How much power does a DCAP consume?
The DCAP uses about 2 kWh per month or roughly 24kWh per year. This applies to all the various DCAP sizes.
The Repeater consumes under 5 kWh per year.
How much data does a DCAP require in a month?
30-50 MB if just generating 1 report / day
100 MB if monitoring and using the CIT more than a few times a month
Why is my DCAP's Status LED rapidly flashing?
On our older DCAPs with the external antenna, this can happen for a minute or two after power-up as the DCAP performs a self-check. This check is much faster on our diversity DCAPs.
If the flashing is persistent beyond a few minutes, a power cycle might resolve it. If that doesn’t work, contact Tehama.
What is a TFA DCAP?
Our TFA DCAP is a hybrid system that contains a full Tehama system and adds a serial interface to connect to an Inovonics FA receiver. Thus the DCAP is able to receive data from both Tehama MDTs and Inovonics PMTs. The TFA DCAP is managing two totally separate systems: MDTs can't talk to Inovonics repeaters, and PMTs can't talk to Tehama Repeaters. However the data is collected from both and presented as a single set of data in the CIT and the daily reports.
What internet speed is required?
There is no minimum speed required for the DCAP to operate and the quantity of data is very low, on the order of 2MBytes per day.