Re: Emergency Water Turn-Off?

["BruceR" <brNOSPAM@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Robert,  How about just using something like the DoorbellFon product to
ring all the phones in the house when the doorbell is pressed? Then you
can pick up any phone in the house and tell the driver you're home and
on the way to the door.  Another thing you can do is sign a form that
the Fedex and UPS drivers have that authorize them to leave packages in
a predetermined place if you're not home.  Some high value items still
need a signature but everything else will be left without a signature. I
put in a package drop door for them to leave stuf and that's been
working great for me over the last few years. I also have a sensor on
the package door that causes a chime to sound in the house and the
Stargate to call my cellphone.



From:Robert Green
ROBERT_GREEN1963@xxxxxxxxx

>  I want to be
> able to tell when FedEx has pulled up to the curb.  If I can sense
> their arrival when I am in the basement, I can get to the door before
> the "We tried to deliver" tag gets looped on the handle.  I set up
> cameras, shot gun mikes, all sorts of stuff.  Eventually I settled on
> putting a microphone and a camera on a lamppost by the front walk.
> When I thought I had it working perfectly, the FedEx guy delivered a
> package to my neighbor and then walked across the lawn between our
> houses to ring my bell.  That's when I gave up! You can't imagine how
> PO'ed I was to see the truck driving off, knowing my system had
> failed me.