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Hardware desired features

Mon Oct 29, 2007 8:38 pm

Two major features will greatly help into CPE, actually based on RB133c:

1) Audio aligment tool. One of the most expensive operation for a WISP is CPE alignement at Customer’s site, especially because this operation is generally done by external installers or by the Customer on his own. This is today available on RB133c with a script (changing blink with beep into http://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/LED_Antenna_Alignment) that uses the onboard speaker modifying its frequency with SNR .Problem is that speaker audio is not loud enough, specially when RB133C is closed into an IP66 enclosure. Is there in roadmap in RB133c or in the new RB411 a louder speaker?

2) External leds
External leds might help during installation/aligment phase and troubleshooting activities, specifically
Radio ledIn the aligment phase an external led that blink when CPE is connected to its Base will strongly help, especially if this might be used together with the above detailed audio aligment tool. This is also useful during troubleshooting activities once CPE is placed at Customer’s site. Today this is performed by user led that might be used as described in this script http://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/LED_Antenna_Alignment. Better results might be achieved if more than one led will be availabe (e.g. 3), in this way each of them might be turned-on above a defined SNR value with a script similar to the above linked one. New RB411 will have more that one user led?
Power led
This is useful into installation phase so the installer is aware that CPE is correctly powered and in the troubleshooting phase, let the Customer provide information about power at CPE.

Problem: all the above detailed leds are on board in RB133c and others motherboards. To provide described benefits these need to be put outside the enclosure, that needs to be drilled in the bottom and then sealed with external leds connected to the mainbord. Might it be possible to buy motherboards (RB133c or RB411 when available) with small cable connected to the motherboard instead of on-board leds? In this way, during assembly phase, external leds pins will be simply soldered to available cables.

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Re: Hardware desired features

Tue Oct 30, 2007 2:38 am

In the meantime I have used the following mouser part numbers:
596-2000c LED lens mount
593-cnxbx4108 Solderless LED Connectors
78-tllg4401 Standard LEDS'
http://www.vcclite.com/spec_pages/pdf/cat_page19.pdf

I then solder the leads directly to the board and able to "remote" the LED.

On a side not. Has anyone been able to get the alignment script to work with the 133 board. I've been trying to get it going after seeing the post with no success.
Thanks,
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Re: Hardware desired features

Tue Oct 30, 2007 12:07 pm

I'm using this script for audio aligment with RB133c, and works fine.
Of course you have to insert it into scheduler.

#Beep related with SNR
:global if-snr [ /interface wireless registration-table get [/interface wireless registration-table find] signal-to-noise ]
:if (($if-snr > 0) && ($if-snr <= 15 )) do={:beep length=5s frequency=100}
:if (($if-snr > 15) && ($if-snr <= 25 )) do={:beep length=5s frequency=150}
:if (($if-snr > 25) && ($if-snr <= 35 )) do={:beep length=5s frequency=200}
:if ($if-snr > 35 ) do={:beep length=5s frequency=250}

the only problem is the onboard speaker, not strong enough if RB133c is closed inside an IP66 box... :?
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