Re: NOW: 1-wire weather (WAS: Household temperature sensors)

[Richard Malcolm-Smith <rich@xxxxxxx>]

> 
> Thanks Simon, it would have been to good to be true.
> 
> On a similar note, does anyone know or can at least confirm my
thinking
> process that it is possible to connect some (say, 4) DS1820/DS18S20's
to the
> 1-wire weather station from AAG (http://www.aag.com.mx/) or
Tech-Supplies
> (http://www.techsupplies.co.uk)
?  Would it just be a simple case of running
> some cat5 to each additional DS1820 (in a star topology) ?  Or
does it only
> work if you use one cable to connect all sensors on ?  The idea
is that I
> want to install a PC (an old beastie) up in the loft to monitor
the
> temperature/weather outside with the weather station, and have 4
temperature
> sensors going to the (bed)rooms below the loft.

I am using the older dallas weather station, and have several other 
1820's across the line (3 more - and one is the i-button varierty held 
connected with a clothespeg)

All works fine. I am moving it to use OWW on linux rather then arne's 
software on windows. Still getting there...



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