The ctm2 covers most of this Sent from Marconi's and Graham Bell's fused thoughts!!!
> On Oct 5, 2014, at 4:36 PM, Matt Jenkins via Af <af@afmug.com> wrote: > > Our infrastructure sites look like this: > > Shielded Cables -> 8 or 24port shielded patch panel > -> APC PRM24 with WB Surge Modules > -> PoE Injectors > -> Switch / Router > > PoE Injectors are attached to a Masterswitch. > > > <pipe dream> > I know this probably is not feasible but.... > What I would REALLY like is an active PoE midspan injector (8/24 gigabit > port). Something that does not require a site monitor (has web/snmp function > built in). It takes AC power and can output DC to each type of device. This > device would be software configurable for power type and has apc masterswitch > functionality. It would need to support up to 150watt per port for WiMAX and > Licensed Link Radios. It would need to support from 12vdc to 56vdc output. If > there was a model that also supported power out to a few (4) AC outlets I > wouldn't even need an APC Masterswitch. The goal is to replace all those PoE > injectors which don't mount in a rack or on a din rail in a box. > </pipe dream> > > > > Matthew Jenkins > SmarterBroadband > m...@sbbinc.net > 530.272.4000 > >> On 10/05/2014 01:19 PM, Forrest Christian (List Account) via Af wrote: >> It's been (quite) a while since I sent one of these messages out to the list. >> >> With the release of all of our new gigabit injectors, it is time for me to >> decide which products will be next out the door at PacketFlux. >> >> We've got several products at various stages of completion, but almost all >> of them I expect to be very low volume projects - the type of products we >> complete just because they help fill out our product offering instead of >> expecting a lot of revenue from them. A couple of these have appeared on >> the website recently - I.E. a 2 Relay, 3 Switch module, and the >> voltmeter/shunt input modules. >> >> So, what I'd love to hear is some suggestions for products PacketFlux could >> build which would help you in your WISP. I'm particularly looking for >> products which if they existed would go at every one of your tower sites, or >> even better at every customer location. I know these product ideas exist >> out there, and I'd love to hear them. Feel free to throw ideas out which >> are outside of the narrow niche that you think of PacketFlux fitting into. >> >> One final note - there is always a query for an all-in-one tower device >> which includes some mixture of ac power supply, dc-dc conversion, battery >> charging/management, Ethernet switch, router, power injection, fiber >> conversion, etc.. I've heard those loud and clear and am aware of that >> desire. There's work being done in-house toward something like that, but >> there are many hurdles left to make it a reality. If there's a simplified >> version of this which would fit a specific, widespread, need I'd love to >> hear about it, but the idea of a device you put into your rack and it >> handles everything needed at a tower site is still quite a ways off for us. >> >> So, throw your best ideas out there... I'd love to take a couple and run >> with them. >> >> -forrest >
