[PLUG] Sending notifications from remote equipment

[John Sechrest]

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 <barnmichael at gmail.com> 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
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