[afnog] XLAT646 deployment

[Mark Tinka]

On 7/5/21 13:16, Mark Elkins wrote:

> Best I've done so far is adding two AC/DC Wifi timer switches to my 
> Pool Pump and Pool Light. I can now remotely control both but usually 
> just allow the timer to operate. The Blue LED pool light comes on at 
> Sunset (i.e. - it changes) and off at 8pm. Before the installation - I 
> hardly ever bothered switching the pool light on because it was a PITA 
> to do. Now it's on every evening. The AC/DC switches seem to be IPv4 
> only though 🙁
> Garden watering system is IPv4 only too...
>

One of the solutions I use is a smart relay that can be paired with an 
energy management device (pairing is via Bluetooth, but the device is 
accessible via IP).

I use carbonTRACK (an Australian outfit). They can control a number of 
smart relays that can sit between the grid and one or more breakers (up 
to 60A), so you can remotely close or open electrical paths toward 
circuit breakers that you wire up the way you want. You can automate 
this process with timers and other conditions.

They also do so-called "smart plugs", which use the ZigBee wireless 
protocol that allow you to individually energize or de-energize 
appliances at a socket level, and monitor just how much energy they use.

     https://carbontrack.com.au/products/smart-plug/smart-plug-specs/

Another pretty good energy management vendor I used at my house was Smappee:

     https://www.smappee.com/infinity/

> Also installed a Victron Multiplus 48/5000/70 (Solar PV, 10KWH of LFP 
> - etc) to alleviate "load shedding" (I live in South Africa) - which 
> is also remotely accessible, no IPv6 either (any Dutch friends out 
> there? eurodns.com??)
>
> @Jordi - regarding Mikrotik, perhaps offer your help again.
>
> @Mark - if the solutions used in home automation include IP 
> connectivity - especially IPv6, simply saying what is available can 
> add value to all of us. Am sure others would be interested to hear, 
> learn and propagate... and potentially encourage the manufacturers to 
> support IPv6 in their products if there is enough noise.
>

I am yet to find a renewable energy vendor that supports IPv6. They have 
come a long way and now allow you to manage your entire electrical 
system via IP and a GUI (rather than having to navigate complicated 
on-device screen pads that are the weakest link in inverter 
reliability), but still don't do IPv6.

Both Victron and SMA are culprits in this regard. Considering they are 
the big two, I'd be surprised if the rest have even thought about it.

On the bright side, they do support HTTPS :-).

Mark.