[PLUG] SD card with wifi

[Russell Senior]

>>>>> "John" == John Jason Jordan <johnxj at comcast.net> writes:

John> I use a CPAP machine that stores daily data on an SD card. To
John> view the data every day I have to schlep the card from the
John> machine to the laptop, read the data, then try to remember to
John> put the card back into the machine. I've lost count of how many
John> times I have forgotten the last step. If the card is not in the
John> machine when the machine is running the data for that time
John> period is lost. The machine is really stupid about that.

John> If I can just access the card by wifi I can copy the data to a
John> folder on my hard drive every day. I could probably do this with
John> a cron job, but I don't know much about cron, except that I
John> looked at it once and it was overwhelmingly complex and
John> powerful, so I'll leave that last step until I actually get a
John> card where I can access the files fom Linux.

John> It doesn't have to be the Toshiba Flashair; if someone is using
John> another brand with Linux, I'm all ears.

Is there any other interface on the machine?  Maybe you could build
some kind of a microcontroller device (like an arduino, or raspberry
pi or beaglebone black) to interrogate the machine and get the data
you desire some other way than the sdcard.

Other than that, I have no idea about your Flashair thingie.  Get one
and try it out?  If it doesn't work, donate it to Personal Telco.  I
think that's a fantastic plan with no downsides, afaict.  Oh, well, it
might work.  So, get two!  ;-)


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Russell Senior, President
russell at personaltelco.net