I picked up from the local supermarket a temperature station with a 868MHz wireless transmitter unit. It is using 'IT+ Instant Transmission' technology from La Crosse (http://www.lacrossetechnology.fr/itplus.php?lang=en). Does anyone now anything about the protocol? Anyone used that with JeeNode?
The transmitter unit has two temperature sensors. The other one is mounted to the unit itself, and the other is attached with a 2 meters wire. So I can keep the unit itself in a warm place and just stick the wired one outside. This solves the battery problem in a cold environment (-10 Celsius currently here).
Interestingly, the transmitter is sending every four seconds and their promise 12 months battery life for the transmitter unit. Let's see what the reality is.
