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From: "Alex.Boisvert" <boia01@castor.GEL.USherb.CA>
To: Robert Chalmers <robert@chalmers.com.au>
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Subject: Re: interfacing sensors to FreeBSD
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> Does anyone know how to go about interfacing something like a temperature
> sensor to a FreeBSD box, so a readout of the current temp can be obtained?

Check out the "FreeBSD Home Automation home page" at:

http://freebsd.org/~fsmp/HomeAuto/HomeAuto.html

There's something about temperature probes & switches.

Regards,
Alex.