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 bu

[AFMUG] Fwd: Re: Forrest cell?

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

[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. A

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" wrote: > Forrest, > > Time delayed relay, that may be t

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 chall

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 wha

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 lo

Re: [AFMUG] Gas Prices

2015-01-14 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
ent 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,

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 wrote: > Kind of a curious question to the operators on the list, if you have had a > licensed rad

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.

[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 str

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

2015-01-27 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
dumb or managed switch. Nothing > MikroTik worked. Well besides forcing 10 half. > > > On 1/26/2015 4:19 PM, Forrest Christian (List Account) wrote: > >> As many of you have heard, I've had a bit of a irritation for quite some >> time about Mikrotik's seeming inab

Re: [AFMUG] test, test, is this thing on?

2015-01-28 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Actually the correct response is SYN ACK, if I recall correctly. On Jan 28, 2015 6:16 AM, "Ty Featherling" wrote: > ACK > > -Ty > On Jan 28, 2015 6:59 AM, "Eric Kuhnke" > wrote: > >> mic check, ping, SYN >> >> >> >> -Eric >> >> >>

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

2015-01-30 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
gt; Message-ID: >> < >> cap5r2csioc4kepvtwzbny3app0s0g2xk0roqleldbopg-wd...@mail.gmail.com> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" >> >> Damn. Booked my flight for Thursday night! >> >> On Fri, Jan 9, 2015 at 9:40 AM, Forrest Chr

Re: [AFMUG] Anyone using Ting SIM cards for OOB management?

2016-03-08 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
I still want everyone else's answer to this... but I'll add my $0.02: (I guess what I'm saying is I don't want to hijack this threadsince I'm interested in everyone's answers.) I've been looking at adding a product to the PacketFlux line which uses a cellular modem to manage it. The hold up

Re: [AFMUG] Anyone using Ting SIM cards for OOB management?

2016-03-08 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
I just realized I forgot to add Ting appears to be a Sprint and/or T-mobile MVNO. This means that any device needs to be certified by Sprint and/or T-mobile for their network. Which means the hoops might still exist for Ting devices... On Tue, Mar 8, 2016 at 12:50 PM, Forrest Christian

Re: [AFMUG] Anyone using Ting SIM cards for OOB management?

2016-03-08 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
amp;T certification even with a pre-certified "almost automatic" approval, was really expensive until recently. On Tue, Mar 8, 2016 at 12:51 PM, Eric Kuhnke wrote: > If you were to take a module from Sierra Wireless, aren't those pretty > much all pre-certified? > >

Re: [AFMUG] Anyone using Ting SIM cards for OOB management?

2016-03-08 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
e of doing it with a r-pi w/ usb 3g/4g modem > or mikrotik routerboard with 3g/4g usb, then I wouldn't even worry about > it. The feature set and price would have to be truly impressive for me to > consider it over those 2 other solutions. > > On Tue, Mar 8, 2016 at 1:50 PM

Re: [AFMUG] RackMount PacketFlux PowerInjector+Sync

2016-03-08 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
pay the current cost of the syncinjectors, and > you could keep the housings > > On Tue, Mar 8, 2016 at 1:40 PM, Forrest Christian (List Account) < > li...@packetflux.com> wrote: > >> Well, it looks like it might actually be finally happening. >> >> We are abo

Re: [AFMUG] RackMount PacketFlux PowerInjector+Sync

2016-03-08 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
I'm thinking about this as an option. The question then becomes what to do with the empty holes? On Tue, Mar 8, 2016 at 1:15 PM, Roland Houin wrote: > how about selling unit with 1 module set & allow us to expand to full > capacity. > that way I can standardize even small sites, which can gro

Re: [AFMUG] RackMount PacketFlux PowerInjector+Sync

2016-03-08 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Tue, Mar 8, 2016 at 1:39 PM, Forrest Christian (List Account) < > li...@packetflux.com> wrote: > >> I'm thinking about this as an option. The question then becomes what to >> do with the empty holes? >> >> >> >> On Tue, Mar 8, 2016 at 1:15 PM, Ro

