: [AFMUG] SNMP

2024-05-08 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
As others have mentioned, the existing firmware in the base 3's is basically SNMP-polling only. The Base 3 was built to be able to do all of the other items, but the whole covid supply chain pretty much killed R around here for a couple years other than keeping product shipping. It has finally

Re: [AFMUG] Pot

2024-05-03 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
> > > > > *From:* Steve Jones > > *Sent:* Thursday, May 2, 2024 10:01 PM > > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group > > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Pot > > > > lite duty, no operating machinery or equipment > > > > On Wed, May 1, 2024, 9:18?AM wr

Re: [AFMUG] Pot

2024-05-01 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Utah code 26-61a-111(4).. "Nothing in this section requires a private employer to accommodate the use of medical cannabis or affects the ability of a private employer to have policies restricting the use of medical cannabis by applicants or employees." There are also federal court cases where

Re: [AFMUG] Won One

2024-04-30 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
He's in league with and getting kickbacks from the throw it in the crack guy. On Tue, Apr 30, 2024, 12:30 PM Jan-GAMs wrote: > And along comes the 12 year-old neighbor kid to mow the lawn. > On 4/29/24 15:24, Ken Hohhof wrote: > > The lay it in the crack guy was there. The kick dirt on it guy

Re: [AFMUG] DC power supplies in parallel

2024-04-26 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Since I accidentally derailed your thread, I figure I should reply to your original query. I'm a fan of reducing complexity where possible. The problem is that defining complexity is often ISP and site specific, and sometimes the least complex solution is also impossible to have staff maintain.

Re: [AFMUG] DC power supplies in parallel

2024-04-26 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
ed for long periods of time. > > On Fri, Apr 26, 2024 at 12:43 PM Forrest Christian (List Account) < > li...@packetflux.com> wrote: > >> >> >> On Fri, Apr 26, 2024, 1:02 PM Ken Hohhof wrote: >> >>> And I'm still using AGM batteries while all the c

Re: [AFMUG] DC power supplies in parallel

2024-04-26 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
That is a "lie" the BMS is telling you. When the BMS reports zero, there is always a certain percentage of power left in the battery.Often around 20%. This is because a battery under 20% (or a similar amount) can be dangerous. My understanding is that some manufacturers do the same thing

Re: [AFMUG] DC power supplies in parallel

2024-04-26 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
ong periods of time. These > batteries have a low self-discharge rate, typically losing 2% of their > charge per month. However, fully charged lithium-ion batteries can be > dangerous if left unused for long periods of time. > > On Fri, Apr 26, 2024 at 12:43 PM Forrest Christian (List Accoun

Re: [AFMUG] DC power supplies in parallel

2024-04-26 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
On Fri, Apr 26, 2024, 1:02 PM Ken Hohhof wrote: > And I'm still using AGM batteries while all the cool kids are using > LiFePO4 with BCMs, so definitely don't listen to me. > The more I learn about lithium batteries, the more I feel that lithium has relatively few advantages for standby

Re: [AFMUG] Modbus TCP with Analog I/O

2024-03-22 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Lots of options at automation direct. I might just consider a click plc if none of the modbus only options work for you. On Thu, Mar 21, 2024, 1:53 PM Matt wrote: > I am looking for an affordable ethernet TCP modbus addressed device > with multiple Analog/Digital I/O. Preferably DIN rail

Re: [AFMUG] CALEA and WiFi

2024-03-19 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
I see CALEA as a holdover from those days when most of the traffic on the internet was unecrypted. Law enforcement wanted to be able to wiretap the internet just like they could wiretap POTS. Nowadays, I'm not sure what law enforcement could actually do with the captured data. What an isp has

Re: [AFMUG] Security camera experience

2024-03-05 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
The problem I've found with bullt in illumination for outdoor cameras is that often the leds for illumination are behind the glass the camera is looking through. As a result, the illuminator ends up illuminating anything that is on the glass and preventing good night vision. In an outdoor

