Yes, interesting puzzle. So the first order of business is for the furnace to communicate it's temperature twice a day.
Have you checked any furnace manufacturers or air-conditioning companies to see what they have for this? There are wireless sensors that can communicate via Ethernet. Perhaps they could tap into an 802.11 network? (No wires, no dedicated phone line.) How far away is the monitoring site? Does the furnace have a (reliable) visible temperature gauge? Perhaps putting one of those wireless security cameras on it and sending the signal to the receiver would work. You'd need to add a video-in card to the 9500 or get an 8500 with the ports built-in. Perhaps relay the data to another computer in the church that you can dial into? Just some ideas. Hope this is helpful to you. Best Regards, Jay > Hi Jay, > I envision a system of a Mac at monitoring site and hopefully no computer at > monitored site. > Maybe a 12 v modem ( battery ?) and sensors at monitored site. > At this time I can't figure out how to have sensors talk to modem. > I'm not a programmer so I couldn't program a small battery powered > Microprocessor. > The other problem pointed out to me is the need of a dedicated phone line, > which we don't want. > Neet problems, don't you think? > Regards Wm.-- > >> Will you be calling into the Mac to check the status or will the Mac >> dial-out to post results? > >>> Hi List, >>> I' m new to this list. >>> I need info on how to use remote sensors and remote video by modem on a Mac >>> 9500 and OS 9.2.2. >>> This will be very intermittent, like 1 minute, twice a day. >>> This will be used to monitor a furnace room in a church. >>> Regards Wm.-- -- MacNetwork is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... XRouter Pro | Share your DSL or cable modem between multiple computers! Dr. Bott | Only $199 <http://www.drbott.com/prod/MIH130.html> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> MacNetwork list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/macnet.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; end list messages to: <mailto:macnetwork@mail.maclaunch.com> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/macnetwork%40mail.maclaunch.com/> iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