Re: [AFMUG] RackMount PacketFlux PowerInjector+Sync

2016-03-08 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
> more voltage standards than the UBNT product, and provided redundant power > options that both of those devices lacked. > > > > > *Peter Kranz*www.UnwiredLtd.com <http://www.unwiredltd.com/> > Desk: 510-868-1614 x100 > Mobile: 510-207- > pkr...@unwiredltd.com &

Re: [AFMUG] Anyone using Ting SIM cards for OOB management?

2016-03-08 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
ive your unit a USB port? >> >> I'm saying this from the comfort of my armchair, so maybe that's too hard >> / too stupid. >> >> >> >> On 3/8/2016 3:02 PM, Forrest Christian (List Account) wrote: >> >> Pre-certified does not mean p

Re: [AFMUG] RackMount PacketFlux PowerInjector+Sync

2016-03-08 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
lify the wiring. So I'm in. > > Are you planning for this to be a SiteMonitor + SyncInjector in the same > chassis all integrated? An expansion bus would definitely be needed. Unless > you're designing this more like the stand-alone generator controller? > > On 3/8/20

Re: [AFMUG] RackMount PacketFlux PowerInjector+Sync

2016-03-08 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
ont have DIN, > > > > On Tue, Mar 8, 2016 at 2:34 PM, Forrest Christian (List Account) < > li...@packetflux.com> wrote: > >> How about one of these: >> http://www.amazon.com/Raxxess-RAX-Unitray-Universal-Rack/dp/B0007OGTGS >> >> And a roll of this: >

Re: [AFMUG] RackMount PacketFlux PowerInjector+Sync

2016-03-08 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
ing able to > replace in 6 port chunks too. > > ETA? Really liking this product. > > On Tue, Mar 8, 2016 at 1:40 PM, Forrest Christian (List Account) < > li...@packetflux.com> wrote: > >> Well, it looks like it might actually be finally happening. >> >&g

Re: [AFMUG] RackMount PacketFlux PowerInjector+Sync

2016-03-09 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
ld be fine). On Tue, Mar 8, 2016 at 6:35 PM, Matt wrote: > Do your gigabit injectors work with SAF Lumina? > > > On Tue, Mar 8, 2016 at 3:03 PM, Forrest Christian (List Account) < > li...@packetflux.com> wrote: > >> Yep, pretty much anything you mentioned. Anything

Re: [AFMUG] RackMount PacketFlux PowerInjector+Sync

2016-03-09 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
> Tell me too > On Mar 8, 2016 7:35 PM, "Matt" < > matt.mailingli...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Do your gigabit injectors work with SAF Lumina? >> >> >> On Tue, Mar 8, 2016 at 3:03 PM, Forrest Christian (List Account) < >> li...@packetflu

Re: [AFMUG] RackMount PacketFlux PowerInjector+Sync

2016-03-09 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
wrote: > Forrest, > > How will this play with Cambium’s new PMP450i AP, which is supposed to > be 802.3at compatible, but also can run with a modified 320/430 pinout? > > > > Thanks, > > n Darren > > > > *From:* Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] *On Be

Re: [AFMUG] Small DC Site

2016-03-09 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
That's not 100% correct... What isn't known very well is that there are lead acid batteries which are designed for 'standby' or 'flat' use, and lead acid batteries which are designed for 'cyclic' use. (And of course some hybrids out there which can do both at least somewhat). 'Standby' would be

Re: [AFMUG] 450 14.1.2 build 4

2016-03-10 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
So, being the cheap guy that I am, I couldn't bring myself to pay for an expensive commercial environmental chamber, so I converted an old chest freezer by bypassing the thermostat. The compressor now runs continuously which permits it to get well below zero. Once it gets below zero, you don't

