RE: Temperature Monitor

The weather duck uses a serial connection back to the NT server.  We used
CAT5 and serial "bauluns" for some of the sensors we have in a remote "power
room".
cjg

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-----Original Message-----
From: Condon, Mike [mailto:M1C@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Friday, August 06, 2004 9:14 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: RE: Temperature Monitor


How much wiring did they have to do from the sensor downline?

-----Original Message-----
From: John Myers [mailto:psumba@xxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Friday, August 06, 2004 7:07 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: Temperature Monitor


While I like Carl's solution, I don't want to depend solely on folks reading
their eMail (or being local with their eMail-equiped cell
phones) during the weekend.  Instead, we had the fire/burglar alarm company
put a temperature sensor in the computer room and initiated a special
procedure with them if there was trouble in that "zone" (the temperature
sensor had its own alarm zone).  They charged us $80 for the sensor and
installation.

The biggest problem we had is that the first two times the sensor tripped
(it wasn't properly calibrated in the beginning) the person responding the
the alarm company's call was greeted by the police when he arrived ... the
alarm company didn't copy the procedure we sent accurately!

Since then, everything has worked great.

John

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On Thu, 5 Aug 2004 15:29:59 -0400, Carl Galgano
<cgalgano2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> We are using a WeatherDuck.  (about $250).  Connects to an NT server, 
> has
a
> nice web interface, monitors, light, sound, temp, humidity, airflow, 
> supports many devices.  We even have a web cam hooked to it.  If the 
> door opens, the computer room lights go on with a motion sensor, and 
> the web
cam
> takes a pix and the Weather Duck emails the pix.  Pretty cool stuff.  
> We have 3 rooms monitored. cjg
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