While Matt O'Brien touched on it.. I just wanted to point this out. The Cisco outdoor AP line has always had a streetlight tap, for the 1530 series, it's AIR-PWR-ST-LT-R3P=
You remove the photocell off the streetlight, this plugs into the photocell socket, and then the photocell is plugged into the socket on the adapter. It's pretty neat. The one's I put up 8 years ago are still up there (1510's) and cranking away. Yes, the older ones were TANKS. In my area, when I went onto a public street, we were required to get an electrician who had a certain certification to access the power poles. I forget what the cert was, but the power company required it. (We worked out an agreement where we put AP's on the electric companies Streetlights, and paid them a set amount of "rent" per month) On Fri, Dec 5, 2014 at 12:36 PM, Matt O'Brien <[email protected]> wrote: > We have been using the power adapter listed above for our 1532's on pole > mounts with success. Essentially we place the power adapter in a NEMA box > and mount the radio to the outside of the NEMA box. The hard part for us is > all of our light poles run on photo cells so the existing power at the > light is not available during the day. We have to pull a separate power > feed to each pole. > > Matt > > On Fri, Dec 5, 2014 at 10:22 AM, Hector J Rios <[email protected]> wrote: > >> The 1530s we have installed are in a single building. They were mounted >> directly on the exterior walls. So power was not an issue as we used PoE . >> We have not mounted any 1530s on poles yet. >> >> Have you looked at the AP adapter? I think this is what you need if you >> were to mount it to a pole. >> >> >> http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/wireless/access_point/1530/power/guide/1530pwradpt.html >> >> >> -Hector >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto: >> [email protected]] On Behalf Of Ciesinski, Nick >> Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2014 5:08 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Outside venues >> >> Hector, >> >> I am curious to know how you are connecting the 1530's to power. We are >> right now all 155X's for the outdoor AP's but I was looking at the 1530's >> because their price point was better. The one thing I was concerned with >> though was that they are DC power input vs AC power input. For many >> locations we have the AP mounted on a building so this is ok but we have >> several in a mesh that connect to our parking lot light poles and I don't >> know the feasibility of putting a AD/DC converter in the power pole. >> Unless I missed it I also didn't see a outdoor rated converter Cisco sells >> for these. So I am curious to know your experience with powering them. >> >> Nick Ciesinski >> University of Wisconsin - Whitewater >> >> From: Hector J Rios <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> >> Reply-To: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv < >> [email protected]<mailto: >> [email protected]>> >> Date: Thursday, December 4, 2014 1:23 PM >> To: "[email protected]<mailto: >> [email protected]>" <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> >> Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Outside venues >> >> We have used 1520s in the past and they have worked well. We recently >> installed a couple of 1530s with external antennas and their coverage is >> really good. The plus with the 1530s is their form-factor. The 1520s and >> the predecessors where tanks. The 1530s are considerably smaller. Depending >> on your requirements, the 1530s with internal antennas are very convenient, >> but you are not going to have as good of a coverage as the ones with the >> external antennas. >> >> Finally, consider additional costs for your outdoor deployment. A couple >> of years ago we deployed a good number of outdoor mesh radios and the >> expense for the power requirements was significant. Other costs to bear in >> mind are maintenance. If you hang these radios on poles, know that you will >> be needing a lift to get to those radios when they have issues. For us, our >> contractor charges a minimum of $500 to get us a bucket truck. And if you >> live in the southern states, just pray your radios don't have issues during >> the summer. Otherwise, bring lots of towels and prepare to sweat. >> >> Hector Rios >> Louisiana State University >> >> From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto: >> [email protected]] On Behalf Of Stooksberry, Tom >> Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2014 1:47 PM >> To: [email protected]<mailto: >> [email protected]> >> Subject: [WIRELESS-LAN] Outside venues >> >> I would like to ask what everyone is doing for their outdoor areas with >> respect to WiFi. We have several very nice venues that would benefit from >> connectivity. Some are relatively close to networked buildings and some >> are fairly remote from such structures. We are a Cisco shop and are >> thinking about installing some AP1532's but due diligence begs me to pick >> other brains for alternative and maybe better ideas. >> >> Tom Stooksberry >> ********** 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/. >> >> ********** >> 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/. >> > > > > -- > Matt O'Brien > Manager/Communications Engineer > Boise State University > 1910 University Drive, Boise, ID, 83725-1249 > Phone: (208) 426 4068 > ********** 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/.
