Environmental monitoring

[Jay R. Ashworth]

On Sun, Apr 20, 2008 at 01:53:47PM -0400, Jay R. Ashworth wrote:
> LaCrosse, for example, has 10-channel capable wireless temp and
> possible temp/hyg sensor/transmitters for very close to $20 each... but
> while they have a PC interface, it's not clear at all whether the
> interface has its own 433MHz receiver, and indeed, whether it's
> multi-channel.
> 
> Has anyone else played at all with this sort of low-end environmental
> monitoring of multiple channels?  (I want to put 5 or 6 temp sensors
> and a hyg sensor in my machine room, and temp sensors in each of my 4
> breaker panels, to start.  $150 sensors are a non-starter)

As tacky as it is to folo yourself, this page 

http://www.cheapertronics.com/product_details.php?category_id=64&item_id=25

may prove interesting on this front.  Though I'm not clear whether
those sensors are addressable.  [ looks further ]  3-channel
apparently.  But the concept appears possible.

Cheers,
-- jra
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