<!DOCTYPE html><html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /></head><body><div data-html-editor-font-wrapper="true" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">I would want to know:<br><br>* Battery voltage and charge status. Bonus: Battery voltage under load.<br>* Solar info (whatever that might be, I don't know a lot about solar)<br>* Output power and SWR.<br><br>Of course, all the stuff to do this and make the measurements consumes even more power!<br><br>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.<br><br>- Dave/ad8g<br><br>September 6, 2020 11:17 PM, "Michael Pittaro" <<a target="_blank" tabindex="-1" href="mailto:mikeyp@lhrc.com?to=%22Michael%20Pittaro%22%20<mikeyp@lhrc.com>">mikeyp@lhrc.com</a>> wrote:<br> <blockquote><div><div><div dir="ltr"> <div style="font-size: small">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.</div> <div style="font-size: small"></div> <div style="font-size: small">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.</div> <div style="font-size: small"></div> <div style="font-size: small">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.</div> <div style="font-size: small"></div> <div style="font-size: small">I'll summarize any responses.</div> <div style="font-size: small"></div> <div style="font-size: small">Thanks,</div> <div style="font-size: small">mike, kj6vcp</div> <div style="font-size: small"></div> <div style="font-size: small"></div> <div style="font-size: small"></div> <div style="font-size: small"></div> <div style="font-size: small"></div> </div></div></div></blockquote> <br><br><signature></signature> </div></body></html>