Re: [AFMUG] I fried 6 APs and all I got was this stupid t-shirt

2016-03-10 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Ummm. .. probably not. The ports probably shut down in response to the overcurrent caused by the overvoltage. You'll just need to remove power completely from the injector and re power it. This means both the power and the site monitor port. Just curious, are you sure those aps are dead? I

Re: [AFMUG] I fried 6 APs and all I got was this stupid t-shirt

2016-03-10 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Darn autocorrect.. not sure how it got label from radio. On Mar 10, 2016 3:28 PM, "Forrest Christian (List Account)" < li...@packetflux.com> wrote: > Ummm. .. probably not. > > The ports probably shut down in response to the overcurrent caused by the > overvolt

Re: [AFMUG] Product leak

2016-03-11 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
I thought I heard somewhere that size doesn't matter On Mar 10, 2016 7:53 PM, "Jerry Head" wrote: > Really nice product! > How long is it? > What would really be sweet is if there were some way to turnbuckle or snap > clamp those chains down > tight then no lag screw would be needed. > > > On

Re: [AFMUG] RackMount PacketFlux PowerInjector+Sync

2016-03-11 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
my busy sites. > > > On Tue, Mar 8, 2016 at 1:40 PM, Forrest Christian (List Account) < > li...@packetflux.com> wrote: > >> Well, it looks like it might actually be finally happening. >> >> We are about 98% sure we have a rackmount enclosure manufacturer which

[AFMUG] One more quick question in re: new packetflux product design.

2016-03-11 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
So, I have in the fairly immediate future the new "universal" 4 port injector (in the same form factor as the existing syncinjectors) And the rackmount unit is progressing well, so that's coming as well - up to 16 or 18 ports per 1U And then we have the item the question is about. I intended

Re: [AFMUG] One more quick question in re: new packetflux product design.

2016-03-11 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
after it gets 24v, though. >> >> >> Josh Luthman >> Office: 937-552-2340 >> Direct: 937-552-2343 >> 1100 Wayne St >> Suite 1337 >> Troy, OH 45373 >> >> On Fri, Mar 11, 2016 at 4:22 PM, Forrest Christian (List Account) < >> li

Re: [AFMUG] RackMount PacketFlux PowerInjector+Sync

2016-03-11 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
> trip would auto reset to. Really looking forward to this product. I think > you should skip WispaAmerica and stay home and work on it. Lol. > > > On Fri, Mar 11, 2016 at 3:12 PM, Forrest Christian (List Account) < > li...@packetflux.com> wrote: > >> It will mo

Re: [AFMUG] One more quick question in re: new packetflux product design.

2016-03-11 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
hat would need the higher count. > > If you made a 16 or 18 port version, I would think rackmount only. > > bp > > > > On 3/11/2016 1:22 PM, Forrest Christian (List Account) wrote: > > So, I have in the fairly immediate future the new "universal" 4 port > inje

Re: [AFMUG] One more quick question in re: new packetflux product design.

2016-03-11 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
khauls, but I don't care about sync'ing them. >> Sure would be nice to have one POE that does all my Ubnt and Epmp radios >> after it gets 24v, though. >> >> >> Josh Luthman >> Office: 937-552-2340 >> Direct: 937-552-2343 >> 1100 Wayne St >

Re: [AFMUG] One more quick question in re: new packetflux product design.

2016-03-11 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
2340 > Direct: 937-552-2343 > 1100 Wayne St > Suite 1337 > Troy, OH 45373 > On Mar 11, 2016 8:38 PM, "Forrest Christian (List Account)" < > li...@packetflux.com> wrote: > >> Based on current plans, the rackmount version is going to be available in &g

Re: [AFMUG] One more quick question in re: new packetflux product design.

