Turn dust collection on/of and control power with remote

[johanneshk]

Hi,
I'm thinking about improving my current dust collection in my workshop. I have 50mm pipes running through the shop connected to a central vacuum. Currently, the vacuum automatically turns on when a connected machine is turned on (via this relais).
It works well, but I'd like to be able to manually turn on/off and adjust the power of the vacuum using a remote. The workshop is about 10x5m².
So my rough idea is the following: I'd use a Moteino (trace antenna) with RFM69CW for the remote. I'd add some buttons to turn on/off and a potentiometer to adjust the power. To control the vacuum I'm thinking about using a Controllino mini, because it already has functionality to switch 230V. I would connect a RFM69CW to the Controllino to give it RF capabilities. I would use these products to control power for the vacuum turbine: Power control and Pulse converter

I'm a beginner with RF, but have some experience with arduino (mainly LED projects). I'd like to do this with ready-made boards, I have no experience with making my own boards. So here are my questions:

• can I use the RFM69CW board to add RF capabilities to the Controllino? Do I need an antenna for it?
• can you recommend an easy way to supply the remote with power? I'm thinking a board which provides power via LiPo battery and also provides charging
• any other ideas, improvements are welcome

Thank you,
 Johannes

EDIT: I did some more reading and I'm now confident that I should be able to achieve what I want. I order a Moteino (trace antenna) with HCW and another HCW. I realized the Moteino ships with an antenna. Have to figure out power supply now...

[TomWS]

Well, there is this:
https://lowpowerlab.com/forum/projects/controller-for-workshop-dust-collector/
and this:
https://lowpowerlab.com/forum/projects/remote-for-the-dc-controller/

The current version uses chip antenna, a Moteino equivalent circuit, and a current sensor module at each piece of power equipment.  The central controller at the vacuum system also controls the air valves that open and close blast gates.  It works pretty well in my 10Mx8M workshop.  I no longer use a handheld remote - it's all automatic.

[johanneshk]

Thank you, I'll check that out.