[Ovmsdev] It's Here!

[Greg D.]

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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