[RIPE Atlas Ambassadors] LED status for RIPE probes

> On 25 Dec 2015, at 14:53, Denys Stroebel <denyss at faircape.co.za> wrote:
> 
> As a side note to reinforce random unplugging of the probes, I have done so with my first non-Ambassador probe and managed to brick it. The general advice I give when handing out is simply to leave the probes for an extended period of time and be patient.

+1. 

> For the power concern, we are usually lucky enough for participants to have USB ports on their home routers which works well.

...and even when you think you have things running, its a great idea to still ping the atlas team if something does't look right.

the probe at my home is connected to the usb port on a 2011/12 mac mini and, after 3 months or so after initial setup, i started receiving random messages about the probe being offline (even when external pings showed otherwise).  some digging by the dev team (thanks robert!) showed that the mac usb port wasn't delivering enough power.  plugin the second port of the usb power cable, into another usb port on the mini, and its been silent ever since...

--n.