Hi all,
I'm planning a private project (perhaps) using Moteino.
Some words to the project:
It's a "hunting project"
. I live in Germany and here only fox traps are allowed, when they catch the fox without killing him. I think they are called in English "live traps" (as in German). And: these live traps have to been checked two times a day.
Now I would like to use Moteino for the surveillance and the catch mechnism. Catch mechanism is no problem, but I see some problems concerning the surveillance.
The traps are in the field, between 500 Meters and 2 Kilometers from my house. We have in Germany strict regulation concerning the waves to be emitted, and we have an authority, which also checks, if there are some complaints. The fine, if you does not keep the regulations is between 1.000 and 5.000 Euro - quite expensive.
Therefore I can only use the Moteinos in the allowed range (that means 10dB).
So I can only use Moteinos, if I'm using a mesh Network and I have to put some routers in the filed to cover the possible gaps.
And here are my questions:
1. I have learned, that the routers in a mesh network have to be online all the time. This might bring some problems for me, concerning the runtime on battery (with or without solarpanel) (the runtime should be at least 2 or three months). For me it is not important, that the endnodes deliver their catch Messages the whole day. It also would be sufficient, if they were asked two or three times a day, if there was anything happen.
Would it be possible to make the following scenario:
1. I set the Routers (and the Endnodes) to sleep mode.
2. The "Concentrator" (in my house) sends a "wake-up-call" to all nodes (and waits some time).
3. The "Concentrator" aks the end nodes for their status (something trapped or no, battery Level, etc.)
2. Are there any experiences concerning the usage of Moteino in Germany?
3. Are there any experiences with the RFM69W concerning the range using "only" 10 dbm, with the smallest transfer rate possible (the states to be transmitted can be reduced to some Bytes)?
Thanks a lot,
and sorry for my bad, school english, which has been sleepen since some years,
Kind regards from Germany,
rocsta