Apologies, Should have listed the following link as this is suited for the US market whereas the other is European.
http://www.tekview-solutions.com/powertxtduo.php Regards, Hal Ponton Senior Network Engineer Buzcom / FibreWiFi Tel: 07429 979 217 Email: h...@buzcom.net > On 7 Dec 2015, at 01:18, Hal Ponton <h...@buzcom.net> wrote: > > 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 >>> >>>
