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by philg
Fri May 05, 2006 2:59 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Several pre-purchase q's on usage of MX401 or simular
Replies: 4
Views: 9452

Hi,

I dont think its going to be practical to turn on/off the computer... Firstly, I would only want to reset it really (its a server in a difficult to reach place)..

The only time I would want to do that, is if it has crashed... And if it has crashed, then there is not going to be any control ...
by philg
Thu May 04, 2006 12:58 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Several pre-purchase q's on usage of MX401 or simular
Replies: 4
Views: 9452

Thanks Jon,

As you can imagine with such a delay, I went ahead and got myself a MX401 from one of your UK distributers.

I've mounted it in a standard black ABS plastic box, on the wall in my hall. It all works - although Im using a customised version of LCSSmartie to control the display (I added ...
by philg
Fri Mar 24, 2006 5:15 pm
Forum: LK/ELK/VK/PK/OK/MX/GLK/EGLK/GVK/GLT
Topic: Logging temperatures
Replies: 2
Views: 3807

Hi Tom,

The main quiery was weather it was possible... I have been looking at LCD Smartie in the last day or so... It does not even support reading the temp's on the MX4's I2C bus.... But its open source, so I took it upon myself to download Delphi, and implement funcitons in it to read the temps ...
by philg
Wed Mar 22, 2006 5:44 pm
Forum: LK/ELK/VK/PK/OK/MX/GLK/EGLK/GVK/GLT
Topic: Logging temperatures
Replies: 2
Views: 3807

Logging temperatures

Hi,

I have the MX401 and it works great with LCDC and LCD Smartie..
But I want to log, to a file, the temperaturs from the (up to) 32 temp sensors connected to the display.

Are there any plugins to do this, or am I going to have to write my own software to interface to the display and provide ...
by philg
Tue Mar 14, 2006 5:45 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Several pre-purchase q's on usage of MX401 or simular
Replies: 4
Views: 9452

Several pre-purchase q's on usage of MX401 or simular

Hi, I have been thinking of making an external LCD display unit for a server I have in a cupboard. I want a display + keypad which I can use to control the server from another room.

Whilst I'm at it, I would like to be able to put several temperature sensors around the place, and be able to read ...