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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: ethernet-based temperature sensors
Speaking on Deep Background, the Press Secretary whispered: > > > Oops, somebody's already done it: > http://www.maxim-ic.com/appnotes.cfm/appnote_number/1048/ln/en > > Looks like the total hardware cost would be around $100 for the TINI > and board, and $8 for each sensor (iButton and holder). I have little > time and no Java skills, otherwise it looks like a cool project. If > somebody wants to develop a machine room temperature monitoring > network out of them, I'd be a beta tester ;) That looks a lot closer to the Yellow Brick Road than anything else suggested to date. I like the 64 bit SN idea; sounds like MAC addresses... Note there are several analog temp sensors out there -- National has a line that is dirt cheap ($~1.00) and work on current loops [i.e. LONG leads are OK..] so if someone has a SNMP driven A-D.... -- A host is a host from coast to [email protected] & no one will talk to a host that's close........[v].(301) 56-LINUX Unless the host (that isn't close).........................pob 1433 is busy, hung or dead....................................20915-1433
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