Lightning season is when I miss my home state of California the most. You really dont know what your missing! I feel like the British must have felt in WWII during the German bombing runs. Every year, boom, boom, boom. (sorry for the dramatics). Neither did I include an LP/EMI device in my business model but I also didnt count on so many truck rolls. It just becomes a matter of which is more cost effective and beneficial to customer satisfaction. I too prefer that the customer be there but obviously this is only a side benefit along with ease of access. At any rate, you're "maintenance adapter" is right on target but I'm not big into home made stuff. So, I'm hoping someone knows of a device out there that incorporates these features and is factory made. -RickG
On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 12:33 PM, Scott Vander Dussen <[email protected]> wrote: > Rick- > Obviously this application is for a tower (hence APs..). Our pricing model > doesn't permit us the extra $20-30 per customer plus installation time etc. > to install a LA/EMI Filter for every customer. Lighting isn't really a > problem where we are (California) - Since we started in 2002 never had a > single tower, customer, anything negatively affected by lighting. > > That being said - we don't like to do a maintenance call when the customer > isn't home b/c then you can't get to their equipment (which may be the > problem) or their power supply for the radio etc. When we need to, and the > customer isn't home - we have simple "maintenance adapter" that we made - it > has two RJ45 jacks and a short CAT5 cable coming out. The adapter is placed > in-line between the radio and PoE CAT5 (to customer's power supply in home) - > the short CAT5 goes plugs into the radio and the remaining RJ45 port has > access to the network only (PoE pins removed) for use in your laptop. > > Down side is it requires rebooting CPE to install (unplugging cable) and also > you need to get access to CPE which can be difficult sometimes. > > `S > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of RickG > Sent: Thursday, April 15, 2010 9:23 AM > To: WISPA General List > Subject: Re: [WISPA] EMI Filtering > > This is inline with my previous question about a lightning protector. > Would it be a good idea to incorporate a unit that does filtering/LP > in a small enclosure on the outside of the home/business with an > ethernet port for easy access to the network rather than having to > depend on the customer to be there? > > On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 11:43 AM, Scott Vander Dussen > <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Looking to filter conducted FM EMI off a 24VDC power line that supplies >> Canopy APs with power. Would something like this be appropriate, or even on >> the right track? >> <http://bit.ly/a3WKJ9>http://bit.ly/a3WKJ9 >> >> Thanks, >> `S >> >> >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> 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/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/
