Generally the tirgger is measured in milliamps. Your load shouldn't be running through it. But rather through the remote relay. See the attached image for a quick wiring diagram. I think I drew the diode backwards, I was in a hurry.
-- Christopher Tyler MTCRE/MTCNA/MTCTCE/MTCWE Total Highspeed Internet Services 417.851.1107 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul McCall" <pa...@pdmnet.net> To: af@afmug.com Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2018 12:45:48 PM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Sitemonitor Question with Relay But, is the relay switching in the Packetflux bearing any of the load at any point? I would think not, but the answers are a bit confusing, as though it is. I would think most basic relays could be triggered successfully with much less than 2A From: Af <af-boun...@afmug.com> On Behalf Of Forrest Christian (List Account) Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2018 1:44 PM To: af <af@afmug.com> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Sitemonitor Question with Relay The relay is rated for 2A@30V, and 60W above that. See https://www.mouser.com/datasheet/2/315/mech_eng_tx-1075670.pdf figure 1 on page 3 for a visual of this. I'd recommend that you test the relay operation with an ohm meter before trying a circuit. There should be conductivity between C and NC and none between C and NO when the value is set to zero, and opposite that when it's set to a one. If it doesn't work, upgrade the firmware to the latest and try again. There have been a couple of relay bugs fixed in recent memory. Also make sure that the relay on above and below rows are set to a very high and low number since if that is enabled it will override the relay. On Tue, Apr 10, 2018, 11:22 AM Paul McCall <pa...@pdmnet.net<mailto:pa...@pdmnet.net>> wrote: Yeah, I thought this would be the case, for some reason, Packetflux support led my guy to realize that it didn’t work that way. SMH From: Af <af-boun...@afmug.com<mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com>> On Behalf Of Bill Prince Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2018 12:38 PM To: Motorola III <af@afmug.com<mailto:af@afmug.com>> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Sitemonitor Question with Relay The typical solution with a light-duty relay is to use it to control a heavier relay that carries the actual load. -bp -- bp part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com On Tue, Apr 10, 2018 at 9:24 AM, Paul McCall <pa...@pdmnet.net<mailto:pa...@pdmnet.net>> wrote: Yes, we know that, and have used it on lighter loads. But, apparently there is a challenge on a heavier load as we described below. Wanting to know if we can do what we want and maybe we just have the wrong external relay -----Original Message----- From: Af <af-boun...@afmug.com<mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com>> On Behalf Of Christopher Tyler Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2018 12:20 PM To: af@afmug.com<mailto:af@afmug.com> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Sitemonitor Question with Relay Yes, there is a relay output on the siteMonitor II that you can trigger via SNMP or web interface. -- Christopher Tyler MTCRE/MTCNA/MTCTCE/MTCWE Total Highspeed Internet Services 417.851.1107 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul McCall" <pa...@pdmnet.net<mailto:pa...@pdmnet.net>> To: af@afmug.com<mailto:af@afmug.com> Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2018 11:11:20 AM Subject: [AFMUG] Sitemonitor Question with Relay My service manager seems to be struggling with using the Sitemonitor Relay contact to trigger a 48 Relay that we want to use to power cycle the whole tower if necessary. So, Packetflux states that the Relay control is maximum. 30v 1amp. So a little more than half the amps at 48v. So, in the past (lighter loads on towers) we used this to trigger an external relay and "open" the ground to the main power feed going up the tower. At 48v, we sometimes are around 2amp on the bigger towers, some perhaps a bit higher still. (with a 48v relay). We should be able to use the Sitemonitor to somehow accomplish it. Can anybody comment on this? Thanks! Paul McCall, President PDMNet, Inc. / Florida Broadband, Inc. 658 Old Dixie Highway Vero Beach, FL 32962 772-564-6800 pa...@pdmnet.net<mailto:pa...@pdmnet.net><mailto:pa...@pdmnet.net<mailto:pa...@pdmnet.net>> www.pdmnet.com<http://www.pdmnet.com><http://www.pdmnet.com> www.floridabroadband.com<http://www.floridabroadband.com><http://www.floridabroadband.com>