Re: [AFMUG] Wood Pole Mount

2024-02-20 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Or a chimney strap mount? On Tue, Feb 20, 2024, 10:54 AM Ken Hohhof wrote: > Or the ChannelMaster 4" offset wall mounts, we call them W brackets. > > Original Message > From: "Josh Luthman" > Sent: 2/20/2024 9:37:59 AM > To: "AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group" > Subject: Re: [AFMUG]

Re: [AFMUG] Packetflux delivery times

2024-01-30 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
We used to do pretty good at almost always having stock, and if we ran out of something the replenishment stock was only a few days from being on the shelf. Then 2020 happened, and then supply chain crap happened, and a thousand other things seemed to conspire to prevent us from getting back to

Re: [AFMUG] Packetflux delivery times

2024-01-30 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Pretty much all of the orders are going out today. A couple that need spec I think this is the start of being at least intermittently back to all the normal stuff usually being in stock. On Tue, Jan 30, 2024, 7:45 AM Tyson Burris wrote: > Yes, it’s a fairly common problem. I have gone 2-4

Re: [AFMUG] Packetflux delivery times

2024-01-30 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Shipping out today. Along with all the other base 3 orders. We're finally almost all caught up. The base 3 was the last of the regularly stocked items that we were backlogged on. On Tue, Jan 30, 2024, 7:39 AM Josh Luthman wrote: > Has anyone ordered a Site Monitor this month? I'm at 2

Re: [AFMUG] compensation for employees

2024-01-29 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Plus with some of the new 401k providers being very low cost, it effectively becomes a maximum of a 4% increase in salary costs. I use guideline.com over here. Cheap, good, low cost mutual funds, etc. On Sun, Jan 28, 2024, 8:17 PM Ken Hohhof wrote: > True. > > > > 1976-1988 were my

Re: [AFMUG] Used Juniper

2024-01-10 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Juniper has caught the "subscription required to use on an ongoing basis" disease all big routing/switching companies seem to eventually catch. Plus HP is trying to acquire them. The current used gear is probably usable but there seems to be some debate how long this will last as far as any

Re: [AFMUG] Ken Hohof

2024-01-01 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
ONASS support. What makes you say there's a legal > question? > > On Sun, Dec 31, 2023 at 6:10 PM Forrest Christian (List Account) < > li...@packetflux.com> wrote: > >> Some customers wanted the added redundancy that comes with more >> satellites. The irony of the

Re: [AFMUG] PMP450i GPS/Sync issue

2024-01-01 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
net?anonymous=signature> > > This institution is an equal opportunity provider and employer. Esta > institución es un proveedor de servicios con igualdad de oportunidades. > ------ > *From:* AF on behalf of Forrest Christian (List > Account) > *Sent:

Re: [AFMUG] PMP450i GPS/Sync issue

2024-01-01 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
.com/bookwithme/user/1f29ddb141b647f08b33d9cf03835...@totalhighspeed.net?anonymous=signature> >> >> This institution is an equal opportunity provider and employer. Esta >> institución es un proveedor de servicios con igualdad de oportunidades. >> ---

Re: [AFMUG] PMP450i GPS/Sync issue

2023-12-31 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Plus, if a rackinjector was previously upgraded to a reasonably-recent version (and the default settings weren't changed), it shouldn't have seen the issue at all, as the firmware in the rackinjector defaults to disabling GLONASS. (This is my plea for everyone to upgrade to the latest version as

Re: [AFMUG] Ken Hohof

2023-12-31 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
if it is even legal to operate a GLONASS receiver in the USA. On Sun, Dec 31, 2023 at 2:26 PM Chuck McCown via AF wrote: > What is the benefit to using glonass? > For timing is not GPS good enough? > > > *From:* Forrest Christian (List Account) > *Sent:* Sunday, December

Re: [AFMUG] Ken Hohof

2023-12-31 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Well hopefully most everything can be remotely handled. I'm really really hoping that the fix my current GPS vendor provided actually survives the rollover. Otherwise this is going to be a much bigger mess. I really wish multi GNSS simulators weren't so expensive. Like costs more than we make

Re: [AFMUG] WDM transceivers

2023-12-22 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
I would be far more shocked if this doesn't work. Obviously you'd need a dwdm mux to get more than one dwdm channel in a cwdm channel, but as long as you're using dwdm optics which are in the bandpass of the cwdm channel it should work for a single channel. On Thu, Dec 21, 2023, 9:00 AM wrote:

