Re: Question on Remote Data Access

["biff" <mbiegert@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

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> "biff" <mbiegert@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in news:1167782471.294762.30330
> @s34g2000cwa.googlegroups.com:
>
> > I hadn't seen the MicroPC before and I like that idea. I had tried
> > using a PC before, but the power at my cabin is very unreliable and I
> > was having trouble keeping the PC running. Thus, I started looking for
> > a more reliable solution. My little microcontroller on a 12 V UPS runs
> > like a champ (never misses a beat).
>
> How about adding a cheap UPS. A 900W UPS runs for ~80.00 and can power an
> old PC for >1 hour. If you hook up an old laptop, it can run for hours
> without power.

I have a small UPS hooked up to my little controller board right now. I
am going to try the modem route for now, though I will probably put one
of those MicroPCs into another application that is not quite as
environmentally nasty (down by the lake, etc). I had never seen those
before and they look great.

>
> > I would like to bounce an option off of you. I could hook a modem up to
> > the RS232 port on my microcontroller. I can write a short program to
> > command the modem to answer the phone. I then should be able to use
> > hyperterminal or kermit from my PC to read the file. What do you think
> > of that? I don't have any security concerns. The only information
> > someone could get is my lake level and lake temperature.
>
> Does your microcontroller store data onboard?

Yup

>
> I believe a decent external modem can be set to auto-answer with the proper
> AT command. Perhaps give that a try? Just hook up a modem directly to the
> RS-232 interface?

I am in the middle of doing that right now.