Hello, I wonder if someobody could gibe me some advice.
For my motorhome I use an external antenna and a ZTE router. The system is working fine, but very restrictet. There are a few functions I miss with this setup.
Looking around I found the X3000 (Spitz) which seems to meet all my requirements. But there are a few queries I have before I can decide to buy the router.
1.) Antenna
I checked earlier on, it seems that only 2x LTE cables are coming from the outside antenna. When we bought the motorhome I asked the dealer to install a router with an outside antenna, without clear specification, my bad.
My question is, does it make sense to install the X3000 (Spitz) with 2x LTE cable from the outside antenna and the 2x antenna that comes with the router (of course the WiFi antennas need to be installed, but that is not the my concern at the moment).
2.) Power
The ZTE router is connected to a "Quick Mount Docking Station". I hope that the power connectors of the two devices are compatible (of course I will take out the "Quick Mount Docking Statioin).
Size
The router is (or will be installled) in a cupboard. How tall is the X3000 Spitz including the Wifi / LTE antennas?
If somebody has the information please let me know, it is really appreciated.
You can do a comparison test to see if it makes sense. The option 1 = 4 factory cellular antennas, and the option 2 = 2 car antennas + 2 factory cellular antennas, see which combination has a better signal strength and network speed?
There seems to no questions with the power supply, ok, skip.
The antenna you should ask is supposed to be like it stands with the device, the longest about 30cm (Manual measurement, for reference only)
With such an antenna you will not be left without a signal. One such antenna with two inputs is enough.port "main"(main antenna),port "div/gnss" (Its MIMO pair and navigation reception)
Dear Bruce, the router was delivered today. I took the ZTE router out and installed the Spitz. So far it worked rather well (the nano Sim was a wee bit dificult to install). It is now up and running and the results are as I hope for.
So all good here.
What concerns me is that the Spitz gets a rather hot. On the app it shows about 70 to 72 degree. I configured the fan to start at 70 degree (which it did). But it seems that 70 degree is rather hot.
The router is insatlled in a camper, which is in the summer a hot place anyway. My options to move the router to a different place or cool the camper is rahter limited.
So my questiion is, should I be concerned that the Spitz temperature goes up to over 70 degree?
Thank you for our help.
Sorry I'm not Bruce Almighty))).This is my favorite American movie.If I were Bruce Almighty I would make all routers temperature 30°Now all the equipment is hot.In my ZTE router I also have 70°.Thermal pads are used everywhere now.If you put the router under a fan, the temperature does not drop below 50° because of the thermal pads.In any case, it's not very good when the router is hot.But now all the routers are hotter.The world is moving towards increasing frequency, which leads to an inevitable increase in temperature.When the processor is soldered, the air flow temperature is 400°.And for some reason he doesn't die...
A few words about antennas.You are unlikely to find omnidirectional antennas that perform better than router antennas.If you move the original antennas to the roof, the increase will be noticeable.If it works poorly, you need to buy a parabolic antenna.All other antennas will perform worse.Up to 5 m use the blue rg402 cable, it is thin and high frequency, it is on Aliexpress.The main thing is that no miracle antennas from Aliexpress, all sorts of small boxes will most likely work worse than router antennas.The principle of operation of a parabolic antenna is the same as the principle of operation of a car reflector headlight.Remember How a light bulb shines without a reflector without a headlight and How a light bulb shines in a headlight...It's the same here, only radio waves instead of light.
The manufacturer believes that the router should be in such a thermal mode, at least +70 degrees. And we need to trust the manufacturer, it turns out. If it doesn't die right away, most likely it usually works for a long time. Use it and see what happens. The router is very good, the cooling system is bad and that's how it was intended.
When the router is running, not only the CPU, but also the 5G module also has a high heat generation, in any case, as long as the equipment is running normally and there is no downtime, the current operate temperature is acceptable.
It built-in a high-speed fan, and the heat of the equipment can be taken out to environment.
Hello, my motorhome dealer installed a standard, simple antenna on the roof of my motorhome. There are only 2x calbes to connect, which I connected to the Spitz. So I really don't have a "before" and "after" comparison. At the moment it is working well.
Antenna Alternation Sequence
AT+QRSRP
+QRSRP: -63,-60,-140,-140,LTE
+QRSRP: -74,-54,-67,-51,NR5G
+QRSRP: MAIN,DIV,MIMO1,MIMO2,LTE
+QRSRP: MIMO2,MAIN,MIMO1,DV,NR5G
Type the command AT+QRSRP
And you will see the power for all 4 antennas
The chips come with temperature protection.
If the temperature reaches a certain threshold, the chips will reduce the frequency.
If it continues rise to a certain threshold, the chips will shutdown to protect.
