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Re: [ECS] Creating ECS interface to my Access Control System Bill Walters Mon, 23 Oct 2000 23:23:04 -0500

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Dario,

Took a look at your web page in your signature.....  My Italian is
nonexistant; any chance for english translations?

(<very big grin!!>)

Bill Walters



----- Original Message -----
From: "Dario Greggio" <adpm.to@inwind.it>
To: <ecs-list@netbloc.com>
Sent: Monday, October 23, 2000 3:07 PM
Subject: Re: [ECS] Creating ECS interface to my Access Control System


> Brian McGinnis wrote:
> >
> > I just purchased some "Hot Little Therms" which are temp sensors built
> > around the Dallas chip.
> >
> > They use a serial protocol to communicate with the unit.
> >
> > So... I ended up writing a little utility program to sample the therms
on a
> > user defined interval, do the conversion, and then pass the state values
> > directly to ECS via a DDE link.  This seems to work very well.  I
created a
> > new custom item type that contains all of the possible values from
> > around -50 to +140 degrees (which, when converting from celsius, not all
> > tenths values are used.)
>
> Hi Brian. I know the Dallas chips. I was going to use them but I haven't
> yet. Could you make available the source code for your utility? If it's
> not a problem to you, it may save me time when I decide to work with
> them.
> Thanks!
>
> --
> Ciao,
> Dario
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>
>

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