Re: [AFMUG] "Central Office" style fiber patch panels

2025-08-01 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
y hard to > > service if you need to fix a bad splice or something. > > > > On Wed, Jul 30, 2025 at 9:17 PM Mike Hammett wrote: > >> This might be a middle of the road. > >> > >> https://thinklynn.com/products/categories/bladehd/ > >> > >

Re: [AFMUG] "Central Office" style fiber patch panels

2025-07-30 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
he panel and the tail goes > to a splice case in a hand hole etc. For indoor we splice in a budi > enclosure on the wall or just mount the splice case on the wall. > > On Wed, Jul 30, 2025 at 12:49 PM Forrest Christian (List Account) < > li...@packetflux.com> wrote: > >

Re: [AFMUG] "Central Office" style fiber patch panels

2025-07-30 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
I prefer a tail to a splice case or splice cases. > > On Wed, Jul 30, 2025 at 12:15 PM Forrest Christian (List Account) < > li...@packetflux.com> wrote: > >> I'm looking for a source/model/etc for fiber patch panels, which are >> similar to those found in a comm roo

[AFMUG] "Central Office" style fiber patch panels

2025-07-30 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
I'm looking for a source/model/etc for fiber patch panels, which are similar to those found in a comm room/meet me room/etc. I think these might be called "distribution panels". Specifically, one designed to be mounted in a 2-post rack, with the fixed plant cable/splicing all happening in the rea

Re: [AFMUG] Building Automation

2025-06-06 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
gt; > > On Thu, Jun 5, 2025 at 7:59 AM Mike Hammett < af...@ics-il.net > wrote: > > > It started with lighting, but then expanded to HVAC, so I wondered what > else is under the same umbrella... and what systems people use to manage > this. > > > > > -- >

Re: [AFMUG] Building Automation

2025-06-05 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Are you taking like hvac or lighting or? I run a building management system in the packetflux manufacturing facility but that's just so the correct resources (compressor, N2 generator, supplemental ventilation, etc. ) can be started based on the equipment being used. We also do some heat/hv

Re: [AFMUG] syncinjector wattage limits

2025-06-05 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
On Thu, Jun 5, 2025, 4:50 AM Forrest Christian (List Account) < li...@packetflux.com> wrote: > Per port. > > - Forrest > > On Wed, Jun 4, 2025, 1:45 PM Tyson Burris wrote: > >> Is that 90W across all 4 ports (total) or per port? >> >> >> >> &g

Re: [AFMUG] syncinjector wattage limits

2025-06-05 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
ne alone and do not necessarily represent those > of the company. If you have any doubts about the validity or enforceability > of any agreement or arrangement discussed in this email, please consult > with an attorney. > > > > *From:* AF *On Behalf Of *Forrest Christian > (List A

Re: [AFMUG] syncinjector wattage limits

2025-06-04 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Yes. They should be good up to around 90W. But I know the 4500 is fine. Didn't realize they were 60W. - Forrest On Wed, Jun 4, 2025, 9:58 AM Steve Jones wrote: > forrest, > > do the non rack syncinjectors support the 60 watt epmp 4500 series? > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > ht

Re: [AFMUG] OT joke Latent heat of fusion

2025-04-29 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Unfortunately they seem to have a heat shield that can dissipate an infinite amount of energy, so the behavior of the material itself is irrelevant. - Forrest On Tue, Apr 29, 2025, 9:50 AM Chuck wrote: > Looking for the heat of fusion of MAGA. Lots of headlines lately about a > MA= > GA meltdo

Re: [AFMUG] Happy ED

2025-04-26 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
On Sat, Apr 26, 2025, 3:43 PM Ken Hohhof wrote: > I blame the Internet, it makes you stupid. > And who do we blame for that? Wait... oh crap. -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com

Re: [AFMUG] DC connector for a CCR2004

2025-04-24 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Looks like either a 3.5mm or 3.81 pitch European connector. If you measure from pin to pin you might be able to tell which. A mouser search for pluggable terminal blocks with the correct pitch should turn up the correct terminal. - Forrest On Thu, Apr 24, 2025, 9:07 AM Josh Luthman wrote: > C

Re: [AFMUG] Happy ED

2025-04-24 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Depends on the pollution. If you live next to a hydrogen sulfide producer I doubt it takes very long for you to notice. - Forrest On Wed, Apr 23, 2025, 9:46 PM Steve Jones wrote: > lol, that would mean the decline began to happen prior to 2016, or are we > not doing the whole "we dont see the

Re: [AFMUG] Billing

2025-04-18 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
So I'm a fan of billing systems doing billing and not a lot else. There needs to be ways to script some provisioning... mainly lock and unlock and some way to make sure a customer is getting only what they're paying for. If you're looking for a system that does that... bills customers reliably,

Re: [AFMUG] Been using the wrong patch cables.

