http://switchboxcontrol.com/the-switch-box/ Well-regarded.
If you get wifi at your hangar WeMo is really the way to go, I have their products for quite a few things around my house, works on normal wifi (encryption if ya want) and doesn't require a proprietary hub or anything, access from your phone or computer via their free service.
They also have full on outlets too
As you probably already gathered... if you don't have internet at the hangar the switchbox is the way to go.
But then, you're in North Texas. It's only a couple of months a year to put the blanket over the cowl and drop in a shop light. That's how the club I flew with in St. Louis got around the cold issue.
Would you mind sharing which WiFi repeater you use? Distance from the FBO building? Is your hangar built with wood or all steel?I have a high gain antenna on a WiFi repeater in my hangar to borrow the FBO wifi, this lets me run an outlet like this, and more importantly a temperature/humidity sensor so I can have a pretty graph of how things look inside.
Would you mind sharing which WiFi repeater you use? Distance from the FBO building? Is your hangar built with wood or all steel?
I have my wemos setup at 3 different locations Hangar, Home, and our business.. The trick is to create a separate Wifi SSID for the Wemos.. then uncheck the "remember wifi settings" on the app.. you start having issues when your phone is connected to the same SSID as the Wemos.. example.. I have my main Internet at home called Piper.. then an SSID named Service.. Wemos are on service and everything else is either on Piper or my Guest Network.. works great this way.. It drive me insane trying to figure this out when I first bought all the Wemos!I use the TP-Link brand smart plugs(HS100 or HS110) to control the Tanis heater. I previously used Wemo, but I got ticked that you can only remotely control Wemo at one location (ie I can't have Wemo at the home and the hangar). I'm not sure if TP-Link supports multiple locations either, but now I just use Wemo at home and TP-Link at the hangar.
Thanks for the info!I believe it's between 1200 and 1800 feet because I'm not sure what access point I'm hitting. I don't think it's at their building but maybe another set of hangars(the 1200 foot one), maybe even less than that, I need to do a proper survey one of these days because I only have good signal about 90% of the time. I'm on the FBO side of a steel T-Hangar, the antenna right now is inside.
The repeater is actually a Raspberry Pi using its internal wireless to provide hangar coverage and monitor the attached temp/humidity sensor. The remote is an Alfa Wireless AWUS036NHA USB adapter with an Alfa 9dBi omni antenna on it. I tried a directional antenna but I couldn't get the aim consistent enough. The whole assembly is on a 10' PVC pipe to get it above the plane.
I knew I had a chance since my phone can see the FBO wireless from outside but can't usually connect to it.
By my guess its only a little over 100yds.
Yeah, the plane has a Tanis installed. I was thinking more about a cockpit heater I don't want on all the time. I suppose a shoplight on all the time would still suffice huh?
I personally use the Ubiquiti gear at home and the airport FBO seems too as well. But if they want a cheap way to put wireless outside, I'd consider one of these: https://www.amazon.com/Ubiquiti-UAP-AC-M-US-Unifi-Access-Point/dp/B01N9FIELY even includes the power injector, just get a cable from the existing router to it. Will require a Java app to set it up, but it's not needed for continued operation except to change settings. Ideally you could then use another one out at the hangars to retransmit the signal.
Me too. I've got six access points. One AC Pro in the hangar, one in the existing work room, one in the far corner of the pool room and one in the new living room area. There are two outside mesh access points, one on the party deck and one on the back wall of the hangar.So do I!! I have their hardware at home, business and Hangar!
I use the TP-Link brand smart plugs(HS100 or HS110) to control the Tanis heater. I previously used Wemo, but I got ticked that you can only remotely control Wemo at one location (ie I can't have Wemo at the home and the hangar). I'm not sure if TP-Link supports multiple locations either, but now I just use Wemo at home and TP-Link at the hangar.
You need a travel router. They are built for that. I used one similar to this, when I was basically living out of hotels 70% of the time:I have a couple of HS100 switches at home and one of their limitations is that they will not connect to an access point that requires browser based authentication. When a prospective client device tries to access such a connection it receives an HTML response asking for a password instead of the handshake/password from a typical router/access point connection. This is important to me because the only wifi signal at my hangar is from an Xfinity/Comcast public hotspot which requires browser based authentication.
Are the Wemo switches able to connect using browser based authentication? Or any others that you know of? I've looked into a number of brands online and none discuss this limitation...including TPLink with their HS100. It is only discussed in the documentation that came with the switches.
You need a travel router. They are built for that. I used one similar to this, when I was basically living out of hotels 70% of the time:
https://smile.amazon.com/NETGEAR-Tr...515082420&sr=8-1&keywords=travel+wifi+netgear