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Project Idea- Baby Gate Alert Notifier

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Former Member over 11 years ago

My wife and I are moving with our two little boys into a two story house I had this idea. What if there was a trigger on the baby gate that we are going to put at the top of the stairs to let us know if it is closed.

 

I have figured out a way I think I could do it using something like a raspberry pi and having it email a notification when the gate it opened but I thought I would send you the challenge because you could make it better and add more features.

 

I am thinking some features could be time periods. So it will only alert you if the gate is open during certain parts of the day like night time when everyone is sleeping at it should be closed.

Also maybe kind of like a tilt (see how I am using pin ball terms for you) feature so if one of the boys wake up and tries to climb over the gate or shake it open.


I haven't looked around to see if there is already something like this available but I think a lot of parents would appreciate something like this.

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    benheck over 11 years ago

    Probably don't need a whole Raspberry Pi for this - a microcontroller with a RTC (Real Time Clock) could suffice.

     

    We just finished an auto-dog door, so maybe we could visit this one down the road.

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    Former Member over 11 years ago

    Take a look at wireless alarm systems. You may find door sensors or vibration sensors that will work on the stairgate.

    You could possibly receive the radio signals from such modules with a radio module attached to Pi or whatever that is hooked up to your WiFi, SMS service, alarm sounder, CEC based TV interrupter etc.

    Alternatively, a stock wireless alarm controller might provide the time activation function and sounder output you need.

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    Former Member over 11 years ago in reply to benheck

    Hey Ben,

     

    Thanks for the input. The first thing I thought of was a raspberry pi but I knew you would have some better ideas so that is why I shared the idea here.

     

    The auto dog door sounds very cool and i can't wait to see it.

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    Former Member over 11 years ago in reply to Former Member

    Hi Pigraham,

     

    Thank you for all these great ideas. I am not really interested in an audible sound because if my wife or I leave the gate opened and the sound goes off it might wake uo the kids. That's why I was thinking about an email notification because it would be quite but still let me know when something isn't right.

     

    Your thoughts have given me some ideas though that I am going to look into.

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