1 working CPE510 and 2 broken CPE210 - possible to fix a CPE210 using parts from the 510?
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1 working CPE510 and 2 broken CPE210 - possible to fix a CPE210 using parts from the 510?
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[FONT=arial, helvetica, sans-serif]I hope this finds you well. My name is Matthew and my partner and I live in the rainforest of Costa Rica (www.thefusionhomeblog.com).[/FONT]
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[FONT=arial, helvetica, sans-serif]We initially bought the Pharos CPE510 to connect to the wifi from base camp, I later discovered that I bought the wrong one - my bad. Several months later, once we back in the States, I purchased the correct one (CPE210) which worked great for about 2 months. One day it just decided to stop working, the plug adapter would flash green and orange - I also confirmed that there were no lights on the device itself. Maybe not so frustrating for people who can drive to the store and purchase another one but it's a little more complicated for us. Anyway, fast forward and several months later I bought a new one - it only lasted about 4 hours before having the same problem as the previous one. [/FONT]
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[FONT=arial, helvetica, sans-serif]Currently I have a cheap standard router that manages to pick up a weak signal, it is not ideal but it doesn't break. I really want to have this set up work correctly but I am hesitant to purchase another one as I've spent over $300.00 already and am sitting with 2 broken CPE210's I can't use as well as a working CPE510 which is useless. In addition to not wanting to spend more money, I also don't want to wait several more months and then possibly have another one go on me. [/FONT]
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[FONT=arial, helvetica, sans-serif]My question is, do you know why this is happening, is it a common problem? I did ground both of them. My second question is would one of you maybe know how to bring one of the CPE210's back to life using the CPE510 for parts? It would be great if I could save a trip back to the States to get this working again.[/FONT]
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[FONT=arial, helvetica, sans-serif]Any help/support you could provide will be extremely appreciated. I would really like to avoid purchasing a 4th unit.[/FONT]
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ISP :
[FONT=arial, helvetica, sans-serif]To whom it may concern,[/FONT]
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[FONT=arial, helvetica, sans-serif]I hope this finds you well. My name is Matthew and my partner and I live in the rainforest of Costa Rica (www.thefusionhomeblog.com).[/FONT]
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[FONT=arial, helvetica, sans-serif]We initially bought the Pharos CPE510 to connect to the wifi from base camp, I later discovered that I bought the wrong one - my bad. Several months later, once we back in the States, I purchased the correct one (CPE210) which worked great for about 2 months. One day it just decided to stop working, the plug adapter would flash green and orange - I also confirmed that there were no lights on the device itself. Maybe not so frustrating for people who can drive to the store and purchase another one but it's a little more complicated for us. Anyway, fast forward and several months later I bought a new one - it only lasted about 4 hours before having the same problem as the previous one. [/FONT]
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[FONT=arial, helvetica, sans-serif]Currently I have a cheap standard router that manages to pick up a weak signal, it is not ideal but it doesn't break. I really want to have this set up work correctly but I am hesitant to purchase another one as I've spent over $300.00 already and am sitting with 2 broken CPE210's I can't use as well as a working CPE510 which is useless. In addition to not wanting to spend more money, I also don't want to wait several more months and then possibly have another one go on me. [/FONT]
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[FONT=arial, helvetica, sans-serif]My question is, do you know why this is happening, is it a common problem? I did ground both of them. My second question is would one of you maybe know how to bring one of the CPE210's back to life using the CPE510 for parts? It would be great if I could save a trip back to the States to get this working again.[/FONT]
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[FONT=arial, helvetica, sans-serif]Any help/support you could provide will be extremely appreciated. I would really like to avoid purchasing a 4th unit.[/FONT]
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[FONT=arial, helvetica, sans-serif]Thank you [/FONT]