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Re: Different Alarm Question
- Subject: Re: Different Alarm Question
- From: Bob La Londe <none@none.com99>
- Date: Sat, 8 Apr 2023 09:51:46 -0700
- Newsgroups: alt.security.alarms
- References: <Tr3YL.185367$eRZ7.117747@fx06.iad> <u0s3tr$1anlh$1@dont-email.me>
On 4/8/2023 9:14 AM, Bob La Londe wrote:
> On 4/7/2023 6:29 PM, ABLE1 wrote:
>> Hey Guys,
>>
>> I am being asked to work up a plan for a building with multiple doors
>> to have a WiFi Door sensors on a number of doors that would alert
>> staff via a app on there phone that a specific door has been opened.
>>
>> I have done some Googling and see a bunch of "stuff"!!
>>
>> Never did anything like this before so I am very old and a lot green.
>>
>> Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â ;-)
>>
>> So I thought I would ask the question here to see if anyone could give
>> a good hint or suggestion that might help.
>>
>> At this point it is a guess at 6 doors with each a separate ID.
>>
>> Any thoughts??
>>
>> Thanks and have a good holiday weekend!!!
>>
>> Les
>
> Real time wifi cellphone notification. The fully baked applications I
> am aware of that "might" are subscription based and go through a remote
> server. Usually via the cellular data network. Even if everything is
> tits and the cellular data network is relatively idle there will still
> be a lag. It would have to be local to have any chance of approaching
> real time. This may mean hiring a coder to write the cell phone ap and
> figuring out how to bypass the ApStore/PlayStore to load it on the
> phones. You would probably also need a program running on an individual
> PC (could be a micro with embedded OS) to manage the data.
>
> Here is the real problem. The employees themselves will ignore the
> notifications knowing other people are also getting the notifications.
> "I was busy, didn't feel like it, and management is evil for pushing
> this on us."Â Well, if they are commission based sales people you might
> get the opposite problem. A gang of fanged carnivorous starving
> seagulls descending on an unsuspecting victim.   "MINE! MINE! MINE!"
>
> I have done something to similar to this in a hardwired non cell based
> application. I drew floor plan of a building, laminated it on a board
> covered with polycarbonate, installed a programmable relay board in an
> alarm panel, wired the relays to light LEDs cut into the floor plan.
> Then I set all the keypads in the building to chime.
>
> A similar mass produced product is a waitress call system. I've never
> installed one, but I have repaired a couple. Wait staff are motivated
> to look at the light board, because generally better service equals
> better tips.
>
> Upon second thought, there are a number of wifi trigger devices on the
> market that send data to a remote location. You might be able to adapt
> something that is off the shelf. IT "professionals" are always trying
> to monitor IT hardware remotely. Power, data, heat, battery alarm,
> etc... If you can send texts (most cell services have an email to text
> format) from a PC it could all be done without an ap, but then you are
> dependent on the cellular network again. You still need some kind of
> controller to monitor the input and managed the output. Scripting under
> Windows might be possible. Never really looked at that. Local wifi
> direct would be better.
>
>
Looks like Android seems to support peer to peer communication on the
development side. Don't know about Apple iOS. Again, getting your
doors into that communication is a hurdle.
Search Android P2P and search WiFi Direct for some great background.
From there its a matter of seeing if somebody has already developed
something you can use.
--
Bob La Londe
Proffessional Hack, Hobbyist, Wannabe, Shade Tree, Button Pushing, Not a
real machinist
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Bob La Londe
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