Might want to take a look at the sonoff switch modules. Basically a wifi-controlled relay you can flash them with different firmware. Dirt cheap, too!
On Tue, Aug 22, 2017, 5:03 PM Mac <ussnd...@charter.net> wrote: > Just had the experience of designing a multiple outlet web switch. > > JAVA/Browser UI with python/RaspPI controller. > > In this case I had some serious in rush current issues for a couple of > devices being controlled. > > Ultimately switched to SSR's that were rated at nearly 10 x the current > rating of the devices to avoid welded contacts or fried SSR's. > > It works, but I'll probably re-write the software with a custom GUI and > skip the web sockets for udp. > > Mac > > On Tue, Aug 22, 2017 at 3:52 PM, Tom Buskey <t...@buskey.name> wrote: > >> I had used a web based PDU with ~ 6 outlets and you could toggle them >> individually. I wish I could remember the brand/where I got it. It was >> under $200, maybe closer to $100 and a great deal. I think it was a >> Cyberguys thing. >> >> There are other PDUs that can do that. eBay might be the only way to get >> one under $500. >> >> Some UPSes can toggle power per port. They can certainly turn everything >> off. Networked ones do so via SNMP/web/telnet/ssh. >> >> At work, we have a WTI unit that will toggle power. >> >> >> On Tue, Aug 22, 2017 at 3:33 PM, Joshua Judson Rosen < >> roz...@hackerposse.com> wrote: >> >>> Anyone have any experience with ethernet-controlled power relays? >>> >>> I have a situation with a couple of embedded Linux appliances I'm >>> working on, >>> that are deployed hundreds of miles away from me, and I need the ability >>> to power-cycle one of them remotely. Looking for some sort of >>> remote-controlled >>> AC outlet or relay (relay could be an 120V AC relay or a 12VDC relay, >>> actually...). >>> >>> Need one that I can control from a shell login on the other Linux machine >>> at the site, e.g.: a socket interface I can drive with netcat or the >>> like, >>> a web interface that works with w3m or curl, SNMP.... Any of those would >>> be fine. >>> >>> I see a lot of different devices on Amazon that look like they might >>> require >>> an iPhone or Android device running some proprietary GUI app on the LAN, >>> but I'm having trouble telling which are worthwhile and which will be a >>> waste of time. >>> >>> Suggestions? >>> >>> -- >>> Connect with me on the GNU social network: < >>> https://status.hackerposse.com/rozzin> >>> Not on the network? Ask me for an invitation to the nhcrossing.com >>> social hub! >>> _______________________________________________ >>> gnhlug-discuss mailing list >>> gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org >>> http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/ >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> gnhlug-discuss mailing list >> gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org >> http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/ >> >> > _______________________________________________ > gnhlug-discuss mailing list > gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org > http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/ >
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