2025-03-26 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
conductors and some cheap cables which are CCA - neither of which are good for PoE. On Wed, Mar 26, 2025, 7:36 PM Forrest Christian (List Account) < li...@packetflux.com> wrote: > I got an email from monoprice today offering "PoE Patch Cables". Yes, > they're marketed as

Re: [AFMUG] Been using the wrong patch cables.

2025-03-26 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
n Mar 26, 2025, at 6:38 PM, Forrest Christian (List Account) < > li...@packetflux.com> wrote: > > > >  > > I got an email from monoprice today offering "PoE Patch Cables". Yes, > they're marketed as completely different skus from their normal patch > c

[AFMUG] Been using the wrong patch cables.

2025-03-26 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
I got an email from monoprice today offering "PoE Patch Cables". Yes, they're marketed as completely different skus from their normal patch cables. Apparently all this time I've been under the mistaken impression that regular patch cables work with PoE just fine. /s -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmu

Re: [AFMUG] OT Aviation

2025-03-21 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Yeah, runways are pretty obvious at airports with commercial traffic. Heck, I can tell when I'm on a runway as a commercial passenger. You occasionally hear reports of small private aircraft landing on a taxiway.. that I could at least a bit understand if the pilot wasn't used to full sized air

Re: [AFMUG] OT Aviation

2025-03-21 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
I'm sure the dei statement was sarcasm... That said, it wouldn't surprise me to find that some of the recent issues are related to the airlines being so desperate for pilots that they're not being as picky as they could/should be. But, this definitely can't be blamed on anything DEI but instead

Re: [AFMUG] is streaming really 18 years old?

2025-03-12 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Work from home, return to office On Wed, Mar 12, 2025, 1:36 PM Nate Burke wrote: > I'm apparently out of touch, what is "WHF" or "RTO"? > On 3/12/2025 12:02 PM, Ken Hohhof wrote: > > Can you believe that Netflix started their streaming service 18 years ago > in 2007? > > > > I remember going t

Re: [AFMUG] Sealing Wire Splice

2025-02-27 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Not what you're asking for but I've started using the heatshrink butt splice connectors.. like what you use in automotive but it has waterproof heat shrink built in. Available at most auto parts stores. Or, good old marine grade heat shrink. This is thicker and has hot melt adhesive which forms

Re: [AFMUG] OT but not political

2025-02-18 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
I currently do the same as you. I have considered getting a Google Chromecast specifically because it apparently is more friendly with setting up wifi and I would only have to take the device (no remote-can use phone, powered from usb which i already carry). Then the reality sets in that I rarely

Re: [AFMUG] credit card fraud rate

2025-02-06 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
I do see random fraud charges on my cards requiring a new card every couple of years. Seems like it might be from travel usage (hotel, restaurant) or online purchases, but I can't be sure. I also find that I misplace cards at about the same frequency. I blame my easy distactabiity and I don't thi

Re: [AFMUG] Equipment Ground Wire Sizes

2025-01-08 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
NEC is designed for electrical safety. It's based on the size of the conductor necessary to permit a breaker to trip when you have a ground fault. R56 is designed to improve survivability of lightning strike or other EMP event. The wires are sized large enough to ensure a low impedance (resista

Re: [AFMUG] Temperature based reset switch

2025-01-01 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
When we finally get the "event triggering" base 3 firmware out, this would be in the realm of what is possible. But, that's still 6ish months out with the possibility of schedule slippage. Personally, what I currently use for this type of thing is a click plc from automation direct. The base uni

Re: [AFMUG] How low will it Go? And when to think about buying Cambium stock again.

