I am no not an engineer, but why not use a push-up hinged on bed of the truck. Put a cheap rotor on it and the device in the rotor. The push up will collapse/extend to whatever height you need WITH the device.
It may be a dumb idea - but it seems to me it should work. Dave David T. Hughes Director, Corporate Communications Roadstar Internet Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cell (703) 587-3282 Home (703) 234-9969 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Nash Sent: Monday, February 12, 2007 1:13 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Site Survey This is half-way there for the 1-person install. I'd like to have a solution where an installer can test (ping test/bandwidth test/snr test) from the proposed CPE antenna mount location WITHOUT screwing the mount on. This means the installer will have to be holding the CPE in place WHILE running the test. I've put a 300' cat5 cable on a garden hose reel and mounted it inside my truck. This allows for easy DE-SPOOLING. Then I rigged it up so that I can SPOOL it back up using my cordless drill. So then we run the temporary "test" cable up to the proposed site and power the CPE using the 100-watt inverter on the truck (laptop is on its own battery power). The installer can test if we have a snowball's chance by looking at the LEDs on the back of the Tranzeo unit. Here's the problematic part... Without an extra body helping him, the installer must mount the CPE to perform the actual tests. If it is not successful (latency, interference, etc), then we have to choose a different mount location and we have put holes in the customer's house unnecessarily. Picture this: A wi-fi PDA that hooks up wirelessly to an AP on the truck. The AP is connected (via ethernet port) to the CPE. The installer can run tests from the PDA while holding up the antenna, right? Anyone doing something similar? Mark Nash Network Engineer UnwiredOnline.Net 350 Holly Street Junction City, OR 97448 http://www.uwol.net 541-998-5555 541-998-5599 fax ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mac Dearman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'WISPA General List'" <wireless@wispa.org> Sent: Monday, February 12, 2007 5:24 AM Subject: RE: [WISPA] Site Survey > Brian, > > Buy a Tranzeo TR-CPQ 19 and then all you have to do is lock onto the > correct AP before going up. It's a lot easier to plug the POE in at the > truck and drag up a 100' or so of CAT5 cable and just watch the lights on > the CPE. Every light has a minimum db signal level associated with. > > Mac Dearman > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Brian Rohrbacher > Sent: Sunday, February 11, 2007 11:57 PM > To: Conversations over a new WISP Trade Organization > Subject: [WISPA] Site Survey > > I always keep my eyes peeled looking for a better way to do site surveys > than dragging my laptop and a CPE around to every site. > http://www.ubnt.com/super_range_cardbus.php4 > Anyone think that would do the trick for .11b site surveys? > Some of you use palms, don't you? > > Brian > -- > 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/ __________ NOD32 2055 (20070212) Information __________ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
