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General => Users => Topic started by: bp5 on August 13, 2010, 04:35:22 PM

Title: Clues on Interfacing simple detection of closed contact?
Post by: bp5 on August 13, 2010, 04:35:22 PM
I can't seem to find a plug and play alarm panel for LMCE so I was going to try to get LMCE to detect a closed contact (maybe using a relay) and use that as an event to signal an alarm condition or movement in a room using a traditional PIR or open door contact. Can anyone give me some clues as to where I might get appropriate hardward and where I can find a template to play with so LMCE will recognize the event?

thanks,
Blaine
Title: Re: Clues on Interfacing simple detection of closed contact?
Post by: Techstyle on August 13, 2010, 04:50:20 PM
you could use a GC-100 http://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php/Gc100 (http://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php/Gc100)

a little expensive but one way to use relays with LMCE
Title: Re: Clues on Interfacing simple detection of closed contact?
Post by: Marie.O on August 13, 2010, 04:52:33 PM
If you are going EIB/KNX in your automation setup, you can also add a binary sensor. iirc 8-port < 200EUR
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