Re: [AFMUG] loving these AF5X's so far!

2015-04-24 Thread Mike Hammett
Low cost PtMP sync? *ducking* - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com - Original Message - From: Josh Luthman j...@imaginenetworksllc.com To: af@afmug.com Sent: Friday, April 24, 2015 9:16:52 AM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] loving these AF5X's so far

Re: [AFMUG] loving these AF5X's so far!

2015-04-24 Thread Josh Luthman
Why would they buy Cambium? What would they gain? Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Fri, Apr 24, 2015 at 10:16 AM, Jon Langeler jon-ispli...@michwave.net wrote: My prediction is Ubiquiti buys Cambium some day with some spare

Re: [AFMUG] loving these AF5X's so far!

2015-04-24 Thread Josh Luthman
If wishes and wants were candy and nuts... Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Fri, Apr 24, 2015 at 9:05 AM, Kurt Fankhauser li...@wavelinc.com wrote: If the AF team came out with multipoint Cambium's going to be hurtin Sent

Re: [AFMUG] loving these AF5X's so far!

2015-04-24 Thread Jon Langeler
My prediction is Ubiquiti buys Cambium some day with some spare change :) Sent from my iPhone On Apr 24, 2015, at 9:05 AM, Kurt Fankhauser li...@wavelinc.com wrote: If the AF team came out with multipoint Cambium's going to be hurtin Sent from my iPhone Kurt Fankhauser Wavelinc

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2015-04-24 Thread Jerry Richardson
Sync that works? Jerry On Apr 24, 2015, at 7:16 AM, Josh Luthman j...@imaginenetworksllc.com wrote: Why would they buy Cambium? What would they gain? Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Fri, Apr 24, 2015 at 10:16

Re: [AFMUG] loving these AF5X's so far!

2015-04-24 Thread Josh Luthman
I suppose it would be cheaper to have the team that did Canopy sync do Airmax sync then to buy the entire Cambium corporation...but maybe I'm wrong. Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Fri, Apr 24, 2015 at 12:01 PM, Jerry Richardson

Re: [AFMUG] loving these AF5X's so far!

2015-04-24 Thread Josh Reynolds
Sync on a low cost chip for a lower end product line, maybe. AF sync works well, and also doesn't require a bunch of external hardware and odd pinouts and things. On April 24, 2015 8:01:25 AM AKDT, Jerry Richardson je...@richardson.bz wrote: Sync that works? Jerry On Apr 24, 2015, at 7:16

Re: [AFMUG] loving these AF5X's so far!

2015-04-24 Thread Ken Hohhof
buy Netonix. And UWN makes no sense. Of course Google could buy the whole company from petty cash. From: Jeremy Sent: Friday, April 24, 2015 9:24 AM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] loving these AF5X's so far! It feels like we are going off topic now, but UBNT announced that their 3rd

Re: [AFMUG] loving these AF5X's so far!

2015-04-24 Thread Josh Reynolds
Buying the Corp would remove a competitor. Historically Cambium wasn't a competitor to UBNT (different market focus), but once UBNT grew up a bit and then Cambium released EPMP, that seems like a much more realistic proposition. On April 24, 2015 8:03:12 AM AKDT, Josh Luthman

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2015-04-24 Thread Mike Hammett
] loving these AF5X's so far! It feels like we are going off topic now, but UBNT announced that their 3rd quater earnings are lower than expected and the CFO has resigned. Stock has already fallen more than 5% today. OUCH! On Fri, Apr 24, 2015 at 8:16 AM, Jon Langeler jon-ispli

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2015-04-24 Thread CBB - Jay Fuller
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] loving these AF5X's so far! I suppose it would be cheaper to have the team that did Canopy sync do Airmax sync then to buy the entire Cambium corporation...but maybe I'm wrong. Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy

Re: [AFMUG] loving these AF5X's so far!

2015-04-23 Thread Ben Moore
Thanks for the great feedback! More units will be arriving next week. Regards, Ben On Thu, Apr 23, 2015 at 4:52 PM, Jeremy jeremysmi...@gmail.com wrote: These things are amazing! I just finished converting to dual slant. 34dbi dish on one side, 30dbi dish on the other, 7.75 miles, RX -57

Re: [AFMUG] loving these AF5X's so far!

2015-04-23 Thread Josh Reynolds
Are you on 3.x firmware? On April 23, 2015 2:52:11 PM AKDT, Jeremy jeremysmi...@gmail.com wrote: These things are amazing! I just finished converting to dual slant. 34dbi dish on one side, 30dbi dish on the other, 7.75 miles, RX -57 (all chains), 40Mhz channel width, modulation hovering between

Re: [AFMUG] loving these AF5X's so far!

