[AFMUG] Fiber pricing.

2015-01-26 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Just was curious what the current pricing of fiber was when purchased in bulk. Well that and orange tube, etc. Found some pricing which made me wonder how they can even make it for that cost. And not from just one source. What is everyone paying for bulk fiber suitable for in duct use. 144

Re: [AFMUG] Modem over ethernet ?

2015-02-07 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
At least some ATA (analog telephone adapters) will allow you to connect two of them together without a voip server in the middle. Using g.711u as a codec will get you most of the way there - a stable network connection with little/no packet loss and jitter should get you the rest of the way.

Re: [AFMUG] Modem over ethernet ?

2015-02-07 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
...@voltbb.com wrote: The only other problem is that I need multiple remote systems to dial back to a single server which further complicates the matter. I guess I can just do VoIP if I can find a provider who can support that codec? On Feb 7, 2015 11:10 AM, Forrest Christian (List Account) li

[AFMUG] PacketFlux Booth at Animal Farm

2015-02-04 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
I'm up early and headed to the airport today (long story). I'll be at the show probably around 8:30 or 9am. As most of the attendees of Animal Farm are typically familiar with the PacketFlux Products, I've instead decided to do something different with our booth. Instead of filling the booth

Re: [AFMUG] What LICENSED radios have you had fail?

2015-01-19 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
You need to further clarify 'fail'. Do you mean a software failure (aka stop passing traffic, lock up, needs reboot, etc.), or out and out die? -forrest On Mon, Jan 19, 2015 at 9:08 PM, TJ Trout t...@voltbb.com wrote: Kind of a curious question to the operators on the list, if you have had a

Re: [AFMUG] Gas Prices

2015-01-14 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
efficient vehicles. On 1/14/2015 5:30 AM, Forrest Christian (List Account) wrote: There's an old, insightful joke about what is the best price to sell barrels of oil for, which states that it's something like $100, $100, $100, $100, $20, $20, $100, $100, $100. At $100 everyone is eager

Re: [AFMUG] OT... WAY OT: Metal detectors

2015-02-18 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
The metal detector I have should locate this down to about a foot or more. Really depends on depth. The other thought is if you do know where one end is, you might have some success with a underground toner, especially if you can shove some sort of locate wire in. On Feb 17, 2015 9:18 PM, Bill

Re: [AFMUG] There goes the neighborhood, right?

2015-02-19 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Does that mean Patrick's posts are approved by SAF? On Feb 19, 2015 1:26 PM, Daniel White afmu...@gmail.com wrote: They don’t bite too hard over here Patrick… too hard :-) *** Daniel White - Managing Director SAF

[AFMUG] Forrest's Monday Rant - MikroTik Ethernet Funkyness

2015-01-26 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
As many of you have heard, I've had a bit of a irritation for quite some time about Mikrotik's seeming inability to consistently wire their Ethernet ports correctly for 10mb/s operation - specifically paying attention to the correct *polarity* of the wires in the Ethernet pairs. This wreaks havoc

Re: [AFMUG] Forrest's Monday Rant - MikroTik Ethernet Funkyness

2015-01-26 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Solutions http://www.ics-il.com https://www.facebook.com/ICSIL https://plus.google.com/+IntelligentComputingSolutionsDeKalb https://www.linkedin.com/company/intelligent-computing-solutions https://twitter.com/ICSIL -- *From: *Forrest Christian (List Account) li

[AFMUG] Fwd: Re: Forrest cell?

2015-01-09 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
if I missed doing it, or an email got lost in the ether. Regardless, see below: -- Forwarded message -- From: Forrest Christian (List Account) li...@packetflux.com Date: Jan 9, 2015 3:27 AM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Forrest cell? To: af af@afmug.com Cc: Figured I'd get these formally

Re: [AFMUG] OT - EE help please

2015-01-09 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Maybe easier than I thought.. http://www.amazon.com/SRD-5VDC-SL-C-Electronical-Delay-Relay-Module/dp/B00CWA4TZ8 and a lot of others On Jan 9, 2015 11:05 AM, Forrest Christian (List Account) li...@packetflux.com wrote: Last one I bought was from Amazon. The challenge will likely be finding

Re: [AFMUG] OT - EE help please

2015-01-09 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Two suggestions. 1) go to radio shack and get an ardunio starter kit. May want to do this even if you do number two. This is the modern way to do this and you can show both the schematic for i/o and the program. 2) I can do what you are describing with four or so dpdt relays. One for each

[AFMUG] PacketFlux Training Friday Morning after Animal farm

2015-01-09 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
As mentioned earlier on the list, I will be providing some free training for the PacketFlux SiteMonitor system at Animal Farm, on Friday Morning. The general topic will be to cover a lot of less-well-understood details about the SiteMonitor system, which should help users better use the system.

