[Cialug] Temperature monitoring

L. V. Lammert lvl at omnitec.net
Wed May 23 16:55:28 CDT 2012


On Wed, 23 May 2012, Nathan C. Smith wrote:

> If you want to access over a network, the I.T. watchdogs products are
> good.  The information from these sensors can be obtained XML, SNMP for
> starters and perhaps other formats.  I use these and use them directly
> (web interface) have them email me alerts, and access them (poorly - my
> fault) in Nagios with SNMP.
>
If they have a web server builtin, would that not be simpler to monitor
via Nagios than configuring SNMP?

> The onewire network sensors and can be interfaced with a computer and
> accessed by Linux.  There is a lot of existing code but there might be
> more DIY involved depending on what you want to do.
>
Actually, OneWire had a peer link to ITWatchdogs - the MicroGoose looks
like exactly what we need for this application - $200, built-in web server
& email capability, logging, etc.

	Thanks!!

	Lee


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