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Re: thermometers?
On Fri, 11 Sep 2009 19:57:28 -0600, Joe Pfeiffer wrote:
> I'm looking to put thermometers in several rooms, reporting back to the
> central controller. So... anybody know of any off-the-shelf solutions
> that don't involve running new wires? The closest thing I've found is
> weather stations with PC interfaces and a remote sensor, which are (a)
> expensive, and (b) give me only a single extra sensor. Something I
> could put in a junction box and power from the house 110 would be great.
>
> Ideal would be an INSTEON module, since I'm using that for everything
> else. Second choice would wi-fi, since that's the other network I've
> got in the house.
>
> At the moment, my best bet is looking like building something with an
> XBee radio module, which just seems ridiculous. Somebody must have done
> this before!
I use a bunch of Oregon Scientific wireless temperature and temperature/
humidity sensors + an RFXCOM 433.92 MHz RF receiver + Heyu software
(http://www.heyu.org) running on a Linux PC system.
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