Well, i'm getting closer: http://www.ideativeinc.com/leakfrog.cfm http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00004W4B4/102-3009714-8566516?v=glance&n=228013 I'm thinking I can use this, but then splice into the wires and something something something... I think finding the sensor might be easy....can anyone point me to the means to communicate with it via linux? I'm guessing something as simple as "if circuit is open, do nothing, else page mike", but I am at a complete loss on how to go about that piece of it. Andy's idea of listening for the alarm is good, but what happens when I crank my Battle for Middle Earth II game to max? thanks again and I am still looking through those other sites...thanks john. --- John Stoffel <john@stoffel.org> wrote:
Mike> So i was thinking today, why not put an H2O sensor in and have Mike> one of the dozen or so computers page/email me when there is Mike> water present?
Take a look at the Dallas Semiconductor one-wire sensors. I've got one sitting right next to me here at work. It's basically a DB9 serial port dongle (DS9097U-9) which connects over standard ethernet cables to various sensors. The sensors all have unique IDs and can be addressed by linux software.
Take a look for the Digitemp software. It has the drivers for watching various sensors like this. I built a bunch of temp sensors for a server room so I could watch temps on the cheap:
http://www.digitemp.com/products.shtml
He's not selling hardware anymore, but it's good links to sensors and such.
Here's another link page:
http://www.ibuttonlink.com/Sensors.htm
which looks really neat.
Good luck with the water!
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