2016-03-11 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
t;> j...@imaginenetworksllc.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> I don't do racks at many locations. Certainly not looking forward to >>>>> it in the future. >>>>> >>>>> I have an 8 port that does my APs - that's NSEW in two b

Re: [AFMUG] Travis

2016-03-11 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
But is it right or left hand circularized... I always get confused about how to tell.. On Fri, Mar 11, 2016 at 6:33 PM, Chuck McCown wrote: > Circular polarized. > > -Original Message- From: Ken Hohhof Sent: Friday, March 11, 2016 > 6:31 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Travis >

Re: [AFMUG] Travis

2016-03-11 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
don't you mean reflector? http://fpvlab.com/forums/showthread.php?10584-Beer-CanTenna-A-ground-antenna-for-433MHz-TX On Fri, Mar 11, 2016 at 6:57 PM, Jaime Solorza wrote: > Where's your Dos XX or Tecate can? > On Mar 11, 2016 6:55 PM, "Forrest Christian (

Re: [AFMUG] OT: Is it 1968 all over?

2016-03-12 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Time for me to weigh in here. Trump scares me. I'm not convinced he's actually going to behave in a way which matches his campaign persona. I'm also not convinced he isn't. What scares me is that he is very successfully stirring up the most extreme parts of our country. He's pushing all the

Re: [AFMUG] OT: Is it 1968 all over?

2016-03-12 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
In response to your last sentence down there. ... I'm confused, are you talking about rattlesnakes or politicians? On Mar 12, 2016 7:45 PM, "Lewis Bergman" wrote: > We have thousands around here. In fact, the sweetwater rattlesnake roundup > is happening now. > > http://video.nationalgeographic.

Re: [AFMUG] OT Donald Trump's Supporters Love Him Even More After Chicago Violence

2016-03-12 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
This is looking like a year that I may end up voting libertarian again. I voted for Obama the last two go arounds mainly because I had hoped he could bring both sides to the table. That didn't happen and so I'm a bit dissapointed. I'm a single issue voter at this point. Whoever can act as a ca

Re: [AFMUG] OT Donald Trump's Supporters Love Him Even More After Chicago Violence

2016-03-12 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
at 10:29 PM, Adam Moffett wrote: > I have voted libertarian in the past. Multiple people told me I was > "wasting my vote". > I tell them the only way you waste your vote is by voting for something > you didn't really believe in. > > > On 3/13/2016 12:07 AM, For

Re: [AFMUG] OT: Daylight savings

2016-03-13 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
I just wish they'd set it on daylight savings time and be done with it. On Mar 13, 2016 3:59 PM, "Adam Moffett" wrote: > I changed my 6 year old's watch to the new time a few minutes ago. He's > really upset that bedtime rolled up on him an hour sooner than he > expectedpoor bastard. > > This

Re: [AFMUG] "Attack on trump" video

2016-03-13 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Remember the old adage about no one ever going broke any underestimating the stupidity of the American public? I'm starting to wonder if we're going to have to apply this to getting elected. On Mar 13, 2016 7:29 PM, "Jaime Solorza" wrote: > The guy who tried to jump stage is getting death threat

Re: [AFMUG] OT: Is it 1968 all over?

2016-03-15 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Sounds like a twisted game of settlers of catan On Mar 15, 2016 10:00 PM, "That One Guy /sarcasm" wrote: > Well we have some acres and mules unaccounted for. Too many people start > asking questions, people lose their acres and mules > On Mar 15, 2016 8:18 PM, "Chuck McCown" wrote: > >> I just d

Re: [AFMUG] Fuse question

2016-03-21 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
You need to look at the curve on the polyfuse. Because the trip is related to heating which is related to current it will trip much faster in many circumstances. ... however the trip current varies widely with ambient temperature as well. I'm not convinced that you can actually find a polyfuse w

Re: [AFMUG] Fuse question

2016-03-21 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
That matches my recollection. The temperature derating is even worse. If you rate for say 1A hold current at 150F, you may end up with 2A or more hold current around 0F, with that 12 seconds being effectively at 4A when cold. About the only place I'll use a PTC fuse anymore is where there is n