2024-12-20 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
I'd like to see what a tarana deployment looks like financially from someone who has deployed it. The reason I say this is that none of the back of the envelope calculations I've done make any sort of financial sense in our area based on expected take rates in a typical sector. There are a few n

Re: [AFMUG] new FCC boss

2024-11-18 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Elon seems to be very anti-subsidy. He has made multiple statements to that effect over the years when asked. Even ones that would add funds to his own companies. Obviously if the government is giving out money you'd rather them give it to you instead of your competition. But as has been alread

Re: [AFMUG] Cellular console server

2024-11-03 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Sorry to hijack the thread. I've been considering developing a few different products to broaden my product line so it isn't so WISP focused. One of the things I've looked at is a terminal server device since the existing ones seem so rediculous for the price. BUT.. to meet the price target I'

Re: [AFMUG] VM ware

2024-10-28 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Proxmox. I won't spew my hate toward Broadcom because most of them don't have anything to do with vm servers. On Sun, Oct 27, 2024, 7:30 PM Chuck wrote: > > Broadcom does not recognize our perpetual license. Anyone have a > solution? Proxmox. Xen. Really like to not have to do this. > > --

Re: [AFMUG] Cambium Evo

2024-10-22 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
I won't believe anything until I see it. I feel that cambium is looking at moving to an architecture where the AP is a FPGA based SDR that talks to SMs that use off the shelf Silicon. Assuming it works, one can then leverage the cost savings of the cheap 802.11 chipsets on the SM side while still

Re: [AFMUG] Cellphone Plans

2024-10-21 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
;Warp", "Dark Star", and "Light Speed". > > > > I'm guessing Dark Star is ATT, and maybe Verizon is Warp, but which is > which really? > > > > Looking at their web site it implies that you can get "Super Carrier"; or > access

Re: [AFMUG] Cellphone Plans

2024-10-21 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
ity to switch at will. Is this real? > > Regards, > -- > bp > part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com > > > On Fri, Sep 20, 2024 at 11:32 AM Forrest Christian (List Account) < > li...@packetflux.com> wrote: > >> At PacketFlux: >> >> For employee cell use, we

Re: [AFMUG] intersection of technical and political

2024-10-06 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
un, Oct 6, 2024, 3:59 PM Robert wrote: > I like to call it the bell curve problem.. The edges of the bell curve > where the extreme are getting way too much influence in today's world... > > On 10/6/24 1:22 PM, Forrest Christian (List Account) wrote: > > Each side se

Re: [AFMUG] intersection of technical and political

2024-10-06 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Each side seems to collect a certain number of the "unique" people. The right seems to collect the conspiracy theory non-critical thinkers. The left seems to collect the rediculous to the extreme social justice warrior types. And both sides collect few other groups with extreme viewpoints. Then

Re: [AFMUG] Gen Z new college grads

2024-09-27 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
My take on this is that most high school or college grads take a while to figure out how to manage having a job. They also take a while to accumulate enough resources and get paid enough that life doesn't consist of working your ass off just to barely cover (or not) essential living expenses. Mos

Re: [AFMUG] Packetflux losing sync

2024-09-25 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
There are getting to be more and more reports in the GNSS community of something at a site knocking out GPS. I can't say that I've seen more reports recently though. Usually it gets tracked down to a broken piece of gear blasting noise in the GPS band at around 1.575ghz. One tool I suggest peop

Re: [AFMUG] defunct WISPs

2024-09-23 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Works 70% of the time? On Mon, Sep 23, 2024, 11:12 AM wrote: > Ahhh, yes, that is is. I remembered sprint being involved somehow. > > Wimax 70 miles, 70 mbps and there was a third 70 but I don’t remember the > promise. > > Best Regards, > Chuck McCown > McCown Technology Corporation > 8401 N C

Re: [AFMUG] Cellphone Plans

2024-09-20 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
At PacketFlux: For employee cell use, we provide a fixed dollar amount subsidy to every employee. Since cell use around here consists pretty much of slack and a couple of similar items, it's only $25. If the employee uses a budget plan that would cover most if not all of it. If we had field

Re: [AFMUG] Vines on utility pole growing into power space - safety questions

2024-08-10 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Here's my thought: Some idiot in your organization thought that all power poles were equally dangerous, and they reacted accordingly. If that power pole had primary on it, I would feel like the whole safety meeting as described had a good chance of being justified. Likewise, if someone didn't

Re: [AFMUG] Packetflux hot swap?

