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Originally Posted by Sparks333
Hello!
The argument is primary a semantic one, and I doubt I'll convince you otherwise, but its implications are important enough I think I'll disagree with you.
PoE is an acronym, certainly, but it alway, ALWAYS, refers to 802.3af. That's how standards work.'Passive 12-24v PoE' is not a standard, it's a proprietary interface developed by OpenMesh and Ubiquiti that allows for power over ethernet, but, and this is important, it's not PoE, despite meeting the definition. When something says it supports PoE, it means it supports af, end of story. For the record, I've worked as an engineer in wifi testing and have contacts in the networking industry - I'm hip to the lingo.
https://www.open-mesh.com/poe/
Sparks |
Out in the the real world there are a plethora of devices using nonstandard voltages for PoE. The devices are marketed as POE devices. I sympathize with you only wanting to call only 802.3af devices POE, but be aware that others don't follow your desires.
The blue box is strangely worded, but it does appear to allow you to supply the radio power from the VRM to radio thru the Ethernet cable.