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intermittat operation

Last post Thu, Apr 16 2009 5:26 PM by Falcon-. 5 replies.
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  • Sun, Feb 15 2009 3:56 PM

    • Pawsy
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    intermittat operation

    AP - 9db Yagi       CPE - integrated antenna   Distance - 100 to 150 yds.

    I've been trying for a several months to get my pair of 900's to work. First two attempts ended as the software did wierd things. Passwords changed, 2.4 frequencies appreared instead of 900 in the configuration page, power fluctuated from max to min, etc. Now I'm giving them one last try. Going from a roof to a ham tower about 100 - 150 yards away through the tops of a single row of fir trees. It will run for a few hours or a day or so and then quits. AP shows no linked CPE's and rebooting AP does not fix. CPE shows -95 signal. If I do a power reset I get the same indications. If I log into the CPE and reboot, the signal level goes to the low 80's and communications starts up again for another few hours or a day. I'm running the 5.24 firmware in both AP and CPE. Concerns: 1) I'm close and signal level should be better. 2.) Software/Firmware is definitely flakey. A watchdog timer would help. It's not a fix but it would help.

  • Tue, Feb 17 2009 8:16 AM In reply to

    Re: intermittat operation

    Can you send the troubleshooting files from both units to support@deliberant.com?  I want to see some things.

    Caleb

  • Wed, Feb 18 2009 8:16 PM In reply to

    • Falcon-
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    Re: intermittat operation

    Pawsy: All this sounds (depressingly) very familiar to me.... I am wondering, what part of the world are you in? It would be interesting to see if our two locations have anything in common in terms of environment or RF neighbours.

    -Sean

  • Tue, Mar 3 2009 8:39 PM In reply to

    • Pawsy
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    Re: intermittat operation

    Files are on their way. Just went through half a day fighting the radios again. CPE somehow got reset back to defaults. Your help is appreciated.

  • Tue, Mar 3 2009 9:03 PM In reply to

    • Pawsy
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    Re: intermittat operation

    Howdy Sean,

    I'm in Washington east of Everett about 20 miles up in the hills among the bears and the deer.

    dennis@thunderbirdbroadband.com

  • Thu, Apr 16 2009 5:26 PM In reply to

    • Falcon-
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    Re: intermittat operation

    Washington 'eh? We are close in terms of climate/environment then. My setup is north of you in British Columbia (Gambier Island in Howe Sound - near-ish Vancouver). As with you the "up in the hills among the bears and deer" is an apt description - only my valley bottoms are filled with ocean ;). Still... other then similar levels of rain/humidity nothing obvious jumps out at me.
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