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Wireless alerting system ideas. Ideas needed.

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Maybe i'm overthinking this. Maybe i'm just shooting in the wrong direction.

I have a float switch (N/O) contact that needs monitored from about 400 yards away. When the contact closes I need to alert people in a building about 400 yards away with a light an buzzer/ bell.

What are your thoughts on this?

TIA,
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Look at some of the SCADA devices that work together without supervision that employ I/O with an integrated radio.

There are a number of products that take a contact closure at one end and replicate that on the other.

You would want likely something that can be set to a default state of your choosing if communications are disrupted due to interference or power loss at one end.

One example:

 
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SurgePGH said:
Maybe i'm overthinking this. Maybe i'm just shooting in the wrong direction.

I have a float switch (N/O) contact that needs monitored from about 400 yards away. When the contact closes I need to alert people in a building about 400 yards away with a light an buzzer/ bell.

What are your thoughts on this?

TIA,
Dave
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If you're in an environment that can tolerate a loud alarm and/or flashing light, that seems like a simple solution. If you're in a residential area, you're bound to tick off the neighbors. One of our sites at work is down the street from the local water treatment plant. I hear such alarms going off from time to time. The distance is probably 400yds. Granted, I may not hear it unless I'm outside. As a proponent of the K.I.S.S. principle, I see nothing wrong with the loud alarm if the conditions are appropriate.
 
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