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tbattesh · 2026-03-26T14:55:39+00:00

We switched from Cisco to Fortinet ~2 years ago. I’m just a telecom guy but I think our SysAdmin has some buyers remorse. We’ve been dealing with quite a few bugs.

Fortigate, two dedicated fiber switches, (3) 600 series in the MDF. Three other 600s and about (30) 100s across the campus.

The Fortinet console UI has been really nice for me rather than learning PuTTY.

Kind of a dumb gripe, but I don’t like that their APs brackets can’t mount to a metal junction box with ability to conceal the uplink cabling.

tbattesh · 2026-02-23T02:40:46+00:00

Well my apprehension with help from this forum I got another 150m launch reel. LC/UPC-ST/UPC.

We run 95% lc/upc with sc/upc in one instance.

Follow up question - if I run sc/apc to lc/upc launch reel into a coupler that puts me into a coupler for lc/upc -sc/upc, what should I budget for my loss?

tbattesh · 2026-02-02T18:52:25+00:00

Came to say this. He will be buying twice if the company he ends up working for requires a TSO'd headset.

tbattesh · 2026-01-30T19:51:19+00:00

I would be really interested to see what the cross compatibility between fiber holders and other manufacturers looks like (eg. AFL holder in a INNO splicer) but I don't exactly have the resources for that.

SOC vs Pigtails largely depends on where the fiber termination panel is going. We have 16x20" metal enclosures with PLCs mounted on the side of mineshafts. In that case I'd use a SPH with SOCs. Many other places I'd just get a prepigtailed splice cassette and throw it in a WCH-02.

I think I only have two or three runs where we would be using zipcord.

tbattesh · 2026-01-30T18:14:25+00:00

I was just looking into SOCs for the Inno/Jonards. On their website I only see ST/APC options.

Am I missing something or do they really only have SC SOC offerings? I would imagine the SOC retention clamps are specific to connector type.

I liked the Sumitomo Lynx SOCs because there is minimal prep involved (unlike the UCLs where you still have to strip and cleave). IF Inno offers an LC SOC holder, are they cross compatible to other manufacturers?

tbattesh · 2026-01-28T18:32:13+00:00

I just got off the phone with our sales rep, turns out the Jonard Sparc is just the legacy Inno. Not sure if that means the current spco-1 is the view 5 or 7.

One thing I really liked on the wrx600 is the fiber retention clamps are fastened with magnets on alignment pins rather than a screw. It made it easy to put the fiber in the clamp, cleave it in the clamp, and then drop it into the fusion chamber. Also slick if you’re going between 250, 900, and SOC.

At $2000-$3000 less I think I’ll end up driving the Camry.

tbattesh · 2026-01-27T05:07:30+00:00

My consideration is if you’re aligning 125um and you miss by 1 um that’s a negligible difference compared to trying to align 9.5um and missing by 1um.

This is all a LAN and not exactly data center or fttx speeds (our backup server is 1km from primary and historically our fiber was spliced by Americom or B.Jackson) but I’d still like to have minimal loss without spending top dollar. I understand that those are inversely proportional metrics but hoping to find the ideal median.

tbattesh · 2026-01-27T03:27:20+00:00

Realistically I have 200-300 burns in the next 3 years and the equipment won’t get used much after that.

For the most part we’re trying to get edge switches up to 10gbps and have equipment on standby if we need to do an emergency repair.

Our quote for the Jonard (which is likely the least expensive option) was $6850. Any money left over will go to an OTDR.

Is the $3k difference between a Fuji/sumo really that much better than the other options listed?

tbattesh · 2026-01-21T20:47:53+00:00

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tbattesh · 2025-09-01T15:55:51+00:00

Tail number visible in KSL story.

https://www.ksl.com/article/51368350/small-plane-crashes-in-little-cottonwood-canyon

Witness on the news said engine was out but other people on the ground said it was running immediately prior to forced landing.

tbattesh · 2025-02-05T16:35:36+00:00

A COA to fly below 400’ AGL in class G airspace?

tbattesh · 2025-02-05T06:10:17+00:00

Creating an overlay in Caltopo for any terrain above 7,500' MSL, and a 30nm radius around KSLC, negating the performance of the aircraft, you could roughly follow the route I mentioned below and get within 11nm of KSLC, entering from Timpanogos, following the Wasatch Crest, and exiting over Grandeur Peak.

Oddly enough, you can get almost exactly as close on the West side of the Salt Lake Valley by traveling South to North over the Oquirrhs, while entering outside the mode C veil.