Re: [AFMUG] OT - EE help please

2015-01-09 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Last one I bought was from Amazon. The challenge will likely be finding one at the voltages you're taking about. Without the time delay relay, you can do everything but the timed reset. On Jan 9, 2015 11:00 AM, Mark - Myakka Technologies m...@mailmt.com wrote: Forrest, Time delayed relay,

Re: [AFMUG] Fwd: Re: Forrest cell?

2015-01-09 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Helps if I paste in the correct url... http://tickets.packetflux.com/kb/faq.php?id=14 On Fri, Jan 9, 2015 at 10:38 AM, Forrest Christian (List Account) li...@packetflux.com wrote: Darn list issues. Evidently I wasn't verified by ses like I thought. Repeating what I tried to send yesterday

Re: [AFMUG] Gas Prices

2015-01-14 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
There's an old, insightful joke about what is the best price to sell barrels of oil for, which states that it's something like $100, $100, $100, $100, $20, $20, $100, $100, $100. At $100 everyone is eager to turn up production and do things like hydraulic fracturing. At $20, there's a lot

Re: [AFMUG] Packetflux SyncInjector Firmware - auto retry on port power overload

2015-02-14 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
The almost-released beta has this. I was expecting it to be out before Animal Farm, but now it looks like just after WISPAMERICA. We actually ended up having to respin both the base unit code and the expansion module code to permit this, as we needed to be able to display a lot more internal

Re: [AFMUG] PacketFlux Sync Injector question

2015-02-13 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
There isn't anything different between any recent injector daisy chain wise. Any straight-through cable on the syncpipe daisy-chain ports, cat5 or flat satin will work - although for longer distances you want CAT5. The sitemonitor ports can be dasychained with either a straight or reversed (1-6

Re: [AFMUG] Site Monitor Gigabit POE Injector Issue, related to AirFiber 24

2015-02-13 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
We have revised our recommendation in this regard: The relay on the Gigabit Injectors is actually rated for 60W DC, so it's fine to power an AF24 via the standard Gigabit injector. I find it odd that this is an asymmetrical issue. Gigabit uses all four pairs in both directions simultaneously,

Re: [AFMUG] Site Monitor Gigabit POE Injector Issue, related to AirFiber 24

2015-02-13 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
The transformers we use are rated for the 802.3at spec, which is 25.50W per pair at the powered device end, using 48V at the source end and factoring in cable drop along a 100M cable. Note that if you do the division you'll come up with a lower current rating than the magnetics are rated for just

Re: [AFMUG] PTP450

2015-02-10 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
As others have mentioned, this is most likely interference from a hpol canopy radio. The two radios are getting in and out of sync with each other. On Feb 10, 2015 8:51 AM, Dan Petermann d...@wyoming.com wrote: A client of mine has a PTP450 link. It is re-registering like crazy, like every 30

Re: [AFMUG] let's see the FCC regulate this

2015-03-16 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
I've long said that when they actually figure this out and make it work in a small box on your desk, we'll all be out of work, as the other end will be in a warehouse somewhere with a few million others. Probably owned by Google. On Mar 16, 2015 3:26 PM, Rory Conaway r...@triadwireless.net wrote:

Re: [AFMUG] Coax retransmit

2015-03-09 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
I've looked at doing a product like this more for extended distance runs (i.e. run thousand(s?) of feet of RG6) but didn't find a good solution I liked for the distance/speed tradeoff. I'm assuming you're talking about effectively doing poe over coax? I.E. something like the products at:

Re: [AFMUG] Coax retransmit

2015-03-09 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
This is a bit different problem. I think the google search you are looking for is MoCA. There are a lot of options for data over coax in a distribution environment. Also don't discount something like HomePNA which is a dsl-like technology you could tap onto a phone line post-demarc. -forrest

[AFMUG] Sfp to copper gigabit media converter experiences.

