Re: [AFMUG] Vote

2016-11-09 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
I firmly believe that having ranked choice voting in place would encourage more people to pay attention to all of their choices. Because the system empowers voters to be able to choose the candidates they actually want without the risk of splitting the vote between similar candidates, I believe p

Re: [AFMUG] Vote

2016-11-10 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
but I think it's had the intended effect. It has encouraged more candidates to move more to the middle instead of pandering to the extremes at either end. bp On 11/9/2016 2:38 PM, Forrest Christian (List Account) wrote: I firmly believe that having ranked choice voting in place woul

Re: [AFMUG] Site monitor relay temp

2016-11-14 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
There was a bug we fixed in relation to this.I need to look at my revision notes to determine when this took place, and verify that the updated software made it to the Web page. Unfortunately my connectivity where I an for most of this week apparently blocks VPN access for me and as such I do

Re: [AFMUG] Packetflux & 450M Timing

2016-11-14 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
All of the currently shipping syncbox product line are compatible. For sync over power, I have the specs, but the design isn't done yet. On Nov 14, 2016 5:40 PM, "Sam Lambie" wrote: > A question for Forrest mostly. Have you come up with a timing product for > the 450m AP yet? If not, have you g

Re: [AFMUG] Packetflux & 450M Timing

2016-11-14 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
ll be releasing it to production assuming there isn't some showstopper I missed. On Nov 14, 2016 7:34 PM, "Matt" wrote: > Shouldn't the sync over power for the 450M be the same as PMP450i? > > How is the 1u sync injector coming? > > > On Mon, Nov 14, 2016 at 12:30 PM

Re: [AFMUG] Packetflux & 450M Timing

2016-11-14 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
ou could do for now is a GigE-POE-APC and the new aux port version SyncBox Junior. On 11/14/2016 12:34 PM, Matt wrote: > Shouldn't the sync over power for the 450M be the same as PMP450i? > > How is the 1u sync injector coming? > > > On Mon, Nov 14, 2016 at 12:30 PM, For

Re: [AFMUG] Packetflux & 450M Timing

2016-11-14 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
the transformer. > It will get hot, but not hot enough to unsolder itself. > > *From:* Forrest Christian (List Account) > *Sent:* Monday, November 14, 2016 12:00 PM > *To:* af > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Packetflux & 450M Timing > > > The current products should power the 4

Re: [AFMUG] Packetflux & 450M Timing

2016-11-14 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
the port didn't trip, and the card was hot > as hell). > > I was also unaware that Cambium won't be supporting sync-over-power on the > 450m. I imagine the ringing/bounce issue killed that idea due to the high > power consumption. > > On 11/14/2016 1:00 PM, Forrest Ch

Re: [AFMUG] Packetflux & 450M Timing

2016-11-14 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
>1A because I've "tested" it (cable > leaking water into the GigE-APC, the port didn't trip, and the card was hot > as hell). > > I was also unaware that Cambium won't be supporting sync-over-power on the > 450m. I imagine the ringing/bounce issue kil

Re: [AFMUG] Packetflux & 450M Timing

2016-11-14 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
one tested. On Nov 14, 2016 7:52 PM, "Forrest Christian (List Account)" < li...@packetflux.com> wrote: > No, Cambium elected to drop the traditional sync over power on the 450M. > > So, you either need to use timing port sync (via the aux port) or use > what they'

Re: [AFMUG] Packetflux & 450M Timing

2016-11-16 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
y now. > > Daniel White > Managing Director – Hardware Distribution Sales > ConVergence Technologies > Cell: +1 (303) 746-3590 > dwh...@converge-tech.com > > *From:* Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] *On Behalf Of *George Skorup > *Sent:* Tuesday, November 15, 2016 12:40 AM >

Re: [AFMUG] Packetflux 1U SyncInjector

2016-11-21 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
The chassis will support up to 16 ports of injection. Each 4 ports are on a separate card which can be populated or not, so you can buy it with 4, 8, 12 or 16 ports - and then upgrade later by adding cards. The initially available cards will not support the new style cambium sync. I considered ho

Re: [AFMUG] sync status

2016-11-21 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Nope, it most likely means that you're running a 450i and cambium hasn't fixed that bug yet. On Mon, Nov 21, 2016 at 1:23 PM, Ryan Mano wrote: > Am using packetflux sync pipe and am seeing invalid Message count > increasing on my AP > > > > Does this mean I have a bad timing cable? Or is the gps

