Seems to me less obtrusive would be a spot of black RTV (silicone rubber) to match the color of the PowerShot....
JH ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kevin Summers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, July 11, 2003 2:39 PM Subject: RE: [smartBridges] POE flakey??? Lost association > > We do this now too after one customer lost power twice because > the power connector fell out of the PowerShot. On the trouble > calls just find the sweet spot on the POE and tape it. That > will get you through until the new PowerShot is out. > > Kevin Summers > KISTech Internet Services Inc. > www.kistech.com > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Pascal Losier > Sent: Friday, July 11, 2003 2:12 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [smartBridges] POE flakey??? Lost association > > > I use the smartbridge POE & smartbridge adapter. > > I plug this in & I tape it on all my install. This way, I don't worry. > > I don't have this issue. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of The Wirefree Network > Sent: Friday, July 11, 2003 3:06 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [smartBridges] POE flakey??? Lost association > > > More info: My 3rd and final misbehaving airBridge is now fixed. I was JUST > about to climb the roof for a radio replacement when I decided to try > something first. > > First thing I noticed on this unit, which has been down for 1.5 days, is > that the Ethernet light on the NIC was not illuminated. That initially had > me thinking the airBridge was bad. I then unplugged the chrome power cable > from the POE unit and plugged it back in. I instantly got my green light on > the NIC again and was able to ping the airBridge again. A couple seconds > later I regained association and was able to surf. > > I then unplugged the chrome power connector and plugged it back in again. I > lost association (obviously), but did not gain it back. I did this while > having 2 DOS windows open and a constant ping to both the airBridge and the > Gateway. The airBridge would always regain its ping response immediately > after restoring power...but the association would sometimes not come back > (the ping back to the gateway). So...I continued to play with the plug > until I found a very small "sweet spot" where if I unplugged the chrome > connector and plugged it back in (while in that exact small sweet spot), the > unit would regain association every time. However, anywhere else around the > 360 degree axis would not. > > So...I tried another POE unit (with same wall power supply) and tried this > all over again. The new POE unit worked better but not flawlessly. This > unit had a VERY large sweet spot and very small bad spot (opposite of other > POE unit). So...I made a couple white hash marks on the chrome connector > that ensures that I always had the alignment correct when unplugging and > plugging it back in. When properly aligned, the unit would always regain > association. > > So...I believe the radio is good and the POE is crap!!!! > > Hope this info helps some others from pulling there hair out...or going > through the RMA process for radios. > > Sully > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of SB Tech Support > Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2003 8:06 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [smartBridges] POE flakey??? > > > Thanks for pointing up the quality issue on our Powershot PoE. We will > address both of the issue (no power or bad Ethernet connection) and with > better quality check at the factory. We also will look into changing the > "hood" to softer PVC material so that it is easy to press. > > sB Tech Support > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of phantam > Sent: Friday, July 11, 2003 10:05 AM > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: RE: [smartBridges] POE flakey??? > > We need a SB response to this issue. > -----Original Message----- > From: Blaine Fleming [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2003 9:55 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Confirmed. I have had this issue since the first one I bought. > --Blaine > > At 10:45 AM 7/10/2003, you wrote: > >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 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