Re: [AFMUG] RedHawk-P250i-Solid-Oxide-Fuel-Cells-GEN4-WEB.pdf

2023-12-12 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Ignoring any cost considerations, I could see this as a backup for lower power grid connected sites with a modest amount of battery. Or possibly for solar sites that once in a great while need supplemental power. Like in a no sun for 2 weeks situation, which would happen once per year or

Re: [AFMUG] OT FB videos and reels

2023-12-09 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Probably to reduce automated copyright claims. I notice that a lot of the videos are using non-licensed material and modifying in some way. Left to right flip, zooming, stretching, adding borders, etc. Plus, I've also noticed that a lot of selfie camera video is left mirrored like it is often

Re: [AFMUG] GLONASS rollover coming end of year.

2023-12-09 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
FW > dated 6-12-2020, so I'm presuming that it would have the GLONASS Fix. > On 12/9/2023 4:26 AM, Forrest Christian (List Account) wrote: > > Just a heads-up: > > Four years ago, we had a bit of an issue where the date in the GLONASS > GNSS system rolled over at midni

[AFMUG] GLONASS rollover coming end of year.

2023-12-09 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Just a heads-up: Four years ago, we had a bit of an issue where the date in the GLONASS GNSS system rolled over at midnight, New Year's Eve/Day, Moscow time, and all (most) of the multi-constellation PacketFlux and Cambium sync receivers went wacky. They all needed a reboot/power cycle and

Re: [AFMUG] Modbus

2023-10-26 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Yes, and no. The modbus protocol defines how to move data between two devices. However, the contents of the data being passed is vendor-defined and there aren't any industry standards I'm aware of (although it wouldn't surprise me if there were). Every vendor that produces a modbus-capable

Re: [AFMUG] AC voltage alarm thresholds

2023-09-05 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
265V is a common top voltage threshold, but you'll need to look at the equipment specs. The US grid is specified to produce 120/240V +-5%. So 240 could be up to 254V and still be in spec. (240V+12V) Equipment is supposed to accept at least +-10%, so up to 264V. (240V+24V). Personally I'd set

Re: [AFMUG] Question for Chuck, and anyone wise who wants to add their 0.02...

2023-08-18 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
ants to > add their 0.02... > > > > All CAT6 in our product line are 100% GDT. Anything that says GIGE has > solid state and GDT. I would recommend CAT6 for everything. > > > > > > > > *From:* Forrest Christian (List Account) > > *Sent:* Thursday,

Re: [AFMUG] Question for Chuck, and anyone wise who wants to add their 0.02...

2023-08-18 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
ht be a crosstalk. > > *From:* Forrest Christian (List Account) > *Sent:* Thursday, August 17, 2023 11:43 PM > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group > *Cc:* Chuck McCown > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Question for Chuck, and anyone wise who wants to > add their 0.02... > > Ahh,

Re: [AFMUG] Question for Chuck, and anyone wise who wants to add their 0.02...

2023-08-18 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
, Aug 17, 2023, 7:23 PM Chuck McCown via AF wrote: > All CAT6 in our product line are 100% GDT. Anything that says GIGE has > solid state and GDT. I would recommend CAT6 for everything. > > > > *From:* Forrest Christian (List Account) > *Sent:* Thursday, Au

[AFMUG] Question for Chuck, and anyone wise who wants to add their 0.02...

2023-08-17 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Which of the MTC CAT6 surge suppressors that fit in the APC racks are recommended for general use? I see a Gas discharge and semiconductor diode version on the website. Guessing the GDT version is more robust and less likely to cause errors at the expense of reaction time. -- AF mailing list

Re: [AFMUG] Forrest's Time Post

2023-08-16 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Two methods I didn't mention that this group might already be familiar with: 1) They still distribute time via telephone. Call 303-499-7111 to hear the WWV (colorado) broadcast or 808-335-4363 for WWVH (hawaii) 2) You can dial in with your dialup modem and get time codes. 300 baud up to 9600

Re: [AFMUG] Are you reliant on searching?

