Analogue smart DoorBell

[aceindy]

Does it work with magnetic coil?
if so…just use a reed contact?

Contact Sensor for Doorbell

Sorry about the bad picture… only had a minute… there is no wiring involved… the one contact sensor sits on top for the side door and The zwave one was originally just balanced in the button area on a screw and with some foam tape… lol. But it occasionally moved so thats why I added the separate reed switch so I could get it right next to the coil without it moving from the right spot… the other white wires you see are part of a video doorbell and have nothing to do with the sensors… and yea i…

Easiest way to make a dumb doorbell smart (no programming, no soldering, no tinkering)!

The Goal: Using my existing wired doorbell setup, overlay a sensor so that I could give it smarts, and tie in automation (e.g. notification on my and my wife’s phones, and a TTS announcement in the house that someone’s at the door) The Motivation: My dog goes NUTS when the doorbell rings, which is pretty annoying, so I wanted to replace the traditional “chime” with a TTS and mobile notification. Note though that this method does not require you to remove the mechanical chime, that part is optio…