Re: [AFMUG] sync status

2016-11-21 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Ooops hit send too early. If it isn't a 450i, it might mean a bad timing cable, or not What radios and version are you running? On Mon, Nov 21, 2016 at 4:59 PM, Forrest Christian (List Account) < li...@packetflux.com> wrote: > Nope, it most likely means that you're

Re: [AFMUG] Gigabit power injector + sync

2016-11-22 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Depends on the power circuitry on the airfiber. My guess is it would be ok. If you have a base unit, you can actually turn off the sync on that port and the injector will remember it, so you don't have to put a base unit in the field with it, just for the programming. (You'd set the poweron col

Re: [AFMUG] sync status

2016-11-22 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
, Ryan Mano wrote: > It’s a pmp100 900ap running 13.4.1 > > > > > > > > *From:* Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] *On Behalf Of *Forrest Christian > (List Account) > *Sent:* Monday, November 21, 2016 7:00 PM > *To:* af > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] sync status >

Re: [AFMUG] OT Boiled eggs

2016-11-23 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Buy eggs ahead of time and let them age before cooking helps a lot - fresher eggs tend to be more sticky, older eggs peel easier. Besides that I generally peel under running water which seems to resolve about 99% of the problems. Not sure which property of water helps in this case, but shells co

Re: [AFMUG] Gigabit power injector + sync

2016-11-24 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
order backward? >> and if a guy put a 3pin connector on the A/B selector, would that >> effectively put the two inputs in parallel? >> >> On Tue, Nov 22, 2016 at 11:57 AM, Forrest Christian (List Account) < >> li...@packetflux.com> wrote: >> >>&g

Re: [AFMUG] Gigabit power injector + sync

2016-11-24 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
c. Has been running for a >> couple hours now. Will keep checking back here. >> >> On Tue, Nov 22, 2016 at 1:51 PM, That One Guy /sarcasm < >> thatoneguyst...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> all this talk of the new units i opened our box of them, is there a >>> guide

Re: [AFMUG] Gigabit power injector + sync

2016-11-24 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
py polarity? 4-pair powering + sync over power > is not supported? That would be news to me. > > But yeah, for my 450i cluster, I put +48VDC on PowerA, plugged the radios > in and sync works fine. > > On 11/25/2016 12:17 AM, Forrest Christian (List Account) wrote: > > Whoah

Re: [AFMUG] Gigabit power injector + sync

2016-11-25 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
I'm powering airfibers with the same > injectors, and I think I just set the polarity the same on all the ports to > simplify things... > > On Fri, Nov 25, 2016 at 12:56 AM, Forrest Christian (List Account) < > li...@packetflux.com> wrote: > >> The 450i will power on w

Re: [AFMUG] OT 3 phase transformers

2016-11-25 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
The transformers you are looking for exist: https://www.grainger.com/product/ACME-ELECTRIC-General-Purpose-Transformer-49NT19?s_pp=false&picUrl=//static.grainger.com/rp/s/is/image/Grainger/49NR92_AS01?$smthumb$ Of course a used one is preferrable. I'm assuming you've done the research to make sure

Re: [AFMUG] Customers texting cell phones "hey my internet isn; t working"

2016-12-01 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
You need a separate email with a /nosarcasm tag... On Dec 1, 2016 6:45 PM, "That One Guy /sarcasm" wrote: > I just can't win :-( > > On Dec 1, 2016 8:39 PM, "Brandon Yuchasz" wrote: > >> I expected more Sarcasm. But thanks for the reply anyway. We are small >> still by most standards and I stil

Re: [AFMUG] Packetflux Generator Control replacement

2016-12-02 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
I'm considering doing a short production run of the existing design with a couple of minor mods. I've had several companies inquire about them, enough to justify a run. If anyone wants some, now would be a good time to shoot an email into cust...@packetflux.com with details of how many you migh

Re: [AFMUG] Packetflux Generator Control replacement

2016-12-02 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Crap, had a leftover chunk of crud at the end of that email. .. ignore the last two "words" On Dec 2, 2016 10:16 PM, "Forrest Christian (List Account)" < li...@packetflux.com> wrote: I'm considering doing a short production run of the existing design with a

Re: [AFMUG] 450m , No News is Good News?

