@Dave loomis Fine, if something does not work for you then by all means don't use it. But the high cost rediculous stuff I was speaking to all uses batteries . . .so you're SoL there too.
Also, if LiPO is not good for you, think about switching to a different battery chemistry. Get crazy, think out side the box. On Mon, May 16, 2016 at 6:03 PM, William Hermans <yyrk...@gmail.com> wrote: > *This kind of thing can not be unique, because I note that there are >> Ethernet controlled power strips with "Auto-Ping."* >> > *Stated feature is “Auto-Ping” feature to intelligently reboot a locked-up > AP, router, VoIP phone, server, camera. or other device automatically.* > > This isn't unique to the Beaglebones. We get close strikes here all the > time during the summer, and in fact decapped a realtech ethernet bridge > chip in a PoE switch last year . . . But my personal equipment gets reset > all the time from static discharges from close strike several times a year. > Mostly it's just a GbE switch I have in my bedroom, but other devices get > messes up from time to time as well. Once or twice our PoE WDS routers have > too . . . > > > On Mon, May 16, 2016 at 5:56 PM, Graham <gra...@flex-radio.com> wrote: > >> It all depends on what you are worried about. >> >> I have several BBBs that I use as servers, and I want them to be robust. >> >> So while working through power backup and an external hardware watchdog >> per all the previous discussions, we have a thunderstorm roll through the >> area. >> >> No close strikes, but the Ethernet network interface went catatonic, >> would not send or receive, but didn't throw any errors. >> >> I could not SSH into the command line. >> >> But the local serial port/command line worked fine. The kernel seemed to >> be happily running, and not worried about anything in particular. >> >> The system logs looked like someone had disconnected the Ethernet cable >> during the storm, but the network was still physically connected, with the >> RJ-45 socket lights blinking. >> >> A power cycle reestablished everything. >> >> So, probably some kind of transient flipped a few configuration register >> bits and stopped the Ethernet interface. >> No physical damage. >> >> This kind of thing can not be unique, because I note that there are >> Ethernet controlled power strips with "Auto-Ping." >> Stated feature is “Auto-Ping” feature to intelligently reboot a locked-up >> AP, router, VoIP phone, server, camera. or other device automatically. >> >> Web Power Switch 7. http://www.digital-loggers.com/lpc.html >> >> So either I can go buy a $115 smart AC power switch, or use an >> Ethernet-PIC instead of the MSP430. >> >> --- Graham >> >> == >> >>> >>> -- >> For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "BeagleBoard" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to beagleboard+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beagleboard/47e04409-af30-4c62-9b3b-445a82036380%40googlegroups.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beagleboard/47e04409-af30-4c62-9b3b-445a82036380%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to beagleboard+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beagleboard/CALHSORrohCOWt7P4MCCabgbX0zkVuZrGZiW2_O9%3D%2BcEfV9MCTg%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
