Comments on: Getting the doorbell online http://knolleary.net/2008/04/13/getting-the-doorbell-online/ taking my thoughts for a walk Fri, 05 Dec 2008 16:32:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: nick http://knolleary.net/2008/04/13/getting-the-doorbell-online/#comment-11019 nick Tue, 24 Jun 2008 09:05:19 +0000 http://knolleary.net/?p=152#comment-11019 Rudi: it seems so obvious when you say it. Thanks for pointing that out! Rudi: it seems so obvious when you say it. Thanks for pointing that out!

]]> By: Rudi http://knolleary.net/2008/04/13/getting-the-doorbell-online/#comment-11018 Rudi Tue, 24 Jun 2008 08:08:00 +0000 http://knolleary.net/?p=152#comment-11018 “It also lets you pick one of three chimes to use …. As that setting is on the button itself, it must be sending it over the wireless signal.” This is for using more than one button, i.e. at the front door and at the back door. Each button (location) thus can have its own melody. “It also lets you pick one of three chimes to use …. As that setting is on the button itself, it must be sending it over the wireless signal.”

This is for using more than one button, i.e. at the front door and at the back door. Each button (location) thus can have its own melody.

]]> By: Setting up my Current Cost Meter | Chris Dalby Untangles Networks http://knolleary.net/2008/04/13/getting-the-doorbell-online/#comment-11009 Setting up my Current Cost Meter | Chris Dalby Untangles Networks Sun, 15 Jun 2008 14:45:54 +0000 http://knolleary.net/?p=152#comment-11009 [...] certainly is a great bit of fun at the moment. Seeing people getting their doorbell online also makes me want to go and buy a doorbell for a weekend project. Stay tuned for more blog posts [...] [...] certainly is a great bit of fun at the moment. Seeing people getting their doorbell online also makes me want to go and buy a doorbell for a weekend project. Stay tuned for more blog posts [...]

]]> By: Current Cost « The lost outpost http://knolleary.net/2008/04/13/getting-the-doorbell-online/#comment-10899 Current Cost « The lost outpost Sun, 27 Apr 2008 19:55:10 +0000 http://knolleary.net/?p=152#comment-10899 [...] tangible to hack around with. It has also led me into a bunch of interesting discussions about home automation, tweetjects and low-power servers. Fascinating [...] [...] tangible to hack around with. It has also led me into a bunch of interesting discussions about home automation, tweetjects and low-power servers. Fascinating [...]

]]> By: nick http://knolleary.net/2008/04/13/getting-the-doorbell-online/#comment-10894 nick Sun, 20 Apr 2008 21:57:47 +0000 http://knolleary.net/?p=152#comment-10894 @roo - it's a hidden switch inside the button battery compartment. As you can have multiple receivers there is something to be said for only having to pick the chime in one place - but it evidently does complicate the signal it has to send out. @roo - it’s a hidden switch inside the button battery compartment. As you can have multiple receivers there is something to be said for only having to pick the chime in one place - but it evidently does complicate the signal it has to send out.

]]> By: Roo http://knolleary.net/2008/04/13/getting-the-doorbell-online/#comment-10893 Roo Sun, 20 Apr 2008 16:45:43 +0000 http://knolleary.net/?p=152#comment-10893 Excellent post! By the way: "It also lets you pick one of three chimes to use .... As that setting is on the button itself, it must be sending it over the wireless signal." That's just weird. Does this allow visitors to pick which chime they want to use, or is it a secret hidden feature. Seems surreal to pick at the button rather than the bell. Excellent post!

By the way: “It also lets you pick one of three chimes to use …. As that setting is on the button itself, it must be sending it over the wireless signal.”

That’s just weird. Does this allow visitors to pick which chime they want to use, or is it a secret hidden feature. Seems surreal to pick at the button rather than the bell.

]]> By: nick http://knolleary.net/2008/04/13/getting-the-doorbell-online/#comment-10891 nick Mon, 14 Apr 2008 08:21:13 +0000 http://knolleary.net/?p=152#comment-10891 Gas usage is an interesting one - and is something I definitely want to track to be sure to get the whole energy-use picture. I will write a post on this once I've done some investigating and experimenting. Gas usage is an interesting one - and is something I definitely want to track to be sure to get the whole energy-use picture.

I will write a post on this once I’ve done some investigating and experimenting.

]]> By: ben http://knolleary.net/2008/04/13/getting-the-doorbell-online/#comment-10890 ben Mon, 14 Apr 2008 08:03:48 +0000 http://knolleary.net/?p=152#comment-10890 fantastic work! the current temp is useful for alerting me when there may be a fire at home... like a modern smoke alarm would love to hear your thoughts on gas usage tracking... one thought i had was to use computer vision (http://opencvlibrary.sourceforge.net/) with a very high frames per second webcam fantastic work!

the current temp is useful for alerting me when there may be a fire at home… like a modern smoke alarm

would love to hear your thoughts on gas usage tracking… one thought i had was to use computer vision (http://opencvlibrary.sourceforge.net/) with a very high frames per second webcam

]]> By: James Taylor http://knolleary.net/2008/04/13/getting-the-doorbell-online/#comment-10887 James Taylor Sun, 13 Apr 2008 21:51:45 +0000 http://knolleary.net/?p=152#comment-10887 Very much looking forward to the Aduino post, especially if it includes MQTT! Very much looking forward to the Aduino post, especially if it includes MQTT!

]]> By: Andy Stanford-Clark http://knolleary.net/2008/04/13/getting-the-doorbell-online/#comment-10886 Andy Stanford-Clark Sun, 13 Apr 2008 21:35:27 +0000 http://knolleary.net/?p=152#comment-10886 You might want to think about "banding" the temperatures... my gym temperature is banded into "very cold", "cold", "warm", "perfect" (for excercising), "hot", and "very hot". THat makes the channels far less chatty, and somewhat more interesting than just numbers... And BTW, because I can control the heater in the gym, when I tell the system I want to go and exercise, it heats the gym up until it's "perfect" and then notifies me :) You might want to think about “banding” the temperatures… my gym temperature is banded into “very cold”, “cold”, “warm”, “perfect” (for excercising), “hot”, and “very hot”. THat makes the channels far less chatty, and somewhat more interesting than just numbers…

And BTW, because I can control the heater in the gym, when I tell the system I want to go and exercise, it heats the gym up until it’s “perfect” and then notifies me :)

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