Update: The LoRa sensor has no trouble at all with the range, ... • Aaron Parecki

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Aaron Parecki https://aaronparecki.com/ • Sep 2
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 not a fan that their Home Assistant integration is all through the cloud API, I might have to give it a shot for this anyway.

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!

Portland, Oregon, USA • 61°F

Sun, Sep 3, 2023 7:51am -07:00

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Have you written a response to this? Let me know the URL:
- carpetbomberz mastodon.online/users/carpetbomberz
  
  @aaronpk Where there's a will, there's a way. And it sounds like it's a little bit protected in that location from direct contact with moisture. Sounds good to me.
  
  Sun, Sep 3, 2023 10:31am -07:00

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