[PATCH v2] ath79: add support for Ubiquiti PowerBeam M (XW)

Russell Senior russell at personaltelco.net
Sun May 23 16:06:35 PDT 2021


>>>>> "Vincent" == Vincent Wiemann <vincent.wiemann at ironai.com> writes:

Vincent> Just as a side-note: There are 5 different versions of the
Vincent> PowerBeam with different device IDs...

Vincent> Source:
Vincent> https://github.com/freifunk-gluon/gluon/issues/94#issuecomment-510831878
Vincent> -- PowerBeam M5 -- ERP 26 dBm according to datasheet 'e3e5' = {
Vincent> -- PBE-M5-300 pa_gain = 4 ant_gain = 22 }, 'e4e5' = { --
Vincent> PBE-M5-400 pa_gain = 4 ant_gain = 25 }, 'e6e5' = { --
Vincent> PBE-M5-400 ISO!!  pa_gain = 4 ant_gain = 25 }, 'e885' = { --
Vincent> PBE-M5-620 pa_gain = 4 ant_gain = 29 },

FWIW, I see the "e4 e5" bytes in the ART partition at offset 0x000c and 0xa01e.

Vincent> 		-- Powerbeam M2 400?  -- ERP 28 dBm according to
Vincent> datasheet 'e6c2' = { -- PBE-M2-400 pa_gain = 6 ant_gain = 18
Vincent> dBi },

On the PowerBeam M2 (PBE-M2-400) I see "e2 c2" in the same locations, not "e6 c2".

Vincent> While I think there shouldn't be different DTS files for them,
Vincent> there is a script missing that respects the antenna and
Vincent> external PA gain of these devices.

-ENOPATCH


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