Today Adrian the electrician arrived at Lordmire first thing and set to preparing the weatherproof cabinet to accept the various items of equipment it was to house on the tree at Goodlie Hill. During the morning, with Bill and Graham's help he installed it high up on the tree (out of reach of livestock) and connected the armoured cable to the 13A socket in the cabinet.
After lunch he connected the other end of the cable to the supply (suitably protected from earth leakage and overload) and tested the whole installation. We then passed the five CAT5 cables from the Nanos through the glands into the cabinet and connected them to the PoE/PSUs. Also in the cabinet is a UPS and an Ethernet switch. After testing connections to the network at the tree and at a newly connected client, I was able to declare the node operational. One more client was connected this evening and two, possibly three, will get connected tomorrow.
What a relief to see that node up and running again, all the more so, as part of the new network.
Many thanks to Adrian for prioritising this job, to Bill for wielding his chain saw and letting us connect to his mains supply, and to Graham for providing extra help.
Sorry no pictures yet but hopefully there will be in due course.
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