In terms of strain, I've tried every commercially available harness. And I've found that you can't beat the laws of physics. That strain is placed somewhere on your body.
Holding the laptop puts it on your arms and wrists. The harness just move that to your shoulders and back. I will alternate days between holding and a harness, but by Friday I am generally sore all over. Now if only I had a Segway.... Thanks Jake Snyder Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 4, 2015, at 9:55 AM, Jon Scot Prunckle <[email protected]> wrote: > > All, > > > FWIW, we went the opposite direction in terms of machine [ease of] > portability and have had very good results with ESS Pro. We're currently > using three Dell Latitude E6430 series with i7 processors, 16GB RAM (and an > SSD hard drive on one) with Win 7 Pro. The machines are docked when not in > use and are accessible by RDP...allows us to do our analysis and > what-have-you directly on the machines. > > > We've contrived field harnesses for the survey technicians to wear to hold > the laptops to avoid strain. We used to insist on using wheeled carts, but, > understandably, a number of the technicians found the carts obtrusive. > > > Either way, we've been very happy with Ekahau in terms of responsiveness to > user needs and feature requests as well as producing an excellent piece of > software. > > Sincerely, > > > J. Scot Prunckle > Network Engineer > UITS Network and Operations Services > University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee > Office Mobile: (414) 416-9709 > E-mail: [email protected] > > > From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv > <[email protected]> on behalf of Hector J Rios > <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, August 3, 2015 1:43 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Ekahau Site Survey + Tablet > > SP3 has worked for us as well. We’ve used the softwareon a Thinkpad Yoga and > it was OK. The main issue was the laptop itself and wonderful Win 8. Battery > life was not great either . We’ll see if Win 10 is better. > > Hector Rios > Louisiana State University > > From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Shayne Fedorka > Sent: Friday, July 31, 2015 10:21 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Ekahau Site Survey + Tablet > > There’s a decent deal on the SP3 right now if you can’t wait a couple months > for the SP4 to drop the price of the SP3 even more. > > From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Eric T. Barnett > Sent: Friday, July 31, 2015 10:51 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Ekahau Site Survey + Tablet > > So the Surface Pro 3 so far. I’m really just looking at using this for active > surveys. I can do analysis on my laptop. > > Thanks for the responses so far! > > --Eric > > From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Rowell Dionicio > Sent: Friday, July 31, 2015 8:52 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Ekahau Site Survey + Tablet > > We’re currently using the Surface Pro 3 for conducting wireless surveys with > Ekahau. Works great. I would recommend getting an external USB hub that you > can velcro to it. I find that the USB port is a little finicky. If I nudge > the USB adapter I sometimes have issues causing me to restart Ekahau. > > I use the pen during the survey and found it much more useful than using a > trackpad or your finger. I don’t use the keyboard attached to the surface > during surveys. > > I also recommend using a bluetooth or USB mouse for analyzing the survey > while at your desk. I still haven’t gotten used to using the removable > keyboard/cover we got with it. > > Rowell > > On Jul 31, 2015, at 6:05 AM, Trent Hurt <[email protected]> wrote: > > I know a few folks who use surface 3 for surveying without issues. Here is a > nice blog with some performance recommendations for ekahau > > http://www.ekahau.com/wifidesign/blog/2015/07/24/boosting-ekahau-site-survey-and-3d-planner-performance/ > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Jul 31, 2015, at 8:22 AM, Sachse, Hartmut <[email protected]> wrote: > Ask Jussi from Ekahau via Twitter @jussikiviniemi. If i remember right the > recommend Surface Pro 3. > > > Best Regards > > Hartmut Sachse > Systems Engineer > > > Von: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv > [mailto:[email protected]] Im Auftrag von Eric T. Barnett > Gesendet: Donnerstag, 30. Juli 2015 23:57 > An: [email protected] > Betreff: [WIRELESS-LAN] Ekahau Site Survey + Tablet > > Good afternoon, > > I was wondering if anyone out there was running Ekahau’s site survey software > on a tablet and which ones that they’ve had good luck with. I’m looking at a > Surface Pro 3, but I wonder if the Pro 2 would be sufficient. Of course, I’ll > take cheaper alternatives if there are any! > > Thanks, > Eric > > <image001.jpg> > Eric Barnett > Senior Network Engineer/Wireless Administrator > Information and Technology Services > > P.O. 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