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I looked for an automatic house plant watering system and they were very expensive ($49-$100) and I couldn't be sure of the quality. I was walking in Wal*Mart one evening and went past the pet asile. I picked up some inexpensive aquarium supplies with the intent of putting together my plant watering system. I also went to the hardware asile and picked up a 24 hour light timer. Hacking the ASUS router for the Tweet-a-Watt « adafruit industr. Online : Hacking the ASUS router for the Tweet-a-Watt. Monitor Household AC Power usage using Clamp Meters - Hacked Gad. This Household AC Power Monitor idea is similar to what I have wanted to do for years.
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Currently the temperatures are updated every 5 minutes, and can be accessed via a web page, but this could easily be modified to perform alerts based on thresholds. For the initial system, I decided to monitor temperatures throughout my home (basement, 1st floor, Attic, and outside) I chose to use windows, as most of my clients have a windows system readily available.
The system is based on 1-wire devices, these things are amazing, and small. Basically using 2 wires, from the serial port adaptor (USB also avail) they receive power, and will acknowledge temperature requests based on their unique serial number being sent down the 1-wire bus.{{{'''''''}}} Linux Home Automation. Linux HomeAutomation (Last updated: Wednesday January 15, 2014) Home automation and home control (HA) Software (source code and links mostly) for the home automation devices like Insteon PowerLinc V2, CM11A, CM17 (Firecracker), LynX10, WM918, HCS II, UPB and CPUXA.
Links to other hardware/software packages can be found on these pages also. If you know of any additional links please contact me at: ncherry@linuxha.com Note: These pages are being (slowly) moved to That will be the new home of the Linux Home Automation web pages. Disclaimer: None of the opinions expressed on these pages are paid for .
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