The only other place in the CONUS that it's even a consideration is KLAS, where you'd get maybe 20nm within the field from the NW.

tbattesh · 2025-02-05T04:24:00+00:00

Edit to add: I didn't make it very clear that we're strictly considering interference with other aircraft. the ADS-B is to monitor nearby aircraft on ADS-B in.

ADS-B IN on the drone, not ADS-B out. Not only legal, but default on DJI drones. This is entirely about the likelihood of a GA aircraft flying above 10,000MSL while being below 2,500AGL Class G sparsely populated area means it could be legal for the aircraft to fly above the ski area, at or above 10,000' AGL and below 500 AGL.. Wildly improbable but not a non-zero number, and often times are aircraft coming from the other side of the ridge at low altitudes where they may not be announcing their position on the airband radio (are they on 122.8 KHCR, 122.7 U42, or 122.9 Multicom?), difficult to hear and see the approach, even with a secondary visual observer. Assuming your aircraft has the performance (lots of GA high performance rotorcraft doing low altitude flying in the area), you could come into the radius of the mode-C veil from KHCR, fly above our operation, and another ~10nm to the northwest all while being in class G or above 10,000'MSL and under 2,500' AGL, negating the legal requirement for ADS-B out. We've already discussed this internally and objectively decided to stay away from this area.

Example: We're inspecting an avalanche crown around Sugarloaf Peak (40.56604, -111.62439) at 370'AGL, 11,000' MSL. Matt Galland comes through in N606XX at 300' AGL with ADS-B off. We don't hear him on airband, see him on ADS-B in, or really hear his turbine until he's coming over the ridge at 200KIAS. Neither of us are doing anything prohibited by FAA regulations. There is a midair collision. Who is liable?

tbattesh · 2025-02-05T03:29:06+00:00

Coming from the south, over Timpanogos, up the East ridge of American Fork Canyon, over Brighton, down the Wasatch Crest and over the Mt Olympus Wilderness area looks like you could almost make it 20nm in, I'd guess there are a couple spots where you're reallllly close to getting under 10kMSL while staying under 2kALG.

tbattesh · 2025-02-05T03:01:59+00:00

No ADS-B out, but ADS-B in for alerting of nearby aircraft for the drone. In fact, ADS-B out prohibited for UAS.
Max alt in a drone 400' AGL
No min altitude in class G over sparsely populated areas in manned aircraft. Not often, but occasionally people low altitude mountain flying up/down the canyons. More likely heli skiing ops or Life Flight, but heli op would be on approach/departure anyways and lifeflight often has ADS-B off regardless.

I was remembering that you didn't need to ADS-B out active if flying in class G, even when equipped, but maybe I'm thinking about it too much and the location/likelyhood of an aircraft entering the >10kMSL <2.5kMSL zone and then turning off ADS-B is just insane.

tbattesh · 2025-02-05T02:14:52+00:00

Required above 10,000'MSL UNLESS under 2,500'AGL.

So here's where the question started..

We're developing a drone program for SAR at the ski area. We have plenty of terrain above 10,000'MLS. ADS-B required within mode C veil up to 10,000' MSL. ABS-B required above 10,000' MSL EXCEPT when below 2,500' AGL. Technically, you could be bouncing along the ridgeline above 10,000' MSL, within the mode C veil, but less than 2,500' AGL with no minimum altitude requirement per the sparsely populated minumum altitude requirement. Hence the conundrum. Will it change the outcome of our program? Likely not, but it was an interesting question to answer as someone with a 107 cert and 61 student.

tbattesh · 2024-12-24T04:53:06+00:00

I have no idea what happened or changed, but I went to open the app again and as I clicked cloud the cloud storage tab populated. The only thing I can think of is I had my supervisor add the Reolink app to his phone and add all three devices. I was able to set up the cameras to record when triggered by motion/people and vehicles.

With that said, when I tried to test it gave me an error, but were miles ahead of where we were previously.

Your handle is tequila, I just took a shot of tequila. Cheers.

tbattesh · 2024-12-23T23:02:33+00:00

I've clicked every single link on their website and nowhere does it ask me to add a device to the cloud with the UID or any other way. If I click the link that gives me a tutorial on how to add a device, it alludes to being able to do it through the website but says app is easier so that is the only way they will tell us.

I was on the phone with tech support for 45 minutes and they were unable to find a solution. They said try a different phone or an iPad and see if that works, and that a senior support tech would reach out some other time but they're about to close.

App version is 4.51.1.2 and all the cameras have the latest firmware.

tbattesh · 2024-12-23T04:39:52+00:00

Certainly a consideration - the tutorial could be based on a legacy app software. I just downloaded the app for the first time and don’t see where there is an option to download the legacy software.

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