Tom, Contact me offlist -- I know someone who can probably help you (he does custom work for University astronomy arrays) "Cheap" is a relative term =/
-Charles ------------------------------------------- WiNOG Wireless Roadshows Coming to a City Near You http://www.winog.com -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brian Webster Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2006 11:51 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: RE: [WISPA] Motor controlled rotating poles Tom, I would try and look up something from the ham radio realm. They have remote control systems for remote mounted radios. My idea would be is you can find something with a software package that can remotely control a rotor. This rotor would have your AP and camera mounted to the short section of mast on top of the rotor. This could be an inexpensive TV antenna rotor. Off the top of my head I can't think of anything that I know does this but that's because I don't play with remote controlled radios much. Thank You, Brian Webster www.wirelessmapping.com <http://www.wirelessmapping.com> -----Original Message----- From: Tom DeReggi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2006 11:21 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: [WISPA] Motor controlled rotating poles For the longest time, I wanted to build a solution to do the following, from each of our Master Cell Sites.... 1) Rotate a IP Camera 360 deg (remotely over an IP connection) 2) Rotate a Pole with a Trango Fox 5800SU on it 360 deg (remotely over IP connection). The purpose is two fold.... When Link quality severally degrades for a short period, either packet loss or rssi, 1) To discover/view when there is a third party worker working on the roof of our cell site. (Who may be standing in front of antennas periodically or testing gear that interfers without getting pre-approved) 2) To do a spectrum site survey, on the fly in any direction, to find the least noisy channel, WITHOUT taking the primary sector antenna down (offline). By having the radio and the camera on the same pole, it would help confirm which direction we were pointing exactly when doing the survey. One of the other requirements is that it won't turn more that 360 in one direction to prevent cable CAT5 breaking, and to ahve a refference of the starting point in deg, calibrated to a known direction (north 0 deg?). What would REALLY be cool, is if it had a speaker out put on the camera, so I could yell at the worker standing in front of my antenna :-). I'm aware that some camera may have an output for controlling a relay or servo motor, as some solutions/platforms exist to mount and rotate a single camera attached. Preferably, I'd like a solution that could rotate the pole itself. Everything of course would need to be outdoor survivable, and strong enough that the pole would stay errect and safe at 200-300 feet up. My thought is that maybe the controls could be initiated from the IP Camera connections, If I found a rotating platform/pole mount. Are there any mechanical hobbyists out there, that might suggest the most cost effective way to accomplish this? (My goal is lowest cost, lowest cost, lowest cost, so I can afford to replicate the solution at about 20 locations) Tom DeReggi RapidDSL & Wireless, Inc IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
