Ubiquiti Networks PowerBeam 5AC 500 ISO XC

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an+ac (AC867)
airMAX PowerBeam 5AC 500
Wikipedia	Ubiquiti Networks
3rd Party Firmware
dd-wrt	Status Unknown
OpenWrt	Supported
Tomato any flavor	Incompatible
Gargoyle	Status Unknown
Platform
Brand • Model • Rev	Ubiquiti Networks PowerBeam 5AC 500 ISO XC
FCC ID	SWX-PBE5AC
Type	access point
CPU1 Y	Qualcomm Atheros QCA9558
CPU1 Type	MIPS 74Kc
CPU1 Speed	720 MHz
Flash1 Chip	Brand? Model?
Flash1 Size	16 MiB 16,777,216 B <br />131,072 Kib <br />16,384 KiB <br />128 Mib <br />0.0156 GiB <br /> (SPI NOR)
RAM1 Size	128 MiB 134,217,728 B <br />1,048,576 Kib <br />131,072 KiB <br />1,024 Mib <br />0.125 GiB <br /> (DDR2)
RAM1 Chip	Brand? Model?
ETH chip1	Qualcomm Atheros QCA9558
ETH chip2	Atheros AR8031
Ethernet Port Count	1-1GbE-LAN
Wired Standard	IEEE 802.3i/3u/3ab
802dot11 OUI: none specified
Stock bootloader	U-Boot
Expansion IF types	none specified
Power	24 VDC, 0.5 A
Serial Port (UART)	yes, (115200 8N1)
JTAG Port	no
Flags: Outdoor
Other
3rd Party Firmware Support	OpenWrt • (List | Dev | DLs)
Radio 1
Chip1	Qualcomm Atheros QCA988x
Wireless interface OUI	none specified
Antenna Connector Type	none specified
MIMO status	2x2:2
Wireless Standard	IEEE 802.11a/n/ac
802.11ac	up to 867 Mbps
802.11n	up to 300 Mbps
802.11a	up to 54 Mbps
WiFi Operating Frequency	5 GHz
FCC ID Ubiquiti Networks PowerBeam 5AC 500 SWX-PBE5AC
CPU1 brand Radio1 chip1 brand Radio1 chip2 brand Ubiquiti Networks PowerBeam 5AC 500 Qualcomm Atheros Qualcomm Atheros Ubiquiti Networks PowerBeam 5AC 500 ISO XC Qualcomm Atheros Qualcomm Atheros Ubiquiti Networks PowerBeam 5AC Gen2 Atheros Atheros Ubiquiti Networks PowerBeam M2-400 Atheros Atheros Ubiquiti Networks PowerBeam M5-300 Atheros Atheros Ubiquiti Networks PowerBeam M5-400 Atheros Atheros

For a list of all currently documented Atheros (QCA) chipsets with specifications, see Atheros.
For a list of all currently documented Qualcomm Atheros (QCA) chipsets with specifications, see Qualcomm Atheros.

For a list of all currently documented Ubiquiti Networks devices with specifications, see Ubiquiti Networks.

• 867 Mbps - 2SS 5GHz 802.11ac (80MHz chan.) = AC867 class

Flashing

Flashing OpenWrt

On the OpenWrt ToH (techdata entry)
On the OpenWrt Wiki
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Target: ath79
Subtarget: generic
Package architecture: mips_24kc
Supported Since Commit
Support started version: 21.02.0
Current supported version: 25.12.0

LAN Comment: Atheros AR8031 GbE Phy
WLAN Hardware: Qualcomm Atheros QCA988x
Install Comment:
See XC-type board under the "Common Procedures for Ubiquiti Products" wiki page
Recovery method(s):
Ubiquiti TFTP

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ath79: add support for Ubiquiti PowerBeam 5AC 500 The Ubiquiti PowerBeam 5AC 500 (PBE-5AC-500) is an outdoor 802.11ac 5 GHz bridge with a radio feed and a dish antenna. Specifications: - SoC: Qualcomm Atheros QCA9558 - RAM: 128 MB DDR2 - Flash: 16 MB SPI NOR (mx25l12805d) - Ethernet: 1x 10/100/1000 Mbps Atheros 8031, 24 Vdc PoE-in - WiFi 5 GHz: QCA988x HW2.0 Ubiquiti target 0x4100016c chip_id 0x043222ff - Buttons: 1x (reset) - LEDs: 1x power, 1x Ethernet, 4x RSSI, all blue - UART: not tested Not supported: - RSSI LEDs (probably through 74HC595 chip) Installation from stock airOS firmware: - Follow instructions for XC-type Ubiquiti devices on OpenWrt wiki at https://openwrt.org/toh/ubiquiti/common