border router now installed

The system relies on a directional radio link down from the mountain to a sensor node attached to a small Linux-based computer. This is a picture of the setup in a shed in th Estate buildings. We are using an Atom-based mini-ITX computer which routes data from the low power 6LowPAN network to the Internet via the Estate’s satellite link.

ND6_0869 (Medium)

 

This Yagi antenna provides the directional link over 3km to the mountains

This Yagi antenna provides the directional link over 3km to the mountains