2024-07-04 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
: 7/4/2024 3:29:50 PM > To: "AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group" > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Packetflux hot swap? > > Are there two connectors and two cables? If so, assuming someone is hell > bent on hot swap, I am sure you would recommend a sequence of connection > and disconnecti

Re: [AFMUG] OT Happy Holidays

2024-07-04 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
I feel that it's time for college to go through a major revision. First, I lean quite strongly toward the Mike Rowe worldview in that we need to quit telling our kids that they need a college education to make it in this world. Right now if you're in one of the blue collar trades you're far bett

Re: [AFMUG] Packetflux hot swap?

2024-07-04 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
n the priority list. On Wed, Jul 3, 2024, 5:16 PM wrote: > Maybe some staggered lengths on fingers or contacts to correctly sequence > the power while inserting them? > > > > *From:* Forrest Christian (List Account) > *Sent:* Wednesday, July 3, 2024 4:47 PM > *To:* Ani

Re: [AFMUG] Packetflux hot swap?

2024-07-03 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Definitely not recommended. The bus is not designed for hot swapping. So while you might get away with it, it isn't recommended. On Wed, Jul 3, 2024, 4:35 PM Seth Mattinen via AF wrote: > Can I (very carefully) hot add or remove a packetflux rackinjector board > on a running system? > > ~Seth

Re: [AFMUG] Multipath mitigation

2024-07-03 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
If that's the case, then maybe some uptilt on the SM, effectively moving the AP to the bottom of the pattern might work. Of course this relies on an antenna pattern with fairly sharp cutoff at the edges. On Wed, Jul 3, 2024, 12:50 PM Peter Kranz via AF wrote: > Easiest solution to this is to po

Re: [AFMUG] Multipath mitigation

2024-06-29 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Which SM are you running? With certain MIMO radios one, in theory, could put two antennas up instead of a single antenna with multiple element. I.e if you have a mimo sm with two horizontal and two vertical elements in be antenna, you might be able to swap with two single element dual polarizat

Re: [AFMUG] Grey stuff coming off a circuit board - what is this stuff?

2024-06-19 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Guess this is common. https://leadertechinc.com/ferrite-cable-shielding/special-purpose-shielding-bar-2/ The engineer in me now wonders if one is on the bottom also. On Wed, Jun 19, 2024, 1:32 PM Forrest Christian (List Account) < li...@packetflux.com> wrote: > I'm guessin

Re: [AFMUG] Grey stuff coming off a circuit board - what is this stuff?

2024-06-19 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
I'm guessing some sort of ferrite for emi/emc shielding. Not 100% sure as I've never seen or heard of it being deployed this way. Is it rubbery or more like hard compressed pieces. I.E dried out licorice (rubbery) vs smarties (compressed sugar)? If it's hard and seems like compressed powder th

Re: [AFMUG] Sms alerting

2024-06-13 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
To add to this, it's remarkably easy to script posting to a slack channel. I'm guessing it's just a easy for other similar tools such as discord or telegram or whatever it is google is doing with messaging nowadays. The only caveat is that slack message notifications can be a bit unreliable at

Re: [AFMUG] Hey Bill Prince

2024-06-07 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
too been one of those weeks. Thankfully it seems over ;) On Fri, Jun 7, 2024 at 5:34 PM Forrest Christian (List Account) < li...@packetflux.com> wrote: > Sorry, yes 39, not 49. > > On Fri, Jun 7, 2024, 5:14 PM Bill Prince wrote: > >> There is a Ghirardelli factory/shop

Re: [AFMUG] Hey Bill Prince

2024-06-07 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Re: [AFMUG] Hey Bill Prince > > > > Thanks. > > > > Best Regards, > Chuck McCown > > McCown Technology Corporation > 8401 N Commerce Dr > Lake Point, Utah 84074 > 801-250-9503 Office > 435-830-4306 Cell > www.mccowntech.com > www.microtrench.pro >

