Since your unit is out of warranty anyway... If you open the unit up, you will find that there is an ethernet port inside it, as well as a power port, connected to that proprietary plug. We replaced that with a Pacific Wireless RJ45 ethernet connector system - http://www.streakwave.com/mmSWAVE1/Video/RJ45-ECS_datasheet-v2.pdf and peeled the power off that. We were then able to push power + ethernet up on one cable.
On 2/16/2010 6:31 AM, Brad Belton wrote: > Hello Kristian, > > Those connectors are similar to what the Trango Apex uses that are too small > for an armored outdoor CAT5 cable. It's a shame the product engineers some > manufacturers use/have to design their products are so imperceptive of basic > field requirements. > > The inherited DragonWave AirPair radios that we're contemplating using on a > job have the proprietary round DIN style plug attached to a custom > DragonWave bundled cable. It looks like Hutton and Tessco have these custom > cables in a variety of lengths, but what a pain in the tail! > > Thanks for the information. I've got some more reading to do before we > decide on deploying these radios or just to punt them on EBay. > > Best, > > > Brad > > > -----Original Message----- > From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On > Behalf Of Kristian Hoffmann > Sent: Monday, February 15, 2010 6:34 PM > To: WISPA General List > Subject: Re: [WISPA] Looking for DragonWave Air-Pair cables and feedback... > > On Mon, 2010-02-15 at 12:32 -0600, Brad Belton wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> We've inherited a DragonWave Air-Pair radio set and I'm looking for any >> feedback from those that have deployed these. The good, bad and ugly. >> > We have a few Horizon Compact links. They've done very well except for > when we get weird high/low pressure systems that result in a layer of > fog in our valley that sits at about ~150ft. The DW engineer called the > effect ducting. We enabled AAM in an attempt to counter the affects, > but the AAM code was apparently buggy in the version we had. So instead > of stabilizing the link, it made it much, much worse. So make sure you > get the latest firmware if you can. > > >> We'll probably need new cable sets for each end as well, so to any >> DragonWave vendors on the list please feel free to send me an email with >> prices on cable length options. >> > The Horizon Compact units have unfriendly ethernet connectors as well. > Something along the lines of this... > > http://www.connecticc.com/default.aspx?page=item% > 20detail&itemcode=JTRJ45-12NXL > > >> I sure hope their new Horizon radios don't require these BS proprietary >> cables like the Air-Pair radios. What a pain in the tail... >> > > > -Kristian > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---- > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > -- Randy Cosby Vice President InfoWest, Inc 435-674-0165 x 2010 http://www.infowest.com/ "Letting off steam always produces more heat than light." - Neal A. Maxwell -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
