Sparky

The donation

A donated Meraki board

A bunch of Meraki Outdoor "Sparky" units were donated to Noisebridge.

"Built to withstand everything from hackers to extreme temperatures, water, sand, and dust." [1]

MIT Article referring to a "SF Mesh" http://www.technologyreview.com/hack/410322/meraki-outdoor/

Old press release for Meraki's "Free The Net" SF mesh

meraki.com

• Archived version of Outdoor
  • https://web.archive.org/web/20090221170958/http://meraki.com/products_services/hardware/outdoor/
• Archived version of "Solar"
  • https://web.archive.org/web/20090224095706/http://meraki.com/products_services/hardware/solar_overview

Documentation

Specs

• Atheros AR2317@180Mhz
• 32 MB RAM
• 8 MB Flash
• 802.11B/G
• POE support
• 4.5-18V

Source

Typical Coverage Radius

• Indoor: 150-250ft (50-80m)
• Outdoor: 500-1000ft (150-350m)
• Outdoor with high-gain antenna: 0.6-5mi (1-8km)

Radio

• 200 mW (23 dBm) peak transmission power*
• Enhanced receive sensitivity
• External RP-SMA connector
• 802.11 b/g (1 - 54 Mbps)
• 2 dBi omni-directional antenna included

Power

• 5 - 22 V DC
• Power Over Ethernet, 12 - 22 V (non 802.3af )
• Power consumption: 12 W max; 3 W typical
• 15 V/0.8 A DC power adapter included
• Power Over Ethernet injector included

Environment

• Operating temperature: 14° F – 122° F (-10° C – 50° C)
• IP - 66 environmental rating

Interfaces / Ports

• Two 10/100 Mbps auto-crossover Ethernet ports:

automatically detects PC or gateway operation

• Signal strength LED
• Headers for 3.3v Serial / GPIO

Source: Meraki Data Sheet [2]

FCC Forms

• Ad Hoc Declaration: https://apps.fcc.gov/eas/GetApplicationAttachment.html?id=855552
• Construction Photos - https://apps.fcc.gov/eas/GetApplicationAttachment.html?id=855555
• Internal Photos - https://apps.fcc.gov/eas/GetApplicationAttachment.html?id=855556
• RF Exposure - https://apps.fcc.gov/eas/GetApplicationAttachment.html?id=855561
• Test Report 1 - https://apps.fcc.gov/eas/GetApplicationAttachment.html?id=855563
• Test Report 2 - https://apps.fcc.gov/eas/GetApplicationAttachment.html?id=855564
• Test Setup Photos - https://apps.fcc.gov/eas/GetApplicationAttachment.html?id=855565
• User Manual - https://apps.fcc.gov/eas/GetApplicationAttachment.html?id=855566

Manuals

• https://meraki.cisco.com/lib/pdf/meraki_setup_outdoor.pdf

Components

• Hynix256M (16Mx16bit) SDRAM Memory "HY57V561620FTP-H" (U11) [3]
• "SS54" (D2, D3, D4) [4]

Firmware

• Stock - commands, details
• OpenWRT install details
• OpenWRT Easyflash - utilities for simple flashing of Meraki Mini (unknown compatibility with Outdoor)

Where projects are the units going to?

• Dana wants to take 20 units for a community project (I'm in possession of 14 units as of 2013.11.27. If any go unused I will return them for other uses. ~ dana)
• Sudoroom is interested in all the units for their open mesh networking project.
• Dan would like at least 1 outdoor version and 5-10 boards to provide wifi in the Mission around Noisebridge. https://openwireless.org nodes
• Adrian wants several to improve Atheros support in FreeBSD
• Jof wants boards for mesh testing
• J.C. has 2 boards for testing.