Re: [AFMUG] Hey Bill Prince

2024-06-07 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
n > 8401 N Commerce Dr > Lake Point, Utah 84074 > 801-250-9503 Office > 435-830-4306 Cell > www.mccowntech.com > www.microtrench.pro > www.terabitnetworks.com > > > > *From:* Forrest Christian (List Account) > > *Sent:* Friday, June 7, 2024 11:58 AM > > *To:*

Re: [AFMUG] Hey Bill Prince

2024-06-07 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
I'm not Bill, but I do have some recommendations based on my semi-frequent visits... First of all, don't forget to find a good, authentic mission style burrito somewhere along the way. If I find a specific place next weekend when I'm down there, I'll let you know. Santa Cruz is where I always t

Re: [AFMUG] SNMP

2024-05-08 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
ke a security nightmare. > > > > *From:* AF *On Behalf Of *Forrest Christian > (List Account) > *Sent:* Wednesday, May 8, 2024 4:13 PM > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] SNMP > > > > Some devices can be configured to send an email

Re: [AFMUG] SNMP

2024-05-08 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Some devices can be configured to send an email if a contact closes, but the way this happens varies between devices. My problem with integrating this on the the sitemonitor platform has traditionally been that you need a rule system in order to determine when to send the email. I.E. what thresho

Re: [AFMUG] SNMP

2024-05-08 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
As others have mentioned, the existing firmware in the base 3's is basically SNMP-polling only. The Base 3 was built to be able to do all of the other items, but the whole covid supply chain pretty much killed R&D around here for a couple years other than keeping product shipping. It has finally

Re: [AFMUG] Pot

2024-05-03 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
ama to > work. > > > > > > > > > > *From:* Steve Jones > > *Sent:* Thursday, May 2, 2024 10:01 PM > > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group > > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Pot > > > > lite duty, no operating machinery or equipment > &g

Re: [AFMUG] Pot

2024-05-01 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Utah code 26-61a-111(4).. "Nothing in this section requires a private employer to accommodate the use of medical cannabis or affects the ability of a private employer to have policies restricting the use of medical cannabis by applicants or employees." There are also federal court cases where the

Re: [AFMUG] Won One

2024-04-30 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
He's in league with and getting kickbacks from the throw it in the crack guy. On Tue, Apr 30, 2024, 12:30 PM Jan-GAMs wrote: > And along comes the 12 year-old neighbor kid to mow the lawn. > On 4/29/24 15:24, Ken Hohhof wrote: > > The lay it in the crack guy was there. The kick dirt on it guy co

Re: [AFMUG] DC power supplies in parallel

2024-04-26 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Since I accidentally derailed your thread, I figure I should reply to your original query. I'm a fan of reducing complexity where possible. The problem is that defining complexity is often ISP and site specific, and sometimes the least complex solution is also impossible to have staff maintain.

Re: [AFMUG] DC power supplies in parallel

2024-04-26 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
left unused for long periods of time. > > On Fri, Apr 26, 2024 at 12:43 PM Forrest Christian (List Account) < > li...@packetflux.com> wrote: > >> >> >> On Fri, Apr 26, 2024, 1:02 PM Ken Hohhof wrote: >> >>> And I'm still using AGM batteries

Re: [AFMUG] DC power supplies in parallel

2024-04-26 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
That is a "lie" the BMS is telling you. When the BMS reports zero, there is always a certain percentage of power left in the battery.Often around 20%. This is because a battery under 20% (or a similar amount) can be dangerous. My understanding is that some manufacturers do the same thing at

Re: [AFMUG] DC power supplies in parallel

2024-04-26 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
O4 batteries before storing them for long periods of time. These > batteries have a low self-discharge rate, typically losing 2% of their > charge per month. However, fully charged lithium-ion batteries can be > dangerous if left unused for long periods of time. > > On Fri, Apr 26, 20

Re: [AFMUG] DC power supplies in parallel

2024-04-26 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
On Fri, Apr 26, 2024, 1:02 PM Ken Hohhof wrote: > And I'm still using AGM batteries while all the cool kids are using > LiFePO4 with BCMs, so definitely don't listen to me. > The more I learn about lithium batteries, the more I feel that lithium has relatively few advantages for standby applicat

Re: [AFMUG] Modbus TCP with Analog I/O

2024-03-22 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Lots of options at automation direct. I might just consider a click plc if none of the modbus only options work for you. On Thu, Mar 21, 2024, 1:53 PM Matt wrote: > I am looking for an affordable ethernet TCP modbus addressed device > with multiple Analog/Digital I/O. Preferably DIN rail mount