2023-07-31 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
I've been tapping on the windows button and typing what I've been looking for for years. Don't even know where lots of things are in the start menu anymore. Under windows 10, I did have most of my often used programs pinned to the start menu, so for those I'd click on start and them the

Re: [AFMUG] “Low pass” attenuator

2023-07-11 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Dwdm or cwdm where one hasn't taken care to balance the relative strengths of the light entering the wdm system. I believe some amplifiers have the effect of "smoothing out" the relative brightness of each carrier. But don't quote me on this as I'm just going by marketing materials likely

Re: [AFMUG] Mikrotik max power really 57V?

2023-07-11 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
N Commerce Dr > Lake Point, Utah 84074 > 801-250-9503 Office > 435-830-4306 Cell > www.mccowntech.com > www.microtrench.pro > www.terabitnetworks.com > > *From:* Forrest Christian (List Account) > *Sent:* Monday, July 10, 2023 4:06 PM > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users G

Re: [AFMUG] OT receiver

2023-07-07 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
WWV is still available on 2.5, 5, 10, 15 and 20Mhz according to NIST. Apparently they're also experimenting with 25Mhz. I have a couple of SDRs - a hackrf one, and also a cheap sdr based one. My latest rf toy (tool?) is a signalhound bb60c real-time spectrum analyzer and various calibrated

Re: [AFMUG] battery overcharging

2023-06-07 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
ld be inflating a tire to 32 lbs with the compressor > pressure set to 32 lbs. Once the tire is full the air will stop flowing. > > > > *From:* Forrest Christian (List Account) > > *Sent:* Wednesday, June 7, 2023 11:58 AM > > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group > >

Re: [AFMUG] battery overcharging

2023-06-07 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Ignoring the overvoltage for a minute.. A normal battery, when charged at a normal voltage, will take less and less current until full. It doesn't matter how much current is available, it will only take what it needs. Generally you want to limit the current based on the size of the array,

Re: [AFMUG] OT tracert

2023-05-31 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
See https://pagespeed.web.dev/analysis/http-www-microtrench-blades-com/7zj3glpe5h?form_factor=mobile for some insights. Seems like there are some very large images which can be better compressed. And a few other things. On Wed, May 31, 2023, 10:17 AM Chuck McCown via AF wrote: > Could some

Re: [AFMUG] Fiber (and I guess CAT5) cable management in racks

2023-05-24 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
y 24, 2023 at 12:42 PM Josh Luthman wrote: > Full of what? Switches and patch panels? > > On Wed, May 24, 2023 at 2:37 PM Forrest Christian (List Account) < > li...@packetflux.com> wrote: > >> Ok let me clarify. (Accidentally hit send since it's apparently the sam

Re: [AFMUG] Fiber (and I guess CAT5) cable management in racks

2023-05-24 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
y 24, 2023 at 12:36 PM Forrest Christian (List Account) < li...@packetflux.com> wrote: > Ok let me clarify. (Accidentally hit send since it's apparently the same > hotkey to send on gmail as I use elsewhere for "insert a return without > sending") > > Think 10 years of

Re: [AFMUG] Fiber (and I guess CAT5) cable management in racks

2023-05-24 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
t pictures, but definitely a good 'before' picture. We're starting from scratch here. All that exists is some side of 2 post rack cable management (rings) which holds existing cat5 cables to some patch panels. It's pretty much full too On Wed, May 24, 2023 at 12:32 PM Forrest Christian (List Acc

Re: [AFMUG] Fiber (and I guess CAT5) cable management in racks

2023-05-24 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Nope. On Wed, May 24, 2023 at 12:21 PM Josh Luthman wrote: > Share a picture of what you have now? > > On Wed, May 24, 2023 at 2:15 PM Forrest Christian (List Account) < > li...@packetflux.com> wrote: > >> Thanks to the (not) fun labor situation anymore, I've gott

[AFMUG] Fiber (and I guess CAT5) cable management in racks

2023-05-24 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Thanks to the (not) fun labor situation anymore, I've gotten sucked back into some more of the day to day design stuff at the WISP, specifically some of the server/fiber infrastructure at the head end. It's time for me to just fix the cable management in the racks, which apparently the previous

