I'm not at the campus that I hung Cisco 1505's on poles anymore, but I drive by it everyday, and they are still there.
We were an early beta for the Airespace 1300's (Now Cisco 1505's), but the mounting hardware doesn't change much. There was a large aluminum bracket that mounted on the pole arm, http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/wireless/access_point/1500/mounting/installation/guide/1500plmt.html and a power tap that you took the light sensor off the street light, put this on, and put the light sensor back in. http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/wireless/access_point/1520/mounting/installation/guide/1520mountInst.html#wp40708 We signed a non-metered agreement with the power company that we paid a set charge per month per pole. They restricted us to poles that only had a light arm, and wires that crossed the pole. If the pole had a transformer, had wires that branched (say at an intersection), or if they didn't like the pole selection, we were barred from using the pole. We had to replace the pole arms on two lights, because they were of an older type, and the power company didn't think it would support the additional weight. Finally, when we did the installation, we were required to have an electrician that was certified to work in the high voltage space actually do the install. Our state also requires a policy detail (minimum of 4 hours) for any work that occurs in a public way. We originally mounted in 2005, and I think we had to replace them in 2006-2007 with the actual 1505 model's because the 1300 were non-standard (Each was custom built beta units) and could not run later versions of the code. They originally went up to support Bus Location Tracking (paid via a transportation grant, IT didn't get the grant, we just provided the network coverage). I know just before I left, the Bus tracking had gone to the wayside (Easier, better ways to do it) but we were pushing College ID Debit card readers over IP out to local businesses. I know they still use them, and when I managed them, they didn't really have any problems that a better design would not have corrected. (We were beta, so site survey's, plus limited pole selection in the downtown area made things a little dicey on one of the links) Mounting on the poles is not usually the hard part. It's getting permission to be on the pole that is difficult. Mike On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 11:14 AM, Lee H Badman <lhbad...@syr.edu> wrote: > I’ve played with the outdoor mesh part of Cisco controller based > wireless, but not in prod- tapping streetlight power, figuring out how to > mount on poles that don’t necessarily want thinks mounted on them, etc. For > those who gone the “real mesh” route in outdoor areas on campus- especially > with Cisco, can you talk about success, frustration, and pain points? > Obviously good design matters, but beyond that, what’s the general > satisfaction level? > > > > Thanks- > > > > Lee Badman > > > > > ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE > Constituent Group discussion list can be found at > http://www.educause.edu/groups/. > > ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.