Re: [AFMUG] CALEA and WiFi

2024-03-19 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
I see CALEA as a holdover from those days when most of the traffic on the internet was unecrypted. Law enforcement wanted to be able to wiretap the internet just like they could wiretap POTS. Nowadays, I'm not sure what law enforcement could actually do with the captured data. What an isp has

Re: [AFMUG] Security camera experience

2024-03-05 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
The problem I've found with bullt in illumination for outdoor cameras is that often the leds for illumination are behind the glass the camera is looking through. As a result, the illuminator ends up illuminating anything that is on the glass and preventing good night vision. In an outdoor settin

Re: [AFMUG] Wood Pole Mount

2024-02-20 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Or a chimney strap mount? On Tue, Feb 20, 2024, 10:54 AM Ken Hohhof wrote: > Or the ChannelMaster 4" offset wall mounts, we call them W brackets. > > Original Message > From: "Josh Luthman" > Sent: 2/20/2024 9:37:59 AM > To: "AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group" > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Woo

Re: [AFMUG] Packetflux delivery times

2024-01-30 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
We used to do pretty good at almost always having stock, and if we ran out of something the replenishment stock was only a few days from being on the shelf. Then 2020 happened, and then supply chain crap happened, and a thousand other things seemed to conspire to prevent us from getting back to th

Re: [AFMUG] Packetflux delivery times

2024-01-30 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Pretty much all of the orders are going out today. A couple that need spec I think this is the start of being at least intermittently back to all the normal stuff usually being in stock. On Tue, Jan 30, 2024, 7:45 AM Tyson Burris wrote: > Yes, it’s a fairly common problem. I have gone 2-4 we

Re: [AFMUG] Packetflux delivery times

2024-01-30 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Shipping out today. Along with all the other base 3 orders. We're finally almost all caught up. The base 3 was the last of the regularly stocked items that we were backlogged on. On Tue, Jan 30, 2024, 7:39 AM Josh Luthman wrote: > Has anyone ordered a Site Monitor this month? I'm at 2 wee

Re: [AFMUG] compensation for employees

2024-01-29 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Plus with some of the new 401k providers being very low cost, it effectively becomes a maximum of a 4% increase in salary costs. I use guideline.com over here. Cheap, good, low cost mutual funds, etc. On Sun, Jan 28, 2024, 8:17 PM Ken Hohhof wrote: > True. > > > > 1976-1988 were my Rockwel

Re: [AFMUG] Used Juniper

2024-01-10 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Juniper has caught the "subscription required to use on an ongoing basis" disease all big routing/switching companies seem to eventually catch. Plus HP is trying to acquire them. The current used gear is probably usable but there seems to be some debate how long this will last as far as any futur

Re: [AFMUG] Ken Hohof

2024-01-01 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
man wrote: > US cell phones have GLONASS support. What makes you say there's a legal > question? > > On Sun, Dec 31, 2023 at 6:10 PM Forrest Christian (List Account) < > li...@packetflux.com> wrote: > >> Some customers wanted the added redundancy that comes wit

Re: [AFMUG] PMP450i GPS/Sync issue

2024-01-01 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
b647f08b33d9cf03835...@totalhighspeed.net?anonymous&ep=signature> > > This institution is an equal opportunity provider and employer. Esta > institución es un proveedor de servicios con igualdad de oportunidades. > -- > *From:* AF on behalf of

Re: [AFMUG] PMP450i GPS/Sync issue

2024-01-01 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
> time to meet with me >> <https://outlook.office.com/bookwithme/user/1f29ddb141b647f08b33d9cf03835...@totalhighspeed.net?anonymous&ep=signature> >> >> This institution is an equal opportunity provider and employer. Esta >> institución es un proveedor de se

Re: [AFMUG] PMP450i GPS/Sync issue

2023-12-31 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Plus, if a rackinjector was previously upgraded to a reasonably-recent version (and the default settings weren't changed), it shouldn't have seen the issue at all, as the firmware in the rackinjector defaults to disabling GLONASS. (This is my plea for everyone to upgrade to the latest version as i