Re: [AFMUG] Circuit design

2016-03-25 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Another consideration would be cost. One costs 3x the amount of the other one. There's probably something on the higher cost one that they need for that rail, but not on the other rail, so they use two different ones. On Mar 25, 2016 8:41 AM, "Rory Conaway" wrote: > Thanks guys. I appreciate

Re: [AFMUG] SyncPipe question

2016-03-26 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
I wouldn't recommend this. Mainly because it's going to unbalance the gigabit ethernet pairs and likely cause ethernet errors as the power consumption changes. On Mar 26, 2016 7:15 AM, "George Skorup" wrote: > Dumb question, probably best answered by Forrest. Say I have one of the > newer unive

Re: [AFMUG] OT Not Spring

2016-03-26 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
That's why it was windy in southern utah today. On Mar 26, 2016 8:55 AM, "Chuck McCown" wrote: > 5” new snow. Ug. >

Re: [AFMUG] OT Supper

2016-03-26 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Darn, now I have to stop there on the way home. On Mar 26, 2016 6:22 PM, "Chuck McCown" wrote: > Pozole at Red Iguana. >

Re: [AFMUG] SyncPipe question

2016-03-27 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Parasitic pipe out and then throw on a > SyncInjector at the bottom... sure. Burning a GigE SyncInjector for a 1 AP > site though. > > On 3/26/2016 6:42 PM, Forrest Christian (List Account) wrote: > > I wouldn't recommend this. Mainly because it's going to unbalance the &g

Re: [AFMUG] SyncPipe question

2016-03-28 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
; What is time frame on 1u configurable sync injector? > > > On Sun, Mar 27, 2016 at 1:40 PM, Forrest Christian (List Account) > wrote: > > There's already one of these on the roadmap. Unit which will sync two > > radios. > > > > On Mar 27, 2016 11:37

Re: [AFMUG] POE + standard

2016-03-29 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Does poe+ mean 802.3at? If so, it's probably looking for a 802.3at signature before turning on power, which the cambium won't provide. On Mar 29, 2016 11:55 AM, "Paul McCall" wrote: > > > Is it possible to get a device not specifically designed for a POE + > injector to work off that? I have

Re: [AFMUG] POE + standard

2016-03-29 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Just be aware there are very limited options for getting sync into a 450i if you don't use sync over the power port. On Mar 29, 2016 1:22 PM, "Sean Heskett" wrote: > the 450i does > > the 450 is the "old canopy" standard. > > On Tue, Mar 29, 2016 at 1:14 PM, Paul McCall wrote: > >> Does Cambium’

Re: [AFMUG] POE + standard

2016-03-29 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
he cambium ugps. There are a couple others on the roadmap here but they're going to be a month or two out. On Mar 29, 2016 11:33 PM, "Paul McCall" wrote: > What are the options? No timing port? (haven’t looked at them yet) > > > > *From:* Af [mailto:af-boun...@afm

Re: [AFMUG] Paging Forrest!

2016-04-04 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Yeah, just shoot an email into cust...@packetflux.com with details... On Apr 4, 2016 9:23 AM, "Gino Villarini" wrote: > Forrest, > > We are having some issues with some custom snmp probe we are building for > the Remote Gen starter, are you available (by email) to help out? > > Thanks >

Re: [AFMUG] PacketFlux stand-by controller

2016-04-10 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
The standby controller is fine with 240V inputs.. the transformers on board are actually wired for 240V inputs. On Apr 9, 2016 8:15 PM, "George Skorup" wrote: > Can the PacketFlux controller's mains monitor transformers take both 120v > legs (4 total to monitor) or do I need to put in two extern

[AFMUG] Telrad specs

2016-04-12 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Sorry for the on topic content. Would those of you here who have played enough with the telrad gear please explain to me the realities of things like capacity per ap/channel/mhz, distance capability (ie link budget), and the like? Ie what should really be on a spec sheet. I'm still trying to dig

