[RE-wrenches] Web based system monitoring via 4GLTE uplink?

[drake.chamberlin at redwoodalliance.org]

We use a Verizon Jet Pack for our internet. It wants to have its battery
charged and then be unplugged, like any cell phone. Is there a variety
that can be left plugged in? Charging could be set up to be intermittent
with a timer switch. 

Drake 

_Drake Chamberlin_ 

_Athens Electric LLC_ 

_Ohio Electrical Contractor's License 44810_ 

_CO Master Electrician's License 4526_ 

_NABCEP Certified PV Installation Professional_

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On 2023-06-05 10:16, Mac Lewis via RE-wrenches wrote:

> Mick, 
> 
> I'll vouch that the Victron solution works great. You need a GSM carrier, TMobile works as well as others, AT&T for one. The GSM piece is important, Verizon won't work with this.  
> 
> Another approach is to do a Mifi box with Verizon, then just use it as a wireless hotspot like any WiFi network.  
> 
> No problems with the single Victron that we have out there.  
> 
> Good luck! 
> 
> On Mon, Jun 5, 2023, 7:30 AM Mick Abraham via RE-wrenches <re-wrenches at lists.re-wrenches.org> wrote: 
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>> Hi, Mechanix~ Web portals such as Optics-RE make for easy well-baby visits for off gridders. The prospective customers that I met yesterday aren't here full time so they may not want to commit $1200/year on satellite internet service, but the Verizon 4G signal is strong at the homesite.  
>> 
>> Which web-enabled battery based inverter platforms have a dongle for 4G LTE? I know we'd need a data type SIM card & I'd need to live with a slow refresh rate so the SIM wouldn't need data replenishment too often. This wouldn't be as good as if the site had real broadband, but maybe still better than nothing. 
>> 
>> So far, I've only found this type of accy with the Victron platform: their model GX LTE. Among the other platforms & hybrid inverters I've found next to nothing, but "the Wrench List is the Bomb" at knowing things that I don't. Any suggestions would be welcomed. Thanks in advance, 
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