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0. THE BINDING CONSTRAINT โ READ THIS FIRST
1. PROJECT OVERVIEW
2. HARDWARE โ ALREADY OWNED (No Cost)
3. CARPUTER โ HARDWARE TO PURCHASE
4. SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE โ THREE TIERS
5. POWER ARCHITECTURE (the keystone)
6. ESP32 NODE NETWORK (Tier 0)
7. CAMERA SYSTEM + NVR
8. CAN BUS INTEGRATION
9. SOFTWARE STACK
10. THERMAL MANAGEMENT
11. HOME RAG SERVER (HP Z440 #1)
12. OFF-GRID MESH + REMOTE ACCESS (Phase 2/3)
13. PENDING ACTIONS
14. PHASED ROADMAP
15. COST SUMMARY
16. ARCHITECTURE AT A GLANCE
17. MASTER PARTS LIST (BOM) (rev 3.43)
โฃ Wire Diagrams
Full Wiring 4 โ Network & PoE
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Fit
100%
wheel / pinch = zoom ยท drag = pan
fw4_network
FULL WIRING SHEET 4 of 5 โ NETWORK & PoE (rev 3.15)
TWO-SWITCH SPLIT: Switch A = ALWAYS-ON (controller, Pi, 5080-WOL, Cudy uplink โ must stay powered for Wake-on-LAN). Switch B = LS108GP PoE+ camera tier, power GATED by RLY-O4 (cut when asleep).
Ethernet = data, no fuses; PoE carries 48V down the same Cat5e (high V = low current = low loss โ camera converts down internally).
LEGEND: teal = Ethernet data ยท teal-thick = Ethernet + PoE 48V power ยท red = 12V power feed ยท gray dashed = WiFi/BT
f14
Box F14 3A โ Cudy + Switch A
(always-on 12V, 18 AWG)
cudy
Cudy LT18 โ LTE (Keepgo SIM) + WiFi6 router
+ Tailscale subnet router (OpenWrt)
static 192.168.1.1
f14->cudy
swa
SWITCH A โ always-on LAN
(Cudy LAN ports or small unmanaged switch)
f14->swa
r4
Sheet 2 RLY-O4 (87)
14 AWG, F3 10A
psu
Switch B PSU: 12V -> 53.5V supply
(or stock adapter โ VERIFY input)
r4->psu
swb
SWITCH B โ TP-Link LS108GP
8-port PoE+ ยท 62W TOTAL BUDGET
psu->swb
53.5V DC
cudy->swa
uplink
swa->swb
uplink Cat5e (data โ works only when B is powered)
cams
PoE CAMERAS (.101-.108)
budget: 62W total
(a) 4x high-draw 15W, or
(b) 8x low-draw 1080p ~4-8W, or
(c) upgrade to 126W switch
Cat5e/Cat6 runs, max 100m, IP67 glands at cams
swb->cams
PoE 802.3af/at: DATA + 48V on the same Cat5e
note
RULES
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โข Static IPs on 5080 / Pi / controller / cams.
โข Cudy LTE locked to: Fireworks + Tailscale +
security uploads (phone tether = media, ยง4.7).
โข Tailscale: clients on 5080/Pi/phone; Cudy
subnet-routes the dumb devices (cams, ESP32).
โข Controller Ethernet frees its radio for BLE
proximity duty.
ctrl
FRONT Waveshare 8DI-8DO (.110)
data only โ 12V-fed, NOT PoE
ctrl->swa
Cat5e data
bctrl
BED Waveshare 8DI-8DO (.111)
data only โ 12V from bed bus (Option B, sheet 7)
runs the combiner + camp cluster locally
bctrl->swa
Cat5e (the cabโbed run)
pi
Pi 3 B+ (.10) โ MQTT/PWA/Tailscale
5V 3A buck (box F13)
pi->swa
opti
OptiPlex 5080 RJ45 (.20)
โ WOL magic packets arrive HERE โ
must be on always-on Switch A
opti->swa
s24
S24 Ultra โ truck WiFi only
(music BT -> 5080, Sheet 5)
s24->cudy
s23
S23 โ WiFi (scrcpy wireless) or USB (Sheet 5)
s23->cudy
phx
Phoenix dash (later) โ WiFi browser/WebRTC
phx->cudy
tab
Removable tablet โ WiFi PWA + WebRTC
tab->cudy
ble
Keyring BLE dongle -> controller BLE
(approach-wake)
ble->ctrl
BLE beacon
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