stephan2307
- Nov 17, 2014
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Hi,
I was challenged to do a little project at work and I am a little stuck and was wondering if anyone could help me with this.
Scenario: There is a door that we would like to monitor to see if the door is locked or unlocked and we would like to monitor this from a computer. Problem here is that we can't run a cable from the door to our office and there is no power available either. Door to office is about 15 meters with 2 walls between the computer and where the sensor needs to be fitted.
So I had the following idea.
Use a Raspberry Pi as a Server (php,mysql) on the local network. The sensor could be some sort of bluetooth device that sends out a signal when the door gets locked and again when it is unlocked. This bluetooth device could talk to a bluetooth router which could then talk to the raspberry pi.
Problem I have is I don't know what sort of bluetooth device I could use for this ( it should be as small as possible ) and how to configure the bluetooth router to talk only with the raspberry pi.
I saw the McModule project on Kickstarter and thought that that device was exactly what I needed but it seems that the website is under construction and you can't buy it anywhere.
Can anyone help me with this or point me into the right direction? Also if there is another solution I am more than happy to listen to other suggestions.
Thanks for your time and help.
I was challenged to do a little project at work and I am a little stuck and was wondering if anyone could help me with this.
Scenario: There is a door that we would like to monitor to see if the door is locked or unlocked and we would like to monitor this from a computer. Problem here is that we can't run a cable from the door to our office and there is no power available either. Door to office is about 15 meters with 2 walls between the computer and where the sensor needs to be fitted.
So I had the following idea.
Use a Raspberry Pi as a Server (php,mysql) on the local network. The sensor could be some sort of bluetooth device that sends out a signal when the door gets locked and again when it is unlocked. This bluetooth device could talk to a bluetooth router which could then talk to the raspberry pi.
Problem I have is I don't know what sort of bluetooth device I could use for this ( it should be as small as possible ) and how to configure the bluetooth router to talk only with the raspberry pi.
I saw the McModule project on Kickstarter and thought that that device was exactly what I needed but it seems that the website is under construction and you can't buy it anywhere.
Can anyone help me with this or point me into the right direction? Also if there is another solution I am more than happy to listen to other suggestions.
Thanks for your time and help.