2015-03-10 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
I'm in the process of sourcing components for a new product which will integrate a media converter with a poe injector for tower top applications. I've been taking apart sfp to copper media converters over the past few days, and so far they all seem to use the same chipset with slightly different

Re: [AFMUG] Sfp to copper gigabit media converter experiences.

2015-03-10 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Christian (List Account) *Sent:* Tuesday, March 10, 2015 12:01 PM *To:* af *Subject:* [AFMUG] Sfp to copper gigabit media converter experiences. I'm in the process of sourcing components for a new product which will integrate a media converter with a poe injector for tower top applications

Re: [AFMUG] I think someone violated the FCC power limit on their FSO link

2015-03-06 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Austin powers would be proud. Now they need to miniaturize it and attach it to sharks. On Mar 6, 2015 12:23 PM, Rory Conaway r...@triadwireless.net wrote: http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2477880,00.asp Rory

Re: [AFMUG] Site Monitor 4 Channel Relay - Question for Forrest

2015-03-10 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
For DC: From 0-30V: 2 Amps. Above 30V: 60 Watts. (If you need amps above 30v, divide 60 by your voltage: For example, at 60V, it's 1A). I'm not going to tell you how much the maximum relay voltage is at DC since I don't want to encourage you putting that much voltage through this device, and

Re: [AFMUG] Site Monitor 4 Channel Relay - Question for Forrest

2015-03-10 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
? Erich Kaiser North Central Tower er...@northcentraltower.com Office: 630-621-4804 Cell: 630-777-9291 On Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 8:08 PM, Forrest Christian (List Account) li...@packetflux.com wrote: For DC: From 0-30V: 2 Amps. Above 30V: 60 Watts. (If you need amps above 30v, divide 60

Re: [AFMUG] Site Monitor 4 Channel Relay - Question for Forrest

2015-03-10 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
The older orange ones *may* be ok for the same rating. The datasheet from NEC on the orange relays is inconsistent. In the printed specs it says exactly the same thing as the new relay - 2A or 60W whichever is less. However, in the chart section of the datasheet, the graph shows a 1A maximum

Re: [AFMUG] Ethernet Interference from Grounding using GIGE-APC

2015-03-31 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Is this a higher RF site? I don't remember is the GIGE-APC high voltage? If this is a low voltage unit, you may be seeing some sort of ground bounce and/or RF triggering the surge supressor. On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 10:49 AM, Nate Burke n...@blastcomm.com wrote: I just changed out an ATOM

Re: [AFMUG] Ethernet Interference from Grounding using GIGE-APC

2015-03-31 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
automation engineers to explain ground bounce. They never the term. They assumed that voltage is getting injected or introduced into line somewhere. Recommended voltmeter and checking wires first Jaime Solorza On Mar 31, 2015 11:14 AM, Forrest Christian (List Account) li...@packetflux.com

Re: [AFMUG] Packetflux basic versus parasitic?

2015-03-04 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Christian (List Account) wrote: There are some pulse counts on the syncinjectors which may help you troubleshoot. Pulses used should go up by one every second, no more, no less. None of the other counters should increment except very rarely. If you're seeing anything else, shoot a couple

Re: [AFMUG] Packetflux basic versus parasitic?

2015-03-04 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
There are some pulse counts on the syncinjectors which may help you troubleshoot. Pulses used should go up by one every second, no more, no less. None of the other counters should increment except very rarely. If you're seeing anything else, shoot a couple of screenshots into

Re: [AFMUG] IP Enabled Alarm Panel

2015-02-28 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
I have an elk m1 integrated with an isy994i. I really like it. But of a leaning curve, but it is very flexible. On Feb 28, 2015 5:55 PM, Keefe John keefe...@ethoplex.com wrote: What's a good web/ip enabled alarm panel and/or system? Right now i have I visonic and it sucks. It would be great

Re: [AFMUG] Wisp America Updates?

2015-02-25 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Not sure who you talked to, but this is by far the best show yet. No matter how well executed a show is, there are always people who are not happy, and things which don't go as planned. I sure didn't see any signs that this was any more prevalent, in fact, if anything it was less prevalent. On

Re: [AFMUG] Site Monitor 5 channel PDU voltage?

