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Old November 29th, 2009, 01:25 AM
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Hey guys,

I need to get a new doorbell at home. I do not have one currently. Is there a doorbell for z-wave or x10?

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Kevin
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Old November 29th, 2009, 01:49 AM
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Many possibilities. It will depend on your equipment.
I have my connected to Ocelot, many use DS10A, etc.

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Old November 29th, 2009, 08:01 AM
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I used DS10A with RFXCOM and it was very simple - the plunger on the regular doorbell triggers an X10 wireless signal to the RFXCOM receiver/plugin and I can then prompt actions/scripts from that

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Old November 29th, 2009, 08:04 AM
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I have my doorbell connected to my alarm panel. Ideally though I would have like to keep the button illuminated and I guess the best way to do that would be some sort of a circuit which would provide the illumination and a NO/NC switch with just two wires. Or maybe 4 wires (two for an LED and two for the switch). Next year we are redoing the front entrance of the house and installing a new door with side panels replacing the current one. While the door is off was going to re-wire the area and most likely will include four wires for the door bell. (adding a camera there too).
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Old November 29th, 2009, 01:40 PM
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I would recommend doing a search on this as it has been covered many times. I put the magnet of the DS10A door and window sensor next to my plunger and it triggers and event in HomeSeer. This way I do not have to modify my door bell at all. I posted pictures a while back.
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Old November 30th, 2009, 11:29 AM
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Thanks for the replies guys. I was hoping there was just a wireless doorbell I could buy that was z-wave or x10 enabled. I guess not.

Will this DS10A solution work with an inexpensive wireless doorbell I can buy at Home Depot?

Thank you everyone.
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Old November 30th, 2009, 11:44 AM
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See this post for pictures of my setup. This is a cheap door bell from one of the chain stores.
http://board.homeseer.com/showthread...light=doorbell
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Old November 30th, 2009, 12:18 PM
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I think I got it now! Thanks for the help with this.

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Old November 30th, 2009, 01:19 PM
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Rupp's method is plug n play and really non invasive.

I removed my doorbell (and shouldn't have) wiring the doorbell directly to the alarm panel (it still works if there is a power failure via alarm panel battery). The wires are still there though. Currently it dings the alarm panel consoles, HS TTS and chimes. In addition it triggers a number of events - video recording etc.
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