RB411AH end-of-life, replacement plans?

While looking for some other information I just read that the RB411AH allows operators to monitor the -input- voltage to the board. This is an enormously useful feature for those of us running remote gear on PV or other off-grid systems.

Does MT plan on producing the RB411AH for long? Equipping any given PV site with at least one of these boards would be a great thing but I don’t want to head that way if the supply of boards with this excellent feature is soon to end.

If/when the RB433AH is discontinued, ==please==, oh please consider making sure MT continues to produce at least one other similar board, that is to say suitable for low-power installations and with the ability to monitor input voltage. In fact, for any board equipped with an SOC with onboard A-D this should be standard!

Other monitoring methods are available of course but are expensive and cumbersome compared to simply equipping a host board with native capability…

Thanks!

The RB433AH is a new product. It is not the only product with that feature.

Just a note: I would not want to fly to Latvia to “encourage” them to continue production of the RB433AH, but I probably would. Do they let you through airport security with a 12 gauge?

Guess I should end that with: Just kidding! :wink:

If there are other RouterBoards that measure and can report the input voltage I’d love to know the model numbers.

Bear in mind, what’s useful for PV monitoring isn’t the regulated voltage report such as what’s available on the RB230 but instead the input voltage arriving at the barrel jack or POE.

(whoops, I see I got my model numbers confused in my original post…)

The RB433U and RB450G both have voltage monitor. I use this function on my PV panels/battery units. It reports the voltage on the power input jack or PoE port.

Thank you, SurferTim!

Did I mention that I am one of the laziest people on the planet? If you want to get an email with the hourly voltage reports without any effort, go here:
http://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Monitor_input_voltage_on_RB333/433AH
It also applies to any RouterBoard product with voltage monitor.