I know it might be out of some peoples budget, but a PacketFlux Sitemonitor ($99.95) and a shunt (<$50 I think) will do what you want. It is what we use on our solar sites, and we graph/monitor them to make sure that the voltage stays high enough.
Regards, Chuck Hogg Shelby Broadband 502-722-9292 ch...@shelbybb.com http://www.shelbybb.com -----Original Message----- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Robert West Sent: Saturday, December 05, 2009 4:52 PM To: 'WISPA General List' Subject: Re: [WISPA] Mikrotik Serial Port Monitoring Thanks Scott. I knew there had to be a lot of people wanting to use the serial pins for similar things. I was surprised to see it not in the recent releases. Stopped me dead in my tracks! Bob- -----Original Message----- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Scott Reed Sent: Saturday, December 05, 2009 4:40 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Mikrotik Serial Port Monitoring I ask them at MUM and they said this will be enabled soon. I sent it as enhancement suggestion, but have not heard anything from them. Robert West wrote: > Before I go over to the MT forums and get treated like an idiot (they are > somehow able to see through my clever disguise, darn it!) I'm looking for > anyone who has used the serial pins on the Routerboard to send an on/off > signal. > > > > I have a home brew solar install that runs an AP but there are times, like > many cloudy days in a row, things don't charge as well and the battery will > drop and then I lose the AP. I have a backup battery I carry with me and I > swap the things from time to time but still, sometimes it drops out. > > > > I'm cheap, so bear with me here. I know there are lots of things I can buy > ($$$) to do what I want to do but I'm a maverick, a rebel, a guy who knows > just enough to screw everything up and almost enough to fix some of it. > So.... I only want the MT to send me a message that the battery is low. I > have an el-cheapo device, cost me fifteen bucks, that will monitor the > battery and turn on 3 lights ,"Good", "Low" and "You better get here or the > phone is gonna start ringing". If I can take the voltage that is sent to my > "low" led and use that to send a signal to the serial port then I think I'd > be almost there. Older versions of RouterOS had a package that would > monitor the serial port but from what I read, it's no more. Was it > substituted with anything? If so, I can't find it. > > > > Any help is welcome, just don't send me to the forums, those guys are > ruthless! > > > > Robert West > > Just Micro Digital Services Inc. > > 740-335-7020 > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---- ---- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---- ---- > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > > > -- Scott Reed Sr. Systems Engineer GAB Midwest 1-800-363-1544 x4000 Cell: 260-273-7239 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---- ---- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---- ---- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -------- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
