Just thinking of other projects to buy parts for then put them in the closet, never to be seen again...
My water well pump and standby genset are located too far from my home (about 200') to be heard, which is not necessarily a bad thing. However, there are some times when I would like to "listen" to both. For example, there have been times when my genset has failed to start when it was supposed to. For diagnostic purposes, it would have been nice to know if it had at least tried to start, or started then stopped. I have a data logger on the genset that logs when it is running, but it only logs when it is generating 120Vac. So if it tried to start (turned over a few times) but couldn't, that would not be logged.
So, given that I have LAN access close to the pump and the genset, how about some ideas on listening in on these things. Ideally, the listening (and recording) would start/stop automatically at preset times (e.g., every week when the genset is scheduled to exercise), when certain conditions are met (I can already detect the water well pump start/stop via a relay connected in parallel to the wires going to the pump, and I can also detect loss of utility power), or just when I want to. I have CQC, an Elk M1G, and a Barix Barionet as potential starting points. The M1G is remote to the genset/pump, but I do have expansion card capability nearby. I would want to listen to the recordings or real-time audio from my home (i.e., on my PC speakers), without having to go out to the genset/well.
Apologies in advance if this has been discussed before. I did some searches, but got hundreds of hits and got sleepy/lazy going thru all of them.
Thanks,
Ira
My water well pump and standby genset are located too far from my home (about 200') to be heard, which is not necessarily a bad thing. However, there are some times when I would like to "listen" to both. For example, there have been times when my genset has failed to start when it was supposed to. For diagnostic purposes, it would have been nice to know if it had at least tried to start, or started then stopped. I have a data logger on the genset that logs when it is running, but it only logs when it is generating 120Vac. So if it tried to start (turned over a few times) but couldn't, that would not be logged.
So, given that I have LAN access close to the pump and the genset, how about some ideas on listening in on these things. Ideally, the listening (and recording) would start/stop automatically at preset times (e.g., every week when the genset is scheduled to exercise), when certain conditions are met (I can already detect the water well pump start/stop via a relay connected in parallel to the wires going to the pump, and I can also detect loss of utility power), or just when I want to. I have CQC, an Elk M1G, and a Barix Barionet as potential starting points. The M1G is remote to the genset/pump, but I do have expansion card capability nearby. I would want to listen to the recordings or real-time audio from my home (i.e., on my PC speakers), without having to go out to the genset/well.
Apologies in advance if this has been discussed before. I did some searches, but got hundreds of hits and got sleepy/lazy going thru all of them.
Thanks,
Ira
