Re: Using garage door safety beams

[Les Blalock <lesNOSPAM@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, 03 Sep 2006 03:50:16 GMT, G. Morgan <alarmpro@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

>On Sat, 02 Sep 2006 22:34:45 -0500, Les Blalock
><lesNOSPAM@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>
>>Is there any place that sells something that could be tied into the
>>safety beam of my garage door opener to trigger a remote chime to
>>indicate someone/something has entered my garage when the door is
>>open?
>>
>>It appears that the wires from the sensors to the door control carry
>>around 10.85 volts dc until the beam is broken when the voltage jumps
>>to around 12v.  Would maybe the X10 Powerflash recognize the ~ 1v
>>difference and trigger an X10 receiver?
>>
>>Thanks for any help/suggestions.
>>
>>Les
>>
>
>
>This soulution does not use the beams, but it will do what you want.
>
>http://www.smarthomepro.com/solution53.html


Thanks for the response but it appears this just notifies you if the
door is open or closed.  I'd like to know if the safety beam is broken
- it somone/something walks into the garage.

Les