There is a boat here in Washington with a very complete security/monitor system installed that uses his cell phone data plan for connection. He lives in New York about half the year and can monitor the system or get
Notifications from the system via cell phone connection. Rick Brass Washington, NC From: Josh Muckley via CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com] Sent: Tuesday, March 2, 2021 4:36 PM To: Stus-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> Cc: Josh Muckley <muckl...@gmail.com> Subject: Stus-List Re: Bilge monitor Sitting in the slip... My wifi is connected often enough. I see it as being similar to many of the smart devices in our homes. I can control my grill and my Christmas lights anywhere in the world and I currently monitor my freezer temp remotely. If I lose wifi momentarily or for hours on end it doesn't matter. Once a wifi signal is running again everything picks right up where it left off. Sure I'm SOL during the outage but sitting in the slip or on the hard my wifi is sufficient. If it isn't a wifi Hotspot or cell phone plan isn't very prohibitive. Josh Muckley S/V Sea Hawk 1989 C&C 37+ Solomons, MD On Tue, Mar 2, 2021, 15:58 Robert Boyer via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com <mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > wrote: All this depends on a reliable WIFI connection, right? Do you think your bilge pump switch, for example, is more or less reliable than your onboard WIFI connection? Bob Bob Boyer s/v Rainy Days C&C Landfall 38 (Hull # 230) (Spending winters in warm places, and summers on the Chesapeake Bay) blog: dainyrays.blogspot.com <http://dainyrays.blogspot.com> email: dainyr...@icloud.com <mailto:dainyr...@icloud.com> On Mar 2, 2021, at 1:43 PM, Riley Anderson via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com <mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > wrote: Len, I'm installing a Victron Cerbo GX. It can do everything you're asking and will transmit data remotely to the Victron VRM app/website. It needs an internet connection. Either wifi or hardwired. Victron also sells a GSM device with a SIM card (~$12/month) if you don't want to rely on marina wifi. Here is the Victron Cerbo GX: https://amzn.to/2OfIPxc and technical data <https://www.victronenergy.com/panel-systems-remote-monitoring/cerbo-gx> . It can do a lot. Just depends on how fancy you want to get. You can email me if you have more questions. You can also build your own with a raspberry pi and the open-source Venus OS from Victron. It's the same software they use on the Cerbo but you'll have to be pretty software savvy to make it do everything you want. Here is a link to the Venus OS GitHub page: https://github.com/victronenergy/venus/wiki Hope this helps, Cheers Riley On Tue, Mar 2, 2021 at 11:31 AM Len Mitchell via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com <mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > wrote: With all this talk about bilge pumps I am looking at a way to monitor the boat when I am not there. Has anyone bought or built a monitor? It looks possible with a Raspberry Pi computer. I would like to monitor battery bank voltage, bilge pump cycles or bilge water level and refrigerator temperature. You could go farther and monitor tank levels or install a cctv camera too. I am interested in any experience on this. I am not opposed to using an old laptop, iPad or tablet if that is more robust. https://medium.com/initial-state/how-to-monitor-your-boat-during-the-winter-months-d89f7d76a88d Len Mitchell S/V Crazy Legs 1989 C&C 37+ Midland On. Sent from my iPad Thanks to all of the subscribers that contributed to the list to help with the costs involved. If you want to show your support to the list - use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray Thanks - Stu -- Fair winds and following seas, Charlotte Freeland & Riley Anderson SV Freight Train Middletown, CT USA Thanks to all of the subscribers that contributed to the list to help with the costs involved. If you want to show your support to the list - use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray Thanks - Stu Thanks to all of the subscribers that contributed to the list to help with the costs involved. If you want to show your support to the list - use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray Thanks - Stu
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