Equipment management via mesh network

A battery pack comprising:

• a housing;
• a plurality of rechargeable lithium-ion battery cells received within the housing;
• a positive terminal and a negative terminal in selective communication with the plurality of rechargeable lithium-ion battery cells and configured to transmit electrical power from the rechargeable lithium-ion battery cells to a piece of equipment coupled with the battery pack;
• a data terminal including a data pin configured to receive operational information from the piece of equipment coupled with the battery pack;
• a battery management system configured to monitor the plurality of rechargeable lithium-ion battery cells and selectively couple the plurality of rechargeable lithium-ion battery cells to the positive terminal and the negative terminal to selectively permit electrical power to flow from the rechargeable lithium-ion battery cells to the positive terminal and the negative terminal;
• and
• an Internet of Things (IoT) module in communication with the data terminal and the battery management system, the IoT module being configured to:
• receive operational information about the piece of equipment from the data terminal;
• receive operational information about the rechargeable lithium-ion battery cells from the battery management system;
• and
• transmit the operational information about the piece of equipment and the operational information about the rechargeable lithium-ion battery cells via a network interface;
• wherein the network interface is configured to communicate the operational information about the piece of equipment and the operational information about the rechargeable lithium-ion battery cells to a mesh network, wherein the network interface is configured to communicate over at least two different frequencies.

An Internet of Things (IoT) module comprising:

• a processing circuit, the processing circuit including a processor and a memory, the processing circuit being configured to receive operational data from a piece of equipment associated with the IoT module;
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• a network interface in communication with the processing circuit, the network interface being configured to receive the operational data from the processing circuit and communicate the operational data from the piece of equipment associated with the IoT module using transceivers configured to communicate over at least two different frequencies;
• wherein the memory is configured to store instructions that are executable by the processor and cause the processing circuit to:
• store, via the network interface, the operational data from the piece of equipment physically and communicably coupled to the IoT module;
• transmit, via the network interface, the operational data to a second module device using a first frequency;
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• transmit, via the network interface, the operational data to a mesh network using a second frequency.

An equipment management system comprising:

• a plurality of power equipment including at least a first power equipment and a second power equipment;
• a first Internet of Things (IoT) module operably coupled to the first power equipment and configured to receive and transmit operational parameters of the first power equipment over a first frequency and a second frequency;
• a second IoT module operably coupled to the second power equipment and configured to receive and transmit operational parameters of the second power equipment over the first frequency and the second frequency;
• wherein the first IoT module is configured to communicate operational data from the first power equipment to the second IoT module over the first frequency;
• wherein the first IoT module is configured to communicate operational data to a mesh network over the second frequency;
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• wherein the first IoT module is configured to receive operational data from the second power equipment from the second IoT module and transmit the operational data from the second power equipment to the mesh network over the second frequency.