2016-12-07 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Elevate, as far as I can tell, is designed to provide a non-forklift migration path to ePMP. I don't see either Elevate or ePMP playing to the same market is the AirFiber LTU or the 450-derived platforms (including Medusa). My best guess from everything I've read and heard is that the AirFiber L

Re: [AFMUG] Packetflux 1U SyncInjector

2016-12-08 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
we don't rack > mount. > > > > On Mon, Nov 21, 2016 at 7:44 AM, Forrest Christian (List Account) > wrote: > > The chassis will support up to 16 ports of injection. Each 4 ports are > on a > > separate card which can be populated or not, so you can buy it with 4, &g

Re: [AFMUG] CMM5 vs Packetflux

2016-12-14 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Yes, sync over power is on the PacketFlux roadmap. We're exploring different options as far as manufacturing goes. The short version: This isn't as simple as just adding some off-the-shelf electronic components. However, we've got a really easy solution for you: http://store.packetflux.com/sy

Re: [AFMUG] CMM5 vs Packetflux

2016-12-15 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
wrote: Forrest, If we use powerinjector + sync for Powering Medusa, Since the power requirement is very high, how many medusa's can we power using gigabit power injector? Can we power 4 Medusa using gigabit power injector? Tushar On Dec 14, 2016, at 11:07 PM, Forrest Chri

Re: [AFMUG] CMM5 vs Packetflux

2016-12-15 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
uirement is very high, how many medusa's can we power >> using gigabit power injector? Can we power 4 Medusa using gigabit power >> injector? >> >> Tushar >> >> >> On Dec 14, 2016, at 11:07 PM, Forrest Christian (List Account) < >> li...@packetflux

Re: [AFMUG] Battery backup at large sites

2016-12-27 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
The tool you're looking for in relation to the monitoring is a packetflux sitemonitor base unit. Others can point you toward the chargers. On Dec 26, 2016 11:36 PM, "Josh Corson" wrote: > What is everyone using as a battery backup at sites that cannot use a > standard off the shelve UPS? > The

Re: [AFMUG] Search Warranty too broad?

2016-12-27 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
I'd be concerned about privacy violations. My response would be a call to my attorney, with the intent being to push back just enough to make sure the judge understands the response is going to violate the privacy of hundreds of innocent john does. I can think of several strategies but I'm not a

Re: [AFMUG] Search Warranty too broad?

2016-12-27 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
u can give them (customer identity vs identities) On Dec 27, 2016 1:47 PM, "Forrest Christian (List Account)" < li...@packetflux.com> wrote: > I'd be concerned about privacy violations. > > My response would be a call to my attorney, with the intent being to push > back ju

Re: [AFMUG] OT: Will DJT be president

2017-01-01 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Sounds like a dream that someone who sings like Elvis might have On Dec 31, 2016 8:49 PM, "Chuck McCown" wrote: Here is a dose of scripture story for y’alll. (It’ll do you good. Read this and and all your 2016 sins are hereby absolved) During the seven years of abundant harvest, Joseph had

Re: [AFMUG] PMP450i AP + PacketFlux SBJ Aux

2017-01-03 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Cambium has a bug in serial receive in the 450i. I know it's on their to be fixed list. On Jan 3, 2017 12:45 PM, "George Skorup" wrote: > I just got some of the SyncBox Junior Aux port version in and I connected > it up to a 900 450i AP running 15.0.2. Turned on UGPS power, box powers up. > Pr

Re: [AFMUG] PMP450i AP + PacketFlux SBJ Aux

2017-01-03 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
ng FSK gear? > > On 1/3/2017 3:40 PM, Forrest Christian (List Account) wrote: > > Cambium has a bug in serial receive in the 450i. I know it's on their to > be fixed list. > > On Jan 3, 2017 12:45 PM, "George Skorup" wrote: > >> I just got some of the SyncBo

Re: [AFMUG] Packetflux 1U SyncInjector

2017-01-09 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
; Will we know the ETA when it appears in the Packetflux store, or are you > taking some sort of pre-orders? > > > > > > *From:* Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] *On Behalf Of *Forrest Christian > (List Account) > *Sent:* Thursday, December 8, 2016 10:26 PM > *

Re: [AFMUG] 450m

2017-01-12 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Very very close... I'll be taking pre-orders as soon as I have a confirmed ship date on the enclosures, and am confident that I don't have a major design issue on the latest set of circuit boards (looking good so far). I'm expecting this to happen in the next week or so, but I can't be 100% conf

Re: [AFMUG] OT Productivity

2017-06-24 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Evernote. Definitely not even close to perfect, but it seems the most usable of any solution I've tried for this type of stuff, so it ends up being what I use the most. I'd love to hear someone suggest something else better though... On Sat, Jun 24, 2017 at 3:03 PM, Sterling Jacobson wrote:

Re: [AFMUG] So Silicon Valley WISP startup gets $7M investment?

