RE: (ukha_d) PC interface to door push

[peter.white@xxxxxxx]

Or you could just use an MS13 to alert you when someone's near the door -
this
is what I have, pointing at the ground from the ceiling of the porch. 
It
depends whether you want to know when someone's at your doorstep, or if
they've
actually pressed the bell.  For me, I have a dog with a HUGE appetite
for the
post & papers, so it's great to have the extra 3 second warning to go
find the
dog and prevent/block his death run to the front door.

Pete

-----Original Message-----
From: MIME:tony.butler@xxxxxxx at INTERNET
Sent: 29 May 2002 07:31
To: White, Peter; ukha_d@xxxxxxx at Internet
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] PC interface to door push


I butchered an X10 keyfob and stuck it inside the casing from a
'normal'
wireless bell push.  The original push button is wired back to the
contacts
for one of the keyfob
buttons and hey presto - an X10 wireless bellpush.
Okay, so I had to buy a chime as well so there was something to hear,
but
you might just want the lights to flash or something :)

Anyway, that is one solution to letting your PC know someone's at the
door....


Tony

>Sorry if this one has been covered recently, I've been a bit
missing
>from the list of late.
>
>I want to hook up a door push to Homeseer, which then does the
>necessary alerting. I've looked at the X10 powerflash, but that
seems
>a bit of a waste of time (and money!) to go from button to X10,
then
>X10 back to Homeseer - even more so considering the run from the
>Homeseer box to the door is < 10m.
>
>So I guess I'm after some way of getting an external trigger into
>Homeseer via a PC. I'm sure it's stupidly simple but I just can't
>quite get my head around it. Would I need some sort of PCI
>interfacing card?
>


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