[pm-h] Remote Temperature Monitoring

[Mike Flannigan]

I'm looking to remotely monitor a digital thermometer
connected to a computer.  The computer I plan to
use has USB and Serial.  I have to use Windows,
but only because I couldn't get Unix loaded on this
old computer.

I need to export the temp to a location 1,000 miles
away.  Haven't decided if I'm using the web, FTP,
Telnet, or what for the data transfer.  I want flexibility
where I can write the Perl program to do what I need
to do.

I'm sending this to you guys in case one of you
has already grappled with this.  I can see on the
internet that there are about 1,000 options.
Please call me or e-mail the list if you can help
me decide which way to go with this.  Buying
something from a local store might be my
best option.  I plan to go to EPO and Fryes
today to see what is available there.


I'm think this one is what I need, but I'm to
lazy to do all this work:
http://www.riccibitti.com/pc_therm.htm


This one seem really good:
http://www.spiderplant.com/hlt/index.html
but that first link says they are out of business.


Do these USB powered units work?
http://www.tomtop.com/pc-laptop-usb-powered-thermometer-temperature-sensor-data-log.html


http://www.lancos.com/webtherm.html

http://www.pcsensor.com/index.php?_a=viewProd&productId=15

A very interesting one:
http://www.maxim-ic.com/products/ibutton/products/ibuttons.cfm


This one will probably work, given the price:
http://www.americanweather.com/product_info.php?cPath=23&products_id=48&osCsid=686d544982fe2f42e47e0dfe239aca47



Talk on a blog:

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/mcreasy/archive/2004/07/19/187554.aspx


Mike Flannigan
281-286-6869