For some reason these radios always indicate they are in a Hold Off status. they have GPS pucks functioning… they say they are operating but constantly just stop transmitting… I had them setup in garage… movedboth outside and it finally started sending as tranceiver, good tests on speed. -Then after I started tinkering with mhz bandwidth they both stopped and went back to on hold status. What is the deal with these 6ghz devices… The all have pucks under the sky, super frustrating,
Can anyone explains specifically the main causes for them to go into “I refuse to operate” status?
What firmware are you using on them? SM’s should start up in standard power mode (5dBm) even without working GPS. The AP’s on the other hand need working GPS and internet access in order to transmit. If the GPS signal is low on them they will take a lot longer to validate with the AFC.
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I did get them working by dialing back the power and the channel width a bunch - it appears the afc was stopping it. Strange them Cambium tool in my area says there is full power available… whereas once I got them hooked up the landscape I realize is fairly impacted.
Ill have to take that into account next time, as part of the decision making for buying stuff in 6ghz is if you think you’re in an area you can make use of it, tool needs to be more accurate.
Also - the Hold Off - and non-transmit status needs to be more clear why it’s doing it, that you need to adjust for AFC reasons that would have helped.
Have you looked at the GPS-reported height of the SM? It could be that the GPS is inaccurate enough in it’s height reporting that it is limiting your frequency availability. We have certainly had that issue with the USB GPS receivers.