Re: [AFMUG] Headphones and earbuds

2023-05-12 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
If you can't hear ambient noise it's an issue. Safety violation. My take: If it's a loud area, then you need hearing protection. Note that most earbuds don't isolate that much, as such if you're even moderately close to the osha hearing protection levels then you can exceed them by

Re: [AFMUG] On call employees

2023-04-11 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Under the FLSA you have to pay them at least minimum wage for all on call hours. This is assuming your definition of on call prevents the employee from doing whatever they want during the on-call hours. On Tue, Apr 11, 2023, 1:32 PM Roger Tims wrote: > i have a question about on call.

Re: [AFMUG] Ticketing systems

2023-04-09 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
If you find one which is inexpensive and works reliably let me know. I'm using osticket which works except it sometimes doesn't flag a ticket correctly after a customer replies to an open ticket. So you end up with a customer which has replied but you don't realize has replied. Pisses me and

Re: [AFMUG] Short Term Employee

2023-04-08 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
He was exceptional all right, mine usually take longer to show off their skillset. On Sat, Apr 8, 2023, 1:49 PM Chuck McCown via AF wrote: > I hired a guy to be a production manager over our grout mixing machine > product. > He came with a pedigree of doing this at other places. I didn’t

Re: [AFMUG] OT Amazon weirdness

2023-03-24 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
In our area, UPS at least was been hiring individuals with their own private vehicles to deliver packages. These individuals apparently are fairly clueless. In at least two cases the individuals marked business not open at almost the same exact time that our normal driver was picking up our

Re: [AFMUG] Cisco Licensing

2023-03-15 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
And that's why we're switching to juniper. Cisco has moved to a model where the software and hardware are licensed or sold separately on most platforms and the software is subscription based. Not sure what the situation is with the 3660, but some revert to very basic functionality. On Wed, Mar

Re: [AFMUG] mail servers

2023-03-12 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
s expensive. Another problem >> is most of the free email servers won't allow users to send more than 10 >> emails at a time and you have to wait up to an hour before you can send 10 >> more. That's why I tried to build my own, just so I could send customers >> the monthl

Re: [AFMUG] mail servers

2023-03-12 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
e to wait up to an hour before you can send 10 > more. That's why I tried to build my own, just so I could send customers > the monthly billing automatically. I even hired a programmer who said he > had done it before, he failed. > On 3/12/23 07:32, Forrest Christian (List Account)

Re: [AFMUG] mail servers

2023-03-11 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
If you follow the instructions on https://kb.easydns.com/knowledge/easymail-spf-and-dkim-records/ you should be able to get this resolved. On Fri, Mar 10, 2023, 2:50 PM Jan-GAMs wrote: > So, since grnacres doesn't have dkim or dmarc records, they should be > getting bounced like the mail.com

Re: [AFMUG] RF Cage for WIFI

2023-02-27 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Three items that come to mind... If they have external antennas remove them and replace them with 50 ohm terminators appropriate for the connectors. Or, wrap in copper mesh, leaving no holes. Foil would also work but then you have heating issues. I'd ground it to the shield on the coax

Re: [AFMUG] I am back

2023-02-17 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Don't let him fool ya We almost had him convinced that tamales out of a can was acceptable food to eat. Lot easier to do without regular pictures of yummy Mexican food. Hey, wait, you've been back almost a full day and there haven't been any weather girl pics or food pics. You holding

Re: [AFMUG] UDP Server Load Balancer

2023-02-16 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Just saw this, not sure if this still helps: As John Osmon said, many UDP services don't need state - for instance DNS servers. Those you can set up as an anycast server where all the servers get the same IP address on a loopback interface, and then you enter multiple routes into the upstream

Re: [AFMUG] FB Exchange

2023-02-15 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
quot;fair" or "reasonable".” > > > > Correct. 100% > > > > > > *From:* AF *On Behalf Of *fiber...@mail.com > *Sent:* Wednesday, February 15, 2023 2:29 PM > *To:* af@af.afmug.com > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] FB Exchange > > > > Thi