Re: [AFMUG] Telrad specs

2016-04-13 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
your dvr of you buy it, that's all you need to know On Apr 13, 2016 12:08 AM, "Forrest Christian (List Account)" < li...@packetflux.com> wrote: > Sorry for the on topic content. > > Would those of you here who have played enough with the telrad gear please > explain

Re: [AFMUG] Bad sync (Forrest)

2016-04-13 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
That's exactly what my suspicion would be. Check pin 1 connectivity. Also, if you can see the led on the pipe the led should be flashing. On Apr 13, 2016 12:51 PM, "George Skorup" wrote: > Data but no pulse = pins 3 & 6 are good, but pin 1 is missing. Either that > or something is electronical

Re: [AFMUG] Merchant services

2016-04-15 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
I believe ip pay charges a fixed discount rate. It could be that they are taking a loss on some transactions and making it up on others. If this is the case I can see why they might have a problem if the interchange rate on this transaction was higher than normal. Somehow I suspect a processor whi

Re: [AFMUG] Isolating a -48 rectifier?

2015-12-08 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Depends on the unit, and how truly isolated everything is. I know some models which don't tie either polarity so the isolation isn't necessarily. I know of others which won't even start without being solidly grounded on both the ac and DC sides. >From a practical perspective, if you don't tie e

Re: [AFMUG] DC up tower

2015-12-08 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
My preference is just good old fashioned SO cord of an appropriate gauge. Not such a big fan of SJO or other cables, as the SO cord has good, solid jacket which will last almost forever. -forrest On Tue, Dec 8, 2015 at 3:44 PM, Scott Vander Dussen wrote: > Recommendations for 2/4 conductor ca

Re: [AFMUG] DC up tower

2015-12-08 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
to get. > > *From:* Forrest Christian (List Account) > *Sent:* Tuesday, December 08, 2015 3:58 PM > *To:* af > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] DC up tower > > My preference is just good old fashioned SO cord of an appropriate > gauge. Not such a big fan of SJO or other cables

[AFMUG] inexpensive (not cheap) RF connector/adapter source.

2015-12-08 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
It seems my old supplier for this stuff is long gone... Does anyone have a good, inexpensive, source for various RF adapters, connectors, and test/jumper cables? It seems all the sources I can find anymore are scarily expensive (i.e. pasternack) or sell products of really crap quality. The las

Re: [AFMUG] 450 900Mhz AP Power supply

2015-12-22 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
So, let me clear up the details: The 450i power on and will work on pretty much any non-pair-swapped injector that provides 48V or 56V with a correct amount of power (i.e. wattage). Whatever polarity (it doesn't care). If you need to use PoE out on the supplemental aux out you'll want/need to u

Re: [AFMUG] 450 900Mhz AP Power supply

2015-12-22 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
I forgot to add... on the Gigabit Syncinjector, for longer cable runs, you need the I0 revision or later. I don't want to re-has the reasons for this, but I'm confident in this solution at this point. -forrest On Tue, Dec 22, 2015 at 2:15 AM, Forrest Christian (List Acc

Re: [AFMUG] Cambium Headphone adapter

2015-12-22 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
I really wish I could find a custom cable manufacturer who I could have make these for me again. The company I was having make them kept raising the per piece prices and also the minimum order... then was shocked when I refused to order several years worth for twice what I was currently charging

Re: [AFMUG] OT Moving Money

2015-12-24 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Isn't the 20k just a rowing limit. On Dec 24, 2015 9:04 AM, "Chuck McCown" wrote: > So, with a $20K limit on moving money when flying I got to wondering if it > would be better to carry gold. > Nope. $100 bills much better. > > http://www.evilmadscientist.com/2008/the-monetary-density-of-things

