| Posted: Tuesday Nov 23rd, 2010 03:50 pm |
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Ok, so I suppose this is not exactly the right way of doing things but has anyone done something similar with reliable results?
I want to be notified if there is water in my geyser drip-tray. What I did was to wire a 2k7 resistor over a zone input. With this my zone registers 'Closed' in the normal or dry condition and as soon as I stick it into a glass of water it goes into an 'Open' state for a few seconds.
This is great but I don't think a zone input is designed to measure such small variations in resistance. Things quickly settle back to a 'Closed' state even with the resistor still in the water.
Does anyone have another cheap idea how to do this?
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| Posted: Tuesday Nov 23rd, 2010 04:13 pm |
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| Posted: Tuesday Nov 23rd, 2010 04:17 pm |
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Thanks, that's what I was looking for.
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| Posted: Saturday Nov 27th, 2010 12:43 pm |
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Ok, I now have a WaterLevel Switch in place connected to my RIO. How can I write a Response entry to send me a SMS when water is detected? Can I send a custom SMS message or does it follow the GSM configuration in Modules/UCM section and only allow a prefix and some sort of trouble condition message?
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| Posted: Sunday Nov 28th, 2010 01:38 am |
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RIO Inputs cannot work as Alarm Inputs which trigger alarm types directly
If it is connected to one of the Comfort, SEM or LEM zones, you can modifiy or make a new Alarm Type called Water or Flood, enable dial out to the selected Phone.
Program a Zone Type eg Monitor N/O to point to the Flood Alarm Type
This does not need a Response
To summarise
Zone -> Zone Type Monitor N/O > Alarm Type Flood
The SMS will show the alarm name and zone name
eg My House- Flood Alarm- Basement Flood
If it is connected to the RIO, you have to assign the On Response with the action Do Alarm, zone which wil activate one of the Alarm Types.
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| Posted: Sunday Nov 28th, 2010 04:31 am |
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I am always amazed at how much you can do with the Comfort system. This just proves it again.
I will move it to a spare Alarm Zone and configure as you suggested.
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