2017-06-24 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
I agree with you I don't know how many times I've had to explain to people why mesh doesn't work well. And have seen numerous startups fail who think their magic routing voodoo will make this work. It is one of those technologies which just intuitively seems like should work, but doesn't fo

Re: [AFMUG] New AF5X using less power than older board revisions?

2017-07-03 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
We've never done a RMA on one to my knowledge, at least in recent history. Or if we have, it's been so few that I haven't become aware of it. I'd have to look though the pile of RMAed hardware to be sure. I vaguely remember some sort of software or manufacturability issue on the first few that

Re: [AFMUG] It's heeeeere.... well amost.

2017-07-06 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
ected problems and we can move into the responsible portion of its life. On Jul 6, 2017 5:16 PM, "Matt" wrote: > Any idea how much longer on these? > > On Tue, Feb 28, 2017 at 11:02 PM, Forrest Christian (List Account) < > li...@packetflux.com> wrote: >

Re: [AFMUG] OT Forrest?

2017-07-10 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Wow, spooky, but I'm definitely still around. On Jul 10, 2017 8:35 AM, "Chuck McCown" wrote: Second day in a row now, looking through my newspaper, eyes scanning the obits. Some pattern matching algorithm stops the eye scan.

Re: [AFMUG] Solar panel capacity

2017-07-11 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
This sounds like he just doesn't want anything in the ground. But, Does no wires extend to extension cords? I've at least once stuck a nonpen on the ground and ran an extension cord to it. or for longer distances so cord. On Jul 10, 2017 1:21 PM, "Josh Luthman" wrote: Land owner said no. I

Re: [AFMUG] Reclaimed rail corridor access

2017-07-11 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
I wish BN was so easy. From everything i hear expensive and takes forever, and they want lots of paperwork. I think a new comm site on Federal land (including the environmental assessment) might be easier from the stories I hear. It took me a few months to even get them to respond last time I t

Re: [AFMUG] Reclaimed rail corridor access

2017-07-11 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
of 20 feet below grade, with ridiculous setbacks for the boring holes. On Tue, Jul 11, 2017 at 1:21 PM, Chuck McCown wrote: > With UP you pay an expedite fee and get it in about 2 weeks. But I found > that if you didn’t pay the fee you get it in about 15 days... > > *From:* Forrest C

Re: [AFMUG] Netonix or equivalent POE for BOTH Mimosa and Cambium PMP gear

2017-07-14 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
The PowerInjector + Sync which is shipping right now does pretty much the same power injection as the rackinjector will In fact the rackinjector injection boards for all intents and purposes share the exact same circuitry. What's holding up the rackinjectors at this point is the new control

Re: [AFMUG] powerinjector 10/100 pinout guide

2017-07-14 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
I responded to your ticket with the correct info. I need to follow up with staff here and find out what happened to getting the appropriate document for this particular item up on the web. -forrest On Fri, Jul 14, 2017 at 3:49 PM, Steve Jones wrote: > packetflux poerinjector plus sync pinout f

Re: [AFMUG] powerinjector 10/100 pinout guide

2017-07-14 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
That board must be a really early one. I think there was about 100 of each type which went out without jumper labeling for some reason I forget now I sure don't see anything wrong with those jumpers. Are you getting power lights on the injector? Do you have a base unit to look and verify t

Re: [AFMUG] powerinjector 10/100 pinout guide

2017-07-15 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
, ill get them on the bench and figure > out what i broke to cause that > > On Jul 14, 2017 7:25 PM, "Forrest Christian (List Account)" < > li...@packetflux.com> wrote: > >> That board must be a really early one. I think there was about 100 of >> each type

