Mointed Cube60 pro with hearsink at bottom. Still ok?

[BobCat]

After helping a friend with this instalation today i noticed the heatsink should actually be on top.

My question is can i leace it as its setup jow or should i rotate is 180?

When i first opened the box the hoodie part was already mounted that way in the photo.

Is it still rain proof and dust proof?

Thank you

[BobCat]

I took a drive to my local supermarket and they have theirs setup the same way. So does this mean it should be ok?

[jaclaz]

Well, you also seem to have the cover/roof backwards.

This is how it should look:

There is an early series of cubes with no vent/breath valve and seemingly a new one with vent/breath valves, the orientation of the valve (if any) may be important (it should be at the bottom).

Check this thread:

Cube60 pro for near sea installation

hello, is a set of cube 60 pro devices a good choice for installation near sea? it will be on a 8m high pole about 20m away from sea side where we tend to have strong winds. salt water wind hitting the devices will be a normal occurence. omnitik ac and sxtsq are surviving these conditions, but older models (old omnitik and old sxt) die after a few years because they're too open from the underside and salt water goes in and corrodes everything. this is the only mikrotik device that has 60G wit…

particularly the pictures here:

Cube60 pro for near sea installation

Cube60 Pro is absolutely not suitable for installation near the sea. The leakage issue can be worked around but the metal bracket will rust in no time. It doesn't appear to be galvanised, just spray painted. The design makes it hard to get paint into all the gaps and tightening the hose clamp damages the paint anyway. I have many of these 1km or more from the sea and within a few months they look terrible due to corrosion. Photo below shows an approx 1yr old CubeSA alongside the quietly revi…

Did you check thoroughfully that your unit is well sealed/caulked?

If not it is strongly suggested that you verify it and - if needed - add some exteranl sealant (better be safe than sorry)., see:

CubeSA 60Pro WATER DANGER

Hi, I am very afraid of water going inside the CubeSA 60Pro/Cube 60Pro. When you point Cube 60 down, there is big chance to get water inside and break the device. Why is there so bad solution for connecting cable? The old cube and wap are much better in this case. Why the people are not thinking when they are making those devices? The same problem is with nRAY.

I don't think that having the heatsink at the bottom or at the top would make a big difference, but I would still mount it the way it should, because the angle/curve of the heatsink plate acts actually as a cover for the joint between the heatsink and the body part where the cable enters the device.

[jaclaz]

@BobCat

So does this mean it should be ok?

No, it only means that you are not the only one that mounted it upside down with the top backwards.

If I may, if you are going to work on it, you should also make a proper loop (downwards) with the cable, from the second photo you added the cable is not (IMHO) properly assembled, and the model you have seems actually the one with the breather valve, and as said that should go on the lower side.

A cable exiting horizontal should go in a ASCII Art section like this:

___________
  |        |_      ______
  |________|  \   /      \
               \/        \

for two reasons, to give some strain relief to the cable and grommet in the hole and to surely bring away rain/water from the hole.

[BobCat]

Thank you i will go and fix it on monday.

[BobCat]

Thank you i have rotated the device.

[jaclaz]

Good , now it looks fine (also the cable)

[BobCat]

I have another question about tx-sector-info

Should i ajust the other sides cube60 slightly to the tight to chabge the 3.8degrees to maybe 0.8?

I want to align them perfectly.

I did saw signal go to 80% during the day when its windy.

[jaclaz]

Well, the smaller values attainable in tx-sector-info deviation, the better, but I don't think that it will change anything, those numbers are not really "exact" and you have anyway tx-phy-rate at 3.0Gbps.

And at 64.85 m distance?

Pointing the one cube in the general direction of the other one should be enough.

Compare with this report (link at more than 1200 m):

Cube 60Pro ac Max Distance on 60Ghz?

My longest link with cube60pro ac is 1287.21 m [distancecube60pro.PNG]

Sin 3.8° is around 0.0663, so at your distance, you are off (in theory) of 64.85x0.0663=4.3 meters (which I doubt) but the mentioned poster would be off 1287.21x0.0663=85,30 m, in practice pointed to another device/building/mast.