Support for Morse Micro 900 MHz Halow node

Select the Babel only build for the Morse Micro Halowlink1 from the repository.
Upload the firmware to the Halowlink1 and remember to UNCHECK the Keep Settings box.
Everything else proceeds as with any other AREDN sysupgrade.
 

OK, help me out on this.  What is the use case for this device on this band?  It looks like an indoor rated router with a small omni antenna.  What am I missing here?    Ed

The use case for this as it relates to AREDN, is probably to provide a link through trees (albeit with a relatively low throughput).    Given the frequency, you'd use a pair of them with high-gain Yagi antennas in a point to point configuration.

Rumor has it that a later release will have somewhat increased power output.

Orv W6BI

So here's an open ended comment/question.  Are there any 900mhz outdoor rated devices that are powerful enough to provide a ptp link through trees?  I'm talking not about a device that has Open WRT so it can also be a router, I'm asking about devices that are just radios that can be paired with a hAP ac2 or hAP ac3 to do the router function.  There are a lot of cases here where the last mile (literally) is a real pain with topography and trees, can we make an rf link using a non AREDN device appropriate for the ham slices of the 900 band where we can punch thru for the last mile?  This seems to be alluded to in the docs regarding using an xlink.

Ed

edit PS ... add on question.  I haven't yet fooled around with the virtual machine AREDN nodes, but can the X86 VM version of firmware run an xlink so we could just add this onto a site with an existing managed switch with the router on the VM?