Aaron Parecki

• Wesley Oman (he/him)
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• Sven Lakemeier chaos.social/users/sven

  @aaronpk anything in between with mains power where you could put a Zigbee repeater, like a switched outlet adapter or similar?

  Sat, Sep 2, 2023 2:46pm -07:00
• jack the nonabrasive mastodon.social/users/karabaic

  @aaronpk could this be a problem a properly directional antenna solves? Something like a mini pringles can?

  Sat, Sep 2, 2023 2:09pm -07:00
• Nils coolworld.cc/users/n

  @aaronpk It's been done.. ..in Switzerland.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2zJ5dqDKBk

  Sat, Sep 2, 2023 9:21am -07:00
• Melissa Santos social.coop/users/ansate

  @aaronpk ooooo loving these updates!

  Sat, Sep 2, 2023 9:13am -07:00

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• Aaron Parecki aaronparecki.com
  Update: The LoRa sensor has no trouble at all with the range, but it's still touchy when the transmitter is inside the mailbox.
  
  If it's in exactly the right spot it works, but not when the transmitter is where I actually want to mount it on the side.
  
  The one I found has the transmitter box with a breakout cable to the contact sensors, so I was able to run the wire for the contact sensors to the door flap and stick the transmitter on the underside outside of the box. Now it works great!
  Sun, Sep 3, 2023 7:51am -07:00
• aaronpk micro.blog/aaronpk
  Sadly my hopes of getting a mailbox opened notification seem to be a lost cause. The 433mhz sensor doesn't have enough power to reach the 80 feet to the street. The Zigbee one does reach that distance, but not once it's inside the mailbox. I just found a LoRa line of home automation products, and while I'm... aaronparecki.com
  Sat, Sep 2, 2023 8:51am -07:00 (via micro.blog)