Cool stuff. Hey Robert, I have a basic stamp programmer and a couple modules. Look in your junk box and trade me something.
Mike At 07:16 PM 12/5/2009, you wrote: >This is the sort of thing I was thinking of: >http://tuxgraphics.org/electronics/200904/embedded-webserver-equipment-control.shtml > >Something along the lines of a hobbyist kit project - cheap but some >legwork involved. > >Greg > > >On Dec 5, 2009, at 8:06 PM, Robert West wrote: > > > Good thoughts. I'll look those over. I think I have some isolators in my > > fun box that I ripped out of something I trashed, never thought of that. > > May as well get fancy and use the GOOD hot glue........ > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On > > Behalf Of os10ru...@gmail.com > > Sent: Saturday, December 05, 2009 7:02 PM > > To: WISPA General List > > Subject: Re: [WISPA] Mikrotik Serial Port Monitoring > > > > There are some really cool (and cheap) ASIC boards with Ethernet based > > connectivity that you need to write a custom program for but you could get > > really fancy with. They have A/D converters and you could monitor the > > battery voltage accurately, and you could have the device email you at the > > desired voltage set points and you could have it email you each > day with the > > battery voltage. It would take some work but it could be nice. > > > > I would be a little concerned about how well buffered the serial port lines > > are on the MT board. You might want to use some opto-isolators for your > > interface. > > > > Greg > > > > On Dec 5, 2009, at 4:34 PM, 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/ > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ---- > > WISPA Wants You! 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