well there are other reasons why I may not manage the doorbell.
1, I run a production company, my flat is several feet above the door and also above a business. 2, as a result there are so many things going on that the doorbell, which is on a totally different floor from my flat may get lost in translation. 3, given there are home environment monitoring programs / services, I thought there might be a simple ios solution, incorporated either in a large package, or as a single application. One of our telecommunications companies here rogers provides a home monitoring smart home service as a part of cable for example. Actually I did not follow why a sensor monitoring the door would fall, nor do I follow why wanting something to attract my attention, translates into deaf blindness.
 More clear?


On Tue, 6 Feb 2018, Jonathan Cohn wrote:

OK, reading between the lines here, please correct me.

1. You can not hear the doorbell.
2. You want something that can hear the current doorbell and notify you via 
vibration. You would be happy if it is this iPhone but it does not need to be 
that.

I don't know much about deaf-blind solutions. I wonder if there is anything 
listed at able data?
Jonathan

                Best wishes,

Jonathan Cohn



On Feb 5, 2018, at 2:23 PM, Karen Lewellen <klewel...@shellworld.net> wrote:

Hi Alex,
This seems to be a Mercedes solution  to a Volkswagen bug  kind of problem.
I do not want to buy allot of technology that I may be physically unable to use.
My hope was an app that could send a message to a different contact if that 
makes sense.
say use the IPhone with keyboard largely to manage  the application, with it  
calling my regular phone when the bell is rung.
mounting the sensor so it does not fall would not be that challenging if I 
understand them physically at least.
Other simple solutions?
Kare


On Mon, 5 Feb 2018, Alex Hall wrote:

Two options come immediately to mind, though I may be missing obvious other 
options. First, to get HomeKit working beyond your home or to allow automation, 
you'll need a hub. This can be an Apple TV 4 or newer, an iPad that's turned on 
(but can be locked), on your network, and running iOS 10 or newer, or a HomePod.


Once you have that, you have a few choices I can come up with. First, you could 
get a HomeKit-enabled security camera aimed Through a window at your door. 
Second, you could get a simple motion sensor and mount it above the door. This 
option would probably fire constantly, though. Third, you could get something 
like a Ring doorbell, which uses HomeKit to alert you when it rings and can 
even allow two-way audio communication between you and whoever is at the door. 
It does video from the door to your phone, too, but I doubt that matters as 
much.

Sent from my iPhone

On Feb 5, 2018, at 00:10, Karen Lewellen <klewel...@shellworld.net> wrote:

Hi all,
Sorry if   my question seems out of step, but if this  is possible, I want to 
make the effort.
I have no idea what homekit does, might include my goals I suppose.
I have an IPhone 5se?, recently unlocked by a co-worker, but not used for 
anything at all yet.
Here is my desire.
I just found a new apartment which is a flat above a business.
Because mine is the only dwelling and said business closes rather early, I am 
considering a touch of extra  well monitoring in a way.
What I want is something that sends a vibrating indicator if  someone rings my 
doorbell at the very least.
I do not wish to need a browser for this, nor am I interested in a text message.
The apartment has a doorbell already, but I have not checked it closely enough 
to learn if it is  wireless.  My hope is the application  can detect its 
presence.  If I need to add a simple sensor I am willing,  frankly I am asking 
for ideas because I have not needed to consider this sort of thing before.
thoughts?
Kare



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