Wifi hygrometer build
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I'm actually the one who did the original Tweetidor. I've been thinking about making mine non-dependent on my computer (using perl to post the humidity and temp to twitter every two hours) though the wireless seems to take up too much power. I could go wired but when I get a larger humidor I really don't want to drill another hole. I wonder how well the xbee shields work. Have you thought about using those? Also, how did you seal your hole? I used caulking.
Hey Lttl (it's Justin, right?),
Great to see you posting over here! BOTL is a good place. I used odorless silicone sealant meant for a fishtank to seal my hole. I use an active humidier so I already needed power in the humidor. Instead of drilling a second hole to power the arduino, I used a daisy-chained barrel plug.
I've heard good things about the xbee shields, but I believe they require a receiver dongle on your computer, so it's still dependent. It'd check out how the Tweet-A-Watt kits using xbee are interfaced.
Great to see you posting over here! BOTL is a good place. I used odorless silicone sealant meant for a fishtank to seal my hole. I use an active humidier so I already needed power in the humidor. Instead of drilling a second hole to power the arduino, I used a daisy-chained barrel plug.
I've heard good things about the xbee shields, but I believe they require a receiver dongle on your computer, so it's still dependent. It'd check out how the Tweet-A-Watt kits using xbee are interfaced.
This is bad ass. What a wonderful marriage of technology and OCD love of your smokes (this is not a bad thing in my eyes). If I had the know-how, this would be the next thing I'd get for my stoges, right after a coolidore.
It was working great until Twitter got rid of SimpleAuth in favor of the more secure, but more complex to code OAuth. I got it working again using a wonderful API, supertweet.net, but something has gone wonky with my router so I've temporarily taking the wihygro off-line. Fortunately my humidor is so rock solid at 65% I still have peace of mind. 
If you change how often the updates are would you be able to have the battery las longer or how about placing 2 batteries in series?
I am interested in knowing the dimensions to see if this would fit in my new humidor that is coming to me. If so I would be interested in buying one from you if the price is right for you and for me.
If this does not work for me, what would you recommend for me as I would like a wireless system at least.
thanks for your work to open our eyes and any feed back you can provide me with.
I am interested in knowing the dimensions to see if this would fit in my new humidor that is coming to me. If so I would be interested in buying one from you if the price is right for you and for me.
If this does not work for me, what would you recommend for me as I would like a wireless system at least.
thanks for your work to open our eyes and any feed back you can provide me with.
Hey bothers, I found a thread about wifi temp/RH monitors on a wine forum. I can post the link here if that's ok. It lists a few that are already out there for purchase....
I viewed the thread with out being a member. But as you stated I'm sure I wasn't privy to all the info. This is the link to the thread. I'm on my phone so I haven't been able to look at all the links but I will provide them.
http://www.cellartracker.com/forum/tm.asp?m=94078&mpage=1&key=𗀒
One of the products mentioned
https://www.cellarcentral.com/CC1/Shop/V2/Default.aspx
Someone look at that and tell me how much it costs. It looks exspensive.
[ame="http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0037KMRVU/ref=redir_mdp_mobile/181-9700186-5876336?ref_=pd_bxgy_k_text_b"]La Crosse Technology Weather Direct TX60U-IT Online Temperature and Humidity Wireless Alert System:Amazon:Home & Garden@@AMEPARAM@@http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/31K-FxIsSZL.@@AMEPARAM@@31K-FxIsSZL[/ame]
I think this might be the same as the above product
http://weatherdirect.com/products.aspx#tx60
http://www.cellartracker.com/forum/tm.asp?m=94078&mpage=1&key=𗀒
One of the products mentioned
https://www.cellarcentral.com/CC1/Shop/V2/Default.aspx
Someone look at that and tell me how much it costs. It looks exspensive.
[ame="http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0037KMRVU/ref=redir_mdp_mobile/181-9700186-5876336?ref_=pd_bxgy_k_text_b"]La Crosse Technology Weather Direct TX60U-IT Online Temperature and Humidity Wireless Alert System:Amazon:Home & Garden@@AMEPARAM@@http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/31K-FxIsSZL.@@AMEPARAM@@31K-FxIsSZL[/ame]
I think this might be the same as the above product
http://weatherdirect.com/products.aspx#tx60
The one from Cellar Tracker definitely looks like it's gonna cost you an arm and a leg. No prices posted and they want you to call or email so their sales team can contact you. Cool looking stuff though.
