Re: [Owfs-developers] 1-wire through coax?

2011-10-23 Thread Phil White
Interesting question! I can't instantly see why not. Obviously you are limited to just signal and return (I want to have power on one of my lines also), but that can be worked around. All the books suggest cat5 cable. Well, I'm old enough to have had ethernet system over coax, so why not 1-wire ove

Re: [Owfs-developers] 1-wire through coax?

2011-10-23 Thread Phil White
Hi Colin, On 23 October 2011 13:48, Colin Law wrote: > I think the capacitance might > be the problem rounding off the signals, but I don't know enough about > the physics to know the answer. I am sure it would work over a > "short" distance but not over a "long" distance. The question is what

[Owfs-developers] Temperature Sensing.

2011-10-27 Thread Phil White
Hi All, Could someone suggest/recommend a suitable temperature sensor or point me to a circuit schematic for a temp sensor? *HOWEVER*, it must have a separate 'alarm' pin, or means to achieve this. To clarify - a standard DS1820 will sense temp, and will internally know that current conditions ar

Re: [Owfs-developers] Temperature Sensing.

2011-10-27 Thread Phil White
(which is tested and supported by owfs). > > http://owfs.org/index.php?page=eds-enviromental-sensors > > Different models also can sense humidity, pressure and light. > > 2011/10/27 Patryk >> >> Dnia 27-10-2011 o 09:55:38 Phil White >> napisał(a): >> >

Re: [Owfs-developers] Temperature Sensing.

2011-10-27 Thread Phil White
Change that - it appears that a PRT (or RTD) might be the way forward, rather than a thermocouple. On 27 October 2011 13:17, Phil White wrote: > Hi Paul, > > Yes, I know of this product. I have emailed them for clarification on > a couple of points (it appears that you canno

[Owfs-developers] Embedded System

2011-12-01 Thread Phil White
Hi, A quick question (though I am sure that there isn't a quick answer!) I'm looking at building a new system, after my current server died. I've been looking at the standard devices with the intention of using the same system as a media server/home entertainment system, etc. However, I can't fin

Re: [Owfs-developers] Embedded System

2011-12-02 Thread Phil White
> Peter > > On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 3:39 PM, Phil White wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> A quick question (though I am sure that there isn't a quick answer!) >> >> I'm looking at building a new system, after my current server died. >> I've been loo

Re: [Owfs-developers] Embedded System

2011-12-14 Thread Phil White
Looks interesting - I hadn't come across this one. Thanks. I wonder what it's base OS is. A linux variant? On 14 December 2011 22:26, p4trykx wrote: > Dnia 03-12-2011 o 10:36:23 p4trykx napisał(a): > > Marvell 6281 CPU at 1.0GHz with 256MB RAM > 1 x RJ45 10/100/1000Mbps (GbE) Ethernet port > Wi

Re: [Owfs-developers] Embedded System

2011-12-14 Thread Phil White
And it was 29 quid on tesco direct... But they don't have any left!!! On 14 December 2011 23:13, p4trykx wrote: > Dnia 14-12-2011 o 23:47:51 Phil White > napisał(a): > > > Looks interesting - I hadn't come across this one. Thanks. > > I wonder what it's bas

Re: [Owfs-developers] Serial<->USB and/or Serial<->Ethernet

2012-01-10 Thread Phil White
While researching for something else, I came across this link. Useful if you want to prototype... http://www.sparkfun.com/products/9873 -- Phil On 4 January 2012 21:34, Eric Vickery wrote: > This is not exactly directly related to OWFS but this is the best Linux > list I am on. > > I am thinki

Re: [Owfs-developers] raspberry Pi and 1-wire

2012-01-12 Thread Phil White
I know this is rather premature - however... When these go on general sale, I suspect that they might be rather popular. I will be getting one, specifically for 1-wire stuff. Now, I have never (successfully) done any cross compilation. Could someone start on a HOWTO for dummies for this device -

Re: [Owfs-developers] Hubs

2012-01-27 Thread Phil White
While we are on this subject (and apologies for slightly diverting the original thread): My previous network was the standard, single wire, with the controller at one end of the long wire - as per recommendation. Because I really don't know enough about digital signalling & timing, reflections, e

Re: [Owfs-developers] Best way to measure water content in flower pot?

2012-03-20 Thread Phil White
Hi. > On Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 10:38:23AM -0700, Jerry Scharf wrote: > > The cheapest ones I have found are vegatronix > > (http://vegetronix.com/Products/VH400/) at $37 each. > > > On 17 March 2012 18:29, Nathan Hurst wrote: > I'm pretty sure these use the same technique as this: > http://njhurs

[Owfs-developers] 1-Wire Presence Pulse

2012-06-12 Thread Phil White
Hi All, This may, or may not, be applicable to this list. However, I am hoping that someone here knows enough about MicroLAN to be able to clarify something for me. Up to know, all my sensors have been polled. Simplistically speaking, the PC asks "What is the temperature now?" What I am ponderin

Re: [Owfs-developers] 1-Wire Presence Pulse

2012-06-16 Thread Phil White
Hello All, Thanks for the replies. (Sorry for any delay in replying - I only logon at intervals). Everything so far is as I understood it. My problem is that I don't actually understand it properly - but because I am at the point of designing a new system, I need to. On 13 June 2012 02:01, Eloy

Re: [Owfs-developers] 1-Wire Presence Pulse

2012-06-18 Thread Phil White
Hello Elroy, Thanks for the reply. On 16 June 2012 21:27, Eloy Paris wrote: > <... snip ...> > but after seeing your > comment that my statement above is incorrect, I read the datasheets... Oh! Please don't interpret my comment as a statement that you are wrong! It was simply referencing what I

[Owfs-developers] 18B20 Calibration

2013-01-24 Thread Phil White
Hi All, I have 30 temperature sensors sitting in front of me at the moment. They all report different readings when queried - which I would like to fix on a reasonably permenant basis. Can someone advise how I go about calibrating them? There is, as far as I remember, a register I can save into,

Re: [Owfs-developers] 18B20 Calibration

2013-01-25 Thread Phil White
hat looks easy to fix: > http://osdir.com/ml/hardware.one-wire.weather/2005-11/msg00045.html > > Can you tell me the die version of the chips (under the errata directory) of > your chips? > > Paul Alfille > > > On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 2:22 PM, Phil White wrote: >>