Re: 1-wire Samples

["Campbell" <c.macd@xxxxxxx>]

The new hygro ibutton DS1910 when it is complete has a light intensity
sensor as well as humidity and temp. The humidity evaluation is already
available

Campbell
----- Original Message -----
From: "Stuart Grimshaw" <stuart@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, June 01, 2001 10:22 AM
Subject: Re: [ukha_d] 1-wire Samples


> On Thursday 31 May 2001 22:42 pm, you wrote:
>
> > So, what do I need to do to get temperature monitoring back to a
PC and
> > HomeSeer?
>
> I don't know about homeseer, but for the PC you need the
serial->1-wire
> adaptor, there are a few available but the one I'd go for is the
DS9097U
(NOT
> the 9097E, which is obsolete and a bag of crap :-) They cost about 17
quid
> from Farnell.
>
> > Do any of the 1-wire devices give light intensity (I'm thinking
> > of daylight sensing for HomeSeer)?
>
> No, they don't do light sensors, but they do have a/d converters, so
you
> could hook a normal ldr up to one of those and read values from it.
>
> > Am I barking up the wrong tree?  Apart
> > from i-Buttons (can't think of any application that I have for
them
except
> > access control and that would be a bit of a leap of faith at the
moment!)
> > what else might I want from Dallas in a simple (lights and a few
appliances
> > only - so far) HA setup?  Do I just put these devices on a CAT5
cable or
do
> > they need to be built into a circuit?
>
> Normally you have to wire 1-wire buses in 1 run, but it is possible to
run
> the bus in a star configuration, either by using a 1-wire hub (which
the
> Projects group is working on), or there are things you can do to use a
star
> config without a hub (see Mike Griffiths' post in the archive from May
11
for
> more details)
>
> CAT5 is ideal to use for your 1-wire bus.
>
> I'm planning to have access to the house & garage by iButtons,
also
setting
> lighting and volume etc on the TV/Stereo with another iButton point in
the
> living room, also it would choose music depending on who was in the
house.
I
> want to control the temperature with the DS1820's & a mod to my
central
> heating similar (well, the same actually) as the one Keith
demonstrates on
> his website (replave the central heating timer with an X10 appliance
unit.)
>
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