There was a guy that I ran across who was doing an IOT sensor that was essentially a little tiny cell phone (no keyboard/display), which had a prepurchased agreement for a certain number of SMS messages. It was an interesting solution for this type of thing.
The name of the company he was working on is http://geotraq.com , I think that it has been through a few pivots since I last engaged with them, but the idea of a small box that can SMS is interesting. I understand No-Budget projects. I am the kind of person who avoids the $10 yard ornament, to spend $1000 on tools so I can make the $0 yard ornament.... So while my yard ornament might look like it was $0, it was really $1000.... So perhaps it would be worth exploring if you can find the $50 IOT solution that solves the problem. On Sat, Jan 9, 2021 at 9:53 AM Michael Barnes <[email protected]> wrote: > Here's an interesting challenge. Another no-budget project. I have some > remote equipment that I need to occasionally receive an alarm alert from. > The equipment provides a contact closure in an alarm condition. In the past > for this type of thing, I used an old autodialer that simply picked up a > phone line, dialed a number, and played a recorded message. > > In this situation, I do not have access to an old style POTS line. I would > prefer a text message, potentially to multiple recipients. There is a local > network with Internet available. I know there are services like Google > voice that can send text messages over the Internet. I do not have access > to an SMTP server that can send external email. > > I was thinking of something like a Raspberry Pi to detect the contact > closure and make the notification. I'm just not sure of the software > mechanism to do so. > > Any ideas appreciated. > > Michael > _______________________________________________ > PLUG: https://pdxlinux.org > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > -- [image: www.seattleangelconference.com] <http://www.seattleangelconference.com/> *JOHN SECHREST* *Founder, *Seattle Angel Conference TEL (541) 250-0844 EMAIL [email protected] Schedule A Meeting <https://sechrest.youcanbook.me/> http://seattleangelconference.com @sechrest _______________________________________________ PLUG: https://pdxlinux.org PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