2015-01-23 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
We can build them for -48v, however they would then need to be hooked up to a separate positive power source via the management port for the internal electronics. Using a sitemonitor base unit works fine, right up until you reboot the base which then reboots the expansion and all attached units.

Re: [AFMUG] PacketFlux Training Friday Morning after Animal farm

2015-01-30 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
at 9:40 AM, Forrest Christian (List Account) li...@packetflux.com wrote: As mentioned earlier on the list, I will be providing some free training for the PacketFlux SiteMonitor system at Animal Farm, on Friday Morning. The general topic will be to cover a lot of less-well-understood

Re: [AFMUG] Monitoring sync status on SyncInjector

2015-04-02 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
It's also in the web interface... The hover interface that is. On Apr 2, 2015 3:14 PM, Josh Luthman j...@imaginenetworksllc.com wrote: Oh. I didn't realize that worked for the Monitor II units... Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH

Re: [AFMUG] Monitoring sync status on SyncInjector

2015-04-03 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
, early pulses, etc. Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Thu, Apr 2, 2015 at 5:17 PM, Forrest Christian (List Account) li...@packetflux.com wrote: It's also in the web interface... The hover interface that is. On Apr 2, 2015

Re: [AFMUG] Monitoring sync status on SyncInjector

2015-04-03 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
POE It will be different than SiteMonitor - 4 port POE - SyncInjector bp part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com On 4/3/2015 12:14 AM, Forrest Christian (List Account) wrote: I wish there was a way to produce a standard for the product which was useful, but because of the dynamic nature

Re: [AFMUG] Packet flux question

2015-04-23 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Due to the odd wiring the radios probably shorted out the overcurrent protection in the injectors, turning off the portal and I'd not be surprised if the radios are just fine. Especially if they were never plugged into an already on injector. So we accidentally put sync injectors on to a din

Re: [AFMUG] Packet flux question

2015-04-24 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
electronic repair shop which knows how to rework surface mount boards - just remove the magnetics and replace them. Unless of course there was another cause. -forrest On Thu, Apr 23, 2015 at 9:58 PM, Forrest Christian (List Account) li...@packetflux.com wrote: Due to the odd wiring the radios

Re: [AFMUG] Power supply back feed loss?

2015-04-26 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
I have cooked more than one power supply this wayI could draw you a schematic diagram illustrating why for certain power supply designs hooking up another voltage source is a bad idea. That said, many, if not most, modern power supplies don't care, especially those designed to be paralleled

Re: [AFMUG] Illegal 18ghz links on a new site

2015-04-21 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
I'd guess that it might be one they just forgot to submit the license for after a PCN. I'd just give them a holler and let them know that you couldn't find it in the FCC license database and was wondering if it had been coordinated recently. -forrest On Tue, Apr 21, 2015 at 6:27 PM, Darin

Re: [AFMUG] Packet flux question

2015-04-24 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
of 450 and 100 series. They all appear to have been damaged. The only thing I get an Ethernet link light on is a bh50 radio Sent from my iPhone On Apr 24, 2015, at 05:06, Forrest Christian (List Account) li...@packetflux.com wrote: Hmm.. I love (not) autocorrect on android... port

Re: [AFMUG] Packet flux question

2015-04-24 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
:* Forrest Christian (List Account) li...@packetflux.com *Sent:* Friday, April 24, 2015 2:36 PM *To:* af af@afmug.com *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Packet flux question I actually do a very fast, software defined, overcurrent shutdown in the product of interest here. It's been a while since I worked

Re: [AFMUG] Oh Thermal Camera Muse hear me my plea!

2015-04-27 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
In the category of possible underkill I have one of these I use : http://www.thermal.com/ Works fine, but also probably not what you're looking for. -forrest On Mon, Apr 27, 2015 at 4:26 PM, Jaime Solorza losguyswirel...@gmail.com wrote: What's up hepcats? Can someone please point to an

Re: [AFMUG] Hulu, ABC, Disney blocked my entire subnet!

2015-05-06 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Last I checked the new rules permit them to block you, not the other way around. Which makes an interesting issue... Your customers are now perceiving a net neutrality issue that is totally out of your hands. As far as getting it resolved, are they providing any details on why, or is it just a

Re: [AFMUG] Noooo! Simon is Leaving!

