Re: Web Enabled Time/Temp/Humidity and I/O Controller

["Jim Hewitt" <jim.hewitt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

"Robert Green" <robert_green1963@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "Christopher Glaeser" <nospam@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> > TYCO ELECTRONICS - 1658622-3 and said it was available from Newark
>> > Electronics. Actually, she just said "Newark" and I assumed the
>> > "Electronics" part but I never followed up because I found that an XT
> era
>> > game port/joystick adapter cable also fits and I had a few in my
> junkbox.
>>
>> Thanks.  I found the connector at Newark.  Now to locate a short piece of
>> ribbon cable.  Would be nice if this connector were similar to the other
>> screw connectors on the board.  Also, would be nice if this device could
> be
>> powered via POE.  Still, can't beat the price with a stick.  :)
>>
>> Best,
>> Christopher
>
> Send me your snail mail address via email and I will shoot you a length or
> two.  I've used up my game port connectors but I've got plenty of 20
> conductor ribbon I can spare that you can peel off four conductors from.
> Email address is munged - change 00's to OO's to get through.
>
> Vendors do mysterious things.  If I didn't already have some old PC game
> port cables I probably would have paid three times the going rate just to
> have the cable and connector available at time and place of purchase.
> That
> was one of the things I really liked about fellow newsgrouper Jeff Volp's
> XTB-II series.  He sold the required cabling and likely accessories all at
> the time of purchase, cutting the hassle factor immensely.  And cheaper
> than
> I could have gotten the stuff nearly anywhere else.
>
> WebControl would probably serve themselves well by making the temp sensors
> and the humidity sensors available through their Amazon storel.  Their
> tech
> support person Sophie did allude to some pretty serious restrictions
> placed
> on them by Amazon like not being able to even point to their own site's
> URL
> for the documentation.  I know Ebay used to have similar restrictions, but
> almost any big Ebay store nowadays seems to expect people to bypass Ebay
> after the first sale and they post their own store URL's freely on their
> Ebay listings.
>
> My Honeywell humidity sensors arrived today, so I'm going to get to
> hooking
> them up RSN, providing everything else cooperates.  So far, that's not the
> case.  The car's developed a water leak somewhere, and is beginning to
> grow
> mold I can't see but sure can smell.  My security DVR decides to stop
> recording randomly, which is quite annoying since some vandals stole all
> the
> local street signs last night - while my new DVR was locked up!!!  I've
> alreadly returned it once because the drive cable was melted.  This means
> running all sorts of tests. )-:  Electronics requires too much care and
> feeding!
>
> Well, I'll let you know a) the Honeywell sensors even work (they came from
> a
> guy in Canada, not a big electronics house.  They were half price, which
> means only one of them probably works, b) if the two unit's readings agree
> with each other and c) if they agree with any of the other humidity
> sensors
> in the house (none of which agree exactly with each other, but are mostly
> within 10% of each other.  Mostly).

Well, I got one for Christmas - from my wife!  So now I don't have to think
up projects to convince her - but I'm still thinkig up things to do.

Any progress reports possbily available elsehwere?

Jim