You might want to consider renaming it or something, because it does tend to give the impression that you need something special for an airFiber.
On Mon, Sep 11, 2017 at 1:37 PM, Forrest Christian (List Account) < li...@packetflux.com> wrote: > You're close. The AirFiber came out because I expected it to need more > power than the 4 or 8 port port poe could handle. > > Nowadays it's just a single port version of the gige powerinjector, > complete with internal jumpers, minus the sync. > > > > On Sep 11, 2017 11:41 AM, "George Skorup" <george.sko...@cbcast.com> > wrote: > > I want to say the single-port AF injector came out before Forrest had the > 4/8-port GigE injectors done. Or maybe even before they were designed. And > that's simply because of the GigE + 4-pair injection scheme. That was one > of the few radios at the time that required 4 pairs because of the power > consumption. > > Forrest said the newer relays he's using on the GigE 4/8-port injectors > will handle the current fine. The older orange Omron relays not so much. > I've burned up quite a few of them over the years. Luckily they're not too > difficult to replace. > > I'd just use a GigE PowerInjector+Sync these days. You get 2A per port > using 4-pair injection. Plus solid-state over-current protection. Or the > 5ch PDU and GigE-POE-APCs. There are many good options now. The > RackInjector is gonna be awesome. And I hope to see the 12-port > PowerInjector+Sync later for the smaller cabinets. Fuses and wiring drives > me nuts. > > > On 9/11/2017 12:08 PM, Adam Moffett wrote: > > It so happens an AF24 is exactly what I'm looking at. > > > ------ Original Message ------ > From: "Mathew Howard" <mhoward...@gmail.com> > To: "af" <af@afmug.com> > Sent: 9/11/2017 12:56:13 PM > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Packetflux Airfiber POE > > If I remember correctly, the 4 port works fine. I think the reason for the > special one was because the airFiber 24 draws so much power, but if I > remember right, it was determined later on that the normal injectors would > handle it fine (and I'm pretty sure I had one running on one at one point). > It certainly wouldn't be an issue with anything other than the 24ghz > airfbers anyhow, since the others all use a lot less power. > > On Mon, Sep 11, 2017 at 11:40 AM, Adam Moffett <dmmoff...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> I'm wondering why there is a special AirFiber POE device for Packetflux. >> Will AirFiber not work with the 4 port gigE POE adapter? >> >> > > >
