Good day.
Please advice if it’s possible to do the following with using fibaro universal switch or something like that:
I want to connect my ussual doorbell to your universal switch and programm, when someone is pusshing the button the light will swith on. The light is connected to fibaro relay switch.
Can I do the same thing as in previous paragraph, but in additional to be able to play some mp3 file through my speakers. (I don’t want to but z-wave doorbell)
Please advice, if it’s possible, how can I connect my doorbell and what additional equipment do I need.
If you have a spare computer available it is quite simple.
I have a spare linux server with a PHP script that runs local commands. It is firewalled to accept connections only from the vera’s ip address for added security. You can set the PHP file to run a command once its accessed, for example running a VLC script that plays an MP3 file when the url is accessed.
Put this url in some luup code so when a scene or anything else runs it plays some sound.
The Fibaro Universal Sensor would work fine if you connected it to a wired doorbell, all it is is a sensor for when a connection is made or not.
As for triggering a light, that is pretty straight forward assuming the light you want to turn on is registered with Vera too. (Create a scene where the pushing of the bell is the trigger, and the result is that the light is turned on)
As for playing an mp3. You have a number of options here, and like @TonyG says you can run an app on a PC that works with Vera, or there is a squeezebox, or Sonos plugin for Vera too.
I have a Sonos and that works wonderfully with Vera.
You would need to insert some electronics to adapt the Z-wave device (which is expecting a normally-open contact to close) to work with the flame sensor (which produces a 0 V or 3.3 V digital output). You could achieve that with a mechanical relay or with a transistor and a couple of resistors.
The Fibaro Universal Sensor would work fine if you connected it to a wired doorbell, all it is is a sensor for when a connection is made or not.[/quote]
One more question, I can’t understand, how is universal switch is working. As I can understand it can receive “0” or “1”, like binary sensor. But the doorbell doesn’t transmit these values. Please advice.
Also please look the scheme, where should I put this universal switch?
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I have one of these sensors but i’ve not had chance to install it yet to really understand it’s abilities in full - (Although if you search the forum you will find some dedicated threads on them)
My assumption is that you would connect the Universal Sensor inline with your bell push button terminals, so when the button is pressed and the connections are crossed the sensor registers it too.