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Originally posted by TheDave87
as i re-read this, i realize i was fairly vague... ideally this is an external unit for use in a server rack that will report to one of the servers in each of the 6 racks and e-mail one of us if that rack gets too hot. I have seen the $50 units, i was just wondering if there was a cheaper or better solution. And a link to them would be very much appeciated scorpion.
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Well, you could hook a thermisistor up to the x axis pins on a joystick port, then calibrate it, and use the x position the joystick is giving to calculate the tempature.
I said this in a previous post, but i thought I'd make it more clear.