Originally Posted By: larryb220 swift....Do you think your son in law would take a few pictures of his set up and how he wired his controller and share them with me...
We got an old Jager Pro trap from a farmer that had never been used and we are trying to get it up and running. The Jager Pro system uses a proprietary wireless trigger system that requires their camera to send the trip signal to the gate control unit. The Jager Pro camera we got was 3G and is no longer supported so we needed a 4G camera. Jager Pro wanted $800 for a new 4G M.I.N.E. camera so we decided on a different solution since I already have a 4G camera to use.
I bought a 2 switch GSM unit on Amazon for $135 and used it with an AT&T sim card to get it up and running. They can be purchased cheaper but I did not want to wait on the thing to ship from China.
We wanted to use their box and gate actuator so I modified the GSM unit to fit in the original gate box so we would not have to worry with any geometry issues with the position of the box and control solenoid. If I was building from scratch I would get all the parts in and then measure for whatever size box is needed to fit everything in.
The diagram shows using a 4 conductor 12v wiring bus. Most come with a jumper to make one side positive and the other negative. It's easier than making multiple connections at the power source and makes it easy to power everything with one battery. They are cheap and available on Amazon and elsewhere. I did not add a solar panel because I think the 12 volt battery should last long enough to catch the hogs. If I find that it's needed I will go back and add one.
The unit can be controlled by downloading the App: KiaoTimeSwitch. I use iPhone and it's available on Android also. You just add the cell number for the sim card and then control the switch by text. I just plug in 1 second for the circuit time and it will actuate the solenoid and trip the unit. You will get a confirmation text back from the controller to confirm the signal was sent.
I suggest putting the SIM card in a cell phone to verify that it is working before installing in the GSM controller and there are no service issues. I did this and discovered that the girl at the AT&T store did not apply my payment to the phone number and I had to go back and have her correct it. I would never have known about the problem unless I had verified the SIM card was online.
I made some quick notes on the wiring and then decided to draw out a diagram so I'm pretty sure it's correct. If you have any issues let me know and I will help. It may not be wired by the book but I got it working and called it done.