2015-05-07 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
: Hmmm, Wisconsin in June, must be something to kill black flies with RF. *From:* Forrest Christian (List Account) li...@packetflux.com *Sent:* Wednesday, May 06, 2015 7:28 PM *To:* af af@afmug.com *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] N! Simon is Leaving! We're launching 3 new products in Wisconsin

Re: [AFMUG] Noooo! Simon is Leaving!

2015-05-06 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
We're launching 3 new products in Wisconsin in June. On Wed, May 6, 2015 at 4:08 PM, Keefe John keefe...@ethoplex.com wrote: Hey now! There's a lot to do here in Wisconsin! On 5/6/2015 3:12 PM, Ken Hohhof wrote: He said he's staying in Wisconsin, right? So there's a limited set of

Re: [AFMUG] APC-DIN Mount

2015-05-10 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
. *From:* Forrest Christian (List Account) li...@packetflux.com *Sent:* Sunday, May 10, 2015 6:23 PM *To:* af af@afmug.com *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] APC-DIN Mount I'm about ready to specifically exclude water damage from what we will honor a warranty on. Lightning I want to see because

Re: [AFMUG] SiteMonitor 5ch PDU

2015-05-10 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
) and obviously the fuse pops. Get to the site and replace the fuse only to have it pop again. That's when I know something else is wrong. :( On 5/10/2015 5:01 PM, Forrest Christian (List Account) wrote: All of the modules which have overcurrent trip are going to get this functionality. Timing

Re: [AFMUG] SiteMonitor 5ch PDU

2015-05-10 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
All of the modules which have overcurrent trip are going to get this functionality. Timing: The base unit firmware is getting a (hopefully) final release based on the current code. This code is ready and just needs to be packaged for release. This final release fixes a issue where the base

Re: [AFMUG] APC-DIN Mount

2015-05-10 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
I'm about ready to specifically exclude water damage from what we will honor a warranty on. Lightning I want to see because it is useful to see the failure mode so I can improve lightning resistance in successive versions. Not much I can do design wise to prevent water related corrosion. It's

Re: [AFMUG] Cambium 450 and ePMP with Packet Flux Gear

2015-05-08 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
I'll let others speak to the stability (as a couple already have). A few months ago there was an issue with a mutual customer of mine and cambium's which was having sync problems with an epmp radio. To date, I don't know if the problem was with the epmp, or with the injector, or with a gps

Re: [AFMUG] please reboot

2015-05-08 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Personally, I'm starting to get a bit offended with the whole having to tiptoe around trying to find the politically correct non-offensive word to describe someone or something. I understand there are some terms for groups of people which are just plain offensive. But this whole this term that

[AFMUG] Enclosure low temperature

2015-05-18 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
What is the lowest temperature that each of you would normally expect to see in your enclosures? The reason I'm asking is that I'm in the process of developing up a few new products. To date, all of the packetflux products are designed with components rated -40 to +85C (I.E way cold to way hot).

Re: [AFMUG] Enclosure low temperature

2015-05-18 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
product line then buy this card, or supply your own at your own risk. Everybody selling fiber to the radio with an SFP slot does it that way. I always buy their SFP module. On 5/18/2015 10:09 PM, Forrest Christian (List Account) wrote: What is the lowest temperature that each of you would

Re: [AFMUG] Enclosure low temperature

2015-05-18 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Christian (List Account) wrote: More applicable to the current design, there's been some requests for on-device logging of enough data so that certain values would have historical graphs -- *Forrest Christian* *CEO**, PacketFlux Technologies, Inc.* Tel: 406-449-3345 | Address: 3577

Re: [AFMUG] looking for a simple lp gauge

2015-05-18 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
You're looking for a 'rochester remote ready' guage and transponder. The gauge part gets put on the tank by the tank owner, and the second clips onto the gauge and creates an 0-5V output. -forrest On Mon, May 18, 2015 at 9:16 PM, David Milholen dmilho...@wletc.com wrote: I am looking for a

Re: [AFMUG] Enclosure low temperature

2015-05-18 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
does it that way. I always buy their SFP module. On 5/18/2015 10:09 PM, Forrest Christian (List Account) wrote: What is the lowest temperature that each of you would normally expect to see in your enclosures? The reason I'm asking is that I'm in the process of developing up a few new

