freakngeek:
I got another ddDLM change this morning
Interleave Depth now over 800, up from 100 (week earlier was over 700 then dropped)
This dropped my actual DS connection from 50Mbps to 40Mbps
I'm not far from moving Modem close to road side pillar.
Solar panel 270w, Solar controller, Battery 100ah, cables and box to put it all in sorted
Antenna by house setup, POE cable running from house to Ubiquiti Powerbeam on a 4m pole (I'll bury the cable later)
Tomorrow 2x bags of easicrete to setup pole at road, antenna all setup ready to go
Ordered the steel Box section to make up frame for solar panel, got some welding to do.
Most awkward part will be making up POE CAT6 cable from DV130 modem to Antenna, I have to along the way inject 24v from 12 to 24v converter
Cat6 cable to RJ11 plug already made
Outdoor gel filled CAT6 cable is a pain the $%#^ to get RJ45 plugs onto
Just need to finalise where the antenna goes, need to do some signal strength testing before I dig the hole.
Were you just going to run the Draytek power straight off the solar controller? It wouldn't be silly having some form of voltage regulation - there are tons of cheap bits and bobs of eBay that would work fine.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/LED-Digital-DC-DC-Boost-Step-up-Voltage-Regulator-LM2577-3V-34V-to-4V-35V-12V-3A-/191933789472?hash=item2cb0253520:g:QFYAAOSw2zlXhQkg
A lot of the older Ubiquiti gear will run down to 12v, I'm not sure on the Powerbeam specifically though. It is much better to run them on the recommended voltage though.
https://www.gowifi.co.nz/power/tp-dcdc-1224.html
One of those would be good for the Powerbeam - keeps it all safe.
Failing that, if you already have a voltage converter, one of these
https://www.gowifi.co.nz/power/poe-inj-led-s.html
and these
https://www.gowifi.co.nz/cabling-coax-accessories/p-35.html
would be easy.