Re: Connect sensors to a mobile phone

[John Miles <jmiles@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

In article <426c437b@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, nospam@xxxxxxxxxx says...
> I have a small farm that is located in an area with mobile phone coverage. I
> have installed some soil moisture and temperature sensors and have a pump
> and watering system. I would like to be able to receive readings from the
> sensors as SMS messages and then turn on/off the watering system from my
> home about 150 km away, based on my decision about the dryness conditions,
> again by sending an SMS. I have seen a few SMS controllers (Jaycar, Dick
> Smith etc.) but none seem to do what I want.  Any suggestions?
>
> Regards
> Peter
>
>
>

These guys sure seem to have figured it out:

http://www.livejournal.com/users/ioerror/177534.html

Never thought I'd shudder at the sight of a hunk of Perfboard...

-- jm

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