LOL On Feb 17, 2017 1:52 PM, <ch...@wbmfg.com> wrote:
> Did they really think one of us would not have opened the lid? > > Can you imagine the collective groans coming from Cambium land today. > > There was a disturbance in the force, like dozens of engineers getting > lashed by the tongues of pointy haired managers... > > -----Original Message----- From: Vlad Sedov > Sent: Friday, February 17, 2017 10:11 AM > To: af@afmug.com > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] CMM5 controller.. Are you serious, Cambium? > > This is a finished product, minus lid (see pic) > > Most of the code is just opensource OS for the Raspberry Pi. I imagine > there's a proprietary USB driver for the injector and controller > software.. big deal. > You're already paying over a grand for the CMM5 injector itself.. > Charging that much for what amounts to a glorified homebrew management > solution is a bit insulting. > > ...and the only reason I opened it, was because something was rattling > inside as we took it out of the packaging. I opened it up to find the > 5VDC connector just dangling, not connected to the Pi. A drop of hot > glue could have fixed that. Hell, I hot-snot the crap out of all my > Arduino projects by default, to keep this shit from happening. > > > Vlad > > On 2/17/2017 10:55 AM, Adam Moffett wrote: > >> You couldn't write the software for it for $100. >> >> Are you looking at a prototype or a finished product? Link? >> >> >> >> ------ Original Message ------ >> From: "Vlad Sedov" <v...@atlasok.com> >> To: af@afmug.com >> Sent: 2/17/2017 11:53:31 AM >> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] CMM5 controller.. Are you serious, Cambium? >> >> No doubt, but for $800, I would expect something a bit more um.. >>> rugged. I can build this for about $100. >>> >>> >>> Vlad >>> >>> On 2/17/2017 10:36 AM, Adam Moffett wrote: >>> >>>> Just like you, they're in business to make money. >>>> >>>> >>>> ------ Original Message ------ >>>> From: "Vlad Sedov" <v...@atlasok.com> >>>> To: "af@afmug.com" <af@afmug.com> >>>> Sent: 2/17/2017 10:31:01 AM >>>> Subject: [AFMUG] CMM5 controller.. Are you serious, Cambium? >>>> >>>> $700-900 for a $35 Raspberry Pi controller, a DC-DC regulator, and >>>>> a metal box? >>>>> Looks like OpenWRT-type Linux distro with LuCI web interface, and a >>>>> module to control the CMM5. >>>>> >>>>> Seems a bit steep, no? >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> peace >>>>> >>>>> Vlad >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >> >
