We have an interesting problem, we manufacture high-end sprinkler based mosquito control systems, and we want to make the product web accessible. But our machine is often mounted well outside the range of the homes Wi-Fi network and even beyond Wi-Fi range extender capability. Due to this we need to explore a different approach.
Our control panel already has an unused Serial Wireless card on it (part # RFM23BP 433Mhz), the range on this is apparently several hundred feet with very good signal integrity. The idea is to source a hub of some sort that will receive the serial wireless signal and have it connect to the home’s router using an ethernet cable. This hub will then communicate with a cloud-based server which will have a database of settings, log, etc for each machine. The homeowner or contractor will then use an app or webpage to log into the server and push/pull data.
I know this sounds complicated, but we have seen a similar product use this approach with good success. The product is called Solamist (https://remingtonsolar.com/products/solamist/).
We would very much appreciate any ideas or advice on how we could set our machine up to work like this. For example, are there hubs on the market we could use? Or are there even turn-key solutions with a hub and cloud-based database?
One additional piece of information – our machine also has an used Wi-Fi card on the board (part # WIFI ESP8266 ESP-04 module), but again this approach would not give us the range that we feel we will need. The last thing we want is unhappy customers because their machine makes erratic (or no) connection to the web.
Any thoughts or help is very much appreciated!
Kind Regards,
Peter Olt
CEO
Sprinkler Magician LLC
BTW - our website is: https://mosquitomagician.com/ you can see the machine there if interested.
Our control panel already has an unused Serial Wireless card on it (part # RFM23BP 433Mhz), the range on this is apparently several hundred feet with very good signal integrity. The idea is to source a hub of some sort that will receive the serial wireless signal and have it connect to the home’s router using an ethernet cable. This hub will then communicate with a cloud-based server which will have a database of settings, log, etc for each machine. The homeowner or contractor will then use an app or webpage to log into the server and push/pull data.
I know this sounds complicated, but we have seen a similar product use this approach with good success. The product is called Solamist (https://remingtonsolar.com/products/solamist/).
We would very much appreciate any ideas or advice on how we could set our machine up to work like this. For example, are there hubs on the market we could use? Or are there even turn-key solutions with a hub and cloud-based database?
One additional piece of information – our machine also has an used Wi-Fi card on the board (part # WIFI ESP8266 ESP-04 module), but again this approach would not give us the range that we feel we will need. The last thing we want is unhappy customers because their machine makes erratic (or no) connection to the web.
Any thoughts or help is very much appreciated!
Kind Regards,
Peter Olt
CEO
Sprinkler Magician LLC
BTW - our website is: https://mosquitomagician.com/ you can see the machine there if interested.