That was the first spam in almost 2 years! I've now turned on "new member vetting". If we get any more spam I'll turn on moderation. Happy temperature probing!...
Recently I have come across an article on use of solar energy as a viable alternative energy resource. This article explains that FabDigs to be a San Jose...
Hi im just about to build my logger, can anyone be so usefull to give me some guidance on blowing the rom, do you need additional hardware to blow the rom or...
i have found this web site for building your own PIC programmer, http://www.diylife.com/2008/02/15/program-a-pic-microcontroller/ apparently this works with...
... http://www.diylife.com/2008/02/15/program-a-pic-microcontroller/ Yes - that looks a good site. You have to use a PIC programmer. The temperature logger...
Hello! I`m very pleased that I can join you. I`m preparing to make my own logger and I have problems with HOTBOX.EXE program. I tried hotbox in 3 computers. On...
Hi Bozo and Rovthinker (I'm using Bozo as a name - not a comment.) Please tell me more about the problems you are having. I'm mildly surprised to hear of...
Like I said, I`m just preparing to make my own temperature logger. So I haven`t made the arbiter and I didn`t try any conections. I just tried hotbox itself....
I am thinking about building one of these to control my solar thermal heating system (turn ON pump to panels, when panel temp = tank temp +15 degrees). Would...
... Definitely! I do exactly this. I have three sensors on the solar panels (actually banks of tubes) two where the primary comes into the tank, several in...
Thanks Phil. Maybe I can get some assistance once I get started! I am really new to electronics and programming. I bought a Basic Stamp to learn both. The...
That is exactly what I had in mind; numerous sensors all displayed on a screen with the process layout depicted. It looks fantastic! -Did you create your user...
... Hi Bill - I'm keeping this public as I guess it may be of interest to others looking at the arbiter et al. No, the interface was written in VB. Hotbox was...
... professionally and sold at cost if there were enough people interested - and if Nick didn't mind? I have no problem with that idea. Have a Max232 on it...
I plan on deploying my sensors into the 250 gallon storage tank, as well as inside the solar panel on the roof. What is the best way to waterproof these...
PLEASE I LIKE TO SEEK FOR SOLUTIONS I JUST FINISHED MY ARBITER 3 DAYS AGO AND THE HOTBOX DOSENT WORK BUT WHEN I USED SERIAL WATCHER I GET DATA FROM THE HOT...
... On the first point, Bill, I did this by using a four-inch length of 15mm copper pipe and soldering an end cap onto one end. At the other end, I soldered a...
Hi Phil  I had an issue with Hotbox not working on a Windows XP machine (although I did get serial data with hyperterminal). I was opening Hotbox from within...
Greetings all I've just been testing HotBox with Vista. I see that "dragging" hotbox.exe to the desktop works. (Applications that are run from the download...
... this is the data inside the .ini file for the c;\hotbox. please any further contributions would be highly appreciated. am glad the hardware responds...