The Industrial Wi-Fi Shop Podcast – Ep. 20 900MHz or Bust!

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Free 3D Printer Plans! • Oscium WiPry790x and Clarity/Lucid DIY bracket posted on Thingiverse. Bring your own hair ties. I have been informed Printables is better so I will post there soon. • https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6991943 Upcoming Events! • Wi-Co  • October 1st – Montreal, Canada • November 6th – Washington, DC • November 19th – Utrecht, Netherlands • WLPC • Prague, Czech Republic • October 11-13 – boot camps • October 14-16 – main conference Keith Jones CEO of Prism Systems has provided 2 license codes for the PrismStats Live software (iOS) a URWB commissioning tool. Helpful for spot checking, parsing, and troubleshooting Cisco URWB  Fluidity deployments created by Prism Systems! Email Jeremy if interested! Don’t forget to check out our new document library with free valuable downloadable content to help you in your wireless endeavors in the industrial and manufacturing air space! On with the show! IWS Episode 20 – 900MHz or Bust • A little bit about 900MHz in general • ISM frequency space • 802.11 channel designations • 902 – 928 MHz • 1 MHz wide channels • General dynamics of 900MHz • distances/ranges • Penetration values  • Power consumption • Esteem Horizon 900 radios • Channel structure • Channel widths • 5, 10 and 20 MHz wide options • Realistic bandwidth and constraints • Up to 72mbps at 20 MHz wide channel • OFDM (Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiplexing – I wanted to sound smart) • Power • 802.3at PoE+ • 12VDC Direct • IndustrialMESH and path redundancy • What is IndustrialMESH? • How is it handled • Self-Healing, redundant, backup communication paths – Automatic Switching • Uses standard network Spanning Tree Protocol (STP, RSTP, MSTP) • Routes can be configured, controlled and prioritized by user or Auto-MESHing (“Rapid Ready” Mode of operation – similar to an ad-hoc network.) • Can this be configured dynamic or does it have to be manually configured/static. (See above) • Additionally, the MESH Bridge links can be individually configured for always up status or dynamically controlled based upon RSSI thresholds • Security • Proprietary communication protocol ...