The 1530s we have installed are in a single building. They were mounted directly on the exterior walls. So power was not an issue as we used PoE . We have not mounted any 1530s on poles yet.
Have you looked at the AP adapter? I think this is what you need if you were to mount it to a pole. http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/wireless/access_point/1530/power/guide/1530pwradpt.html -Hector -----Original Message----- From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU] On Behalf Of Ciesinski, Nick Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2014 5:08 PM To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Outside venues Hector, I am curious to know how you are connecting the 1530's to power. We are right now all 155X's for the outdoor AP's but I was looking at the 1530's because their price point was better. The one thing I was concerned with though was that they are DC power input vs AC power input. For many locations we have the AP mounted on a building so this is ok but we have several in a mesh that connect to our parking lot light poles and I don't know the feasibility of putting a AD/DC converter in the power pole. Unless I missed it I also didn't see a outdoor rated converter Cisco sells for these. So I am curious to know your experience with powering them. Nick Ciesinski University of Wisconsin - Whitewater From: Hector J Rios <hr...@lsu.edu<mailto:hr...@lsu.edu>> Reply-To: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv <WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU<mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU>> Date: Thursday, December 4, 2014 1:23 PM To: "WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU<mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU>" <WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU<mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU>> Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Outside venues We have used 1520s in the past and they have worked well. We recently installed a couple of 1530s with external antennas and their coverage is really good. The plus with the 1530s is their form-factor. The 1520s and the predecessors where tanks. The 1530s are considerably smaller. Depending on your requirements, the 1530s with internal antennas are very convenient, but you are not going to have as good of a coverage as the ones with the external antennas. Finally, consider additional costs for your outdoor deployment. A couple of years ago we deployed a good number of outdoor mesh radios and the expense for the power requirements was significant. Other costs to bear in mind are maintenance. If you hang these radios on poles, know that you will be needing a lift to get to those radios when they have issues. For us, our contractor charges a minimum of $500 to get us a bucket truck. And if you live in the southern states, just pray your radios don't have issues during the summer. Otherwise, bring lots of towels and prepare to sweat. Hector Rios Louisiana State University From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU] On Behalf Of Stooksberry, Tom Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2014 1:47 PM To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU<mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU> Subject: [WIRELESS-LAN] Outside venues I would like to ask what everyone is doing for their outdoor areas with respect to WiFi. We have several very nice venues that would benefit from connectivity. Some are relatively close to networked buildings and some are fairly remote from such structures. We are a Cisco shop and are thinking about installing some AP1532's but due diligence begs me to pick other brains for alternative and maybe better ideas. Tom Stooksberry ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/. ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/. ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/. ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.