2015-04-23 Thread Jeremy
These things are amazing! I just finished converting to dual slant. 34dbi dish on one side, 30dbi dish on the other, 7.75 miles, RX -57 (all chains), 40Mhz channel width, modulation hovering between QAM16 and QAM64. Seeing 260-275Mbps down by 60Mbps up on a 75% duty cycle. The lights don't

Re: [AFMUG] loving these AF5X's so far!

2015-04-23 Thread Mathew Howard
What channel are you running on? It will let you set it to full power, but it should limit it(and display what it's actually doing on the main screen) to whatever is appropriate for your antennas and the band you're using. On Thu, Apr 23, 2015 at 8:21 PM, Jeremy jeremysmi...@gmail.com wrote: I

Re: [AFMUG] loving these AF5X's so far!

2015-04-23 Thread Jeremy
There have been murmurs of multipoint being a possibility, nothing yet. On Thu, Apr 23, 2015 at 6:07 PM, Jon Langeler jon-ispli...@michwave.net wrote: Is multipoint in the future? white space? Sent from my iPhone On Apr 23, 2015, at 6:53 PM, Ben Moore ben.mo...@ubnt.com wrote: Thanks for

Re: [AFMUG] loving these AF5X's so far!

2015-04-23 Thread Jeremy
14db off can't be right at -57. Lights are inconsequential for me. Anyway, UBNT support has contacted me about possibilities for improving the link. We're looking at it now (not that it needs much improvement). How is that for customer support? They reached out to me. On Thu, Apr 23, 2015 at

Re: [AFMUG] loving these AF5X's so far!

2015-04-23 Thread Jeremy
I have the db of the antennas entered and it was set to 54 db but it auto sets the gain based on antenna size. Everything is set correctly, unless there is some 'trick' to it. I was under the impression that these things set their own gain based on antenna size and EIRP. The EIRP shows

Re: [AFMUG] loving these AF5X's so far!

2015-04-23 Thread Jeremy
I have another AF5X installed also. The signal levels on that one were horrible. I got looking at the path and realized that I actually have a LOS issue on that link that has cropped up, and it is shooting through the treetops. It is still doing 179Mbps but has some definite issues. I need to

Re: [AFMUG] loving these AF5X's so far!

2015-04-23 Thread Ben Moore
No plans at this stage for white space. As for anything additional coming from AF team...They are always working on something (or many things)... On Thu, Apr 23, 2015 at 6:07 PM, Jon Langeler jon-ispli...@michwave.net wrote: Is multipoint in the future? white space? Sent from my iPhone On

Re: [AFMUG] loving these AF5X's so far!

2015-04-23 Thread Josh Luthman
Lights are right on for me. Blinking red would be 14db off I think. Blinking blue is 1 off. Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Apr 23, 2015 8:49 PM, Jeremy jeremysmi...@gmail.com wrote: There have been murmurs of multipoint being a

Re: [AFMUG] loving these AF5X's so far!

2015-04-23 Thread Josh Luthman
Do you have the gain set right? Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Apr 23, 2015 9:01 PM, Jeremy jeremysmi...@gmail.com wrote: 14db off can't be right at -57. Lights are inconsequential for me. Anyway, UBNT support has contacted me

Re: [AFMUG] loving these AF5X's so far!

2015-04-23 Thread Jeremy
I do not have any cable loss set... On Thu, Apr 23, 2015 at 7:21 PM, Jeremy jeremysmi...@gmail.com wrote: I have the db of the antennas entered and it was set to 54 db but it auto sets the gain based on antenna size. Everything is set correctly, unless there is some 'trick' to it. I was

Re: [AFMUG] loving these AF5X's so far!

2015-04-23 Thread Mike Hammett
: [AFMUG] loving these AF5X's so far! No plans at this stage for white space. As for anything additional coming from AF team...They are always working on something (or many things)... On Thu, Apr 23, 2015 at 6:07 PM, Jon Langeler jon-ispli...@michwave.net wrote: Is multipoint in the future

Re: [AFMUG] loving these AF5X's so far!

2015-04-23 Thread Mike Hammett
23, 2015 8:01:09 PM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] loving these AF5X's so far! 14db off can't be right at -57. Lights are inconsequential for me. Anyway, UBNT support has contacted me about possibilities for improving the link. We're looking at it now (not that it needs much improvement). How

Re: [AFMUG] loving these AF5X's so far!

2015-04-19 Thread Kurt Fankhauser
if there was a good 25db dish out there that I liked i would use it... Sent from my iPhone Kurt Fankhauser Wavelinc Communications P.O. Box 126 Bucyrus, OH 44820 http://www.wavelinc.com tel. 419-562-6405 fax. 419-617-0110 On Apr 19, 2015, at 1:41 AM, Darin Steffl darin.ste...@mnwifi.com wrote:

Re: [AFMUG] loving these AF5X's so far!

