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Sensors for measuring temperature
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There are several free programs which can be used for these sensors :
LOGTEMP (for Windows) by MrSoft
LAMPOMITTARI (for Windows) by Timo Sara-aho
DIGITEMP . (versions for Windows and also for LINUX), by Brian C. Lane
This program shows measurements on screen, logs them and allows to transfer them to a web site using ftp (see online example) . It is also able to send alarm information via email or SMS.
Installation:
Download 1-wire drivers (Tmex drivers), selecting your type of Windows from here. Install them.
Download Logtemp from here. Run logtemp-setup-2-21.exe accepting its default options. It will leave an icon on the desktop.
Connect sensors to the adaptor and the adaptor to the serial port of your PC
Setup:
Setup is done by selecting Show > Setup.
Default interval is 10 minutes, you can change the setting.
Check which serial port are you using. Default is com2, but you have to
match your actual port.
Select Adapter COM-DS9097E:
To configure the name of each sensor, the colors on the graphics, the alarms, and which sensor will be shown in the tray, select the sensors one by one in the lower part of the screen, by right-clicking.
Transfer of data to a web page:
To send the graphics and the measurements table to a web page, you have to
configure the FTP section, checking the Transfer files to Ftp-server
checkbox, filling in the ftp server Address, example: ftp.lula.cl,
Port (normally: 21), User name and Password (provided by the web-hosting
company). Setup Timer and also click on the Directory button to setup the
path where the files will be published, for example: /public_htm/solar.
This directory has to exist on the web server. To create it you can use
any ftp client, like LeechFTP, which can be downloaded from here.
Finally click on the Select Files button to set the files that will be
transferred. File day.jpg contains the graphics and last.htm
contains the measurements table.
In section HTML you set the directory where the last.htm is going to be
stored, the page title and you can add html code.
Text files:
LOGTEMP stores measurements in text files, in a
directory that you can setup in the Saving section.
Alarm
email:
If there is an alarm condition
the system can send you an email. For this, the SMTP section must be
configured with the mail server parameters. You have to create a profile
with the email addresses of the receivers, for example:
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