Re: [RE-wrenches] Monitoring on Remote Sites

2022-03-22 Thread Dan Fink
John - It appears that Ubiquiti does still have a 900 MHz bridge available, looks like a very small dish instead of a flat panel. I suggest giving them a call or an email. They were very helpful in email and on the phone when my first 2.4 GHz system was intermittent (worked fine in winter, not in s

Re: [RE-wrenches] Monitoring on Remote Sites

2022-03-22 Thread John Blittersdorf
Dan, are the 900 MHz flat panels still available. I’m looking at a need for a 1000’ bridge with some trees in the way. I could also do a two step going from my house to my barn 800’ away clear shot and then to the cabin another 300’ clear shot. Is that possible? I’m getting Starlink to replace m

Re: [RE-wrenches] Monitoring on Remote Sites

2022-03-16 Thread Dave Tedeyan
The lower the frequency, the less it will be affected by the trees. I've sent the 2.4GHZ radios through some trees before with no issues, but I have not tried a quarter mile. I would not be concerned about the elevation change though as long as you don't have to go through earth with the line betwe

Re: [RE-wrenches] Monitoring on Remote Sites

2022-03-16 Thread AE Solar
Hey all, Thanks for all the good info and sorry for the slow reply. I meant to mention in the first post that line of sight is an issue. It’s probably a quarter mile (maybe less) through forested terrain to the nearest building on the property that has WiFi. There is also a decent elevation change

Re: [RE-wrenches] Monitoring on Remote Sites

2022-03-14 Thread Foxfire Energy
We’ve had success with Wilson amplifiers and a cell phone modem hotspot Sent from my iPhone On Mar 14, 2022, at 5:58 PM, Sam Haraldson wrote:  Adam, What kind of distance between the inverters and the existing internet connection? Is there line of sight between the two? Is there an electri

Re: [RE-wrenches] Monitoring on Remote Sites

2022-03-14 Thread Sam Haraldson
Adam, What kind of distance between the inverters and the existing internet connection? Is there line of sight between the two? Is there an electrical panel at the inverters that would allow you to install a low amperage AC circuit for powering comms devices? Folks have made some good suggestio

Re: [RE-wrenches] Monitoring on Remote Sites

2022-03-14 Thread Glenn Burt
advantages here – no programming and no active powered parts. -Glenn From: RE-wrenches On Behalf Of AE Solar Sent: Monday, March 14, 2022 1:48 PM To: RE-wrenches Subject: [RE-wrenches] Monitoring on Remote Sites Wrenchers, We have a project on a large property, where the install site has no

Re: [RE-wrenches] Monitoring on Remote Sites

2022-03-14 Thread Luke Christy
Dave- As Dan pointed out, the Litebeam products are not wifi extenders. They must be used in pairs or other multi-device arrangements. Put simply, they allow you to transfer a hard ethernet connection wirelessly through a 5ghz radio link. One nice thing about them is that they function exactly

Re: [RE-wrenches] Monitoring on Remote Sites

2022-03-14 Thread Dan Fink
I concur with Luke Christy below - I have had great success with Ubiquiti wireless bridges. If the line of sight is not completely clear, their 2 and 5gHz dishes can be problematic, but their 900mHz flat panels will work through a moderate amount of vegetation. I'm using that one to write this emai

Re: [RE-wrenches] Monitoring on Remote Sites

2022-03-14 Thread Dave Tedeyan
Luke, I wanted to try out Ubiquiti products, and bought a NanoStation M2, but haven't installed it yet. With the Lighbeam, can any device connect to it? If so, I know at least the SMA SB wifi can only connect to 2Ghz, and not 5Ghz. I'll have to see if there is a 2Ghz option. This is why I cannot us

Re: [RE-wrenches] Monitoring on Remote Sites

2022-03-14 Thread Luke Christy
Adam, I would second Dave’s suggestion to use wireless bridges for this application -if hardwired internet access is available elsewhere on the property and if there is decent line of sight access between that point and where your equipment lives. I have used a lot of Ubiquiti Litebeam point-t

Re: [RE-wrenches] Monitoring on Remote Sites

2022-03-14 Thread Dave Tedeyan
Hi Adam, I have had good luck in the past setting up a wireless bridge. You will need an outlet at the array to power the radio there, but these things can work over long distances as long as there is line of sight. In the past, I have used the Engenius ENH202. They often would even make the wifi s

[RE-wrenches] Monitoring on Remote Sites

2022-03-14 Thread AE Solar
Wrenchers, We have a project on a large property, where the install site has no internet (there is internet much further away on the property, and on a different service) and cell reception is pretty bad. We attempted to use SMA Cell Modem Kits (sunny boy inverters), but couldn't get a good enough