We have been using the power adapter listed above for our 1532's on pole mounts with success. Essentially we place the power adapter in a NEMA box and mount the radio to the outside of the NEMA box. The hard part for us is all of our light poles run on photo cells so the existing power at the light is not available during the day. We have to pull a separate power feed to each pole.
Matt On Fri, Dec 5, 2014 at 10:22 AM, Hector J Rios <[email protected]> wrote: > 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: > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Ciesinski, Nick > Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2014 5:08 PM > To: [email protected] > 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 <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> > Reply-To: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv < > [email protected]<mailto: > [email protected]>> > Date: Thursday, December 4, 2014 1:23 PM > To: "[email protected]<mailto: > [email protected]>" <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> > 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: > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Stooksberry, Tom > Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2014 1:47 PM > To: [email protected]<mailto: > [email protected]> > 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/. > -- Matt O'Brien Manager/Communications Engineer Boise State University 1910 University Drive, Boise, ID, 83725-1249 Phone: (208) 426 4068 ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.
