What do you guys use for temperature sensors

[tshephard]

I have a Stargate tied to Homeseer.

Right now I have some lm34 analog temperature sensors wired to my Stargates analog ports. I've been using them for years. These are home made from lm34 sensors using some simple circuit that was around back in the day.

I'm looking for something a more accurate, but it needs to be inexpensive too. I don't want a complete weather station or anything like that. Just outside temperature.

Thanks for any ideas.

-Tim

 

[johnboy70_99]

Using 1 wire sensors with a temp05 rs232 board. Some old scripts log temperatures from 9 temp sensors and 3 humidity sensors every 2 minutes to an Access Database using Michael McSharry's Homeseer Scripts that were written around 2002. Also using his graphing asp page. It has been a rock solid set up for years.

 

[nightwalker]

I'm using a temp08 and ds1820 temp sensors in each room, coupled with Blades 1wire plug-in for HomeSeer.

 

[pete_c]

I use HS & Temp08, Temp05 and a couple of 9097's. If you want to go low cost then you can try a 9097 / temp sensors / Xap with HS.

The 9097 XAP 1-wire application that MCS has works well and you can install it on any PC / networked serial device etc.

I also have temperature & humidity sensors plugged into my OPII (both inside and outside sensors).

 

[tshephard]

Are the DS1820's available on a wall plate of some sort?

How are you wiring them up? Do they run on 12V?

 

[pete_c]

I use some very old AAG temperature sensors and humidity sensors (10 years old) that were originally in small externally mounted legacy RJ-11 telephone modules.

Folks have just used single RG-6 wall plates to mount the DS1820's.

Two of my 1-Wire networks use only parasitic power (years now) and two use local power depending on the devices. The two oldest 1-Wire networks utilize a star topology with individual cat5e going to a small punch panel.

I've attached a drawing I did a few months back of my 1-Wire stuff.