Has Peplink thought about making a battery powered unit, based on either the BR1 Mini HW3/transit duo pro/br 1 pro 5g?
Even a “clip on” battery unit would be great.
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I frequently use my Max Transit CAT18 and Max Transit DUO power via USB battery bank. It even has two USB inputs to allow you to cycle through batteries without losing power to the device.
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I have done that too, but for less technical users (the intended audience in this case), its not as neat or compact and they are concerned about it,
Older hardware under the hood (basically a TST Duo I think) but you can just attach a v-mount or gold-mount camera battery pack onto this depending on what model you order.
Suitably sized camera battery should probably run this for several hours too I’d expect.
An updated version based around the TST Pro inside would certainly be quite nice though.
I had that same question early on as well for my BR1 Pro 5G - here is a solution that has been working well for portability/traveling. (attached via velcro)
The battery pack provides ~7 hours of active use, and includes passthrough charging.
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My favourite Peplink party trick is to power a BR1 Pro 5G using USB C Power Delivery from any battery that supports it via an adapter cable to 2.1mm dc barrel. Then 2.1mm Barrel to 2x2 4 pin connector.
(I have been manufacturing these in bulk for a while)
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I had a Hirose4 to Peplink 4pin power cable made for my MAX BR1 Pro 5G and power it from “Smart Batteries” (all OEM’d by Inspired Energy) commonly used in the audio recording industry. Works great. Connects to my battery distro along with other stuff in my sound recording bag. 98Wh batteries will go basically all day when powering just the Pepwave. (The field recorder, on the other hand, draws WAY more power…)
Depends on the unit you can power it via a small brick
https://forum.peplink.com/t/micro-usb-power-input/6206a8289e16cc6be2a03de6/3
We are developing several cases for various peplink / starlink combinations - one of them we call the GoBox Nano is exactly what you’re describing!
Two models - this one is for desktop use, includes the power bank + SMA cables + USB and molex cables to power things up. We’re working on a custom battery kit, but will still keep these lines / design style. Currently, we get 8+ hours off this tiny powerbank. Our frustration is the painful charge + discharge quandry which is why we’re developing our own.
You can also see a video of it in use driving a StarLink mini dish - email [email protected] or DM me if you’d like some more info.
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Would these now be off-the-shelf available, or hand-crafted?
Cheers,
Z
hey,
i had them manufactured. you can buy them from cradlepoint too…
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… which is why I sent a request to Peplink several months ago asking t hat such an item be added to their price list. Still hoping …
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@charliet : No, the needed cable which we requested from Peplink is a 2.1mm coaxial female to 4-pin Molex (2-3 of the latter’s pins would be wired.) Such a cable can be seen in the photo @MartinLangmaid provided – https://s3.amazonaws.com/forum.peplink.com/uploads/1674232753697.png . If you want a reference to such a cable available from a Peplink competitor I can probably find this information for you.
For our uses, this part works great - TechKnowligence and 1SimpleConnect are collaborating on several peplink / starlink cases right now.
There are other DC 5521 to 4-pin molex cables that have a different pin out and will not work. However, this one does -
Cradlepoint 170665-000 Barrel to 4-Pin Power Adapter
Cradlepoint Power Adapter for the IBR Routers | Free Shipping – $8 w/ free s&h (or $16 on Amazon)
If you want to run the 4-pin molex off USB powerbank, you’ll want a 12v USB-C PD faker cable to DC 5521 male to the DC to 4-pin Molex cable.
The Peplink dual USB-C input cable is okay, quite a bit longer than we needed for this application… and to fail over between power banks, you need to make sure the 2nd one is awake and outputting power before unplugging (or letting the other one run to 0% power). It isn’t always bullet proof and without a router reboot as a result. Your mileage may vary.
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