I need to monitor two temperatures simultaneously. Could I buy two of these, plug one into the USB extension of the other, and read both temperatures?
1985234
Yes, the USB is just to power the device. Each unit has it's own seperate wire with a thermometer so as long as the two temp readings are relatively close it will work as you need. Hope this helps!
1985235
You should be able to. They only use USB for power and don't communicate to a computer at all. I'm actually using an old iphone charger to power mine as it's not in a computer. They have very little power draw, so it should be possible to plug one into the other to power them both, then just place the probes in the spots where you want power.
645229
I don't see why not. I would put them on different time delays for a power failure so they both wouldn't try to call you at the same time. I assume you want two units for temperature monitoring.
1078423
Yes, you can connect two of them together. The device monitors all 8 inputs via the front facing screen. I assume that each device would continue to monitor its respective inputs.
2045929
Yes, that will work. The 2nd USB connector is just for power. That's because some older USB ports will detect a power overload if the drive tries to pull all its power from a single port. To workaround that they the Y cable can be used to pull power from 2 ports. Non-anceint USB ports, like 2.0 or 3.0 or from a powered hub will probably work fine if you just plug in the one end of the cable. Try it with just one. If it works, you're good. If it doesn't, the computer will tell you "power overload detected" and the drive won't work, but no damage will be done.
588948
Mine only has one USB port. Power and data are through a single USB cable. Sounds like you would be better off with a unit that comes with an external power supply. More of an opinion than a proven fact. Good luck.
979690
I've had my laptop hooked up to an HDMI monitor at the same time as this USB monitor, so I had three monitors going at one, but I've never tried two USB monitors.
1469970
This will supply both to you've device . Although the power data I'd near useless.
1261420
Won't be plug-and-play due to different connections. Could be adapted if they're the same type of thermosensor but this is 50/50 at best. Oregon Scientific does not disclose the necessary information online; perhaps their tech dept. would. If you've got a damaged unit just buy a new one; they're cheap.
443934
Yes. 2 USB at the same time and in addition another AC plug. All will power simultaneously.
1659833
Yes it can. Easily. There is a Celsius/Fahrenheit button to toggle between the two readings.
944243
If you are using a low-power USB connection then the second cable provides additional power. You probably won't need to use it.
878879
Looks like this price is only for one device---and yes, you do need two of them. I think they work on any computer.... I went to eBay and got a set of two plug links at a great price. (sorry Amazon)
678367
Yes. You have have 2 AC Outlets and 1 USB Port. Should do the trick for you.
1961619
I believe you technically can by customizing the settings. The initial set up is for sensor 1 to be min 33F/ max 40F and sensor 2 is min -22F/ max 0F. I just tried making sensor 1's max lower than 0F and it didn't give me an error. That's all I can tell you.
1699207
Sure. You can charge both of them at the same time. Or the pair of two other devices.
1460033
Absolutely, I have two and use one to monitor the smoker's temp and the other in the meat.
822020
Yes, you can plug in an adapter to power two heating devices. However, the unit will operate off of one, but not both. Therefore, if the second one heats up slightly differently, then it can reach a temperature different (either hotter or cooler) than the one you are monitoring with the thermostat. Hope that makes sense.