2015-04-19 Thread Josh Reynolds
What about a 24dBi? http://www.brinknetworks.com/jirous-jrc-24-ex-mimo-1-dual-polarity-high-performance-dish/ Josh Reynolds CIO, SPITwSPOTS www.spitwspots.com On 04/18/2015 11:08 PM, Kurt Fankhauser wrote: if there was a good 25db dish out there that I liked i would use it... Sent from my

Re: [AFMUG] loving these AF5X's so far!

2015-04-19 Thread Mike Hammett
, April 18, 2015 11:22:45 PM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] loving these AF5X's so far! Hi, The sensitivity of the DFS receiver increases as the antenna gain decreases. The lowest gain DFS is certified for is a 23 dBi antenna gain. Setting an antenna gain lower than 23 dBi may result in unwanted DFS

Re: [AFMUG] loving these AF5X's so far!

2015-04-19 Thread Mike Hammett
Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com - Original Message - From: Peter Kranz pkr...@unwiredltd.com To: af@afmug.com Sent: Saturday, April 18, 2015 11:30:18 PM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] loving these AF5X's so far! PS. You might want to consider water proofing

Re: [AFMUG] loving these AF5X's so far!

2015-04-19 Thread Mike Hammett
://www.ics-il.com - Original Message - From: Josh Reynolds j...@spitwspots.com To: af@afmug.com Sent: Sunday, April 19, 2015 2:15:52 AM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] loving these AF5X's so far! What about a 24dBi? http://www.brinknetworks.com/jirous-jrc-24-ex-mimo-1-dual-polarity-high-performance

Re: [AFMUG] loving these AF5X's so far!

2015-04-19 Thread Kurt Fankhauser
shipped release Sent from my iPhone Kurt Fankhauser Wavelinc Communications P.O. Box 126 Bucyrus, OH 44820 http://www.wavelinc.com tel. 419-562-6405 fax. 419-617-0110 On Apr 19, 2015, at 12:48 PM, Josh Luthman j...@imaginenetworksllc.com wrote: Are you on 3.0 or the shipped release?

Re: [AFMUG] loving these AF5X's so far!

2015-04-19 Thread Josh Luthman
I'd suggest you try the upgrade. I haven't had any DFS problems outside. Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Sun, Apr 19, 2015 at 2:56 PM, Kurt Fankhauser li...@wavelinc.com wrote: shipped release Sent from my iPhone Kurt

Re: [AFMUG] loving these AF5X's so far!

2015-04-19 Thread Peter Kranz
While it the connector itself may be IP67 complaint, I have seen several crimp jobs of the cable onto the connector where there were gaps that would allow water to penetrate down into the connector. If this particular GPS cable suffers from a poor crimp, the cup formed by the boot will cause

Re: [AFMUG] loving these AF5X's so far!

2015-04-19 Thread Kurt Fankhauser
Josh, I did set it while in the DFS bands and still didn't make any difference. Kurt Fankhauser Wavelinc Communications P.O. Box 126 Bucyrus, OH 44820 http://www.wavelinc.com tel. 419-562-6405 fax. 419-617-0110 On Sat, Apr 18, 2015 at 10:59 PM, Josh Luthman j...@imaginenetworksllc.com

Re: [AFMUG] loving these AF5X's so far!

2015-04-19 Thread Jeremy
I mastic and tape all of my connectors. There's no reason not to. I know I have never said I wish I hadn't sealed these connectors that have been here for five years without getting water in them. I still love that the boot makes it easier to remove the cables once it has been sealed. Anyone

Re: [AFMUG] loving these AF5X's so far!

2015-04-19 Thread Jeremy
: Are you replacing Rockets? If yes, are you rotating the feed to get dual slant? *From:* Jeremy jeremysmi...@gmail.com *Sent:* Sunday, April 19, 2015 11:30 AM *To:* af@afmug.com *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] loving these AF5X's so far! I mastic and tape all of my connectors. There's no reason

Re: [AFMUG] loving these AF5X's so far!

2015-04-19 Thread Rory Conaway
We used to put electrical tape under the mastic until we discovered fusion tape. Rory From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Jeremy Sent: Sunday, April 19, 2015 9:31 AM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] loving these AF5X's so far! I mastic and tape all of my connectors

Re: [AFMUG] loving these AF5X's so far!

2015-04-19 Thread Ken Hohhof
Are you replacing Rockets? If yes, are you rotating the feed to get dual slant? From: Jeremy Sent: Sunday, April 19, 2015 11:30 AM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] loving these AF5X's so far! I mastic and tape all of my connectors. There's no reason not to. I know I have never said I

Re: [AFMUG] loving these AF5X's so far!

2015-04-19 Thread Josh Luthman
Are you on 3.0 or the shipped release? Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Sun, Apr 19, 2015 at 12:31 PM, Kurt Fankhauser li...@wavelinc.com wrote: Josh, I did set it while in the DFS bands and still didn't make any difference.