Re: [AFMUG] FB Exchange

2023-02-15 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
, 12:12 PM wrote: > You seem surprised that you were turned down when you didn't communicate > clearly up front that the potential employee was being considered for a > $25/hr role? > > > - Jared > > *Sent:* Wednesday, February 15, 2023 > *From:* "

Re: [AFMUG] FB Exchange

2023-02-15 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
otiate once it’s understood that both parties are > interested. > > > > > > *From:* AF *On Behalf Of *Forrest Christian > (List Account) > *Sent:* Wednesday, February 15, 2023 11:10 AM > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] FB Exchange >

Re: [AFMUG] FB Exchange

2023-02-15 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
The value of someone with zero skills and experience is zero. The fact that many employers are willing to hire someone that has zero skills and experience at $15/hr and train them at zero cost to the employee is an awesome deal for a person who wants an opportunity. Unfortunately it seems that a

Re: [AFMUG] FB Exchange

2023-02-15 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
I listed a job about a year ago with multiple pay rates depending on experience. The lowest tier was at $15 an hour if you have zero experience and a willingness to learn. It was also very clear in the description that this was a training wage and would only last around 6 months or less

Re: [AFMUG] Missed me by that much

2023-02-10 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Mine records only for a certain period after the ignition is off, and has enough storage that it won't overwrite for something like 36 hours of storage. I also have learned to keep a second sd card for it in the glove box since there have been a couple instances where I needed to be 100% the

Re: [AFMUG] Neg 48V Power Supply

2023-02-07 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Any isolated 48V supply works, just use the + wire for your return and the - for your -48v. I'm fond of the meanwell hlg supplies. The only gotcha is that some supplies will tie the negative wire to the ground pin on the ac plug, forcing it to be a +48v supply. You can use an ohmmeter to

[AFMUG] IP Camera Reccomendations.

2023-02-01 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Looking for some additional standards-based IP cameras to add to my system. H.264, H.265, etc. Various types. Dome, maybe 360 fisheye, and I think I need two more which are either a bit more directional or that I can swap the lens on since what I'm watching is a bit far from where I can mount

Re: [AFMUG] 450m 3ghz sync with packetflux rackinjector

2023-01-30 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
I figure I've told enough people to do this that I would have bought a few radios by now if it released the smoke. On Mon, Jan 30, 2023, 9:48 AM Steve Jones wrote: > It took a lot of faith in forrest to do this. There was no magic smoke > > On Sun, Jan 29, 2023, 11:00 PM Forrest

Re: [AFMUG] 450m 3ghz sync with packetflux rackinjector

2023-01-29 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
The 450m 3ghz ignores any power on the port so it is perfectly safe to provide PoE+sync to the radio. The power needs to be there to ensure reliable transmission of the sync signal. So yes, use that board, provide either +48v or -48V on that port, and the radio will be perfectly happy to get

Re: [AFMUG] FCC Proposes $62 Million penalty against Q Link Wireless for violation of EBB program rules

2023-01-22 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Not exactly the same type of subsidy program, but I'm starting to belive that the government needs to migrate almost all of the build out subsidies to put equal access fiber in the ground. That is, the subsidy is only for the fiber build. Single strand or two from each house to a concentrator

Re: [AFMUG] PacketFLux Gen Controller alternative

2023-01-11 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
roNetPR> <https://wa.me/17872734143> > > <https://wa.me/17872734144> > Metro Office Park #18 Suite 304 Guaynabo, PR 00968 > <https://homefi.pr> > > <https://aeronetpr.com> <https://aeronetpr.com> > <https://homefi.pr> > > *Fro

Re: [AFMUG] Direct bury tracer wire reccomendations/experience.

2023-01-10 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
the wire with the >> new pipe? >> >> 14 gauge seems like way too big if you ask me, that's a lot of money down >> that new sewer line. >> >> On Mon, Jan 9, 2023 at 11:31 AM Forrest Christian (List Account) < >> li...@packetflux.com> wrote: >> >>

Re: [AFMUG] Direct bury tracer wire reccomendations/experience.

