RE: Door Bells anyone?

["BUTLER, Tony, FM" <tony.butler@xxxxxxx>]

> Sorry I couldn't help myself :-)

S'okay - I would have done the same in your shoes!

> Can you not get wiring to go from the actual doorbell to a Power Flash
> module or similar then send an X10 signal to your controller? I looked

Nope.  It has to be wireless, otherwise I have to run a wire over a door
frame, along the skirting (which is oiled wood so white cable will show up
very easily) or ceiling, then around the stairs and into node 0 - the
nearest power point to the door :(

> at wireless doorbells but none seemed suitable for the task, well
> integration to the HA setup anyway, so I opted for the hard-wired
> approach which IMO is more reliable anyway.

Integration is nice to have definitely, but not absolutely essential -
reliability is more important from SWMBO's POV :-)

> Or another plan is to use a PR511 and get it to alert you when someone
> approaches the door.

Hmm... nice thought - but what do ppl do when they get to the door?
Culturally, ppl are used to knocking or ringing & if no door bell then
no
good.
Also, what happens when SWMBO is upstairs changing sprogs in back room?  No
good if light downstairs flashes or something to alert her to ppl @ the
door.
House is not automated enough (or indeed at all, as still 'playing' with
the
various X10 bits I have) or indeed wired in such a manner that I can
usefully use DIN rail modules so for example _all_ lights flash when
someone
approaches door......

thx for suggestions anyway.

Tony


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