[VoIP] Temperature sensors

[Steph Kerman]

Shane,

Who makes these temperature sensors and how do they connect to the PC?

Steph

Shane Young wrote:
> PFM!
>
> I have three machines at home, Phone system, Database, Application  
> Server.  All are Linux.
>
> The application server runs a program called digitemp which reads the  
> temp from sensors I have outside my house, on the wall in the  
> basement, and attached to the output pipe of my boiler.  These are  
> called 1-wire devices and are all connected in paralell.  Each device  
> has a unique ID, like a MAC address on an ethernet card.
>
> Every 5 minutes it checks these sensors for the temperature and stores  
> the data in the database.
>
> When you call the time and temperature number, Asterisk looks in the  
> database to find the most recent record with the ID of the outside  
> temperature sensor.
>
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