[Ovmsdev] It's Here!

Greg D. gregd2350 at gmail.com
Mon Apr 16 11:11:54 HKT 2018


Hi Mark,

It's totally cosmetic, and the unit will be under the dash in the car,
so nobody else will see it (or if they do, I'll call it a proto unit :)
).  Unless you want this one back, I am fine with keeping it.  Just
thought you should know about it.

Greg


Mark Webb-Johnson wrote:
> Greg,
>
> That is nasty. It must be a manufacturing defect, as I haven’t seen anything like that on other cases (and I’ve seen about 25 of them).
>
> I’ll send you another case in the mail, when I next go to the post office.
>
> Regards, Mark.
>
>> On 15 Apr 2018, at 3:14 AM, Greg D. <gregd2350 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hard to measure the overhang...  Here's what it looks like. 
>>
>> I think the dust cap issue depends on how the sealing flap is closed
>> over the module, i.e. whether the sticky part is fully attached to the
>> body of the envelope, or whether it's done loosely, leaving a bit of the
>> adhesive exposed to the contents.  I got "lucky" in that regard :(.
>>
>> Greg
>>
>>
>> Michael Balzer wrote:
>>> Got mine as well, without customs hassle.
>>>
>>> My dust caps were in place and OK. The top shell also is a bit wider than the bottom, but nowhere near 1 mm, more like 0.2 - 0.3.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Michael
>>>
>>>
>>> Am 14.04.2018 um 00:49 schrieb Greg D.:
>>>> Hi Mark,
>>>>
>>>> The 3.1 module arrived in today's mail.  I haven't plugged it in yet,
>>>> but two "unboxing" observations...
>>>>
>>>> The unit looks really nice, though it seems that the top shell is a tad
>>>> too wide and overlaps the bottom piece by nearly a mm on one corner. 
>>>> And, not evenly, at that; it's like the corner by the Vehicle connector
>>>> got stretched a bit outward (or the other half pushed inward).  The
>>>> other two sides are all pretty evenly matched.  The 3.0 proto unit was
>>>> not like this.  {shrug} 
>>>>
>>>> Also, the two SMA dust caps seemed to have had some reaction with the
>>>> adhesive on the flap of the padded envelope.  They were stuck to the
>>>> flap, pulled away from the connectors (so, not much dust protection),
>>>> and the adhesive on the flap seemed to be very gooey in that area.  The
>>>> caps seemed to have been more or less unaffected, so it's more of a
>>>> cosmetic issue.  Perhaps they could point the module in the other
>>>> direction (SMA end first), to prevent this in the future?
>>>>
>>>> My intent is to play "customer" with this unit, only using officially
>>>> released code, updated through typical methods (i.e. not via the
>>>> developer's kit) unless I need to do otherwise.  I've got some
>>>> short-term distractions through the weekend, but will take it out for a
>>>> spin next week.
>>>>
>>>> Greg
>>>>
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