Is there a way to enable POE without a standard power supply? I have several XD233 without power supplies and they will not power on using POE. I am assuming this is because you have to enable it. I have tested the POE connection using a XD232 and know for certain that my POE is working correctly because it will power on the 232. Any suggestions or better off to just order the power supplies for the five I need to install?
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Allen H. Porter I think the XD233 is the little brother to the XD1033? And I also think the only Gen3 players that do POE are the XT1143/XT243.
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Allen H. Porter I think it is just the top tier models of the Gen4 as well.
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Hwillett Allen thank you, I ended up finding the power supplies.
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Quintus Glerum I am also looking into Power over Ethernet capabilities with the brightsign XD1132. It says in the datasheet that it should work, but would you still need the power cable? And does anyone know if i'll need to power it through PoE or PoE+?
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Allen H. Porter It works. The 1132 datasheet says POE+. The biggest issue I have seen is that the customer's switch can't support the load because they are powering phones and other things they don't recall setting up in years past. But if you pay attention to loading on the switch and player, it works as it would with the power supply.
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Allen H. Porter To be clear..if you go with POE...you DO NOT need the power supply/wall-wart.
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JRB Technical There are different PoE standards, players will not work with the older PoE 802.3af (Type 1).
You need to have switches that are capable of PoE+ 802.3at (Type 2), and have enough power budget for all the PoE devices plugged in combined..
Also, network cables should be at least CAT5e or better. Standards are working towards recommending CAT6A as the minimum for PoE applications now. Older CAT5 cable may not be able to carry enough power, especially nearing the max distance of the cable (100m or 328ft).
Also, there is a lot of CAT5e out there that is CCA (copper clad aluminum) and not solid copper, these cables do not pass PoE power very well, and are problematic. But people have installed them in many places to cut corners as it is cheaper. It is usually OK for data, but not for PoE, again especially with longer distance cable runs.
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Quintus Glerum I have been using the XD1132 for POE+ for a while now and they are working great in synch. However I am curious in what kind of network cable would be the best for POE+? I bought a couple CAT6 cables but they don't connect to the XD1132 (while they do connect to CAT5e).
What could be going wrong?
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