Re: [AFMUG] Ken Hohof

2023-12-31 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
even legal to operate a GLONASS receiver in the USA. On Sun, Dec 31, 2023 at 2:26 PM Chuck McCown via AF wrote: > What is the benefit to using glonass? > For timing is not GPS good enough? > > > *From:* Forrest Christian (List Account) > *Sent:* Sunday, December 31, 2

Re: [AFMUG] Ken Hohof

2023-12-31 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Well hopefully most everything can be remotely handled. I'm really really hoping that the fix my current GPS vendor provided actually survives the rollover. Otherwise this is going to be a much bigger mess. I really wish multi GNSS simulators weren't so expensive. Like costs more than we make

Re: [AFMUG] WDM transceivers

2023-12-22 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
I would be far more shocked if this doesn't work. Obviously you'd need a dwdm mux to get more than one dwdm channel in a cwdm channel, but as long as you're using dwdm optics which are in the bandpass of the cwdm channel it should work for a single channel. On Thu, Dec 21, 2023, 9:00 AM wrote:

Re: [AFMUG] RedHawk-P250i-Solid-Oxide-Fuel-Cells-GEN4-WEB.pdf

2023-12-12 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Ignoring any cost considerations, I could see this as a backup for lower power grid connected sites with a modest amount of battery. Or possibly for solar sites that once in a great while need supplemental power. Like in a no sun for 2 weeks situation, which would happen once per year or somethin

Re: [AFMUG] OT FB videos and reels

2023-12-09 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Probably to reduce automated copyright claims. I notice that a lot of the videos are using non-licensed material and modifying in some way. Left to right flip, zooming, stretching, adding borders, etc. Plus, I've also noticed that a lot of selfie camera video is left mirrored like it is often

Re: [AFMUG] GLONASS rollover coming end of year.

2023-12-09 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
My UGPS Units have FW > dated 6-12-2020, so I'm presuming that it would have the GLONASS Fix. > On 12/9/2023 4:26 AM, Forrest Christian (List Account) wrote: > > Just a heads-up: > > Four years ago, we had a bit of an issue where the date in the GLONASS > GNSS system

[AFMUG] GLONASS rollover coming end of year.

2023-12-09 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Just a heads-up: Four years ago, we had a bit of an issue where the date in the GLONASS GNSS system rolled over at midnight, New Year's Eve/Day, Moscow time, and all (most) of the multi-constellation PacketFlux and Cambium sync receivers went wacky. They all needed a reboot/power cycle and retur

Re: [AFMUG] Modbus

2023-10-26 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Yes, and no. The modbus protocol defines how to move data between two devices. However, the contents of the data being passed is vendor-defined and there aren't any industry standards I'm aware of (although it wouldn't surprise me if there were). Every vendor that produces a modbus-capable devic

Re: [AFMUG] AC voltage alarm thresholds

2023-09-05 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
265V is a common top voltage threshold, but you'll need to look at the equipment specs. The US grid is specified to produce 120/240V +-5%. So 240 could be up to 254V and still be in spec. (240V+12V) Equipment is supposed to accept at least +-10%, so up to 264V. (240V+24V). Personally I'd set t

Re: [AFMUG] Question for Chuck, and anyone wise who wants to add their 0.02...

2023-08-18 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
nd anyone wise who wants to > add their 0.02... > > > > All CAT6 in our product line are 100% GDT. Anything that says GIGE has > solid state and GDT. I would recommend CAT6 for everything. > > > > > > > > *From:* Forrest Christian (List Account) > > *S

Re: [AFMUG] Question for Chuck, and anyone wise who wants to add their 0.02...

2023-08-18 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
l it. Might be a crosstalk. > > *From:* Forrest Christian (List Account) > *Sent:* Thursday, August 17, 2023 11:43 PM > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group > *Cc:* Chuck McCown > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Question for Chuck, and anyone wise who wants to > add their 0.02... >

Re: [AFMUG] Question for Chuck, and anyone wise who wants to add their 0.02...

2023-08-18 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
pairs. On Thu, Aug 17, 2023, 7:23 PM Chuck McCown via AF wrote: > All CAT6 in our product line are 100% GDT. Anything that says GIGE has > solid state and GDT. I would recommend CAT6 for everything. > > > > *From:* Forrest Christian (List Account) > *Sent:* Thu

[AFMUG] Question for Chuck, and anyone wise who wants to add their 0.02...

