Re: Temperature sensor for mac mini?!

["Tim Hawes" <timsyahoo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Noel,

It might be an idea to intentionally separate the cooling controls
from the "PC" that's doing the controlling of everything else...

If you're going the bathroom extract route then a simple mains
themostat should do the trick e.g.
http://forums.automatedhome.com/showpost.php?p=5752&postcount=5
Note the requirement that for cooling the thermostat contacts should
*close* on high temperature whereas for a heating thermostat they
would normally *open* on high temp.

HTH,

Tim.



On 10/28/07, noel_pilot <HA@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi all,
> Hoping to pick up a mac mini shortly to become the server for the
> house with indigo for x10 ha control.  One thing I'm thinking that it
> could also solve is my cooling issues within node 0.  Im thinking of a
> bathroom extractor fan but due to noise I only want it on when
> temperature inside node 0 reaches a certain level.  So....how could I
> go about getting temperature into the mac mini to be usable by indigo?
>  I know there's lots of talk about one wire but I don't have any
> understanding of how that gets onto a computer apart from something
> with I/O ports like homevision (think thats right from memory?!)
>
> Any tips or pointers gratefully appreciated.
>
> Thanks
>
> Noel
> p.s. tivo still available if anyone wants it!