2023-01-09 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
locate ends. Why not just extend the wire with the > new pipe? > > 14 gauge seems like way too big if you ask me, that's a lot of money down > that new sewer line. > > On Mon, Jan 9, 2023 at 11:31 AM Forrest Christian (List Account) < > li...@packetflux.com> wrote: > &

Re: [AFMUG] backup power for small tower

2023-01-09 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
ite. > > I have a 100% success rate with fiber (up the tower). > > On Mon, Jan 9, 2023 at 10:57 AM Forrest Christian (List Account) < > li...@packetflux.com> wrote: > >> Agreed. And if it's on the ethernet side, just adding some ferrite >> chokes to the power lin

[AFMUG] Direct bury tracer wire reccomendations/experience.

2023-01-09 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
I'm working on doing specs for a project (home) which will require burying new water and sewer lines on the property. I'm tired of not being able to locate these after they're buried so I plan on having the contractor bury some tracer wire along with the plumbing. I've learned that the best

Re: [AFMUG] backup power for small tower

2023-01-09 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Agreed. And if it's on the ethernet side, just adding some ferrite chokes to the power line might fix the problem. Or switching to shielded cable. On Mon, Jan 9, 2023, 7:52 AM Josh Luthman wrote: > Step 1 is to figure out where your packet loss is coming from. If it's > interference on the

Re: [AFMUG] OT pie

2022-12-21 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
With epipen for me. Or at least a big dose of antihistamine. And it's pee con. Or more "pee cahn", On Wed, Dec 21, 2022, 4:17 PM James Howard wrote: > With chocolate chips? > > > > *From:* AF *On Behalf Of *Chuck McCown via AF > *Sent:* Wednesday, December 21, 2022 4:24 PM > *To:*

Re: [AFMUG] Outdoor DC Distribution

2022-11-20 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Nate Burke wrote: > Can the terminal block handle 12AWG wire? If one of the outputs shorts, > does that take the entire PDU offline, or is there internal limiting with > the 3A per port. > > On 11/18/2022 6:57 AM, Forrest Christian (List Account) wrote: > > The packetflux b

Re: [AFMUG] Outdoor DC Distribution

2022-11-20 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
304 Guaynabo, PR 00968 > <https://homefi.pr> <https://homefi.pr> <https://homefi.pr> > <https://homefi.pr> > <https://homefi.pr> > > *From: *AF on behalf of Forrest Christian (List > Account) > *Date: *Friday, November 18, 2022 at 8:31 AM >

Re: [AFMUG] Outdoor DC Distribution

2022-11-18 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
The packetflux base 3 is similar in the context of it having similar i/o possibilities. The main difference is that the tycon product is fixed function, so as long as you can monitor exactly what you want with it, it will work for you. If you want a different set of i/o then you're SOL. I also

Re: [AFMUG] Outdoor DC Distribution

2022-11-18 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
The PDU and other modules appear as separate ports. See https://store.packetflux.com/sitemonitor-base-3-classic-edition/ for an image of that page. I think the limit is now 64 characters. On Thu, Nov 17, 2022, 10:30 AM wrote: > I've used the PDU at the bottom of the tower. My only complaint

Re: [AFMUG] Outdoor DC Distribution

2022-11-18 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Everything we sell is temperature hardened and this is a pretty common application... a sitemonitor base 3 and a PDU together. On Thu, Nov 17, 2022, 9:50 AM Nate Burke wrote: > Mikrotik makes a nice outdoor fiber switch with a handfull of 10G > ports. Does anyone make something similar for DC

Re: [AFMUG] Solar panel ice/snow buildup

2022-11-12 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Yeah, don't let an installer set them for max energy over a year like they would for grid tie.Optimize them for the worst winter day. On Sat, Nov 12, 2022, 1:17 PM Bill Prince wrote: > That is close to what we used at the 37th parallel. We set our panels at > 60 degrees. That gave us close

Re: [AFMUG] OT youtube

2022-11-06 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Make sure you check out "this old tony" On Sun, Nov 6, 2022, 8:34 PM Chuck McCown via AF wrote: > I have to search for math and science stuff on YouTube to get it to stop > with so much political crap. > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Nov 6, 2022, at 8:16 PM, For

