dburton Posted January 3, 2006 Share Posted January 3, 2006 What is the simplest way to connect a doorbell to the MC? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cinemasouthbh Posted January 3, 2006 Share Posted January 3, 2006 I'm desperately waiting for somone to come up with a good solution for this. Bueller? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junebug Posted January 3, 2006 Share Posted January 3, 2006 run a wire :cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danlevine Posted January 4, 2006 Share Posted January 4, 2006 We have done this with Either a Contact / Relay Extender... A HTC, or an MC with the Contact Points on the Back.Does this help you out or do you need more specifics? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cinemasouthbh Posted January 4, 2006 Share Posted January 4, 2006 Really? I need to run a wire for it? Jeesh, what was I thinking!Ok, really, I have been waiting for someone to suggest a decent solution for a doorbell besides flashing lights. I have 2 clients that are waiting for a chime solution and I've been checking here and there for a solution but have come up short. Anyone come up with a CHIME solution for this yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy.cytexone Posted January 4, 2006 Share Posted January 4, 2006 Really? I need to run a wire for it? Jeesh, what was I thinking!Ok, really, I have been waiting for someone to suggest a decent solution for a doorbell besides flashing lights. I have 2 clients that are waiting for a chime solution and I've been checking here and there for a solution but have come up short. Anyone come up with a CHIME solution for this yet?I'm definitely interested in what you're talking about. I might be able to find something if you give me some more details - a scenario for usage would help me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junebug Posted January 4, 2006 Share Posted January 4, 2006 I'm under the assumption you want to be able to hear the doorbell throughout the home when the button is pressed. How about running the door button to a HTC or Media contact sensor then place a doorbell near each HTC or Media Controller. Wire these in to the relay then program when button is pushed to ring all the doorbells.Alternative is to play a mp3 file but this is not as "quick", will be some delay and if you are already listing to a music source I don't know of a way to return to that source at the point that it was switched to the doorbell mp3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy.cytexone Posted January 4, 2006 Share Posted January 4, 2006 I'm under the assumption you want to be able to hear the doorbell throughout the home when the button is pressed. How about running the door button to a HTC or Media contact sensor then place a doorbell near each HTC or Media Controller. Wire these in to the relay then program when button is pushed to ring all the doorbells.Alternative is to play a mp3 file but this is not as "quick", will be some delay and if you are already listing to a music source I don't know of a way to return to that source at the point that it was switched to the doorbell mp3.Could be very sweet. I'd be curious if someone works out this suggestion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BusBoy Posted January 4, 2006 Share Posted January 4, 2006 Ok well this isnt a gracefull idea but I think it could work with some playing around. You are not really using the C4 system fully but you can add automation to events that would trigger upon the doorbell ringing (mute audio, switch tv on & goto camera 1) the possiblities are there.http://www.smarthome.com/5070.htmlHope this helps... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
All Wired Up! Posted January 5, 2006 Share Posted January 5, 2006 You might be able to do this by dedicating a receivers zone 2. I'm thinking something along the lines of somehow splicing the zone two speaker wire to all of the speakers primary wire then when doorbell button is pushed you reduce the volume on zone 1 and any amp by a set amount (perhaps volume down by so many milliseconds - don't know if that can be done), activate zone 2 at a set volume, play doorbell MPG, then reverse this process.This would require the right receiver and a closer look at the programming, but maybe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATOH Posted January 5, 2006 Share Posted January 5, 2006 What about a SpeakerCraft SL-One or similar speaker switch with a trigger input? I think this would be the easiest to use with a small amplifier to power the speakers when the doorbell rings?The SpeakerCraft switch doesn't have a 12v trigger but Niles or Sonance has one that may have a trigger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chambrick Posted January 6, 2006 Share Posted January 6, 2006 Let's just see if we can all yell loud enough for C4 to hear us that this is a big wow factor item that needs to go into 1.3. I think it would take some extra programming but still not a mountain that can't be climbed. Elan has this feature. Find out how they're doing it. I'm thinking just status variables for each audio zone. Then ability to switch the zones to the sound source go to a set volume (configurable of course), play the file then switch back to known state stored in the status variables.C'mon, piece of cake. Programmed in 25 minutes...ok 35. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve Posted June 21, 2006 Share Posted June 21, 2006 We use the DB-1 from Niles. Check it out, I think it is what your are looking for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yetimon Posted July 7, 2006 Share Posted July 7, 2006 Me too on the DB1. Great piece of kit. Simple, effective, and flexible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robgoldin Posted July 25, 2006 Share Posted July 25, 2006 We recently incorporated an ELAN Z600 communications controller into a project for a page/doorbell solution. It works well but it was a bit of a programming nightmare because Composer does not allow us to set one variable equal to another variable (i.e. to "remember the on/off state, source, and volume level in a zone at the time of the doorbell event). If anyone would like some more details, let me know and I'd be glad to share the info with you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THEBOZ Posted July 25, 2006 Share Posted July 25, 2006 RobgoldinI would love to see details on the Z600, thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alinford Posted August 17, 2006 Share Posted August 17, 2006 I think this should be a a module that works with the intercom. The speakers on the MT's through out the home could 'Ring' (play a specified wav or mp3 file), and people in the home could then speak with the person at the door via the intercom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lippavisual Posted August 29, 2006 Share Posted August 29, 2006 I also have the Z600 info. Unfortunately, I haven't had the chance to try it. If anyone wants it just let me know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andycass Posted October 4, 2007 Share Posted October 4, 2007 I had the same problem, You have to take a record of the states of each thing in the project and then return it to its pre buzzer state, but is hellishly slow and i ended up taking the niles out and just putting in a $2 buzzer located in the hall. Life is too short, besides the programming ends up so long and full of bugs it never works sweetly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
punkrock Posted February 11, 2008 Share Posted February 11, 2008 speaker point works great with and mp3 in this situation. Hardly any delay. I use this in combination with lights flashing on/off with a variable that turns the doorbell audio part on/off with a keypad in case the baby is sleeping. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcoman Posted September 8, 2010 Share Posted September 8, 2010 Time to resurrect this thread with a new question.Have taken a 3rd party wireles chime. and ued it to close a relay that is connected to the contact input on a MC.Works great, except, the delay is 3 to 4 seconds from the time the relay actuates to the sound coming out of the speakers. We used an doorbell resource and an announcement agent and a wave file. I have a 1.7.4 system. Is there a way to do this with less delay? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henniae Posted September 8, 2010 Share Posted September 8, 2010 Time to resurrect this thread with a new question.Have taken a 3rd party wireles chime. and ued it to close a relay that is connected to the contact input on a MC.Works great, except, the delay is 3 to 4 seconds from the time the relay actuates to the sound coming out of the speakers. We used an doorbell resource and an announcement agent and a wave file. I have a 1.7.4 system. Is there a way to do this with less delay?Faster C4 hardware. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcoman Posted September 8, 2010 Share Posted September 8, 2010 OK, I have an old faithful friend of an MC, true.Before I put the bullet in the old dog and run off with a HC300C, I would like to know if someone actually has a measured time differential.If you close the contact, how long does the announcement take to play on the HC300x?Other then that, is the coding style I chose part of the problem or is it just the time to bring up the audio zones and push out the wav file?Brian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CFUG Posted September 8, 2010 Share Posted September 8, 2010 1.8 yields several seconds on a 300B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ILoveC4 Posted September 9, 2010 Share Posted September 9, 2010 I'll do a test tonight...I have a Media Controller as well, but I've got some supplemental stuff too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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