It's in beta, it was in an email from smartBridges tech support. ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: Sevak Avakians <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 22 Jul 2003 11:45:23 -0400
>SB TECH Support: > >WHERE THE HECK IS THE FIRMWARE UPGRADE AS ANNOUNCED IN THE CUSTOMER >ADVISORY?!?! Why is this not on the APPO support pages at >http://www.smartbridges.com/new/support/app.php ??? Last Firmware >version in those pages is version 1.4.j.6 of 4 June 2003, not July and >this is listed under airPoint-PRO version 1.50! > >Why is it that under the "Known Issues" in these pages, nothing is >mentioned about the problems that everyone seems to be having?? > >Sevak > > >On Tue, 2003-07-22 at 11:22, Dan Petermann wrote: > >> Temperature affects all electronics to some degree or another. This is just >> a guess. >> I suspect that the "bad" Amtel chips are just barely within standard >> SmartBridge specification >> for that circuit. Once the unit heats up, the timing skews enough that the >> input or output >> of the chip is no longer within the timing window. The end result is that >> the data cannot be >> used due to it is not there when the circuit is looking for it. >> >> Unplugging the unit will cool the chip enough to bring it back into spec. >> for a while. >> >> I ran into situations like this working for a manufacturer of remote >> controlled spectrum >> analyzers for cable TV plants (Cheetah Systems). 1 inductor from 1 >> manufacturer on the >> main tuner board was bad. Eliminating that 1 part jumped our output by 60%. >> If you measured >> the part it was in spec., once hot it would totally screw up the filter >> response. After this >> incedent ALL of the finished product went thru a 24 hour "burn in" period >> and then was >> recalibrated. The RMA''s dropped to virtually zero. >> >> Thankfully none of our IC's, FPGA's or processors had this problem. >> >> Kudo's to the SmartBridge team for finding this. I know it must have been a >> Tylenol moment! >> >> >> >> At 10:07 PM 7/21/2003 -0400, you wrote: >> >Hello Dan, >> > >> >So explain why heat is affecting it? And why the long power down >> >time? >> > >> >Barry >> > >> >Monday, July 21, 2003, 7:18:10 PM, you wrote: >> > >> >DP> If you had read the archives you would have found out that it is not >> >DP> "flaky" hardware but a timing issue. >> >DP> Big difference. Amtel changed the specs of the chip and SB had to change >> >DP> the firmware to compensate. >> >DP> If you have been in the business as long as you say then you know that >> >this >> >DP> is possible. >> > >> >DP> Dan Petermann >> >DP> Wyoming.com >> > >> > >> >DP> At 06:36 PM 7/21/2003 -0400, you wrote: >> > >>Hello sB, >> > >> >> > >>This is not the response I want to see or hear about a product that is >> > >>in my network. "MAGIC" is BS when the customer quits telling me they >> > >>are always down. >> > >> >> > >>I don't believe for an instant that "firmware" is fixing an >> > >>overheating issue. I was trained as an Electronics Tech and have 12 >> > >>plus years of fixing electronics to the board level as experience. >> > >>Adding some code is not going to change a flaky component. Basically >> > >>is the firmware degrading the radio operation to the point the >> > >>component does not overheat? >> > >> >> > >>Fortunately, I only have a few SB products left in the system plus the ones >> > >>in the junk box. >> > >> >> > >>Barry >> > >> >> > >>Monday, July 21, 2003, 2:05:44 PM, you wrote: >> > >> >> > >>sTS> I know this is hard to believe. Sometimes when you try to associate to >> > >>sTS> AP that has no WEP enabled, it tell you to check the >> > authentication and >> > >>sTS> WEP, try do a power cycle the unit or reboot the PC, it may work then. >> > >>sTS> It is just a magic trick. >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >>sTS> Alex >> > >> >> > >>sTS> sB Tech Support >> > >> >> > >>--- >> > >>[This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus] >> > >> >> > >>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 >> > >> > >> >DP> The PART-15.ORG smartBridges Discussion List >> >DP> To Join: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (in the body type subscribe >> >smartBridges <yournickname> >> >DP> To Remove: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (in the body type unsubscribe >> >smartBridges) >> >DP> Archives: http://archives.part-15.org >> >DP> --- >> >DP> [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus] >> > >> > >> > >> > >> >-- >> >Best regards, >> > Barry mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > >> >--- >> >[This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus] >> > >> >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 >> >> > > --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus By Avolve.net] 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
