Re: [RE-wrenches] Web based system monitoring via 4GLTE uplink?

2023-06-06 Thread Drake Chamberlin via RE-wrenches

We use a Verizon Jet Pack for our internet. It wants to have its battery
charged and then be unplugged, like any cell phone. Is there a variety
that can be left plugged in? Charging could be set up to be intermittent
with a timer switch. 

Drake 

_Drake Chamberlin_ 

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On 2023-06-05 10:16, Mac Lewis via RE-wrenches wrote:

Mick, 

I'll vouch that the Victron solution works great. You need a GSM carrier, TMobile works as well as others, AT for one. The GSM piece is important, Verizon won't work with this.  

Another approach is to do a Mifi box with Verizon, then just use it as a wireless hotspot like any WiFi network.  

No problems with the single Victron that we have out there.  

Good luck! 

On Mon, Jun 5, 2023, 7:30 AM Mick Abraham via RE-wrenches  wrote: 

Hi, Mechanix~ Web portals such as Optics-RE make for easy well-baby visits for off gridders. The prospective customers that I met yesterday aren't here full time so they may not want to commit $1200/year on satellite internet service, but the Verizon 4G signal is strong at the homesite.  

Which web-enabled battery based inverter platforms have a dongle for 4G LTE? I know we'd need a data type SIM card & I'd need to live with a slow refresh rate so the SIM wouldn't need data replenishment too often. This wouldn't be as good as if the site had real broadband, but maybe still better than nothing. 

So far, I've only found this type of accy with the Victron platform: their model GX LTE. Among the other platforms & hybrid inverters I've found next to nothing, but "the Wrench List is the Bomb" at knowing things that I don't. Any suggestions would be welcomed. Thanks in advance, 


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Re: [RE-wrenches] Web based system monitoring via 4GLTE uplink?

2023-06-05 Thread Jerry Shafer via RE-wrenches
Wrenches
I have used Verizon cellular modems, looks the same works the same just pay
for data mine was 25 per month 2 year contract, very simple, I plugged in
both the blueplanet battery's and outback mate and there we had it. I'm
sure all the carriers have the same thing.
Fun times

On Mon, Jun 5, 2023, 6:30 AM Mick Abraham via RE-wrenches <
re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org> wrote:

> Hi, Mechanix~ Web portals such as Optics-RE make for easy well-baby visits
> for off gridders. The prospective customers that I met yesterday aren't
> here full time so they may not want to commit $1200/year on satellite
> internet service, but the Verizon 4G signal is strong at the homesite.
>
> Which web-enabled battery based inverter platforms have a dongle for 4G
> LTE? I know we'd need a data type SIM card & I'd need to live with a slow
> refresh rate so the SIM wouldn't need data replenishment too often. This
> wouldn't be as good as if the site had real broadband, but maybe still
> better than nothing.
>
> So far, I've only found this type of accy with the Victron platform: their
> model GX LTE. Among the other platforms & hybrid inverters I've found next
> to nothing, but "the Wrench List is the Bomb" at knowing things that I
> don't. Any suggestions would be welcomed. Thanks in advance,
>
> Mick Abraham, Proprietor
> www.abrahamsolar.com
>
> Landline: 970-731-4675
> Cell phone or for text messaging: 970-946-6584
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Re: [RE-wrenches] Web based system monitoring via 4GLTE uplink?

2023-06-05 Thread Mac Lewis via RE-wrenches
Mick,

I'll vouch that the Victron solution works great. You need a GSM carrier,
TMobile works as well as others, AT for one. The GSM piece is important,
Verizon won't work with this.

Another approach is to do a Mifi box with Verizon, then just use it as a
wireless hotspot like any WiFi network.

No problems with the single Victron that we have out there.

Good luck!

On Mon, Jun 5, 2023, 7:30 AM Mick Abraham via RE-wrenches <
re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org> wrote:

> Hi, Mechanix~ Web portals such as Optics-RE make for easy well-baby visits
> for off gridders. The prospective customers that I met yesterday aren't
> here full time so they may not want to commit $1200/year on satellite
> internet service, but the Verizon 4G signal is strong at the homesite.
>
> Which web-enabled battery based inverter platforms have a dongle for 4G
> LTE? I know we'd need a data type SIM card & I'd need to live with a slow
> refresh rate so the SIM wouldn't need data replenishment too often. This
> wouldn't be as good as if the site had real broadband, but maybe still
> better than nothing.
>
> So far, I've only found this type of accy with the Victron platform: their
> model GX LTE. Among the other platforms & hybrid inverters I've found next
> to nothing, but "the Wrench List is the Bomb" at knowing things that I
> don't. Any suggestions would be welcomed. Thanks in advance,
>
> Mick Abraham, Proprietor
> www.abrahamsolar.com
>
> Landline: 970-731-4675
> Cell phone or for text messaging: 970-946-6584
> ᐧ
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[RE-wrenches] Web based system monitoring via 4GLTE uplink?

2023-06-05 Thread Mick Abraham via RE-wrenches
Hi, Mechanix~ Web portals such as Optics-RE make for easy well-baby visits
for off gridders. The prospective customers that I met yesterday aren't
here full time so they may not want to commit $1200/year on satellite
internet service, but the Verizon 4G signal is strong at the homesite.

Which web-enabled battery based inverter platforms have a dongle for 4G
LTE? I know we'd need a data type SIM card & I'd need to live with a slow
refresh rate so the SIM wouldn't need data replenishment too often. This
wouldn't be as good as if the site had real broadband, but maybe still
better than nothing.

So far, I've only found this type of accy with the Victron platform: their
model GX LTE. Among the other platforms & hybrid inverters I've found next
to nothing, but "the Wrench List is the Bomb" at knowing things that I
don't. Any suggestions would be welcomed. Thanks in advance,

Mick Abraham, Proprietor
www.abrahamsolar.com

Landline: 970-731-4675
Cell phone or for text messaging: 970-946-6584
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