OK, I'm after a little info, if anyone has had any dealings with diesel powered water pumps?.
This is the information, as far as we know it so far.
We've been contacted to see if we can provide a solution for one of our water industry customers, they have a number of remote (Scotland, so VERY remote
Obviously, we would need to use a GMS modem to send a txt or an email, and I'd probably do it (as I often do) by connecting to a web server that runs a PHP script, that stores the information in a MYSQL database (so there's a record of what's happened), and sends one or more emails, to addresses stored in the same MYSQL system. This allows easy changes to the system, without needing to go out on site, and update the transmitters.
That's all fine, the issue is how to detect the diesel pump has fired up?.
We've no specs on the pumps, know nothing about them, and are currently waiting for then to arrange a site visit (or multiple site visits) to see what is there, and what we can use for detection.
Presumably electrical power will be no issue, as there's mains (until it goes off), and that could be used to keep the GMS batteries charged, or it could be powered from the batteries which are 'presumably' used to start the diesel pump.
One obvious (and easy) solution, would be to send a message when the mains electricity dies, but that doesn't tell them that the diesel pump is working, which I suspect is important to them?.
My thoughts are:
1) Detect electric power has gone off - send message informing of this.
2) Diesel pump has started running - send message confirming this.
3) Electricity has come back on, diesel pump has stopped, send message about this.
4) Electricity is still off, diesel pump has stopped (out of fuel?), send message about this.
So does anyone know, would such a diesel water pump have some easy way of detecting if it's running, like for example, do they have a light that shows they are running?.
I'm presuming the pumps are fairly large?.
This is the information, as far as we know it so far.
We've been contacted to see if we can provide a solution for one of our water industry customers, they have a number of remote (Scotland, so VERY remote
Obviously, we would need to use a GMS modem to send a txt or an email, and I'd probably do it (as I often do) by connecting to a web server that runs a PHP script, that stores the information in a MYSQL database (so there's a record of what's happened), and sends one or more emails, to addresses stored in the same MYSQL system. This allows easy changes to the system, without needing to go out on site, and update the transmitters.
That's all fine, the issue is how to detect the diesel pump has fired up?.
We've no specs on the pumps, know nothing about them, and are currently waiting for then to arrange a site visit (or multiple site visits) to see what is there, and what we can use for detection.
Presumably electrical power will be no issue, as there's mains (until it goes off), and that could be used to keep the GMS batteries charged, or it could be powered from the batteries which are 'presumably' used to start the diesel pump.
One obvious (and easy) solution, would be to send a message when the mains electricity dies, but that doesn't tell them that the diesel pump is working, which I suspect is important to them?.
My thoughts are:
1) Detect electric power has gone off - send message informing of this.
2) Diesel pump has started running - send message confirming this.
3) Electricity has come back on, diesel pump has stopped, send message about this.
4) Electricity is still off, diesel pump has stopped (out of fuel?), send message about this.
So does anyone know, would such a diesel water pump have some easy way of detecting if it's running, like for example, do they have a light that shows they are running?.
I'm presuming the pumps are fairly large?.