2023-08-17 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Which of the MTC CAT6 surge suppressors that fit in the APC racks are recommended for general use? I see a Gas discharge and semiconductor diode version on the website. Guessing the GDT version is more robust and less likely to cause errors at the expense of reaction time. -- AF mailing list AF@a

Re: [AFMUG] Forrest's Time Post

2023-08-16 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Two methods I didn't mention that this group might already be familiar with: 1) They still distribute time via telephone. Call 303-499-7111 to hear the WWV (colorado) broadcast or 808-335-4363 for WWVH (hawaii) 2) You can dial in with your dialup modem and get time codes. 300 baud up to 9600 b

Re: [AFMUG] Are you reliant on searching?

2023-07-31 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
I've been tapping on the windows button and typing what I've been looking for for years. Don't even know where lots of things are in the start menu anymore. Under windows 10, I did have most of my often used programs pinned to the start menu, so for those I'd click on start and them the program.

Re: [AFMUG] “Low pass” attenuator

2023-07-11 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Dwdm or cwdm where one hasn't taken care to balance the relative strengths of the light entering the wdm system. I believe some amplifiers have the effect of "smoothing out" the relative brightness of each carrier. But don't quote me on this as I'm just going by marketing materials likely written

Re: [AFMUG] Mikrotik max power really 57V?

2023-07-11 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
N Commerce Dr > Lake Point, Utah 84074 > 801-250-9503 Office > 435-830-4306 Cell > www.mccowntech.com > www.microtrench.pro > www.terabitnetworks.com > > *From:* Forrest Christian (List Account) > *Sent:* Monday, July 10, 2023 4:06 PM > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users G

Re: [AFMUG] OT receiver

2023-07-07 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
WWV is still available on 2.5, 5, 10, 15 and 20Mhz according to NIST. Apparently they're also experimenting with 25Mhz. I have a couple of SDRs - a hackrf one, and also a cheap sdr based one. My latest rf toy (tool?) is a signalhound bb60c real-time spectrum analyzer and various calibrated anten

Re: [AFMUG] battery overcharging

2023-06-07 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
ld be inflating a tire to 32 lbs with the compressor > pressure set to 32 lbs. Once the tire is full the air will stop flowing. > > > > *From:* Forrest Christian (List Account) > > *Sent:* Wednesday, June 7, 2023 11:58 AM > > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group > >

Re: [AFMUG] battery overcharging

2023-06-07 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Ignoring the overvoltage for a minute.. A normal battery, when charged at a normal voltage, will take less and less current until full. It doesn't matter how much current is available, it will only take what it needs. Generally you want to limit the current based on the size of the array, bu

Re: [AFMUG] OT tracert

2023-05-31 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
See https://pagespeed.web.dev/analysis/http-www-microtrench-blades-com/7zj3glpe5h?form_factor=mobile for some insights. Seems like there are some very large images which can be better compressed. And a few other things. On Wed, May 31, 2023, 10:17 AM Chuck McCown via AF wrote: > Could some of

Re: [AFMUG] Fiber (and I guess CAT5) cable management in racks

2023-05-24 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
May 24, 2023 at 12:42 PM Josh Luthman wrote: > Full of what? Switches and patch panels? > > On Wed, May 24, 2023 at 2:37 PM Forrest Christian (List Account) < > li...@packetflux.com> wrote: > >> Ok let me clarify. (Accidentally hit send since it's apparent

Re: [AFMUG] Fiber (and I guess CAT5) cable management in racks

2023-05-24 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
over. On Wed, May 24, 2023 at 12:36 PM Forrest Christian (List Account) < li...@packetflux.com> wrote: > Ok let me clarify. (Accidentally hit send since it's apparently the same > hotkey to send on gmail as I use elsewhere for "insert a return without > sending") >

Re: [AFMUG] Fiber (and I guess CAT5) cable management in racks

2023-05-24 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
t pictures, but definitely a good 'before' picture. We're starting from scratch here. All that exists is some side of 2 post rack cable management (rings) which holds existing cat5 cables to some patch panels. It's pretty much full too On Wed, May 24, 2023 at 12:32 PM Fo

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