Re: [ptp-general] SkyPilots from the City

2010-01-15 Thread Gary
On Jan 15, 2010, at 5:56 PM, Russell Senior wrote: Two boards: skypilot-custom (handles the mesh antenna array); it's not my area of expertise but it looked as if the antenna array was a poor design. we could ask some local ham radio antenna geeks for a second opinion but that may be reaso

Re: [ptp-general] SkyPilots from the City

2010-01-15 Thread Christopher Chen
I would like to again reiterate that this development has been in the works for some time. Russell and before him, Michael, have worked very hard to create ties with the City throughout the whole MetroFi debacle. I remember that in his departing remarks Michael expressed disappointment at the seem

Re: [ptp-general] SkyPilots from the City

2010-01-15 Thread Russell Senior
> "Gary" == Gary writes: Gary> [...] Do either of them respond to TFTP during their boot phase Gary> or even have boot loaders that enable the network interface Gary> prior to loading a kernel? And can you interrupt the boot loader Gary> from the serial console? There is nothing that appear

Re: [ptp-general] SkyPilots from the City

2010-01-15 Thread Russell Senior
> "Gary" == Gary writes: Gary> if I had a better idea what platform you're hoping to install, I Gary> may be able to help with the repurposing part of the project. As Gary> a Unix sysadmin, I have both personal & professional experience Gary> with a wide variety of hardware architectures, em

Re: [ptp-general] SkyPilots from the City

2010-01-15 Thread Gary
if I had a better idea what platform you're hoping to install, I may be able to help with the repurposing part of the project. As a Unix sysadmin, I have both personal & professional experience with a wide variety of hardware architectures, embedded & otherwise. At your presentation of the

Re: [ptp-general] SkyPilots from the City

2010-01-15 Thread Aaron Baer
Fantastic you guys. Way to go! A- --- Aaron Baer aa...@slyness.org http://www.slyness.org/ On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 12:32 PM, Michael Weinberg < mich...@personaltelco.net> wrote: > On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 12:29 AM, Russell Senior > wrote: > > > > Today I received the text of an agreement with

Re: [ptp-general] SkyPilots from the City

2010-01-15 Thread Michael Weinberg
On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 12:29 AM, Russell Senior wrote: > > Today I received the text of an agreement with the City of Portland > for transfer of decommissioned hardware previously owned by MetroFi. > My understanding is that initially, this will consist of the 80-some > devices currently on City

Re: [ptp-general] SkyPilots from the City

2010-01-15 Thread Christopher Chen
HOO RAY I need to call the guy at Oak Tree and ask if his basement is still available. cc On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 12:29 AM, Russell Senior wrote: > > Today I received the text of an agreement with the City of Portland > for transfer of decommissioned hardware previously owned by MetroFi. > My u

Re: [ptp-general] SkyPilots from the City

2010-01-15 Thread Tyler van Houwelingen
that's pretty cool! Tyler v Sent from my iPhone On Jan 15, 2010, at 3:29 AM, Russell Senior wrote: Today I received the text of an agreement with the City of Portland for transfer of decommissioned hardware previously owned by MetroFi. My understanding is that initially, this will consis

Re: [ptp-general] SkyPilots from the City

2010-01-15 Thread Sam Churchill
OMG!!! That's fantastic, Russell! - Sam On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 12:29 AM, Russell Senior wrote: > > Today I received the text of an agreement with the City of Portland > for transfer of decommissioned hardware previously owned by MetroFi. > My understanding is that initially, this will consist o

[ptp-general] SkyPilots from the City

2010-01-15 Thread Russell Senior
Today I received the text of an agreement with the City of Portland for transfer of decommissioned hardware previously owned by MetroFi. My understanding is that initially, this will consist of the 80-some devices currently on City facilities, that City of Portland Transportation crews can remove.