Frankly - if it works and makes all the units stable - thats all I care about. Reliable CPE is all I ever want ;) - Thanks SB for taking your customer comments seriously and working to resolve em - as ever I am impressed; )
Regards Colin ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dan Petermann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2003 6:31 PM Subject: Re: [smartBridges] AirBridge Firmware release 0.01.07 > I may be wrong but I believe that SB said that Amtel changed the hardware > and SB was not aware of it. > > Dan Petermann > Wyoming.com > > At 07:34 PM 7/23/2003 +0300, you wrote:t > >Michael, > > > > > Anyone have any luck yet? > > > >I have my doubts regarding all those problems Smartbridges has encountered. > > > >We use the same Atmel 510 H/W Reference Design and similar F/W to that of > >SmartBridges and all our untis perform flawless. For your information we > >have moved about 1000 units so far. > > > >It amazes me how the same f/w operates so wonderfully for us and gives so > >much trouble to SB ? > > > >I mean there are issues one after another and since the same > >people(ATMEL)that code f/w for us, code f/w for SB I would not think all > >those issues are f/w related. At least not only f/w related. > > > >Last week I poped open a SB unit and looked around > >I know I am not an expert but my basic electronics knowledge would not > >allow me to place a heating element on top of the physical ethernet. > >Doesn't the additional heat created by the heating element raise the temp > >of the etherent chip ? doesn't that change the operational structure of > >the chip and therefore cause various missbehaviors on the ethernet side ? > > > >I believe there are more than afew incidents and my opinion is that > >removing the heating element form the ethernet physical will resolve alot > >of those issues. > > > >Also there are a couple of resistors on the SB data bus lay out. I doubled > >check the reference desing of the manufacturer (ATMEL) and there is no > >such a thing there. > > > >Those are just 2 very basic observations made by the naked eye. > > > >When ATMEL engineers code f/w or make any h/w changes the first basic > >assumption is that the customer (SB) followes their refference design. > > > >I know our new units have the new ATMEL flash and we have had absolutely 0 > >problems with that issue. > > > >We are located in Greece and the temp on our outdoor units goes higher > >than 60C. Still no heat problem, why ? > > > >Because our OEM follows ATMEL's Reference Dessign by heart. > > > >SB officialy "BASHED" ATMEL last week (.pdf posted the 11th) while it is > >strictly their fault. > > > >I believe if they had informed ATMEL for their h/w modifications we would > >not be talking about it now. > > > >For the record, this is my personal opinion and I am in no way affiliated > >with either one of the companies named above. > > > >Thank you > >Dimitri > > > > > > > >The PART-15.ORG smartBridges Discussion List > >To Join: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (in the body type subscribe > >smartBridges <yournickname> > >To Remove: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (in the body type unsubscribe > >smartBridges) > >Archives: http://archives.part-15.org > > > The PART-15.ORG smartBridges Discussion List > To Join: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (in the body type subscribe smartBridges <yournickname> > To Remove: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (in the body type unsubscribe smartBridges) > Archives: http://archives.part-15.org > > The PART-15.ORG smartBridges Discussion List To Join: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (in the body type subscribe smartBridges <yournickname> To Remove: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (in the body type unsubscribe smartBridges) Archives: http://archives.part-15.org
