Ag Automation Posted January 21, 2012 Report Share Posted January 21, 2012 What is the possibility to have the PLC call out using voip? I have installed a V130 in a greenhouse/ nursery. and they need an alarm if the temperature drops to cold so their plants do not freeze. There old system had a sensaphone on it that would call him and let him know. I was planning to just use the email feature, but he says he needs something that would wake him up out of deep sleep. A phone ringing would do that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MVP 2023 Joe Tauser Posted January 21, 2012 MVP 2023 Report Share Posted January 21, 2012 The PLC doesn't support VoIP, but it could certainly trigger the old Sensaphone to dial out using a PSTN to VoIP converter. Do a Google search on Cisco's SPA3102 - I found one on Amazon for $67. It may provide the solution you are looking for. When a customer starts making special requests it usually adds to the cost of the system. Joe T. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emil Posted January 21, 2012 Report Share Posted January 21, 2012 You can connect GSM modem. We recommend our GSM kit, which includes Enfora modem and all accessories around ot make connection fast and easy. Anyway, we support another few brands of GSM modems. Having GSM modem, you can easilly program it both to call preprogrammed numbers and to send SMS. Som of our users alreqady did similar alarm systems. They are programmed to call number for few seconds. The person who receives the call sends back SMS, let's say with word "STATUS" (any other mesage can be programmed) and receive SMS with variables, which state the problem. If there is no "Status" SMS for some time, the controller calls next person in charge... Just idea... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ag Automation Posted January 23, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 23, 2012 I agree on cost, I would rather keep the cost down, I just thought since the hardware was all there, already connected to the Ethernet. I would not be a huge cost, and would save the user on the GSM Cost. Thanks for your suggestions, I think I should be able to make one of them work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ag Automation Posted January 23, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 23, 2012 Is there anything other than sensaphones? they have all the temp sensors built in that I would not need. All i need would be a contact to close to call out. Sensphones is all I know of. just thought I would check. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MVP 2023 Joe Tauser Posted January 25, 2012 MVP 2023 Report Share Posted January 25, 2012 I just Googled "alarm dialer" and there's a plethora of contact dialers available. It looks like you'll pay about $100 for one. Joe T. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kristiallen939 Posted July 24, 2018 Report Share Posted July 24, 2018 Functionality of VoIP is not ideal to implement in every technical case as per customer support concern virtual phone numbers are also good VoIP example to think over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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