Parallel comment: Starlink & Solark - Starlink comes setup as 5G : to run Solark on Starlink you need to split it to 2.3/2.5 G in the settings section. Would this Help Optics?
Dana Orzel - d...@solarwork.com - 208.721.7003 On Feb 22, 2025, at 9:50 AM, Dan Fink via RE-wrenches <re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org> wrote: Esteemed Wrenches - can anyone provide me with recent updates as to how Starlink is working with outback OpticsRE currently? I tried it on a nightmare offgrid system last year, it didn't work, I called Outback tech support, they said it was an issue, and they were working on Mate3S firmware updates, and then they were sold to the EG4 folks who are non-responive. I have a remote nightmare system that I thought I finally fixed over a year ago. The internet connection is DSL (yepper, the 1990s are calling and want to laugh at me) and I fixed the problem for about a year by keeping just OpticsRE and the Resol solar thermal on the old DSL, and moving all mobile device traffic to Starlink.This a southern Colorado "Santa Fe" style estate with rebar-embedded concrete walls that block all wifi. All Outback Optics is hardwired LAN, with a fiber optic LAN system installed just for Outback because the over 50 foot distance didnt work. Now it is misbehaving again, on the DSL. Stays connected for 4-6 hours, then drops. Homeowner trained the housekeeper to reboot the Mate3S, works for 4-6 hours then drops, she only goes there once a week or 2. Can I try again to connect the Mate3S hardwired to Starlink, or will it be once again a futile waste of my billing hours as was last time? I'm just happy the homeowner is a very nice guy and OK with paying my bill for so many site visits, even when those visits don't fix the problem. That's a rare situation, many other clients would be suing me. But when I started in this business in 1994, there were no solar monitoring LANs and only horribly slow satellite links that wouldn't do data. I would never have known what that even meant. Now, seems like I am doing more LAN networking work than PV volts amps watts. And this is FLA batteries, not LiFePO4 and no BMS. What a strange new world we live in. Owner, Buckville Energy Consulting LLC IREC Certified Instructor for PV and Small Wind Installation NABCEP Certified PV System Inspector NABCEP PV Associate d<mailto:dan.f...@greendustrialtraining.com>anbo...@gmail.com<mailto:anbo...@gmail.com> 970-672-4342 _______________________________________________ List sponsored by Redwood Alliance Pay optional member dues here: http://re-wrenches.org List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org Change listserver email address & settings: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org There are two list archives for searching. When one doesn't work, try the other: https://www.mail-archive.com/re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org/ http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List rules & etiquette: http://www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm Check out or update participant bios: http://www.members.re-wrenches.org
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