Wrap the mag switch with a bunch of turns of wire. External current and the switch.
Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 1, 2019, at 8:43 PM, Ken Hohhof <[email protected]> wrote: > > Something I can’t seem to find in any of this smart home stuff is a monitor > for a contact closure. It would need a cellphone app that can check the > status, and receive a push notification if the contact changes state. > > I have a cattle farmer who wants to monitor his well pump that supplies water > to the cattle barns. There is already a switch for what he wants to monitor, > he just wants to monitor it remotely and be alerted if a problem occurs. > > There are sensors for doors and windows but they sense the proximity of a > magnet, not an external contact closure. > > > From: AF <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Josh Luthman > Sent: Monday, September 30, 2019 10:31 AM > To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT Remote Control > > If it were me I'd do Shelly. > > You buy a Shelly 1. Single count is like $15. There are no additional costs > from Shelly.cloud. > > The terminals are input/output (this is what power goes through the relay and > gets shut off/on). Do your 110vac or 12vdc (WATCH THE TERMINAL! It's covered > on newer ones with a plastic door) for this. Wire 110vac to your > load/neutral and that powers the device up. > > Once powered, you can use a computer/phone to connect to the factory SSID > Shelly-MACMACMAC. The device is 192.168.33.1 (you get DHCP). Configure it > to connect to your WiFi (the client config). > > Once it gets online you'll want to update the firmware and then what you want > to do from there can be through the cloud, Shelly.cloud app for your phone or > Google/Alexa voice, OR you can just control it via the relay's web interface > or local URL/API structure. > > Josh Luthman > Office: 937-552-2340 > Direct: 937-552-2343 > 1100 Wayne St > Suite 1337 > Troy, OH 45373 > > > On Mon, Sep 30, 2019 at 10:59 AM <[email protected]> wrote: > Was it a one time app charge or recurring? > What other servers would be better? > > I am totally new to iot. > > I can imagine how I would build it. Device communicates to a server in the > cloud. Your cell phone also communicates to that same server etc. You gotta > hope the server never goes away. > > Not sure how the iot device gets connected to the local wifi. > There must be some way to config it with SSID or something. > > From: Josh Luthman > Sent: Monday, September 30, 2019 8:48 AM > To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT Remote Control > > eWeLink has the most broken servers and product, though it's SUPER easy to > install, the reliability just isn't worth the convenience. It never worked > when you wanted to use it. > > Josh Luthman > Office: 937-552-2340 > Direct: 937-552-2343 > 1100 Wayne St > Suite 1337 > Troy, OH 45373 > > > On Sun, Sep 29, 2019 at 4:05 PM TJ Trout <[email protected]> wrote: > eWeLink pcb's work pretty well for smartphone/internet controlled relays, > about $10 ea and have a good cloud system > > On Sun, Sep 29, 2019 at 12:49 PM <[email protected]> wrote: > I tested my system again today with better antennas. Maybe 2 miles of > reliable functionality. I need 3 miles. That is a half roll of fiber. > > I am starting to lean away from radio remote control. I presume there are > some cloud based switches that I could use? Just drop my cell phone into a > box with the hotspot turned on. A local cloud based relay can then be > controlled from another cell phone at the other end? > > Does any of the unifi stuff provide this functionality? > > From: Lewis Bergman > Sent: Sunday, September 29, 2019 11:04 AM > To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT Remote Control > > Chances are pushing won't have the coverage you want. I still on a passing > system and we used to have hundreds of transmitters. Now we have maybe 10. > > Why don't you get a higher power mobile and file for an itinerant license? > Digital radios normally have some i/o capability built in as well. > > I know they won't be as cheap as the $30 BF junk though. At least some of > that gear isn't FCC certified. > > For a guy that likes to roll his own there are a lot of options. > > On Sun, Sep 29, 2019, 10:57 AM Chuck McCown <[email protected]> wrote: > That would do it. > > From: Adam Moffett > Sent: Sunday, September 29, 2019 9:54 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT Remote Control > > They used to make pagers with a relay in them. Are pagers still a thing? > > On 9/29/2019 11:08 AM, Chuck McCown wrote: > I built a remote control to turn on the air flow from a 175 PSI 375 CFM > compressor so that I don’t have to have someone manning a compressor when > blowing sponges through miles of duct. > > Using Baofeng and Retevis VHF murs frequencies with DTMF control. > Not terribly happy with the range. It is only reliable for 2-3 miles at > most. > Going to get some 5/8ths wave mag mount for the vehicle but not sure that is > going to help all that much. > > Could try UHF but I doubt it will be much better. > > Anyone know of a radio switch type of thing that works will cell phones? > > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com
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