Re: [AFMUG] Enclosure low temperature

2015-05-18 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
. Obviously take the base unit's temp reading with a grain of salt because it's clearly generating some internal heat. I would bet inside the enclosures it was easily -15F. But I think your -13F is probably OK. On 5/18/2015 9:09 PM, Forrest Christian (List Account) wrote: What is the lowest

Re: [AFMUG] Enclosure low temperature

2015-05-18 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
fiber to the radio with an SFP slot does it that way. I always buy their SFP module. On 5/18/2015 10:09 PM, Forrest Christian (List Account) wrote: What is the lowest temperature that each of you would normally expect to see in your enclosures? The reason I'm asking is that I'm

Re: [AFMUG] Enclosure low temperature

2015-05-18 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
to the card below say -10F, I just would read a temperature sensor near the card. 2) I hate heaters. However, there's about 1W dissipated in the new product, so there is some internal heating. -forrest On Mon, May 18, 2015 at 9:52 PM, Forrest Christian (List Account) li...@packetflux.com wrote

Re: [AFMUG] Enclosure low temperature

2015-05-18 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
/18/2015 10:35 PM, Forrest Christian (List Account) wrote: There are solutions, it just comes down to bits per dollar. A SD card + socket probably costs around $5-6 to implement, including card. For that you get around 4GB (4096MB) or so. Plus if you're picky about the brand you can get

Re: [AFMUG] Enclosure low temperature

2015-05-19 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
, SPITwSPOTSwww.spitwspots.com On 05/18/2015 09:41 PM, Forrest Christian (List Account) wrote: There's a lot of things along those lines: The current sitemonitor base unit has 128KB of program memory, 3808 *bytes* (not kb, not mb) of RAM, and an external 1MB flash storage used

Re: [AFMUG] looking for a simple lp gauge

2015-05-19 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Christian (List Account) wrote: You're looking for a 'rochester remote ready' guage and transponder. The gauge part gets put on the tank by the tank owner, and the second clips onto the gauge and creates an 0-5V output. -forrest On Mon, May 18, 2015 at 9:16 PM, David Milholen dmilho

Re: [AFMUG] Sad, Mad Men is over.

2015-05-17 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Oh, thanks for the reminder... Need to buy an amazon season pass for Halt and Catch Fire (cheaper than one month of adding the sat package which includes AMC). -forrest On Sun, May 17, 2015 at 9:39 PM, Chuck McCown ch...@wbmfg.com wrote: Not much of a reason to live now... Oh, wait, Halt

Re: [AFMUG] Providing public routed IPs to customers

2015-04-15 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
-solutions https://twitter.com/ICSIL -- *From: *Forrest Christian (List Account) li...@packetflux.com *To: *af af@afmug.com *Sent: *Wednesday, April 15, 2015 3:02:50 AM *Subject: *Re: [AFMUG] Providing public routed IPs to customers (WISP HAT ON) We have a subnet

Re: [AFMUG] Cambium SPAM

2015-04-15 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
They know it was you who was putting all the insulting comments in the 'fill this form out to get the most basic information about our products' form. They're now retaliating -forrest On Wed, Apr 15, 2015 at 7:02 AM, Rory McCann rmm.li...@gmail.com wrote: Is anyone else stuck on the hell

Re: [AFMUG] Electrical - Grounding question - long run

2015-04-15 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Mark's answer matches what my recommendation would be. I'd just use the same sized conductor for ground that you used for the circuit itself, and make sure that the breaker is sized correctly (meaning not too large) for the wire run. I would probably put a 15A breaker in back at the panel, even

Re: [AFMUG] Packetflux Gigabit SyncInjector for 24 Volt Cambium Radios - Ubnt too?

2015-04-17 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
In progress :) I was going to hold off announcing this until we were sure it was going to work, since the 'mechanical issues' we're working through are a side effect of this, and I'm confident but not 100% sure we're close to solving them. But since it was brought up I'll give a bit of a

Re: [AFMUG] Packetflux Gigabit SyncInjector for 24 Volt Cambium Radios - Ubnt too?