Re: [AFMUG] OT youtube

2022-11-06 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
I > really don’t use it so I don’t care about it much. Cofefe. > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Nov 6, 2022, at 5:10 PM, Robert > wrote: > >  He fired everyone on the algorithm teams... > > On 11/6/22 3:22 PM, Forrest Christian (List Account) wrote: > > One more

Re: [AFMUG] OT youtube

2022-11-06 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
One more thing.. if there is one thing musk's twitter acquisition accomplishes, I hope that it is that the algorithm is adjusted such that it is far harder to end up in your own personal echo chamber. On Sat, Nov 5, 2022, 2:05 PM Chuck McCown via AF wrote: > So, new computer, finally got

Re: [AFMUG] OT youtube

2022-11-06 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Start with the young turks (tyt) and beau of the fifth column. YouTube will recommend others. Most of the left media largely consists of pointing out the ridiculousness of the right.BTW I'd put beau in a different category altogether although he leans left. My YouTube gleefully recommends

Re: [AFMUG] OT: Vanilla Extract

2022-10-20 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Isn't the correct way to take a vacation to Mexico or Madagascar and smuggle a bottle back into the US? More seriously, I tend to buy this type of stuff at either a good kitchen/cooking store (sur la table) or the local natural food stores, or at Costco depending on what it is.For vanilla I'd

Re: [AFMUG] VMware question

2022-10-18 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
I'm finding proxmox enjoyable to run and either free or almost free depending on what level of support you want. On Tue, Oct 18, 2022, 7:30 AM Steven Kenney via AF wrote: > Always funny seeing others dealing with Vmware with buyers remorse. I was > in your spot. I HATE Vmware on their

Re: [AFMUG] OT Political

2022-10-08 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
So I can explain this chart simply.. The far right argues that we spend too much time on things like gender and race in school, so those regularly exposed to that argument are naturally going to argue that we need to 'spend less time on gender and race and more time on traditional studies like

Re: [AFMUG] OT pronouns

2022-10-06 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
idiots” instead > of they/them. Much cleaner that way. > > > > *From:* AF *On Behalf Of *Forrest Christian > (List Account) > *Sent:* Thursday, October 6, 2022 4:14 PM > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT pronouns > > > > I hea

Re: [AFMUG] OT pronouns

2022-10-06 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
I heard an admittedly right wing commenter describe it this way.. You rarely use a gendered pronoun when talking to someone.You use their name or "you".You only use the gendered pronouns when they aren't around. So people asking you to use their preferred pronoun are asking you to change

Re: [AFMUG] Datacenter power submetering

2022-10-02 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
erators to A/B power all > the loads, I guess you need to use seperate transfer switches for each > customer then? > > Thanks, > Chris > > > > > On Sat, Oct 1, 2022, 4:34 PM Forrest Christian (List Account) < > li...@packetflux.com> wrote: > >> Many sta

Re: [AFMUG] Datacenter power submetering

2022-10-01 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Many states require revenue grade metering if you're going to be metering via the kwh. This can get expensive. One option is to calculate what the maximum your customer can draw is based on 80% of the breaker size. And charge based on that. 20A breaker, maximum continuous load of 16A, 16(amps)

Re: [AFMUG] Speedtest client appliance

2022-09-28 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
$3500 might be only slightly more expensive than a modern raspberry pi right now... On Tue, Sep 27, 2022, 1:02 PM Mark Radabaugh wrote: > $3500 ish. It’s mostly meant for a PON install tech to check light levels > and troubleshoot installs but it has a built in Speedtest client so that it >

Re: [AFMUG] OT: Electronic question

2022-09-06 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
of effort to go through when a stock door chime works. On Tue, Sep 6, 2022, 3:26 PM Chuck McCown wrote: > IOT, will need a web interface and must have SNMP management too. > May as well put a screen and browser on it too. > > *From:* Forrest Christian (List Account) > *Sent:* Tuesda

Re: [AFMUG] OT: Electronic question

2022-09-06 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Hook the whole thing up to a PLC. Lots of control then. On Tue, Sep 6, 2022, 10:18 AM Chuck McCown via AF wrote: > Resistor in parallel will draw more current and perhaps allow the solenoid > to work. Those solenoid door bells normally use up almost all of the > power > from those class

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