Saw latency spiking higher than normal and tracked it down to SM chains being 10dbm apart. epmp3000L with 120 sector and 14 x f300-25 SM 4.6.0.1. There are a few SM with normal chains but the majority have massive differences. LOS is good and I see no reason this should be happening.
I have previously returned about 10 f300 subscribers due to uneven chains and other issues.
Another thing I see is chains flashing from say -68 to -128 then back, quickly. Anyone seen this? I figured it’s just a reporting bug in fw as there’s been so many bugs since days one.
"I have previously returned about 10 f300 subscribers due to uneven chains "
Going to be pretty ticked off if the 10db chain imbalance crap is back and I have to start bench testing every F300 we receive like I was having to do with the F200-25’s Grrrrrr…
it is common to have the chains a little different but not 10dB! Clear line of sight seems to not make a difference for chain propagation, one is H polarized and the other is V. Having a slight misalignment in either polarity seems to be a cause but its not conclusive. @anon89030143, maybe the engineers can chime in?
Update; this issue went away on its on. Ive since seen it return and go away again. I’m thinking it might be a reporting bug but it’s not happening now so I can’t investigate it at the mo. All subscribers are clear LoS and i’m super anal about getting mounts perfectly plum - it’s defo not user error. I think it will end up being a fw bug or hardware failure on the epmp3000L AP that these SMs are connected to. It’s only happening on one AP.
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That happened to me some months ago and the cause was the sector antenna. There was starting to rust inside pretty bad. I put the pictures of it in a post , don’t remember where. Exactly the same symptoms.
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DImas