Hello everyone!
I have a new riddle that I need to solve. We have a large property (6.5 acres) with a lot of trees and we often are in the back where it is more secluded. I installed a powerful WiFi antenna that pretty much covers the entire property and gives relative solid connection to the home network.
When we are in the back of the property we want to get an alert whenever someone enters the driveway.
The driveway sensor is tied into the ELK system and also the ISY. So far I have installed a smaller piezzo alert in the horse barn (half way down the property) which helps when we work in the barn. But from the barn onward I have no power (other then solar) or no more solid lines. I also use an old iPhone4 mounted to the UTV or tractor for camera monitoring but it does not give an audible alert when you are not looking. This old phone does not have cellular anymore so I can not send text messages. Emails are slower and may not give me the sufficient reaction time.
Basically I want to get a sounding alert when I happen to run the chainsaw or work in the garden.
My preferred way would be something that allows the ELK or ISY to talk to an iPhone app directly and make this notify me audible (and vibrating). I searched but I have not yet found a simple app for that. All other apps have more of less the full functionality but lack in the sounding alert category. Does anyone know of such an app?
Is there a stand alone "thingy" that I can run of a power source (i.e. 12V batteries on the tractor, solar, ...) that connects to the WiFi network and gets notifications from the ELK or ISY?
I could install a large horn on the barn but I think this is too distracting for neighbors and horses.... plus there are the logistics of determine when to sound it and when not.
I have a new riddle that I need to solve. We have a large property (6.5 acres) with a lot of trees and we often are in the back where it is more secluded. I installed a powerful WiFi antenna that pretty much covers the entire property and gives relative solid connection to the home network.
When we are in the back of the property we want to get an alert whenever someone enters the driveway.
The driveway sensor is tied into the ELK system and also the ISY. So far I have installed a smaller piezzo alert in the horse barn (half way down the property) which helps when we work in the barn. But from the barn onward I have no power (other then solar) or no more solid lines. I also use an old iPhone4 mounted to the UTV or tractor for camera monitoring but it does not give an audible alert when you are not looking. This old phone does not have cellular anymore so I can not send text messages. Emails are slower and may not give me the sufficient reaction time.
Basically I want to get a sounding alert when I happen to run the chainsaw or work in the garden.
My preferred way would be something that allows the ELK or ISY to talk to an iPhone app directly and make this notify me audible (and vibrating). I searched but I have not yet found a simple app for that. All other apps have more of less the full functionality but lack in the sounding alert category. Does anyone know of such an app?
Is there a stand alone "thingy" that I can run of a power source (i.e. 12V batteries on the tractor, solar, ...) that connects to the WiFi network and gets notifications from the ELK or ISY?
I could install a large horn on the barn but I think this is too distracting for neighbors and horses.... plus there are the logistics of determine when to sound it and when not.
