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Newbie advice
Hi, I'm completely new to this and still trying to find my feet. I am looking to purchase a new doorbell and when pressed as well as ringing I would like a notification to my phone. I'm pretty sure this is possible from reading many forum posts, but my initial question is much more simple: do you need the pi or can the other board run standalone plugged in to a windows machine via USB?
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Re: Newbie advice
I'm also new to this so this may not be the best way to do this.
I control the rflink from domoticz which always runs in the background on my PC. Domoticz is able to send push notifications (via a 3rd party service) to my phone. This functionality and instructions are in the settings menu.
Hope this helps
I control the rflink from domoticz which always runs in the background on my PC. Domoticz is able to send push notifications (via a 3rd party service) to my phone. This functionality and instructions are in the settings menu.
Hope this helps
Re: Newbie advice
You can do it with Domoticz, running on either a R-Pi or a Windows machine. I've used Win10, but moved to a Pi at some point.f0x2 wrote: ↑05 May 2017, 21:57 Hi, I'm completely new to this and still trying to find my feet. I am looking to purchase a new doorbell and when pressed as well as ringing I would like a notification to my phone. I'm pretty sure this is possible from reading many forum posts, but my initial question is much more simple: do you need the pi or can the other board run standalone plugged in to a windows machine via USB?
As for RF: I have used RFLink locally connected to USB, works great, except that the location was not ideal. I now run RFLink via a LAN interface. This way I can leave the Pi in my hobby-room, and locate the RFLink in a place that is best for RF range.
As long as the doorbell sends out an RF signal, you can pick it up in Domoticz and take action. Push-notification is possible, or you could even send mail.
I am using an old KAKU doorbell this way.
Re: Newbie advice
Other options: you can also use a linux machine with Domoticz (or similar), a qnap nas or a Vera box...
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Re: Newbie advice
Thanks for the advice guys
Looks like I'll be buying an Arduino mega and RFlink and connecting it to my windows server 2012 box
Looks like I'll be buying an Arduino mega and RFlink and connecting it to my windows server 2012 box
Re: Newbie advice
If memory serves me ok, I think you can use an RFLink without the Mega. It connects to the server with a USB cable.
The Mega is needed when you want to run the RFLink via LAN interface.
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Re: Newbie advice
The RFLink firmware runs on the Mega.. so you will need a Mega2560 + the RF modules you want to use.
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