There are already devices that are doing this like PowerTxT, it may be based off another company I may add but we are using them for OOB monitoring of power for remote sites.
They have just enough power in the capacitors to send a text message to a master number or gateway for an NMS. Have a look at http://www.tekview-solutions.com/powertxt.php Regards, Hal Ponton Senior Network Engineer Buzcom / FibreWiFi Tel: 07429 979 217 Email: h...@buzcom.net > On 7 Dec 2015, at 01:07, b <b-na...@grmbl.net> wrote: > > What about a $20 android phone, when it detects a power loss (stops > charging), send an sms. > >> On Mon, Dec 07, 2015 at 12:03:48PM +1100, Karl Auer wrote: >>> On Sun, 2015-12-06 at 18:13 -0600, Josh Reynolds wrote: >>> You could always just use UPS equipment that can send out alerts on power >>> outages and low bat voltage. Or, use equipment that supports dying gasp. >> >> The equipment you have needs to be able to send the alert, which means >> SMS or email-capable equipment needs to stay powered up long enough to >> do that. >> >> There might be a product idea here, if no-one's done it already: >> Something like a RaspBerry Pi, running off a lithium battery, with a >> recharge circuit and something to detect a power outage. Add a 3G/4G >> card to send an SMS alert, put it all in a box, plug it into power. Only >> configuration needed is setting the SMS target(s)... If you made it >> network addressable (on 3G/4G) it could send emails as well. >> >> Regards, K. >> >> -- >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> Karl Auer (ka...@biplane.com.au) >> http://www.biplane.com.au/kauer >> http://twitter.com/kauer389 >> >> GPG fingerprint: 3C41 82BE A9E7 99A1 B931 5AE7 7638 0147 2C3C 2AC4 >> Old fingerprint: EC67 61E2 C2F6 EB55 884B E129 072B 0AF0 72AA 9882 >> >>
