Pocster Posted Saturday at 15:34 Share Posted Saturday at 15:34 To avoid the build I create a new ‘fun’ project …. The post box is a standalone unit about 6m from the house . Want to detect when it’s opened presumably by postie to delivery parcel . It does have a letter slot - but I could block that up . First thought was a Shelly / zigbee battery door sensor . Works sometimes . Range is the issue … Also no mains power at the postbox . So ! , maybe a Shelly relay mains powered but it would need mains which is around 20m away and then long cable to some reed sensor type magnetic switch in the postbox . Seems like a lot of work to work out if a letters been posted ! A good / bad plan ? ; other suggestions?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gone West Posted Saturday at 16:51 Share Posted Saturday at 16:51 Would it be possible to have a wireless camera looking at the post box which would notify you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteamyTea Posted Saturday at 16:52 Share Posted Saturday at 16:52 At 6m away, just run a bit of bell wire to a simple sensor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saveasteading Posted Saturday at 17:06 Share Posted Saturday at 17:06 1 hour ago, Pocster said: other suggestions US post boxes have a flag that sticks up. Not so much fun as wires and lights perhaps? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onoff Posted Saturday at 17:08 Share Posted Saturday at 17:08 A piece of string tied to your willy? 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onoff Posted Saturday at 17:11 Share Posted Saturday at 17:11 This: https://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Products/QUDSW.html Quinetic receiver with an added latching relay, light stays on until you switch it off. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pocster Posted Saturday at 17:51 Author Share Posted Saturday at 17:51 43 minutes ago, Onoff said: A piece of string tied to your willy? Needs to be a (expletive deleted)ing big parcel to move 10kg of meat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pocster Posted Saturday at 17:52 Author Share Posted Saturday at 17:52 40 minutes ago, Onoff said: This: https://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Products/QUDSW.html Quinetic receiver with an added latching relay, light stays on until you switch it off. Not for sale to Germany apparently… why ? Not a musk nazi device is it ? 😆 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onoff Posted Saturday at 18:15 Share Posted Saturday at 18:15 19 minutes ago, Pocster said: Not for sale to Germany apparently… why ? Not a musk nazi device is it ? 😆 Because ze Germans at least realise that once the Chinese control our power infrastructure they're only a flick of the switch away from The Great Over Voltage Disaster where all their cheap mains powered wall warts etc catch fire at once...everywhere. It'll be Dresden, Cologne all over again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onoff Posted Saturday at 18:26 Share Posted Saturday at 18:26 (edited) Postman delivers your prescription enlargement cream, / pump, opens the box triggering the Quinetic door switch Door switch signals the receiver. Receiver brings the relay in. Far right set of normally open contacts hold the relay on and other set bring a lamp on. Lamp stays on until you hit the cancel button. Or something like that... Edited Saturday at 18:27 by Onoff 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pocster Posted Saturday at 18:46 Author Share Posted Saturday at 18:46 30 minutes ago, Onoff said: Because ze Germans at least realise that once the Chinese control our power infrastructure they're only a flick of the switch away from The Great Over Voltage Disaster where all their cheap mains powered wall warts etc catch fire at once...everywhere. It'll be Dresden, Cologne all over again! Bast’s - I knew it would be like that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pocster Posted Saturday at 18:47 Author Share Posted Saturday at 18:47 (edited) 20 minutes ago, Onoff said: Postman delivers your prescription enlargement cream, / pump, opens the box triggering the Quinetic door switch Door switch signals the receiver. Receiver brings the relay in. Far right set of normally open contacts hold the relay on and other set bring a lamp on. Lamp stays on until you hit the cancel button. Or something like that... Still got to run 20m of cable . I’m a lazy (expletive deleted) ; that’s all under my decking Edited Saturday at 18:47 by Pocster Lazy (expletive deleted) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pocster Posted Saturday at 19:02 Author Share Posted Saturday at 19:02 2 hours ago, Gone West said: Would it be possible to have a wireless camera looking at the post box which would notify you? I’ve got an ip camera that can see it - too many false triggers as I walk past it to enter my abode Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onoff Posted Saturday at 19:08 Share Posted Saturday at 19:08 19 minutes ago, Pocster said: Still got to run 20m of cable . I’m a lazy (expletive deleted) ; that’s all under my decking ??? No cable required. Just a Quinetic door switch. Doesn't need batteries. Works by magic.....or maybe the charge generated by a piezo electric crystal or something..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onoff Posted Saturday at 19:12 Share Posted Saturday at 19:12 3 hours ago, Pocster said: A good / bad plan ? ; other suggestions?? Answers on a postcard? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russdl Posted Saturday at 19:14 Share Posted Saturday at 19:14 @Onoff that is a genius suggestion. I’m now trying to find something around here that I need a Quinetic door switch for. @Pocster have you had a look at the videos on the product page in the link. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bramco Posted Saturday at 19:21 Share Posted Saturday at 19:21 You need entangled bits.... Go quantum - few bits in the postbox entangled with some in the house. And hey presto the latest in postbox sensors. Powering the entangled bits on the street might be an issue but in the house must be a breeze... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pocster Posted Saturday at 19:54 Author Share Posted Saturday at 19:54 (edited) 51 minutes ago, Onoff said: ??? No cable required. Just a Quinetic door switch. Doesn't need batteries. Works by magic.....or maybe the charge generated by a piezo electric crystal or something..... Interfaces to home assistant ? What does it generate on activation ??? Concept sounds good …. reviews seem not good . A battery I change once a year or less is fine . My problem is WiFi and zigbee at this point is poor / shite Edited Saturday at 20:00 by Pocster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pocster Posted Saturday at 19:59 Author Share Posted Saturday at 19:59 37 minutes ago, Bramco said: You need entangled bits.... Go quantum - few bits in the postbox entangled with some in the house. And hey presto the latest in postbox sensors. Powering the entangled bits on the street might be an issue but in the house must be a breeze... I was thinking this also . But then I drank some 🍷and thought (expletive deleted) it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onoff Posted Saturday at 20:35 Share Posted Saturday at 20:35 When I make our new post box I'm going to mount a blink camera on the outside, looking in*. Will be in direct line of sight to the router. Anything comes through the post box I'll get an alert on my phone. * CHOON! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Walker Posted yesterday at 09:55 Share Posted yesterday at 09:55 A camera is a better solution and I used a Wireless Logic circle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pocster Posted yesterday at 11:11 Author Share Posted yesterday at 11:11 (edited) Lora !!!!!! Yolink New toys ordered ! 1/4 Mile range …. 🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🤔 Edited yesterday at 11:21 by Pocster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pocster Posted yesterday at 11:44 Author Share Posted yesterday at 11:44 I was reading about someone that bought a Lora based sensor and didn’t know they needed the hub . Been working by magic apparently for years ; not on their WiFi or Bluetooth or anything else . Recently found out it had connected to a Lora hub 5 streets away 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pocster Posted yesterday at 12:45 Author Share Posted yesterday at 12:45 Hmmmmmm to find a relay resorts to AliExpress - always a flip a coin and hope ; this maybe ? Are all Lora devices compatible with all hubs ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pocster Posted 23 hours ago Author Share Posted 23 hours ago Or this ??? I want to toggle 240v on each relay https://hobbycomponents.com/lora/1190-longreach-lora-4-channel-digital-tx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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