The reason the syncbox 12 jacks are unshieled is exactly the same reason why none of the poe injectors currently have shielded jacks....
For some reason top loaded shielded jacks are not very common and when you do find a supplier they are very expensive and have long lead times. Neither of which are really compatible with the price point we're trying to hit. The good news is that I've found a source for these which I trust and has them readily available. Because it's going to take a board revision getting them added to the products, it is not going to happen as quickly as I would have liked. This is a recent enough development that I don't even have a good estimate yet of when we'll be switching. It will be driven by when we will be running out of old boards and/or connectors. On Dec 19, 2014 1:27 PM, "Ken Hohhof via Af" <af@afmug.com> wrote: > Hey Forrest, any particular reason the parasitic passthrough jacks on the > Syncbox 12 aren't shielded? > > Am I the only one who wants the shield ground to be continuous all the way > to the AP? I'm not sure about grounding the Syncbox circuitry itself, > that's your stuff so I'm sure you know whether it should be grounded or > not, I'm just concerned whether breaking the shield continuity to the AP is > a bad idea. > >
