We have seen this behavior as well. Have to twist it until contact is made.
John ----- Original Message ----- From: "Scott Damron" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2003 10:06 AM Subject: RE: [smartBridges] POE flakey??? > Yes, > > I have seen this as well. I replaced the power supply with one from > Radio Shack and it was a little better, however, I think it has to do > with the inside of the connector on the POE side. I could be wrong, but > that is what it looked like to me. > > Scott > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark P. Sullivan > Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2003 9:46 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [smartBridges] POE flakey??? > > > sB...this may be something for you to look at closely. > > I was troubleshooting a clients bad airBridge unit last night and > noticed something flakey about the POE unit. > > Hope I can describe it... > > If you follow the wall plug wire up to the point where you can > connect/disconnect it from the POE unit there is a chrome plug. Out > of the box, this is initially unplugged. > > While you are looking at your connected/associated sB product...hold > that chrome power plug in both hands (one on the power plug side and > one on the POE side) and twist it 360 degrees around axis. You will > notice that the power goes on and off. I did very small tweaks > (rotating the chrome plug around axis) until I actually found a spot > that would cause the sB unit to go (and stay) offline (noticed the > Ethernet 10 Meg connection go offline "Cable Unplugged"). I then > tweaked it a bit away from that position and it would go back online > ("10 Meg Cable connected"). > > I was logged into the sB product (in my case airBridge), and when I > would twist this connector, it would lose association (obviously...due > to loss of power) and then twist it back and it would reassociate. > > I tried this with several POE units and power cables. All with the > same results. Given some more time, I will have to check the POE > power pins and see if there are "sweet spots" on this chrome plug that > allow the full 12 volts to pass. Or vice versa. > > Can someone else confirm my findings please?? > > Sully > The PART-15.ORG smartBridges Discussion List > To Join: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (in the body type subscribe > smartBridges <yournickname> To Remove: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (in > the body type unsubscribe smartBridges) > Archives: http://archives.part-15.org > > > The PART-15.ORG smartBridges Discussion List > To Join: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (in the body type subscribe smartBridges <yournickname> > To Remove: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (in the body type unsubscribe smartBridges) > Archives: http://archives.part-15.org > The PART-15.ORG smartBridges Discussion List To Join: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (in the body type subscribe smartBridges <yournickname> To Remove: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (in the body type unsubscribe smartBridges) Archives: http://archives.part-15.org
