Ha! Good to hear and you have to love the simple fix! Brad
-----Original Message----- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Kevin Sullivan Sent: Monday, May 17, 2010 2:14 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Trango APEX link trouble Ok, I think we finally fixed it. It was only happening when it was hot because....of a loose wire. The PS that came from Trango already had the power connector on it, so we didn't check the set screws that hold the wires into the connector. While I was troubleshooting today, one of the wires fell out. Both set screws were so loose, I'm suprised they stayed in long enough for us to mount the equipment. I tightened them down, and the problem seems to be solved. Cheers, Kevin ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom DeReggi" <wirelessn...@rapiddsl.net> To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> Sent: Friday, May 14, 2010 6:24 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] Trango APEX link trouble > Sure its possible to have a radio that is failing. All I can say is....the > easiest and quickest thing to do is to 100% rule out everything else. > I have to admit, I jumped to think I had a bad radio twice, even go the > replacements shipped, and both times it ended up being cabling after all. > The Apexes are pretty solid. > > There are so many possible ways CAT5 can go bad. And I know, the odds of > two > cables going bad, (the management and Data) doesn't sound likey, but its > possible. > the APEX can be powered up by ether management or data cable. You might > want > to try powering from the other one. > > For cable damage, the big things are corrosion on the pins, or a bad crimp > to one of the pins. Those things are hard to spot, and dont always surface > for 6 months or so.. Cable blows in the wind, link goes down, or overheats > or shuts down because not getting enough current or to much while shorting > out. > > Now when the APEXs first came out (like the first batch) there was a > manufacturering flaw with a part that I think effected Ethernet life, but > Trango proactively recalled them, like days after they shipped, and gave > free repairs on it. (I was impressed, very responsibly done) But that was > ages ago. > > Tom DeReggi > RapidDSL & Wireless, Inc > IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kevin Sullivan" <kevin.sulli...@alyrica.net> > To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> > Sent: Friday, May 14, 2010 8:49 PM > Subject: Re: [WISPA] Trango APEX link trouble > > >> It's been running six months without a dropped packet. Cable run is ~100 >> feet, maybe a little less. We were powering it over the data port, but we >> switched to the management port today. We checked the power output on the >> PS, and with the power supply plugged into the power injector, but the >> radio >> not actually working, we got -47.8v. That makes me think it is unlikely >> to >> be an actual power supply issue. >> >> I'm starting to wonder if it is heat related somehow. The problem >> started at around 10:00am today, and now that it's nearing six and >> cooling >> down, the link came back up and started working fine. I can't think what >> else it would be related to... maybe the power injector doesn't like it >> when >> it gets warm? I have a new power injector coming from Trango -- I'm >> thinking >> maybe the current power injector has a bad component that doesn't react >> well >> to heat. >> >> Kevin >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Brad Belton" <b...@belwave.com> >> To: "'WISPA General List'" <wireless@wispa.org> >> Sent: Friday, May 14, 2010 1:39 PM >> Subject: Re: [WISPA] Trango APEX link trouble >> >> >>> How long have you had the link installed? >>> >>> How long is the Ethernet cable that you are running the PoE on? >>> >>> Are you powering the unit over the management port or the data port? >>> >>> We had trouble keeping an Apex unit powered up some time ago. It would >>> run >>> for 15min to an hour and then stop. Turned out even though the Ethernet >>> cable was only 250-260' we determined we need to power the unit via a >>> shorter cable run. Once we did that the problem hasn't arisen again >>> since. >>> >>> The odd thing is we have several Apex radios running without trouble on >>> cables even longer than the 250-260' cable this unit was running on. >>> >>> Best, >>> >>> >>> Brad >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On >>> Behalf Of Kevin Sullivan >>> Sent: Friday, May 14, 2010 3:26 PM >>> To: WISPA General List >>> Subject: [WISPA] Trango APEX link trouble >>> >>> Hello, >>> We have an 11ghz Trango APEX link up for one of our incoming lines, >>> and >>> it went down this morning. There is no link light on either the >>> managment >>> or >>> traffic port on one end. We unplugged-and-replugged the power on it, and >>> it >>> came back up for fifteen to twenty minutes, then crashed again. I've >>> been >>> trying to get a hold of Trango tech support, but so far it's been >>> several >>> hours and I just keep getting voice mail. 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