CPE210 Reset to Factory default with 8 IP cameras after few days
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Settings lost after few days
Model : CPE210
Hardware Version : V2
Firmware Version : [COLOR=#333333]TP_Pharos_V2.1.6_170908
I have 4 CPE210 in my network
#1 configured as AP-Router
#2 configured as Repeater with lock-ap to AP-Router #1
#3 configured as Repeater with lock-ap to AP-Router #1
#4 configured as Repeater with lock-ap to Repeater #3
8 cameras are connected to these CPEs making 2 cameras to a single CPE210 and a receiver is connected to the AP-Router #1
Network is usually stable for 3-5 days, but then some of the Repeaters will lost its configuration and go back to factory default causing some cameras to stop showing images.
I initially though that someone could be acessing the POE adapter and pressing the RESET button, but this is happening in a few different installations we have. We just started to see this issue after expanding the system from 4 cameras to 8 cameras.
The system doesn't have connectivity to the internet, so packages are only sent to local IP addresses. Packages are formed with 4KBytes in a single UDP message (4 per second).
Does anyone have similar issues? I've been using CPE210 for a while and they are very reliable, but with images it became a real nightmare.
Thanks for anyhelp
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@R1D2 I never said the electronic parts are made of plastic. You can follow any vendor specifications you like, I was explaining that I own a WISP company with well over 100 of these units (and other makes and models too) installed all over the place and not a single one is grounded. As such none of them will ever be and its perfectly fine. Over 6 years not a single faulty unit. Also no problems and the storms we have had here over the last 6 years were all record breaking storms.If they were gonna blow up lol they would have already, thus the grounding us BS. I even have these units on 200ft towers with no grounding. Take that!!
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@PC-Dude, do you use shielded CAT5e cables?
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@R1D2 yes I do.
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yes I do.
Then you have grounded your CPEs according to method 2 in the IG shown above even if you are not aware of.
Another fact that you might not be aware of is that in most countries there are safety guidelines which need to be followed by electricians when installing outdoor equipment in order to avoid lightning strikes caused by flashovers if the device is grounded via the mains power socket indoors. For example, that's from the U.S. NEC regarding safety guidelines for a professional installation of any outdoor device:
It even applies to SAT installations.
And yes, I lost a CPU main board of a $25,000 mid-range computer two decades ago due to a lightning stroke into phone lines coming through a modem to the board. The computer was even grounded as every other professional equipment in a data-center rack is grounded through a ground terminal on the device (as almost any enterprise-class switches, servers etc. have). But the modem didn't have surge suppressors.
With over 7,000 devices in the field our company only had two RMA'ed devices in last 16 years which became unresponsive due to ESD and both devices had been installed by amateurs w/o grounding, not by our professional staff.
Anyway, that's just for the record of this thread's subject. I won't argue with you any further about grounding outdoor devices.
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