paauto Posted December 24, 2012 Posted December 24, 2012 Happy Holidays! I'm looiking for a thermometer/humidity that I can mount outside and send the info to my ISY. I can hook it up to 110 v power. Is there anything out there to do this? I would like to set up a program to turn on my gutter heaters automatically if tem/humidity hit critical thresholds.
apostolakisl Posted December 24, 2012 Posted December 24, 2012 The simple way to do this is to use the weatherbug module. At my home weatherbug is almost always within 1 degree of what my thermometer reads outside my house. Other options are more complicated and go along with the discussion related to the freezer/fridge monitoring you posted on. Another option is to use a CAI board and one-wire temp sensors. It will need an internet connection so you either pull a wire to it or you need a wireless bridge. The new firmware can post values directly to variables in ISY without any outside intervention. This is relatively low cost. . . around $50 without a wifi bridge, add another $30 or $40 for that if you need it. Also, if you have an Elk security system and the Elk module you can use Elk sensors. You would also need to pull a wire. Elk temp sensors are seemingly overpriced to me at nearly $100 and they will need an open zone on your panel (I also believe it has to be one of the 16 main zones) Otherwise you would perhaps use a system that reports to a PC which then posts to ISY.
ISYhbsh01 Posted December 25, 2012 Posted December 25, 2012 Another option is to buy the Venstar T1800 thermostat and the Venstar outdoor sensor module. You would power the Vesntar using a 24VAC transformer. Sent from my SPH-D710 using Tapatalk 2
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