Re: [AFMUG] Just in time

2017-07-18 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
You need one of these: https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=lightning+detector On Tue, Jul 18, 2017 at 6:21 PM, Jaime Solorza wrote: > Was on tower when I spotted this heading our way...off I go...put tools > away quickly and loaded gear in truck...1

Re: [AFMUG] Just in time

2017-07-18 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Among the things which have reached proof of concept stage but I haven't developed further is a lightning detector which uses a commodity distance-to-strike IC to provide lighting data via SNMP and Web. I glanced at my list and it's in the pile of stuff to do after the next generation of base uni

Re: [AFMUG] OT Fresh Meat

2017-07-19 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
I think someone at WISPA might have been embellishing the truth On Wed, Jul 19, 2017 at 12:21 AM, Donnie McCorkle wrote: > Hi All > > Thanks for the welcome. > > We have RADWIN 2000 (PtP) D+ and C series radios in the field as well as a > growing deployment of the 5000 PtMP Jet and standard

Re: [AFMUG] Complaining Employees

2017-07-22 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Are you sure he's doing a good job? This sounds like it might be a lack of attention to detail. If this is the case I'd be surprised if he's really doing anything with consistent quality. Another option is that he doesn't do well with anything outside of what he's seen before, and when he enco

Re: [AFMUG] Complaining Employees

2017-07-22 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
There was an fairly young employee at the wisp which was a general screw up. After no end of second chances with no real change, they finally canned him. This was several years ago. One day a while back I was down at the wisp and this employee is working for the wisp again. Apparently after

Re: [AFMUG] OT Clear at the airport

2017-07-25 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
If I flew regularly from an airport on the list, I sure would consider this. But with me flying primarily to and from airports not on the list, my nexus membership which gets me both global entry and precheck benefits, along with the eqivalent benefits in Canada seems to be much better suited fo

Re: [AFMUG] OT Don't piss off a gamer

2017-08-04 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
I play Ingress, an earlier game that Niantic put out. We have numerous events in Ingress, and we consider the spotty cell coverage and questionable server performance to just be part of the game. Higher level players often end up with a satellite modem to be able to play in areas without cell co

[AFMUG] Syncbox 12 and 900Mhz 450i

2017-08-07 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
I have a customer who is having problems reusing frequencies at multiple sites with a syncbox 12. This particular customer is stating that switching to a sync over power solution works, but using a syncbox does not at these sites. Or more accurately at any of his sites. These are 450i 900Mhz rad

Re: [AFMUG] OT Eclipse

2017-08-08 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
The closer you are to the center, the more centered the moon will be over the sun. Apparently at the edges of the totality path it can be actually easier to see certain parts of the sun's atmosphere which are going to be hidden by the moon since the moon will not be centered over the disk. My u

Re: [AFMUG] anyone else getting two copies ?

2017-08-10 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
wwhhaatt ddoo yyoouu mmeeaann bbyy ttwwoo ccooppiieess?? On Thu, Aug 10, 2017 at 12:41 PM, Dennis Burgess wrote: > > > > > > > *Dennis Burgess** –** Network Solution Engineer – Consultant * > > MikroTik Certified Trainer/Consultant >

Re: [AFMUG] Document scanners

2017-08-10 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
We have an HP officejet pro all in one which we bought when the previous printer failed. The scan-to-network functionality is awesome in this one... Just stick the document in the feeder and select 'scan to network'. Shows up on the NAS with no issues at all. On Thu, Aug 10, 2017 at 8:49 AM, J

[AFMUG] Used PMP450 radio needed...

2017-08-11 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
I have some customers who are having problems powering one of my Syncbox receivers from a PTP450 radio (uGPS power difference perhaps). This is the radio which is derived from a 450SM and doesn't have the sync over power option, only sync over the timing port. Not sure if there's something else

Re: [AFMUG] Used PMP450 radio needed...

2017-08-11 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
i ptp datasheet. On Aug 11, 2017 3:23 PM, "George Skorup" wrote: > The PTP450 spec sheet states: > > GPS SYNCHRONIZATIONYES, VIA EXTERNAL UGPS AND SEPARATE POWER SUPPLY > > So no UGPS power on the timing port? > > On 8/11/2017 12:50 PM, Forrest Christian (

[AFMUG] Toughswitch/low cost ethernet forwarding failure reminder?

