About a dozen of my sites are using Starlink to support Opticsre without any sort of issue. Extremely stable compared to past strategies.
Nick On Sat, Feb 22, 2025 at 8:49 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 <dan.f...@greendustrialtraining.com>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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