[TowerTalk] Tashjain Towers LM470 Remote tower raising control

[Lux, Jim]

On 7/17/22 11:19 AM, Bill Eisinger wrote:
> It shouldn’t be too hard to adapt it such that you could use a smart switch with an Alexa (or equivalent) hub...however you would need wifi or bluetooth access at the tower...

Or, some form of low voltage relays and a hardwire connection.

Or a WiFi connected relay controlled by a dedicated app, but I'd be a 
bit nervous about trusting a "safety sensitive" function to Alexa, 
without some serious interlocks or a fairly robust physical access 
control.   It's kind of like those ideas about automatically lowering 
the tower when the wind goes above a certain speed.  It's more complex 
than one thinks at first.

I've built a fair number of network controlled devices, some controlling 
big heavy things moving around (dish antennas, etc.) - It takes careful 
planning and design to make sure it "fails safe".   For this, since 
you've already got to have power wires and coax going out there, adding 
a few wires to control some relays seems a fairly simple and robust way.





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> -----Original Message-----
> From: TowerTalk <towertalk-bounces at contesting.com> On Behalf Of Ted Pauck K8NA
> Sent: Sunday, July 17, 2022 11:43 AM
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> Subject: [TowerTalk] Tashjain Towers LM470 Remote tower raising control
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> I recently purchased the Tashjain Towers LM470 Crank up tower. The tower comes with an electric motor control onboard for raising and lowering the tower, by a switch at the tower. I need to remote control the tower from in my radio room. There will be a camera to watch the tower raising and lowering. Tashjain does not sell a remote control for towers. Has anyone been able to remote control the LM470 or any of the other Tashjain towers?
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> TU/73  ...   de  Ted  K8NA