How do I setup a 595U outdoors?

widgetman101 · EVDO User Joined: 02 Apr 2008 Posts: 95

Well after 4 attempts I got it to stay connected via HDR lock and I'm holding a steady 4 bars -74dBm right now. I don't understand what the problem was getting it to connect. Hopefully I can keep it connected.

I just ran a steady 3MB download test from testmy and here were my results. I Fell to 3 bars at one point but never dropped like I did pointing in the other direction.

:::.. Download Stats ..:::
Download Connection is:: 631 Kbps about 0.6 Mbps (tested with 3072 kB)
Download Speed is:: 77 kB/s
Tested From:: http://testmy.net/ (Main)
Test Time:: 2008/04/27 - 11:38am
Bottom Line:: 11X faster than 56K 1MB Download in 13.3 sec
Tested from a 3072 kB file and took 39.871 seconds to complete
Download Diagnosis:: May need help : running at only 73.54 % of your hosts average (myvzw.com)
D-Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/stats/id-3TQFV9604
User Agent:: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.0; en-US; rv:1.8.1.3) Gecko/20070309 Firefox/2.0.0.3 [!]

EvdoNonLOSuser · EVDO User Joined: 14 Mar 2008 Posts: 32 Location: PNW

Congrats Widget! Let us know if your connections stays good or not. Thx.

mjgrenier

Just a question : Have you inserted the small battery inside your 595U ? I'm asking because it took me 3 days to discover that I was needing a bettery. Laughing

I was connecting well sometimes without a battery. Imagine the results with the battery installed!

[quote="widgetman101"]Okay so I'm back for round 3 on the evdo quest. So here is my current hardware and setup. Post is rather long I thank you in advance for taking the time to help me out Laughing

Verizon 595U
30 Feet Wilson Ultra Low loss cable
800Mhz Yagi Antenna

widgetman101 · EVDO User Joined: 02 Apr 2008 Posts: 95

Thanks again guys I'll put up a success story after its been a week of good solid service with no spotty EVDO like it was.

Yes the first thing I did was put the battery in the device.

Its been fine and holding steady at -73dBm right now through the connection manager on a tower thats around 10 miles out. I'm thinking its aimed kinda by the middle of a highway going down to that town.

I've seen peaks higher than that but it probably averages between 750-900 range. I guess I don't need a amplifier after all Smile

:::.. Download Stats ..:::
Download Connection is:: 817 Kbps about 0.8 Mbps (tested with 1536 kB)
Download Speed is:: 100 kB/s
Tested From:: http://testmy.net/ (Main)
Test Time:: 2008/04/27 - 11:50am
Bottom Line:: 14X faster than 56K 1MB Download in 10.24 sec
Tested from a 1536 kB file and took 15.395 seconds to complete
Download Diagnosis:: 90% + Okay : running at 95.22 % of your hosts average (myvzw.com)
D-Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/stats/id-B86YFDQS1
User Agent:: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.0; en-US; rv:1.8.1.3) Gecko/20070309 Firefox/2.0.0.3 [!]