Helium Hotspot Miner - Batch 1 Available for Pre-order. Ships June 2022

[Bettina]

@Lucian-Pavaloi We're looking into going live soon.

[Bettina]

@Lucian-Pavaloi The PoE module adds Ethernet + PoE to the Pycom Helium Hotspot. It supports both active and passive PoE. It doesn't require a splitter but it requires an injector or PoE enabled networking switch.

[Bettina]

@Martin-Flauger The antenna has RP-SMA male connector. It is provided an RP-SMA female to UFL cable, to attach in the UFL connector in Pygate.

The hotspot could connect to internet via WiFi or via the Ethernet port. Also the Ethernet port has POE capabilities, so the whole unit can be powered. This is good for when installing a hotspot in a rooftop of a building for two reasons, 1-probably in the rooftop you won't have wifi signals, specially if your appartment is not in the last floor, 2-you won;t need to carry cables with power supply and also the antenna cable to bring the signal from your antenna to your hotspot (long cables add extra losses). So, it is will always better to keep the device as close as possible to the antenna, and a POE/internet is great for it, so you will need only a single cable to power your device, and don't need to worry for cable losses, neither for connectivity in the rooftop

[Martin Flauger]

@Bettina Can I buy the PoE module later and install it by myself ?

[Bettina]

@Nic-Lalanne Hi Nic, No, not at the moment.

[Bettina]

@Martin-Flauger Yes you should be able to. However, please note that at the moment, our OEM modules are reserved for Hotspots shipping and therefore, they may not be in stock.

[Georgi Rusev]

@Bettina Hello , it may be a silly question but how many watts must be the PoE injector 15W or I will need more ? Thank you !

[Lucian Pavaloi]

@Bettina can you please create the discord channel faster to improve the communication? I think many people are missing out on this simply because they don't want to wait to get answers via forum anymore. Discord is so much faster. Also, the shipping date of the 1st batch is coming close so I think people have many questions to ask and this is ideal for a discord channel.
I don't understand why it's taking so long.

[Noah Weisbrod 0]

Hello @Bettina,

I am wondering if I have to pay some extra taxes on import myself? I am from Germany if this helps.

Thanks

[Simon Blayney]

@Bettina just wondering if we are still on target to be shipping batch 1 of the miners in june

[Lucian Pavaloi]

it's already early june. have you guys started shipping out the first batch of helium hotspots ??? @pycomIOT

[Lucian Pavaloi]

@Bettina when will that happen?

[Ahmed Shaaban]

I guess there are multiple people asking the same question. It would be great if you can update us with the shipping dates for batch 1 miners since early June is already over and we never heard anything from you