RE: Environmental Monitoring

2005-05-10 Thread Brian
, but Parallax has some on their site with code samples. > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of mike ledoux > Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2005 11:03 AM > To: gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org > Subject: Environmental Monitoring

Re: Environmental Monitoring

2005-05-10 Thread Bill McGonigle
On May 10, 2005, at 11:03, mike ledoux wrote: Have any of you done anything like this? Any recommendations? My quick google searches have only found solutions in the multiple thousand range, but which do much more than I need. I've been looking at this recently for a NEMA box I have in a swamp fo

Re: Environmental Monitoring

2005-05-10 Thread Ben Scott
On 5/10/05, mike ledoux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Have any of you done anything like this? If you have any APC Smart-UPS units with open expansion slots, APC sells a gadget that provides ambient environmental monitoring. I think it's called "Measure-UPS". I'v

Re: Environmental Monitoring

2005-05-10 Thread David Ecklein
magnet to the pointers, and thermal-glue reed switches in strategic places - and you can set up limit-sensing, which may be all you need. Dave E. - Original Message - From: "Ben Scott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2005 11:25 AM Subject: Re: Environmental Mon

Re: Environmental Monitoring

2005-05-10 Thread Drew Van Zandt
Oh and for reference a single temp point + single humidity point would be... $424 + S/H (about $8) - can be expanded to 4 T/H points, hackable for switch closure etc. Save you shipping and handling if we meet somewhere for you to pick it up; company is in Bow, NH, I live in Merrimack, NH. --Drew

Re: Environmental Monitoring

2005-05-10 Thread Drew Van Zandt
s with open expansion slots, APC > sells a gadget that provides ambient environmental monitoring. I > think it's called "Measure-UPS". I've seen them for a few hundred > dollars. While that is more then the "non-existent budget" you > mentioned allows, it is

Re: Environmental Monitoring

2005-05-10 Thread Tom Buskey
http://www.midondesign.com/index.html has a box w/ temp & humidity sensing to serial port for ~ $135. They also sell the parts so you can make your own for less. Nagios touts http://www.nagios.org/products/environmental/esensors/em01.php which is ethernet/web based for temp, humidity, light. It'

Re: Environmental Monitoring

2005-05-10 Thread Ben Scott
It's probably worth mentioning that most motherboards built within the past 5 years or so have some capabilities for monitoring. Most have at least one temperature sensor. If all you're interested in is making sure your equipment isn't overheating, this will often do the job. Along with temp

RE: Environmental Monitoring

2005-05-10 Thread Brian
IL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tom Buskey > Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2005 1:05 PM > To: gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org > Subject: Re: Environmental Monitoring > > http://www.midondesign.com/index.html has a box w/ temp & > humidity sensing to serial port

Fwd: Environmental Monitoring

2005-05-11 Thread Drew Van Zandt
l Message- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tom Buskey > > Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2005 1:05 PM > > To: gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org > > Subject: Re: Environmental Monitoring > > > > http://www.midondesign.com/in

Fwd: Environmental Monitoring

2005-05-11 Thread Bill Freeman
I believe (as I had responded privately to the original questioner) that the System Management Bus found in some modern PCs is I2C or close enough to work with things like the LM34 and TCN75A (I like MicroChip) and other I2C temperature sensors. They tend to be SMT, but you can get things