Re: [AFMUG] OT Moving Money

2015-12-24 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Er reporting Isn't the 20k just a rowing limit. On Dec 24, 2015 9:04 AM, "Chuck McCown" wrote: > So, with a $20K limit on moving money when flying I got to wondering if it > would be better to carry gold. > Nope. $100 bills much better. > > http://www.evilmadscientist.com/2008/the-monetary-den

Re: [AFMUG] SyncInjector n00b question

2015-12-29 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Just to authoritatively repeat what everyone else has said. .. Power the syncinjector with 24-29v. Hook a cat5 cable from the SyncPipe input port to the SyncPipe middle port. The green lights on both units should be solid. With enough GPS signal, the yellow lights should start blinking once pe

Re: [AFMUG] OT - bad dream

2016-01-03 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
At a recent show I spent some time asking people about doing this very product... That is, a DC powered fiber to poe injector. Small box at the top, run power and fiber to it, and a short jumper to the radio. I had gotten as far as finding the appropriate silicon to do this. I also asked on

Re: [AFMUG] YHTI - Lake of the Ozarks - Best hotel wifi I've ever had....

2016-01-03 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
I was going to say exactly the same thing. Seems like the nicer the place the more 'addons'. Parking. No free breakfast. Wifi Extra. Eat at our expensive in-house restaurant, etc. etc. etc. I just don't get why a $150/night hotel shouldn't include at least parkingalthough breakfast is a

Re: [AFMUG] Packet Flux for 450i 900

2016-01-04 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
I thought about it... but I stuck with it (Revision I) since revision I seems to be easy to remember that it is needed to work with a 450i... Just like H0 products are all "high voltage" compatible. On Mon, Jan 4, 2016 at 5:22 PM, Ken Hohhof wrote: > Forrest, maybe if you are going to mix numb

Re: [AFMUG] Sitemonitor question

2016-01-07 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
It depends. It really was designed for inside an enclosure or small building. I was going to spend some time characterizing this distance today, but ran out of time. I'm guessing you'd be ok in a low power rf environment for dozens of feet. On Jan 6, 2016 3:03 PM, "Craig Baird" wrote: > Any

Re: [AFMUG] Rodizio

2016-01-12 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
I'm sure Chuck could point you toward someone else who is the real root of all evil. On Tue, Jan 12, 2016 at 11:27 PM, That One Guy /sarcasm < thatoneguyst...@gmail.com> wrote: > you know, if chuck wasnt a jerk you guys would have that option but > n old chuck turned his back on everybody

Re: [AFMUG] OT Fluke 87

2016-01-18 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Everyone who uses multimeters owes it to themselves to watch the video at https://youtu.be/OEoazQ1zuUM . The really interesting/useful part starts at about 1:25. I've been known to utilize an inexpensive multimeter now and again... but after watching this, I've become far more discriminating i

Re: [AFMUG] OT Fluke 87

2016-01-18 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
The inexpensive ones I have in my collection are typically of a bit higher quality than the total crap harbor freight ones, but still they usually only get used for low voltage and current troubleshooting. For instance I have a couple of really small craftsman ones which I bought on clearance from

Re: [AFMUG] SyncInjector 1PPS Active = 0

2016-01-20 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
1PPS active means the syncinjector has seen a pulse in recent history. I'd have to look at the firmware to determine what 'recent history' means, but it's somewhere between 1 and 10 or so seconds. If you don't have 1PPS active as a 1, that means the syncinjector is not seeing sync from the syncpi

Re: [AFMUG] To Cambium With Love - Replace the bad ePMP units.

2016-01-20 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
A bit of an update from the PacketFlux side. Late this afternoon I received a ticket from Tyson in relation to these issues. In particular, sync from a PacketFlux SyncInjector dropping off on an ePMP when it's cold. I have spent a bit of time this evening investigating this issue. The following

Re: [AFMUG] To Cambium With Love - Replace the bad ePMP units.

