I assume you mean a PMP100 SM registered to a PMP100 AP, right? And now you are trying a PMP450 SM with a PMP450 AP?
One question – you are using a dual polarization sector, right? If the 12 ft scenario is a lab test, I would back off farther like maybe 100 feet, and make sure the sector and the SM are properly aimed at each other, not just aimed haphazardly on the assumption they are so close. If you still can’t get 8X (or at least 6X) modulation and a decent link test, you need to troubleshoot why. What is the signal level? Is there a big difference between V and H. If you can’t get it to work at short distance, either you have missed something basic, or you have a bad piece of equipment. From: Ryan Mano Sent: Monday, February 01, 2016 6:40 PM To: mailto:af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] pmp450 It registers 12 feet in front of the AP at 8x/1x…if I point at it 1 mile down the road it will not link just says scanning I only enable the freq that the ap is using and unchecked all the rest…this is what I meant by isolating AP eval shows nothing at 1 mile mark but close up it shows So from what you guys are saying the first 8x means what the sm is capable of doing and the second number 1x is actual speed? So if it registers at 1x…12feet in from the of ap then it would make sense that it would not see anything if I try it at a mile Guess I will have to pass traffic through it to see if it works from what you guys are telling me I know for a fact that the sector antenna works because I attached a pmp100 AP to it and that registered without any issues…do you think me plugging a pmp100 into the sector antenna would cause this? From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of George Skorup Sent: Monday, February 1, 2016 5:09 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] pmp450 OK, then it's not what I was thinking. If you had software on them older than 13.2 I believe, and you also had an AP where the factory reversed the pigtails internally, your beacons would end up on horizontal instead of vertical and the SM probably wouldn't hear it. You say you're getting 8X/1X but it's also not registering. That does not compute. As other have suggested, try locking down the SM's scan list to the exact frequency and channel bandwidth that the AP is on. Tone alignment helps. If you can get a laptop, tablet, phone, etc. and look at the Tools > AP Eval page on the SM, does anything show up there? That's one of the first things our techs are supposed to do when troubleshooting on-site. If it's obviously not an alignment issue, log in and look at the AP eval. On 2/1/2016 3:46 PM, Ryan Mano wrote: Running 5.7 software ver 14.1.1 From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of George Skorup Sent: Monday, February 1, 2016 4:42 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] pmp450 There still seems to be some misconception on this. 8X/1X means that it's 8X capable / 1X current. It's always going to show 8X capable (or 2X for FSK, 3X for 430). After the / is what you need to pay attention to. Also, the uplink and downlink are independent. On the AP session status page (power tab), that's the downlink rate to that SM. On the SM main page, link status, etc., that's the uplink rate to the AP. What band is this? 2.4, 3.6, 5.4 or 5.7? And what software version do you have on the radios? It'd be best to stick with 13.2.1 for now. For the longest time I too thought this was backwards. I assure you it's correct. On 2/1/2016 2:26 PM, Ryan Mano wrote: 8x down 1x up this is the first sm am trying to install on it the freq am on is very clean not sure what the problem is....unless am missing a setting? ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Af mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com on behalf of Josh Luthman mailto:j...@imaginenetworksllc.com Sent: Monday, February 1, 2016 3:17 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] pmp450 Signals on each side? 8x down 1x up? Could be an uplink path issue or heavy interference at the AP side. Have you changed frequencies? Spectrum analysis? Is this the first SM on the AP? Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Mon, Feb 1, 2016 at 3:16 PM, Ryan Mano <rm...@corp.mdswireless.com> wrote: am new to the pmp450 looks straight forward but am having issues registering it from a distance when I point the sm which is 12 feet in front of the ap it syncs 8x by 1x ...but if I go 1mile down the road it doesn't register at all not sure what am doing wrong...has anyone had this similar issue like this? thanks