2015-04-17 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
mold for the case? — Sent from Mailbox https://www.dropbox.com/mailbox On Fri, Apr 17, 2015 at 3:36 AM, Forrest Christian (List Account) li...@packetflux.com wrote: In progress :) I was going to hold off announcing this until we were sure it was going to work, since

Re: [AFMUG] Packetflux Gigabit SyncInjector for 24 Volt Cambium Radios - Ubnt too?

2015-04-17 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
. Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Apr 17, 2015 3:36 AM, Forrest Christian (List Account) li...@packetflux.com wrote: In progress :) I was going to hold off announcing this until we were sure it was going to work

Re: [AFMUG] Providing public routed IPs to customers

2015-04-15 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
(WISP HAT ON) We have a subnet (or a couple of subnets, as sites have grown) at each tower, and an public IP statically assigned to each customer. The radio gets a managment address out of 172.[16-31].x.x which corresponds to the public IP address. No DHCP anywhere, no PPPoE. But again, we

Re: [AFMUG] 12 Port SyncInjiector

2015-04-05 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Actually there are two different devices in work. The 12 port syncinjectors is mechanically two four port injector side by side so it's the same width but thicker, but with a total of 12 ports. Approximately 6 wide, 3 thick, and 4 deep. The circuit design is done, we're just dealing with

Re: [AFMUG] Packetflux Base Unit II and Airfiber POE Din Mount

2015-04-10 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Yes both are din mountable. I'm curious which phone number you tried? And where you were looking on the website for a contact email. Both are there on the contact web page and both work. On Apr 10, 2015 8:39 AM, CARL PETERSON cpeter...@portnetworks.com wrote: Trying to figure out if the Base

Re: [AFMUG] Smaller generators with inverters

2015-04-08 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
The difference between an inverter and a non inverter generator is that the non inverter models typically use an ac generator which directly produces ac power. This requires the motor to be running at the correct rpm to get the proper ac frequency. In addition, they tend to be susceptible to

Re: [AFMUG] ePMP sync differences CMM3 vs CMM4.

2015-06-03 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Christian (List Account) li...@packetflux.com wrote: On the cambium ask the synchronization experts thing I'm doing someone pointed out the section in the ePMP manual talking about frequency reuse. I had to go look since I had somehow missed that section. In case you haven't seen it, there's

[AFMUG] ePMP sync differences CMM3 vs CMM4.

2015-06-03 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
On the cambium ask the synchronization experts thing I'm doing someone pointed out the section in the ePMP manual talking about frequency reuse. I had to go look since I had somehow missed that section. In case you haven't seen it, there's a deep discussion about the proper settings when you

Re: [AFMUG] Hosted PBX question

2015-06-09 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
I use Vitelity in house and have never had a problem. They are very well respected in the industry. I'd recommend having them talk to vitelity about the issue. My guess is that something is simply misconfigured instead of vitelity being unreliable. For instance, the customer could have too few

Re: [AFMUG] PMP 450 3.65ghz

2015-06-09 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
There are regulatory and licensing issues in 3.65 right now which makes this more difficult to answer. Are you familiar with the current regulatory environment? I'm not 100% certain you can even legally set up a new 3.65 ap right now, or what hoops you have to jump through to do so. In regards

Re: [AFMUG] Hosted PBX question

2015-06-09 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Oh, and I use vitelity's fax service which is very good. Inbound faxes come to my email, outbound I just upload a pdf to vitelity. I think they also have some software to make this easier on a pc. For paper faxing, I just use wand scanner and softi scan software to make a pdf. On Tue, Jun 9,

Re: [AFMUG] PacketFlux SyncInjectors Auto Reset of power overloadcondition

2015-06-22 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
really want to put it though. On Jun 22, 2015 3:26 PM, Wireless Admin wirel...@htn.net wrote: Is the gotchas worse than having APs down requiring manual intervention? Steve -- *From:* Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] *On Behalf Of *Forrest Christian (List

Re: [AFMUG] PacketFlux SyncInjectors Auto Reset of power overload condition

2015-06-22 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
I'm out of the office for a couple of weeks. That firmware is ready to go, but there are some gotchas. I'm back mid next week. If you are willing to take it with the gotchas, I can get you one probably just before or just after the fourth of July holiday. This applies to anyone who wants

