Hopefully this is the right location to pose my question
I’ve recently put some computer equipment into my office and it gets too hot during the afternoon. It’s fine if i’m home because I can turn on the aircon with the remote. However, when I’m not home, it gets hot which in turn causes the server and hard disks to heat up beyond what I’m comfortable with.
So i’m looking for a solution that will send a single ON command (the IR code from the remote) to the unit to power it up for a certain amount of time (or until the temp drops) then send the Off button. I don’t need it to adjust the temp up or down. Just turn it on.
Anyone have any ideas what the easiest solution is as i’ve never worked with an arduino.
This is a great start but it would be nice to have 2 way communication just incase the ac fails to turn on you would know. You could also add a temp sensor to the arduino I guess.
It may be a great start but I have no experience in Arduino or the hardware at all So i’m really just looking to leverage the work of others.
In my case, here is what i’m thinking.
Detection of temperature - Can be a Temperature sensor smart thing or a process on the server that writes a log with a high temp
Trigger - Smart Things will pick up on the detection, send a message/trigger to the Smart Things Arduino shield to take action
Action - Once the trigger to the Smart Things Arduino shield, triggers the IR “ON” to to turn the Air Con on.