Re: Looking at how to use the DS10A with other devices

[Charles Sullivan <cwsulliv@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

BTW, the DS10A automatically reports its current status every 60-70
minutes, so unless you look for changes in status you may
think there's a prowler poking around your mailbox.


On Sun, 11 Sep 2005 08:59:45 -0700, Jack Edin wrote:

> Greetings.
>
> I just bought 3 DS10A's and a W800RF32A myself.
>
> My first project is to monitor the mailbox. I was thinking of replacing
> the magnetic contact switch/magnet pair with a tilt switch... maybe not.
>
> I have a problem, and a potential solution...
>
> My new plastic mailbox has access doors on both sides: the street AND
> the sidewalk.
>
> I want the DS10A to signal when the street-side door is opened.
> Hopefully the mailman is making a delivery.
>
> I can either seal the sidewalk-side door, or maybe add another DS10A to
> signal when this door is opened, etc.
>
> When I cut the sidewalk, before I pour the cement, I plan to tunnel
> underneath, and provide a way to hardwire this in the future. Anyway...
>
> Mister House is awesome software! It not only supports the W800RF32A,
> but it also supports the extended codes. Written in Perl, for both
> Windoze and Linux... Open source, and free.
>
> The DS10A has a slide switch for "min" and "max". No matter which way it
> is set, when triggered a signal is sent right away. Mister House shows
> the 4 possible codes:
>
> W800 key: alertmin
> W800 key: normalmin
> W800 key: alertmax
> W800 key: normalmax
>
> So...
>
> I'm thinking I can make the 1 DS10A do two jobs. If I somehow make the
> min/max switch part of the trigger switch circuit.
>
> I'm thinking to wire both doors to the regular switch, and the min/max
> switch would be in "min" when the street-door is triggered and in "max"
> when the sidewalk-side door is opened. Probably a second switch on 1
> door only. I have to think about how to pull this off...
>
> Mister House can, among many other things, play a sound whenever a
> certain trigger is received. I'm going to use the famous AOL "You've Got
> Mail" when the street-side is opened (during the day), and something
> like "Warning: Identity theft!" for the sidewalk-side at all times, and
> the street-side at night, etc.
>
> Time to mod a DS10A...
>
> Good luck with your project!
>
> Jack
> :)
>
>
>
> jt wrote:
>> Thanks for the information. I'm going to go and purchase the W800RF32A.
>> Looks like exactly what I need.
>>
>> JT
>>
>> "Frank Mc Alinden" wrote...
>>
>>>Hi Jt
>>>As Charles has mentioned the ds10a switches can be monitored  by
>>>the WGL W800RF32A.........
>  >>There is an xPL service  for the W800 ....xPL is Free
>>>http://www.xplproject.org.uk/
>>>
>>>Heres a link to the W800 service...
>>>
>>>http://www.lansell.org/mal/ha/ha_downloads.shtml
>>>
>>>Some U.S. xPL users are DS10A switches............
>>>
>>>
>>>HTH
>>>Frank Mc Alinden