2016-01-21 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
tage to operate correctly). -forrest On Thu, Jan 21, 2016 at 12:43 AM, Forrest Christian (List Account) < li...@packetflux.com> wrote: > A bit of an update from the PacketFlux side. > > Late this afternoon I received a ticket from Tyson in relation to these > issues. In particular, sync

Re: [AFMUG] To Cambium With Love - Replace the bad ePMP units.

2016-01-21 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
temporarily. It's too snowy at the > moment to rewire for 48V. How were you determining voltage at the AP? > > On Thu, Jan 21, 2016 at 2:43 AM, Forrest Christian (List Account) < > li...@packetflux.com> wrote: > >> A bit of an update from the PacketFlux side. >>

Re: [AFMUG] To Cambium With Love - Replace the bad ePMP units.

2016-01-21 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
AP (on the bench). > > bp > > > > On 1/21/2016 6:28 AM, Josh Luthman wrote: > > So other end of the wire, not the AP... > > Josh Luthman > Office: 937-552-2340 > Direct: 937-552-2343 > 1100 Wayne St > Suite 1337 > Troy, OH 45373 > On Jan 21, 2016

Re: [AFMUG] To Cambium With Love - Replace the bad ePMP units.

2016-01-21 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
o avoid freezeup on first > boot but I can't recall if that's the only time they run or not. > > -Steve D > > On Thu, Jan 21, 2016 at 1:44 AM, Forrest Christian (List Account) < > li...@packetflux.com> wrote: > >> I do want to clarify one item: >> >>

Re: [AFMUG] To Cambium With Love - Replace the bad ePMP units.

2016-01-21 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
that could be turning on when it's cold, drawing additional power? I >> recall it was supposed to pre-heat components to avoid freezeup on first >> boot but I can't recall if that's the only time they run or not. >> >> -Steve D >> >> On Thu, J

Re: [AFMUG] To Cambium With Love - Replace the bad ePMP units.

2016-01-21 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Darn FCC site... expires links way too quickly. The SM pictures look like they MIGHT have one. On Thu, Jan 21, 2016 at 9:15 AM, Forrest Christian (List Account) < li...@packetflux.com> wrote: > I remember hearing the same thing, which is why I went looking at the > photos.

Re: [AFMUG] To Cambium With Love - Replace the bad ePMP units.

2016-01-21 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Ok, I popped the lid here... after realizing it's able to be opened withoud desoldering. I take it back... There are several 33.2 Ohm resistors which are wired suspiciously like heaters This now is starting to make some sense. On Thu, Jan 21, 2016 at 9:19 AM, Forrest Christian (List Ac

Re: [AFMUG] Cambium 450 Watchdog resets - was: To Cambium With Love- Replace the bad ePMP units.

2016-01-22 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
I wanted to reply to an email or two here, but didn't know which one - This seems as good of an email to reply to as any, since Mark makes exactly the correct points. Let me show with visuals what the problem actually is Without any additional introduction, let's start with this picture: (tek

Re: [AFMUG] Is my SyncInjector sync timing good?

2016-01-22 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Let's talk about each of these status. Used pulses are pulses which were received from the GPS and a pulse was generated for. These should be happening once per second, no more no less. If you were to write down (or clear) them at an exact time, then look at the count an exact period of time la

Re: [AFMUG] cool toys

2016-01-22 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
I have a wifi one that I got a few months ago for a fair bit more ($79 if I remember right)., Looks very similar but with a battery pack and wifi transmitter on one end. I've used it a couple of times since then - the most useful was to figure out why the vacuum kept clogging up even after clean

Re: [AFMUG] Cambium 450 Watchdog resets - was: To Cambium With Love- Replace the bad ePMP units.

2016-01-23 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
I really hope Cambium is listening to you. A software solution to > compensate for this long cable issue is obviously easier for everyone. > > On 1/22/2016 9:48 PM, Forrest Christian (List Account) wrote: > > > -- *Forrest Christian* *CEO**, PacketFlux Technologies,

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