[RE-wrenches] Two Mates

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The second Mate port does NOT function.  Only 1 Mate is usable at one time. The max distance is I believe is 1k'. Shielded cat 5 w/ drain connected to ONE end only.

On Apr 6, 2013, at 6:46 PM, penobscotsolar at midmaine.com wrote:

> Bill,
>   We've tried it with both Mate and Mate 3 and it has not worked. It
> seems like only one of the ports on the hub, whether 4 or 10, will
> work.
> Hopefully something that can happen in the future, though, as it could be
> very handy on certain situations.....
> 
> Daryl
> 
> 
>> Wrenches,
>> 
>>        I need a little Weekend Wrench assistance.  I can't find anything
>> definitive in the Mate3 OM discussing how many Mates can be
>> connected to a Radian.  I have a backhoe showing up Monday AM.  I
>> am running power and cat5 for a Mate3 from a Radian to a location
>> 300' away.
>> 
>> Two things: This is the max recommended for the hub-to-a-mate distance so
>> I'm planning on pulling it in its own conduit, separate from the power (do
>> other tricks come to mind to insure the signal makes it?), and
>> Can I connect this Mate3 and keep the one at the Radian online?  Has
>> anybody actually done this?
>> 
>> Thanks, as always,
>> 
>> Bill
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