[aprssig] Repeater 'telemetry'

[David Andrzejewski]

I would want to know:

* Battery voltage and charge status. Bonus: Battery voltage under load.
* Solar info (whatever that might be, I don't know a lot about solar)
* Output power and SWR.

Of course, all the stuff to do this and make the measurements consumes even more power!

There is a telemetry spec in APRS, and if I recall correctly, you send one packet that defines what the telemetry fields mean, and then another with the actual telemetry data.

- Dave/ad8g

September 6, 2020 11:17 PM, "Michael Pittaro" <mikeyp at lhrc.com (mailto:mikeyp at lhrc.com?to=%22Michael%20Pittaro%22%20<mikeyp at lhrc.com>)> wrote:
 I've taken on an analog repeater project. Since the repeater will be off-grid and somewhat remote, I think it might be a good idea to monitor telemetry over packet or APRS.  What sort of hardware / software combinations are typically used for this type of setup? Mostly, I"m interested in environmentals and things like battery status / charge status, and possibly repeater activity.  I'm pretty sure I can figure it all out, but hoping there might be some established patterns I can copy. Hardware and software skills aren't an issue, and I'm assuming there will be custom interfacing, but I really don't want to build it all from scratch unless necessary.  I'll summarize any responses.  Thanks, mike, kj6vcp
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