To install the Force 100 onto larger pipes, attached the Force 100 to a SMB2A or similar Universal Mounting Adapter.
The SMB2A can accommodate pipes 3.5” in diameter. Laird also offers a similar Universal Mounting Adapter (UM) that can also be used in conjunction with the Force 100 on larger Mast installs. http://www.cambiumnetworks.com/support/epmp/how-to-videos From: Af [mailto:af-bounces+jonathan.mandziara=cambiumnetworks....@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Mike Hammett via Af Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2014 11:52 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Cambium Force 100 - Dysfunctional Rube Goldberg The dish can only accommodate a 2" pipe (I had hung 2-7/8") and if you're not careful, you can knock the reflector off of the feedhorn. ----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com ________________________________ From: "Mike Hammett via Af" <af@afmug.com<mailto:af@afmug.com>> To: "Animal Farm" <af@afmug.com<mailto:af@afmug.com>> Sent: Monday, September 22, 2014 5:52:42 PM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Cambium Force 100 - Dysfunctional Rube Goldberg I went to Rolling Meadows and there's an issue in the assembly from the factory. It's easily correctable in the field by loosening the four screws around the feedhorn hole on the mount. Straight up the two pieces, then tighten it back down. They're working on a factory process to resolve this. The feedhorn should just slide right in without much effort. If it takes effort, look to see if everythign is lining up. If you muscle the feedhorn too much, you may damage it, producing less than expected RF performance. Cambium was *very* warm regarding my criticism. Took notes. Looked at the product to see why it wasn't working. Assembled the four remaining units (and saw more issues). I talked to a few different people about my concerns. They thanked me for bringing the issue to their attention. No one said so, but I'd imagine they would have appreciated it if I wasn't so rampant in my complaints. ;-) They also took my commentary about what I think about other aspects of the line, not just that issue. I'm not going to drive to San Francisco or Latvia to air my complaints to them, so they'll have to fly me out. ;-) ----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com [http://www.ics-il.com/images/fbicon.png]<https://www.facebook.com/ICSIL>[http://www.ics-il.com/images/googleicon.png]<https://plus.google.com/+IntelligentComputingSolutionsDeKalb>[http://www.ics-il.com/images/linkedinicon.png]<https://www.linkedin.com/company/intelligent-computing-solutions>[http://www.ics-il.com/images/twittericon.png]<https://twitter.com/ICSIL> ________________________________ From: "Mike Hammett" <af...@ics-il.net<mailto:af...@ics-il.net>> To: "Animal Farm" <af@afmug.com<mailto:af@afmug.com>> Sent: Sunday, September 21, 2014 10:28:17 AM Subject: Cambium Force 100 - Dysfunctional Rube Goldberg Does anyone know why the Force 100 has not been recalled for being an absolutely dreadful product? I think the designers of the Force 100 looked at the NanoBridge and said how can we make this worse. *slow clap* Give them a bonus for they succeeded. I bought 12 units because of an emergency and now I'm not sure how far I'll be able to go as I surely won't be able to get the required 10 units even assembled. 1. Why so much assembly? 2. I'm reminded of 2004 by the amount of coax that needs to be sealed. Ubiquiti got it right with IP67 connectors and those little rubber boots on the Rockets. 3. If we're sealing the coax on the radio, why the rubber boot and zip ties? Surely they aren't more at risk than the N connectors on the antenna. 4. That feedhorn assembly is the worst! Does everything look stable? Yup. Okay, screw in the set screws. Check. Everything look good? Feedhorn falls out. WTF. Oh, apparently it wasn't all the way in. Try again. No. Try again. No. Try again? Can't because by now the set screws are striped and I can't get them out. I can't blame them for they should only be fastened once. Try another unit. Nope, this feedhorn just won't go all the way in. Now I'm not certain that the first two that actually went together are together correctly. Yes, I separated the dish from the mount in an attempt to 5. I like the flexibility of the mount, but that is just a massive hunk of steel and too complex for a CPE. 6. Is the idea of a simple clip like the Rocket too easy? Did someone need a science project? 7. For the record, I have correctly assembled (on the first try) a few Jirous dishes and they're a bear. Can I drive them all up to Rolling Ghettos today and have you guys assemble them for me? I need them actually operational by the AM. ----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com [http://www.ics-il.com/images/fbicon.png]<https://www.facebook.com/ICSIL>[http://www.ics-il.com/images/googleicon.png]<https://plus.google.com/+IntelligentComputingSolutionsDeKalb>[http://www.ics-il.com/images/linkedinicon.png]<https://www.linkedin.com/company/intelligent-computing-solutions>[http://www.ics-il.com/images/twittericon.png]<https://twitter.com/ICSIL>
