If the device won't get any moisture, heavy dust or go outside the temperature range, you'll be fine. Sun degrading plastic could be a bit of an issue long term. "Outside" means wet, freezing & scorching generally. If you can avoid those conditions you should be fine to not kill things or get denied warranty support.
It can't be weather exposed. If you placed it in a weather-tight enclosure it would be fine, providing the temp extremes aren't breached.
Yes surprisingly they can be pulled off quite easily on the dish end, at least so on my original and now replacement unit. I may zip tie it or something. The router ends are very snug.
It's interesting about that... Some folks report it being so snug that they feel they are going to rip it apart the first time they try to unplug. Make sure your connector is very firmly pushed in next time. The weatherproof connector requires some effort.
Well Dishy finally arrived, a full week after the estimated delivery date. Unfortunately, the roof mount, ethernet adapter and extended cable are now backordered until 4/25.
My Gen 2 system just arrived and the connector easily removes from the dish. So easily in fact, I'm afraid it will pull out on it's own. I'm going to rig something to hold it in place just in case.
This has come up before; IP54 should be ok for outdoor use not exposed to driving rain. IP54 is dust tight (5) for two to six hours with no interference with normal operation, and the 4 is watertight to splashed water, with limited amounts of water allowed in.
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If you’re not aware, the Dish itself will do a scan of the sky to look for obstructions after it is set up and running. See below. According to the app it takes 12 hours.
