Hello all, and thank you for having me in the group.
I am not very strong at all in all things Wifi, but am reasonably strong at custom fabrication. At least I like to think so.
I am designing a sealed and weatherproof enclosure with 12v DC conversion for the new Starlink V3 dish, for use in my business of agricultural drone spraying. The plan is to mount it on top of our vehicles and connect laptop, controllers, mapping drone and weather station to it wirelessly. We are not needing cellular connection, in fact it is Australia's terrible cellular service which is driving us to Starlink. While blistering speeds are not critical, it would be nice to have a solid and fast wireless connection, and the choice of 2.4/5gHz. A bit of range around the vehicle would be handy.
These 12v conversion mounts are nothing new, but they are often a bunch of very cheap Amazon parts cobbled together a bit haphazardly. They often used a "decased" gl.inet Slate or Beryl, which apparently work reasonably well. I'd just like to do something a bit better.
I've got a "Beryl" here, but it requires an extra adapter from 12v to USB C in the design, which I don't really like. I've ordered a hAP ac lite, as it has the widest range of DC input (10-28) and both 2.4/5gHz wireless, the case clicks off easily for mounting as a card in my CNC machined housing and for it's compact size. I watched a video on the RouterOS app, and the quick set area looked fine for my needs and skill level.
Is this a good choice for this custom application? My team and I aren't coders. We'll be looking for it to be durable and effective, as well as reasonably easy to use.
EDIT:
I've just now noticed the CAP AC and in particular the CAP XL (with much more powerful antennas). These are interesting, as they are the only ones I've ever seen with 57v PoE, which is what my PoE injector is supplying. Would this be the best choice?
Please tell me your thoughts, and thanks in advance for any advice.