Probably goes without saying but definitely worth setting the optics reboot interval short..might help if it's something that hasn't been done
On Sat, Feb 22, 2025, 9:17 AM Nick Lucchese via RE-wrenches < [email protected]> wrote: > About a dozen of my sites are using Starlink to support Opticsre without > any sort of issue. Extremely stable compared to past strategies. > > Nick > > On Sat, Feb 22, 2025 at 8:49 AM Dan Fink via RE-wrenches < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Esteemed Wrenches - can anyone provide me with recent updates as to how >> Starlink is working with outback OpticsRE currently? I tried it on a >> nightmare offgrid system last year, it didn't work, I called Outback tech >> support, they said it was an issue, and they were working on Mate3S >> firmware updates, and then they were sold to the EG4 folks who are >> non-responive. >> >> I have a remote nightmare system that I thought I finally fixed over a >> year ago. The internet connection is DSL (yepper, the 1990s are calling and >> want to laugh at me) and I fixed the problem for about a year by keeping >> just OpticsRE and the Resol solar thermal on the old DSL, and moving all >> mobile device traffic to Starlink.This a southern Colorado "Santa Fe" style >> estate with rebar-embedded concrete walls that block all wifi. All Outback >> Optics is hardwired LAN, with a fiber optic LAN system installed just for >> Outback because the over 50 foot distance didnt work. >> >> Now it is misbehaving again, on the DSL. Stays connected for 4-6 hours, >> then drops. Homeowner trained the housekeeper to reboot the Mate3S, works >> for 4-6 hours then drops, she only goes there once a week or 2. Can I try >> again to connect the Mate3S hardwired to Starlink, or will it be once again >> a futile waste of my billing hours as was last time? >> >> I'm just happy the homeowner is a very nice guy and OK with paying my >> bill for so many site visits, even when those visits don't fix the problem. >> That's a rare situation, many other clients would be suing me. >> >> But when I started in this business in 1994, there were no solar >> monitoring LANs and only horribly slow satellite links that wouldn't do >> data. I would never have known what that even meant. Now, seems like I am >> doing more LAN networking work than PV volts amps watts. And this is FLA >> batteries, not LiFePO4 and no BMS. >> >> What a strange new world we live in. >> >> Owner, Buckville Energy Consulting LLC >> IREC Certified Instructor for PV and Small Wind Installation >> NABCEP Certified PV System Inspector >> NABCEP PV Associate >> d <[email protected]>[email protected] >> 970-672-4342 >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> List sponsored by Redwood Alliance >> >> Pay optional member dues here: http://re-wrenches.org >> >> List Address: [email protected] >> >> Change listserver email address & settings: >> http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org >> >> There are two list archives for searching. When one doesn't work, try the >> other: >> https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org >> >> List rules & etiquette: >> http://www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm >> >> Check out or update participant bios: >> http://www.members.re-wrenches.org >> >> _______________________________________________ > List sponsored by Redwood Alliance > > Pay optional member dues here: http://re-wrenches.org > > List Address: [email protected] > > Change listserver email address & settings: > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > There are two list archives for searching. When one doesn't work, try the > other: > https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > List rules & etiquette: > http://www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm > > Check out or update participant bios: > http://www.members.re-wrenches.org > >
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