Re: [AFMUG] loving these AF5X's so far!

2015-04-18 Thread Ken Hohhof
V/H or +45/-45? From: Kurt Fankhauser Sent: Saturday, April 18, 2015 7:40 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: [AFMUG] loving these AF5X's so far! First link up. Havn't even fine tuned anything yet. ARC panels on both ends. Initially tried to use DFS freqs and kept getting radar detect. Even though I

Re: [AFMUG] loving these AF5X's so far!

2015-04-18 Thread Josh Luthman
Did you set 23dbi gain? Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Apr 18, 2015 8:40 PM, Kurt Fankhauser li...@wavelinc.com wrote: First link up. Havn't even fine tuned anything yet. ARC panels on both ends. Initially tried to use DFS

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2015-04-18 Thread Mathew Howard
looks to me like the antenna gain is at 0db, since it's saying it's limiting it to 15dbm EIRP... not that it actually makes any difference, since the TX power is going to be at 15dbm either way... it'll just be showing 38 on the interface. On Sat, Apr 18, 2015 at 7:54 PM, Josh Luthman

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2015-04-18 Thread Josh Luthman
The EIRP is messed up unless the ATPC brought mine down to to -60. I've got it at 25eirp with 19dbi antenna. Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Apr 18, 2015 8:58 PM, Mathew Howard mhoward...@gmail.com wrote: looks to me like the

Re: [AFMUG] loving these AF5X's so far!

2015-04-18 Thread Mathew Howard
Weird, it's working right for me. Did you upgrade to v3.0, or are you still on RC7 or whatever it was they shipped with? I'm getting 45db eirp with 30dbi dishes, which should be the correct max for 5.2ghz. maybe it's only screwed up with smaller antennas. On Sat, Apr 18, 2015 at 8:05 PM, Josh

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2015-04-18 Thread Josh Luthman
3.0 My link is only 2000 feet. 19dbi antenna give me -60 and I can see it bounce up and down 1db. I'm not certain there's ATPC but it certainly looks that way. Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Apr 18, 2015 9:12 PM, Mathew Howard

Re: [AFMUG] loving these AF5X's so far!

2015-04-18 Thread Mathew Howard
That would makes sense, I don't remember hearing anything about ATPC on these, but it would be kind of surprising if they didn't have it. On Sat, Apr 18, 2015 at 8:22 PM, Josh Luthman j...@imaginenetworksllc.com wrote: 3.0 My link is only 2000 feet. 19dbi antenna give me -60 and I can see it

Re: [AFMUG] loving these AF5X's so far!

2015-04-18 Thread Josh Reynolds
There isn't really ATPC per say. There are some.. Similar options in 3.x firmware. Have you read Chuck's post on how the AF won't really let you cheat on EIRP? Has to do with distance calculations, tx power, etc. On April 18, 2015 5:05:43 PM AKDT, Josh Luthman j...@imaginenetworksllc.com

Re: [AFMUG] loving these AF5X's so far!

2015-04-18 Thread Kurt Fankhauser
Ken, This is V/H polarity. Don't really see any need for slant on this link. I'm limited for antenna options right now anyway. But these are working great so I don't think I'm going to mess with them. Josh, No I did not set antenna gain. Kurt Fankhauser Wavelinc Communications P.O. Box 126

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2015-04-18 Thread Jeremy
It was talked about that you absolutely need to set your antenna gain exactly for DFS to work. I think they also mentioned that you couldn't use DFS freqs for both polarities without getting detections. So I believe one freq would have to be non-DFS and one DFS. Did I catch that correctly?

Re: [AFMUG] loving these AF5X's so far!

2015-04-18 Thread Josh Luthman
I've got 3 DFS set... No problems. Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Apr 18, 2015 11:30 PM, Jeremy jeremysmi...@gmail.com wrote: It was talked about that you absolutely need to set your antenna gain exactly for DFS to work. I

Re: [AFMUG] loving these AF5X's so far!

2015-04-18 Thread Jeremy
I thought I recalled Chuck mentioning something like that at AF. I guess I should have taken notes. On Sat, Apr 18, 2015 at 9:53 PM, Josh Luthman j...@imaginenetworksllc.com wrote: I've got 3 DFS set... No problems. Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St

Re: [AFMUG] loving these AF5X's so far!

2015-04-18 Thread Peter Kranz
PS. You might want to consider water proofing that GPS connector as well.. They way that boot works has always made me feel like it’s a perfect water cup.

Re: [AFMUG] loving these AF5X's so far!

2015-04-18 Thread Darin Steffl
I'm also quite confused on some people using low gain antennas for this. At a minimum, people should be using 25 db dish antennas. We plan on using minimum 30 db dishes on these links to improve link budget and block noise with the narrower beam. Why all of a sudden 2-3 people are using panel