Re: Network-controlled power switches/relays?

2017-08-23 Thread Tom Buskey
>From what I've seen Web Power Switch is reasonably secure. It's worth getting. I have some wifi adapters from TP-Link that have an Android App, Kasa. That's not secure IMO. I don't think they're worth getting even at home for that reason. The only good thing is that someone hacked a script to

Re: Network-controlled power switches/relays?

2017-08-23 Thread Gerry Hull
Web power switch has a secure web API. I think there is a Android App. I use a C# API myself... pretty simple code. Gerry Gerry Hull, Owner Telosity.com -- Cloud-based Communications Solutions Consulting |

Re: Network-controlled power switches/relays?

2017-08-23 Thread Tom Buskey
The one they're holding in the video, the Web Power Switch Pro , looks like the one I had in a lab with WiFi added. Price is similar. I'd get one again if I needed it. I have some of those android app wifi ones from tp-link at

Re: Network-controlled power switches/relays?

2017-08-22 Thread Gerry Hull
Use these all over the world. Have three in the arctic. Work great, inexpensive! Network ping restart. https://www.digital-loggers.com/lpc.html Gerry On Tue, Aug 22, 2017 at 3:33 PM, Joshua Judson Rosen wrote: > Anyone have any experience with

Re: Network-controlled power switches/relays?

2017-08-22 Thread Matt Minuti
Might want to take a look at the sonoff switch modules. Basically a wifi-controlled relay you can flash them with different firmware. Dirt cheap, too! On Tue, Aug 22, 2017, 5:03 PM Mac wrote: > Just had the experience of designing a multiple outlet web switch. > >

Re: Network-controlled power switches/relays?

2017-08-22 Thread Mac
Just had the experience of designing a multiple outlet web switch. JAVA/Browser UI with python/RaspPI controller. In this case I had some serious in rush current issues for a couple of devices being controlled. Ultimately switched to SSR's that were rated at nearly 10 x the current rating of

Re: Network-controlled power switches/relays?

2017-08-22 Thread Tom Buskey
I had used a web based PDU with ~ 6 outlets and you could toggle them individually. I wish I could remember the brand/where I got it. It was under $200, maybe closer to $100 and a great deal. I think it was a Cyberguys thing. There are other PDUs that can do that. eBay might be the only way

Re: Network-controlled power switches/relays?

2017-08-22 Thread Jerry Feldman
We have an ancient device on the BLU server. We keep it on the local LAN and we access it from one of the other systems . I looked into a PDU a few years ago at algorithmics. We chose a non connected system. I believe that Tripplite and APC have several models. Sent from Galaxy S6 Android Jerry

Re: Network-controlled power switches/relays?

2017-08-22 Thread Shawn O'Shea
Not sure if you are looking for rack-mount or what your price range is, but at $dayjob, I a have a few rackmount ePDU G3 Managed from Eaton. http://powerquality.eaton.com/Products-services/Backup-Power-UPS/Eaton-Managed-ePDU.aspx I have users accessing these remotely, most commonly via SSH X11

Network-controlled power switches/relays?

2017-08-22 Thread Joshua Judson Rosen
Anyone have any experience with ethernet-controlled power relays? I have a situation with a couple of embedded Linux appliances I'm working on, that are deployed hundreds of miles away from me, and I need the ability to power-cycle one of them remotely. Looking for some sort of remote-controlled