You should never power up any of the cards without a load even for a few seconds. I bet all of us have done that by mistake more times than one but all of the higher power cards can burn out quickly under the right conditions.
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jayson Baker Sent: Wednesday, October 07, 2009 11:48 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Which connector is which on R52N FYI, we powered up a card without an antenna on both ports and damaged the card. It's TX power is extremely low now. Just a warning. I don't remember if it was in N-mode, or B/G mode. On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 3:09 PM, Data Technology <[email protected]> wrote: > Yeah, I forgot to mention the board and OS. > It's an RB433AH with 4.0rc1. > If you are looking down at the card with the connectors at the top and > the gold pins at the bottom, J2 is on the upper left and J3 is on the > upper right. > I was planning on just connecting to J2 and if that did not work then > connect to J3. > > > David E. Smith wrote: > > Data Technology wrote: > > > >> Also, I am looking to use this card with just 1 antenna. > >> Not looking to use 'N', just using because cm9's were not available when > >> I bought the card. > >> I assume this will work ok as long as both TX and RX chains are set to > >> the same setting. > >> > > > > Assuming you're using Mikrotik RouterOS, just set the band to B or B/G > > and you won't even have to worry about the chains - all the N-specific > > options will just disappear. > > > > (I don't have an N card handy, so I'm not sure which antenna lead is > > identified as which, but you've got a 50-50 shot. :) > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > > http://signup.wispa.org/ > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > > > > WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] > > > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > > > > ---------- > > > > This message has been scanned for viruses and > > dangerous content by the Data Technology > > MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. > > > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > > WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
