mxracer17788
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- Jul 11, 2012
- 57
Hi all,
I have various stress gauges mounted in a stationary unit and we are trying to design a monitoring system for these gauges. Is there a way to have these units send data over a couple hundred miles without the use of internet? My first thought was radio waves but we would need an awfully large antenna to receive the signal. The reason that I don't want to use internet is because we would have to charge a monthly monitoring fee to cover the network data plan, and this would make the product far too expensive. Plus, I can't think of an easy way to have these units tap into the owner's existing internet connection. Ideally what we want is to sell these units, and then be able to replace them if we receive an alarm signal from the unit after too much stress has been achieved. What I'm asking for may be impossible, but I'm just looking for suggestions on possibilities to solve this issue.
Thanks,
Jeff
I have various stress gauges mounted in a stationary unit and we are trying to design a monitoring system for these gauges. Is there a way to have these units send data over a couple hundred miles without the use of internet? My first thought was radio waves but we would need an awfully large antenna to receive the signal. The reason that I don't want to use internet is because we would have to charge a monthly monitoring fee to cover the network data plan, and this would make the product far too expensive. Plus, I can't think of an easy way to have these units tap into the owner's existing internet connection. Ideally what we want is to sell these units, and then be able to replace them if we receive an alarm signal from the unit after too much stress has been achieved. What I'm asking for may be impossible, but I'm just looking for suggestions on possibilities to solve this issue.
Thanks,
Jeff