Re: [AFMUG] Packetflux PDU, backwards ports

2015-06-12 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Yep. We screwed up the software labeling somehow so it doesn't match the label. I've got patched software that I just need to verify matches the label and that all of the overcurrent stuff still works after the fix. I honestly had thought that this had been completed and that we were already

Re: [AFMUG] PMP320 Sync Help

2015-06-13 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
I don't remember.. Does the 320 have a screen with additional gps info, I.e. Satellites tracked, etc? On Jun 12, 2015 5:21 PM, Chris Fabien ch...@lakenetmi.com wrote: I have a PMP320 AP losing sync, if I reboot the AP it will show Sync for a few minutes, then show Sync 1PPS Lost, sometimes it

Re: [AFMUG] Packetflux PDU, backwards ports

2015-06-13 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
backwards or not. Sounds like it will be? On 6/12/2015 8:19 PM, Adam Moffett wrote: Awesome, thanks. On 6/12/2015 4:41 PM, Forrest Christian (List Account) wrote: Yep. We screwed up the software labeling somehow so it doesn't match the label. I've got patched software that I just need

Re: [AFMUG] Avago to buy Broadcom

2015-06-01 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
I hope that if this completes that this means that broadcom parts will become much easier to obtain. They have some really nice parts, but unless you're buying them on a high volume consumer electronics scale, there is no easy way to obtain them. On Jun 1, 2015 11:33 AM, Josh Reynolds

[AFMUG] Portable Wifi Bridge and/or Router.

2015-06-01 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Question for those of you who deal with WiFi devices a lot more than I do: I am in the market for a small WiFi access point which I can use primarily to connect a small Ethernet network to wireless devices (tablets, phones). This is a trade show application - aka 2-3 Ethernet demo devices

Re: [AFMUG] Portable Wifi Bridge and/or Router.

2015-06-01 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Mon, Jun 1, 2015 at 3:53 PM, Forrest Christian (List Account) li...@packetflux.com wrote: Question for those of you who deal with WiFi devices a lot more than I do: I am in the market for a small

Re: [AFMUG] Portable Wifi Bridge and/or Router.

2015-06-01 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
, Forrest Christian (List Account) li...@packetflux.com wrote: Maybe. I'm actually probably going to buy one of those and the mAP just to play with. I have some ideas. I swear I've seen something which was designed to connect to a hotspot, then NAT the hotspot connection and deliver

Re: [AFMUG] Portable Wifi Bridge and/or Router.

2015-06-01 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Jun 1, 2015 4:53 PM, Forrest Christian (List Account) li...@packetflux.com wrote: I guess you could call the functionality I'm looking for more of the Repeater or Mesh operation, but with NAT in the middle. I.E. today you can, add a virtual AP

[AFMUG] Captive portal peeve...

2015-05-30 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Just want to share one of my favorite peeves recently... Hotel captive portals which do not redirect ssl traffic in combination with many/most mobile devices which now seem to operate in a we're going to make you do ssl even if you don't want to mode. That and the frustration of logging into

[AFMUG] Would like a 430 connectorized AP (and possibly a 320 too).

2015-07-07 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
I'm currently in the market for an additional 430 and/or 320 AP for testing purposes here. They need to be connectorized, as I will be using them for sync compatibility testing by connecting them to a RF detector and observing the actual TX transmission timing in relation to the input

[AFMUG] SyncInjector Early Early Beta self-resetting firmware.

2015-07-07 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
It looks like I'm pretty much ready to release this code - provided that the upgrade-into-real-devices tests goes well tomorrow.However, I'm not particularly eager to throw this up on the website for anyone to grab based on the fact that I'm going to be not in the office for the entirety of

Re: [AFMUG] test

2015-08-07 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
I hope tucson and phoenix is a bit cooler next week. We're flying in on Thursday to AZA (Mesa), then spending a couple of days in the Tucson area, then back to phoenix for a conference M-S of the following week. Fortunately the conference is 100% indoors and in a very nice air conditioned

Re: [AFMUG] GPS Timing

2015-08-12 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
not considered that. But if you know where you are and have ephermis data, you should be able to calculate the delay and arrive at a pretty accurate timing pulse with one satellite. *From:* Forrest Christian (List Account) li...@packetflux.com *Sent:* Tuesday, August 11, 2015 11:39 AM *To:* af af

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