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  • Alarm when opening the door contact

    Posted by LukasF on 31. May 2023 at 10:05

    I would like to integrate several door contacts via LoRaWan because we currently have several cases of property damage.

    My idea:

    A door contact opener is opened – notification by email /SMS to the registered recipient.

    At the same time, however, a siren and a signal light should be activated as a deterrent.

    I would do this with a rule. (If door contact opens, then notification receiver and alarm output for 45 seconds)

     

    Has anyone ever implemented such a USE case?

    I haven’t found a siren yet that I can integrate directly into LoRaWan. A lamp/siren combination would be best.

    Hafenmeister replied 5 months, 1 week ago 3 Members · 3 Replies
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  • schwooz

    Member
    16. June 2023 at 15:04

    Hello Lukas,

    exciting use case, even if it’s sad that you need solutions for it at all. Have you made any further progress here? If not, here’s a first idea I’d like to try:

    Existing socket(s) with a smart plug (such as this one: https://iot.zenner.shop/en/nke-WATTECO-Smart-Plug-LoRaWAN-Radio-Socket-p-170791) to the radio-controlled socket convert and connect and control “signal light” and “siren” to it. As a result, they do not necessarily have to support LoRawAN and it may be a little easier to find suitable devices for it or one that can do both. Then store appropriate rules via the RuleEngine in the B.One Middleware, which sends a downlink to the radio-controlled socket with the appropriate command when it is opened (possibly simply power on when opening and power off when closing).

    How does that sound to you? Like I said, I’d just give it a try. Let’s see what comes out of it in the end 🙂

    Best regards
    Michael

    • LukasF

      Member
      19. June 2023 at 7:08

      Good morning,

      no, we haven’t got any further yet, it’s still in the planning stage.

      I had also considered the solution with the sockets, but rejected the fact that the siren would be relatively easy to put out of operation.

       

      • Hafenmeister

        Member
        24. June 2023 at 18:52

        Hello Lukas, the idea that the whole thing no longer works when the power is switched off is of course correct. But you would have the same problem with a LoraWan solution. In order for the “alarm” to go off promptly, you would have to use a Class C solution, which is usually not a battery solution. But if you use a Class A solution, your “visit” may have gone by the time the node reports again and the subsequent downlink turns on your siren. BTW I think it’s a very bad idea to plan “siren ON” and “siren OFF” as 2 commands, if for whatever reason the 2nd command to turn off doesn’t come on, it can cause real trouble. If so, you should provide it with an automatic switch-off (called PulseTime by Tasmota).