2017-08-14 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Could someone who is familiar with the problem with a the packet forwarding problems that were seen with a toughswitch remind me about the details of the symptoms/cause? I also remember similar problems with certain other switches. I am evaluating a couple of switches and want to make sure I can

Re: [AFMUG] Toughswitch/low cost ethernet forwarding failure reminder?

2017-08-14 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
%20552-2340> > Direct: 937-552-2343 <(937)%20552-2343> > 1100 Wayne St > Suite 1337 > Troy, OH 45373 > > On Aug 14, 2017 1:18 PM, "Forrest Christian (List Account)" < > li...@packetflux.com> wrote: > >> Could someone who is familiar with the p

Re: [AFMUG] Toughswitch/low cost ethernet forwarding failure reminder?

2017-08-14 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
ps related, but before what you'd think was full load. On Mon, Aug 14, 2017 at 1:41 PM, Josh Reynolds wrote: > Fill up the bridge table and see how it responds, for one. > > Not forwarding though, sounds like a chipset bug you'd need to catch. > > On Aug 14, 2017 3:39 PM, &

Re: [AFMUG] AF24 issues after switching to PowerInjector

2017-08-15 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Have you added the additional jumpers needed to power all 4 pairs? On Tue, Aug 15, 2017 at 3:00 PM, Kurt Fankhauser wrote: > I have had an AF24 up for over a year now with no issues while running the > factory supplied POE. I switched the AF24's all at the site over to a > single PacketFlux Powe

Re: [AFMUG] AF24 issues after switching to PowerInjector

2017-08-15 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
15, 2017 at 3:30 PM, Forrest Christian (List Account) < li...@packetflux.com> wrote: > Have you added the additional jumpers needed to power all 4 pairs? > > On Tue, Aug 15, 2017 at 3:00 PM, Kurt Fankhauser > wrote: > >> I have had an AF24 up for over a year now with no

Re: [AFMUG] OT Monday Morning

2017-08-17 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Looking like I might want to skip Wyoming and go to plan B On Aug 17, 2017 11:20 AM, "Chuck McCown" wrote: > So far, so good: > https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/capital-weather-gang/ > wp/2017/08/17/total-solar-eclipse-weather-forecast-as- > of-aug-17/?utm_term=.639cd1b17ec3 >

Re: [AFMUG] Manufacturer MTBF ratings and actual lifespan of product

2017-08-26 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
My understanding is that MTBF is usually calculated by taking a certain sample size, then seeing how many fail over a certain amount of time. >From this number you can then use statistics to determine how many years the rest will last. A simplified example would be if you take 100 devices, and 10

Re: [AFMUG] Manufacturer MTBF ratings and actual lifespan of product

2017-08-26 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Need to correct my example: 10 devices fail in the first year. 10% per year. 50% would be at 5 years. So the MTBF is 5 years. Adam's explanation is likely also accurate. On Sat, Aug 26, 2017 at 12:01 PM, Forrest Christian (List Account) < li...@packetflux.com> wrote: > My

Re: [AFMUG] Cost effective battery charging and monitoring device

2017-08-30 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Look at the maximum current that will pass through the shunt, and then buy one just larger than that. For instance, if your charger can charge at 15A you need a 20A shunt. On Wed, Aug 30, 2017 at 11:28 AM, Ryan Ray wrote: > How would you properly spec out a shunt given a certain number of > b

Re: [AFMUG] Cost effective battery charging and monitoring device

2017-08-30 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
The challenge with higher current shunts is how much power is dissipated by the shunt. A 20A shunt at maximum will dissipate (waste) around 2 watts. I know this doesn't sound like a lot, but when you're talking a tiny device on a circuit board, it is. I've recently redesigned the shunts and curre

Re: [AFMUG] Cost effective battery charging and monitoring device

2017-08-30 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Most of these should work, as someone has pointed out, you should be able to use a voltage divider to get it down to the range... If you put a 204 ohm resistor across the shunt input and 10K ohms in series with the shunt that should scale 5V down to 0.1V. If you need other ranges, see http://ww

Re: [AFMUG] Cost effective battery charging and monitoring device

2017-08-30 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
But what if working is putting rackinjectors in boxes so I can actually get back to engineering solutions for this type of stuff? On Wed, Aug 30, 2017 at 11:51 AM, Chuck McCown wrote: > Forrest, quit working and come out and play with us > > *From:* Chuck McCown > *Sent:* Wednesday, August 3

