You (we) still need power+sync even if you use fiber.. We're planning on
using fiber, too.

On Fri, Sep 25, 2020 at 9:53 AM Josh Luthman <j...@imaginenetworksllc.com>
wrote:

> Forgot all about that massive power requirement.  We did DC+fiber to avoid
> ethernet issues.
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> On Thu, Sep 24, 2020 at 2:50 PM Ken Hohhof <af...@kwisp.com> wrote:
>
>> I think he said 3 GHz 450m which requires direct DC power because it uses
>> like 1.21 gigawatts.
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> *On Behalf Of *Josh Luthman
>> *Sent:* Thursday, September 24, 2020 1:28 PM
>> *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <af@af.afmug.com>
>> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Power for 450M via PacketFlux or Rectifier?
>>
>>
>>
>> If you need sync...power it over that too.
>>
>>
>>
>> In my case, we don't need sync on our deployment so we went fiber + DC.
>> No sync - we've got a bomb shelter building for a good bit of shielding.
>>
>>
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>> On Thu, Sep 24, 2020 at 1:57 PM Ken Hohhof <af...@kwisp.com> wrote:
>>
>> I can’t remember last time I power cycled an AP, it’s been years.
>>
>>
>>
>> Only time would be if I did something stupid and needed to do the quick
>> power cycle to get into the Recovery Console.  Usually that wouldn’t be an
>> AP that’s in service, but one from the used pile that I’m planning to
>> redeploy but I didn’t label where it came from.
>>
>>
>>
>> Sometimes after a year or two uptime some of the Ubiquiti stuff will go
>> off to Lalaland and need a reboot, I had to do an old Powerbridge the other
>> day, but I could still reboot it from the GUI.  I had an old
>> Karlnet/YDI/Terabeam/Proxim backhaul radio that needed to be power cycled
>> regularly but that was 15 years ago and it got replaced with a PTP500 which
>> has now been replaced with a PTP820.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> *On Behalf Of *Sean Heskett
>> *Sent:* Thursday, September 24, 2020 12:30 PM
>> *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <af@af.afmug.com>
>> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Power for 450M via PacketFlux or Rectifier?
>>
>>
>>
>> Either way is fine, we’ve chosen to do it in the PacketFlux RI so that
>> everything is standardized across our towers.  Support staff and field
>> techs know that ALL APs get power from a rack injector...so when problems
>> happen look there and try a reboot.
>>
>>
>>
>> -Sean
>>
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>>
>> On Thu, Sep 24, 2020 at 9:18 AM Josh Baird <joshba...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> We're deploying our first 450M gear soon.  This site will have a +48VDC
>> ICT rectifier solution and DC distribution (managed).
>>
>>
>>
>> We're going to be using a PacketFlux RackInkjector w/ Cambium Sync
>> modules to provide sync to the 450M 3ghz radios.  We could load a PDU
>> module in the RackInjector as well to provide power to them.
>> Alternatively, we could power them directly off of the ICT managed
>> distribution.
>>
>>
>>
>> Both solutions are managed (can turn them on/off via IP).  Is there any
>> reason to use the PacketFlux PDU module over the DC distribution panel in
>> this scenario?
>>
>>
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>>
>>
>> Josh
>>
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