Review: LaCrosse TX60U-SET WiFi Hygrometer

[Jwrussell]

i'm actually not a cigar guy at all, but i came across this thread on a google search regarding the system in question.

are you ready for this? probably not, but here goes

i actually collect and breed boa constrictors

(giving some time for that to settle in... lol!)

Hehe, no problem, Chris. I used to keep some tree frogs and geckos while in college and had a friend with multiple boas.

when it talks about notifying you when it loses connection, is that only when the base station loses contact with the sensor (as would happen with a dead battery or the sensor being out of range) or also if the base station itself loses power (as would happen with a power outage)?

You know, I really don't know the answer to that. I should living in Florida as we lose power on a fairly regular basis, but I can't say we have since I've set this up.

i read that the first year of notifications are free. i know you said you don't have much use for them, but have you tested them out (or would you be so kind as to test them for me? )?
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i know you said you don't really use the temperature function so much as the humidity function, but would you mind maybe running some simple tests of the temperature function as well? accuracy isn't a huge deal for me, but i would at least like to know if it works as advertised and sends notifications when the temps exceed or fall below the user-defined parameters and how long this takes.

I'll try to do this for you next week and post results.

with the excel docs, i know only the most recent 30 days are available, but could you just copy/paste them into one "master document" as you get them to keep a running log for an indefinite period? i wouldn't think this would be an issue...

Yes, you can do this. It's a bit of a pain in the rear, but definitely doable.

 

[dangles]

Any updates?

 

[daniyal]

Awesome! Thank you for the review bro!

 

[dangles]

Now $39 @walmart...

 

[dangles]

jason what happened to the update post that was just here a few days ago? it disappeared :dunno:

 

[ilikefishes]

jason what happened to the update post that was just here a few days ago? it disappeared :dunno:

+1 here

 

[Jwrussell]

Damn. WTH. I have no idea! That's very strange. Basically, I tested out the email and text message alerts and they work as advertised.

 

[dangles]

Damn. WTH. I have no idea! That's very strange. Basically, I tested out the email and text message alerts and they work as advertised.

Lol. Thanks for checking back

One question I had that I wanted you to verify... A guy on my boa forum bought one and said that the website takes up to 4 hours to recognize that it has lost contact with your system (i.e. if your Internet modem loses power during a power outage or gets fried in a thunderstorm).

What are the odds you could do a quick check by killing the power to your modem and seeing how long it takes the website to recognize that it lost communication with the system?

If not that's cool. I actually ordered one the other day but it will take a couple of weeks to get here

Thanks again for your responses to my odd questions! Lol

 

[Jwrussell]

I'll try to remember to give that a try, but I'm headed out of town for the weekend so no guarantees.

I can tell you that way back when I was tracking the temps and RH much more closely that there were gaps in the reports at one point. I think it was a battery issue, but I did notice that there was no alert even though it was regularly skipping 5-10 minutes between reporting. By regularly I mean once or twice a day. Checking back now just for the heck of it, this morning it skipped from 4:25-4:35 am. These kinds of gaps don't mean much to me, but not sure if they would to you.

 

[Jwrussell]

Lol. Thanks for checking back

One question I had that I wanted you to verify... A guy on my boa forum bought one and said that the website takes up to 4 hours to recognize that it has lost contact with your system (i.e. if your Internet modem loses power during a power outage or gets fried in a thunderstorm).

This appears to be the case. I would have to go find the manual to see if that is something you can adjust. I was messing with the modem yesterday and it must have nocked something because I got an alert that said "it has been over 4 hours since...blah,blah".