Re: [AFMUG] Cost effective battery charging and monitoring device

2017-08-30 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Well, it certainly can't be less fun than I've been having over the last few months. On Wed, Aug 30, 2017 at 2:44 PM, Chuck McCown wrote: > What is the fun in that... > > *From:* Forrest Christian (List Account) > *Sent:* Wednesday, August 30, 2017 2:25 PM > *To:* a

[AFMUG] Sync Status Screen on 450i ver 15.1.1 w/timing port sync

2017-08-31 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
I've had a chance tonight to spend some time validating a new GPS receiver with which adds GLONASS. Looking good w/much better sensitivity. Those of you who have been mentioning the desire for this don't have long to wait - 30 days or so, really depends on how long the GPS module stock lasts here

Re: [AFMUG] Sync Status Screen on 450i ver 15.1.1 w/timing port sync

2017-08-31 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
ectors at sites mixed with 900 and 5.7 FSK on Rev i SB12's. UGPS > power off = no data. The FSK radios are seeing data just fine. > > So yeah, seems obvious that it's ignoring the GPS data if UGPS power is > off. > > > On 8/31/2017 2:57 AM, Forrest Christian (Lis

[AFMUG] Wire label labelmaker recommendation

2017-09-02 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
I've been using a brother "TZ" labelmaker for quite a while. Works great on flat surfaces. Recently, I've been needing to label wires for the test system - I'm finding that the TZ tape likes to peel. I'm going to get a brand new roll of the cable&wire flexible id tape, in case I got a bad one o

Re: [AFMUG] GPS'd NTP

2017-09-06 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
I could tell you how to wire a syncbox junior up to a usb port if you'd like. Requires a TTL level usb to serial cable. I'd you wait a month or so until the gps+glonass version is out it well even speak nmea. Heck, now I think about this it might make a good product syncbox basic plus a US

Re: [AFMUG] GPS'd NTP

2017-09-06 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
om a > SyncInjector/PowerInjector/RackInjector since those switch the pipe/box > to NMEA anyway, but I don't think I'd want a path from the tower-mounted > gear to server(s). And other funky stuff like noise making it into the > timing for the radios would be ungood. > > On

Re: [AFMUG] GPS'd NTP

2017-09-07 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
8v2 PTP? That would be > cool. > > On 9/6/2017 10:34 PM, Forrest Christian (List Account) wrote: > > My rough draft here is a USB-serial interface with an isolated DC-DC > converter and a isolated usb-serial interface, so you are at least mostly > electrically and opto isolat

Re: [AFMUG] GPS'd NTP

2017-09-07 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
ake my money. :) One of the things > I was actually thinking about playing around with is PTPd on CentOS 7. > Obviously it's just software, but it should be sufficient for bench testing. > > On 9/7/2017 5:39 AM, Forrest Christian (List Account) wrote: > > I am mindful about 1588v2

Re: [AFMUG] Packetflux Gig Sync injector - 320 wimax. - Jumpers?

2017-09-08 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
With the 320 and 430 you have two options: 1) Buy a 10/100 injector, and re-jumper it. 2) Use a gigabit injector off the shelf with the cable described in the cambium manual. The cable in the cambium manual is the one from a CMM4 to a 450i. Because we use 'normal' pinning on our gigabit injec

Re: [AFMUG] Packetflux Airfiber POE

2017-09-11 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
You're close. The AirFiber came out because I expected it to need more power than the 4 or 8 port port poe could handle. Nowadays it's just a single port version of the gige powerinjector, complete with internal jumpers, minus the sync. On Sep 11, 2017 11:41 AM, "George Skorup" wrote: I wan

Re: [AFMUG] Packetflux Airfiber POE

2017-09-12 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
> wrote: > >> You might want to consider renaming it or something, because it does tend >> to give the impression that you need something special for an airFiber. >> >> On Mon, Sep 11, 2017 at 1:37 PM, Forrest Christian (List Account) < >> li...@packetflux.com&g

[AFMUG] What's next?

2017-09-14 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
We've been shipping rackinjectors for a couple of weeks now, and according to staff, all of the rackinjector backlog has been shipped and we have 1-2 on the shelf and even more to be added to the stock level shortly. Yay! Just wanted to update everyone on the status here for what is next. Th

Re: [AFMUG] What's next?