The La Crosse stuff looks like it has potential though. Here's the [ame="http://www.amazon.com/Crosse-Technology-TX60U-SET-Temperature-Humidity/dp/B003E46EU4/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=home-garden&qid=1304534468&sr=8-2"]Amazon.com: La Crosse Technology Weather Direct TX60U-SET Online Temperature and Humidity Wireless Alert System: Home & Garden@@AMEPARAM@@http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/31K-FxIsSZL.@@AMEPARAM@@31K-FxIsSZL[/ame] to the Sensor/Gateway set ($54). You can have up to 20 sensor per gateway ($31/sensor). This info seems sketchy, their FAQ says anywhere from a couple to 10 depending on what else you have on the gateway, how often you are reporting, etc. The only thing that is disappointing to me is that the sensor's probe only monitors temp, not RH. The sensor itself monitors both, but it makes the 6-foot probe somewhat useless for our application. You monitor things through WeatherDirect.com for free. Email and Text alerts are free for a year($9.95/year or $19.95 for 3 years thereafter), but I'm not sure I'd ever really have a big use for them .
Data is stored once every 2 minutes and you can download spreadsheets to see how things are fluctuating. That is the biggest turn-on for me. I would love to be able to analyze things like this.
ETA: Only 30 days of storage for information, so if you want to monitor longer term, you would need to remember to pull the information on a regular basis.
I'm going to do some more digging, but I may have to pick one of these up. I do still hate that you can't calibrate it (at least that I've noticed yet...)
The La Crosse stuff looks like it has potential though. Here's the [ame="http://www.amazon.com/Crosse-Technology-TX60U-SET-Temperature-Humidity/dp/B003E46EU4/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=home-garden&qid=1304534468&sr=8-2"]Amazon.com: La Crosse Technology Weather Direct TX60U-SET Online Temperature and Humidity Wireless Alert System: Home & Garden@@AMEPARAM@@http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/31K-FxIsSZL.@@AMEPARAM@@31K-FxIsSZL[/ame] to the Sensor/Gateway set ($54). You can have up to 20 sensor per gateway ($31/sensor). This info seems sketchy, their FAQ says anywhere from a couple to 10 depending on what else you have on the gateway, how often you are reporting, etc. The only thing that is disappointing to me is that the sensor's probe only monitors temp, not RH. The sensor itself monitors both, but it makes the 6-foot probe somewhat useless for our application. You monitor things through WeatherDirect.com for free. Email and Text alerts are free for a year($9.95/year or $19.95 for 3 years thereafter), but I'm not sure I'd ever really have a big use for them .
Data is stored once every 2 minutes and you can download spreadsheets to see how things are fluctuating. That is the biggest turn-on for me. I would love to be able to analyze things like this.
ETA: Only 30 days of storage for information, so if you want to monitor longer term, you would need to remember to pull the information on a regular basis.
I'm going to do some more digging, but I may have to pick one of these up. I do still hate that you can't calibrate it (at least that I've noticed yet...)
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I just emailed my father-in-law about this. He's an electrical engineer who works with weather equipment like Doppler and relay towers and prediction systems. He might be able to come up with something. But he is painfully slow at everything. Maybe what .Jacob has going could be helped along?
Also I just saw this...
http://www.newportus.com/ppt/ZSERIES.html
Also I just saw this...
http://www.newportus.com/ppt/ZSERIES.html
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Looks great, but very pricey. Looks like somewhere in the $400 range just to get started with a single sensor. It does talk about calibration, but I'm not sure about the details as the link doesn't work. Still, way out of the price range I would consider feasible.
The Controller I use in my Cabinets has a built in interface to communicate with your computer made by Full
Gauge
http://www.fullgauge.com/literatura.asp?codigo=140
Here is more information:
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If anyone is interested Email me.......
Gauge
http://www.fullgauge.com/literatura.asp?codigo=140
Here is more information:
http://www.sitrad.com/#
If anyone is interested Email me.......
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