Guy_Bayes:
Need a solid outdoor temp sensor that can handle cold,with a long battery life
Used an Aeon kept dying on me …
How cold?
Any battery powered device is going to have difficulty once you go below freezing for a prolonged period, although some do better than others.
Cao Gadget Kumo Wireless Sensor Tags are exceptionally weatherproof, but will require that you also buy one of their ethernet bridges for each 40 tags.
Wireless sensors for locating items, logging and monitoring presence, temperature, humidity and motion events from anywhere with Internet access, on iPhone/iPads, Android devices and laptops. KumoApp Engine allows automation algorithms to be defined...
There are a number of community members using them.
You can either get integration through IFTTT or through a community created service manager:
Or
I have the first pass of an integration ready for Wireless Sensor Tags. There is a service manager SmartApp that allows you to log into your Wireless Sensor Tags account and reads what tags you have registered. You can then choose which tags to connect to SmartThings.
The main support so far is for the Wireless Motion Sensor Tags (temperature, humidity, motion, and open/close plus more). The moisture / water sensor should also work, but I didn’t have one to test. The other types of tags should mostly work as well, since their system reports data consistently from the different tag types.
You can get the code here:
I’ve tested it quite a bit locally, but there may be a few bugs left to iron out. I need a couple beta testers to verify.
There are some other options as well, but I think those handle the widest range of temperature variation.
But again, it depends on the exact conditions. Are we talking about a Minnesota winter?