2017-09-14 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
" wrote: > > Nice work and thanks for the rundown. > > Jon Langeler > Michwave Technologies, Inc. > > > On Sep 14, 2017, at 8:33 PM, Forrest Christian (List Account) < > li...@packetflux.com> wrote: > > We've been shipping rackinjectors for a couple of we

Re: [AFMUG] What's next?

2017-09-14 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
ng is more of a want > than a need. But I know you said it'd be a small fun project for you. Like > I said, make it and I'll probably buy 4 or 5 of them for my NTP servers. > > I'm sure there's stuff I'm forgetting, but my brain can't think anymore > toda

Re: [AFMUG] What's next?

2017-09-14 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
satility in using > his gear with the pace change in radio vendors, granted cross referencing > revision numbers to gear on hand against an afmug search gets frustrating. > The other option is dropping 150 to 800 bucks a pop on transtector nonsense. > > On Sep 14, 2017 10:10 PM, "For

Re: [AFMUG] OT: S10 Chevy heating issue

2017-09-18 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
One thing to check is if you're getting exhaust gases in the radiator. There are kits to test this. On Sep 17, 2017 6:06 PM, "Jaime Solorza" wrote: > My wife bought a 2001 4x4 Chevy S10 Vortec 4.3 from sons wife. We knew it > heated up a little...I replaced water pump, fan clutch, thermostat,

Re: [AFMUG] FM radio colocation interference?

2017-09-18 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Sometimes even a foot or two of cable length makes a difference. At FM frequencies the wavelength is around 3 meters, so a length change of 1.5m may change a cable from worst case to best case. Plus the positioning and routing of a cable can make lots of difference. It also wouldn't surprise m

Re: [AFMUG] OT: S10 Chevy heating issue

2017-09-18 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
wouldn't run without a t-stat. On a lot of cars you need the >>> restriction to give the radiator time to do its job. Sounds to me like if >>> it was smoking (from exhaust?) when heating, you might have a cracked head >>> gasket. It looks like you've replaced everythi

Re: [AFMUG] radio specifications... HOW?

2017-09-20 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Can you give specific examples? Having a hard time understanding for sure the exact specs you're comparing. In relation to the thermal noise floor: just reducing from 1000mz to 200mhz will gain you ~7db of noise floor. But usually that's in a channel, not in the entire 'frequency agility' area

Re: [AFMUG] Speed Tests

2017-09-20 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
There are TCP/IP tuning things you may need to do to get around the bandwidth*delay product. When a TCP/IP session starts up, one of the things which is exchanged is the maximum 'receive window' and 'transmit window'. This is effectively the maximum number of bits which can be in-flight at a giv

[AFMUG] Vegas Mass Shooting

2017-10-02 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
I'm not really even sure what to say. This keeps getting worse and worse as more details come in. A different festival on a different night and I could have been among the crowd. Makes it even more real. -- *Forrest Christian* *CEO**, PacketFlux Technologies, Inc.* Tel: 406-449-3345 | Address:

Re: [AFMUG] Spam from Chuck

2018-02-15 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
I've for a while thinking than an 'unconference' or 'open space conference' or 'barcamp' would be interesting. The WISPA conferences aren't really set up well to handle this type of thing. Ideally you'd end up in a space with a 'common area' and then breakout rooms/areas. The first 20 minutes a

[AFMUG] PTP820C radios not booting up - ideas?

2018-02-17 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
So we have a new (i.e. put into production in the last couple of days) pair of 820C radios.I discovered earlier tonight that XPIC was not enabled on the radios, limiting throughput. In the process of enabling XPIC, we made some changes to the config, rebooted both ends, and now neither end wil

Re: [AFMUG] PTP820C radios not booting up - ideas?

2018-02-17 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
changing its IP or something. > > Is someone onsite to check, or is this all happening remotely? > > bp > > > On 2/17/2018 3:19 AM, Forrest Christian (List Account) wrote: > > So we have a new (i.e. put into production in the last couple of days) > pair of > 820C rad

Re: [AFMUG] PTP820C radios not booting up - ideas?

2018-02-17 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Ok, clarification, this still might be a power issue, checking on this... On Sat, Feb 17, 2018 at 12:25 PM, Forrest Christian (List Account) < li...@packetflux.com> wrote: > I'm awake again. Apparently these are the stock 820c ac power supplies. > > > On Feb 17, 2018

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