Hi, So historically we've been a mostly AC setup, but I'm trying to figure out a DC setup for some of our smaller sites, and hopefully a solar setup as well. I'm new to all of this though so I'm trying to see if anyone has any written guides or part lists. Basic goal is to power an airfiber or equivalent and A few Canopy or Ubnt APs.
Here's what I've been looking at so far: 48v DC power supply Traco TSP-BCMU360 Packetflux Site monitor 2 base Packetflux SiteMonitor 6 Channel Switch Closure Input Neotonix DC switch This seems to work okay, the TSP-BCMU360 charges and monitors the battery and the Packetflux Sitemonitor provides a network connection to monitor the status. Issues so far: I'm running the site monitor off the BCMU, but this means that it's input power is 48v, I want to monitor the voltage of the battery, but that's just 12v and I don't think I can have different voltages plugged into the two inputs to the site monitor. Another option would be to have the site monitor powered off the batteries directly, but that seems bad... Is the packetflux stuff the best solution for this, or is there another web enabling option? Seem pretty good so far, but I'm not even sure what the other options are. The other issue is I have no idea what I should be using for breaker/fuses for the equipment. A suggested list of DIN mountable stuff I should have would be super useful if someone has it on hand. Also who to order this stuff from. The other thing I would like to try is some kind of solar setup. Again it need to be monitored remotely. Power draw would be as low as I could manage. This is Oregon, so not lots of snow, but there are a lot of cloudy days. Packetflux makes several items that integrate with Morning Star controllers. It that a good way to go? Something like a TS-MPPT-30? Batteries are another thing. I'm also very curious if Lithium ion batteries are feasible yet. This would need a different charger but it would save a TON of space and maybe even be cost effective given the smaller enclosure size that would be possible. Then there is the issue of what solar panels to buy. If anyone has any thoughts, comments, links, documents, etc. I'd really appreciate it. Thanks, Duncan _______________________________________________ Wireless mailing list [email protected] http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
