Mailbox notification motion sensor

Questions
#1

Hi Gents,

I’m newbie and learning. Looking for some helps and idea.
I’m not sure if this is achievable. Can anyone guide?

“Mailbox notification” planned to place the motion sensor in the mailbox. When it detects motion, He send a triggerred signal in homeremote, manual reset by clicking the mail icon after mail collected.

Thinking to use the below sonoff product.

  • Sonoff Motion Sensor
  • Sonoff Zigbee Bridge

Thank you in advance! I’m sure we have expert here.

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#2

I would use a virtual switch on a hub. Create a rule that triggers the switch to on by your sensor. Map the virtual switch into THR to a button that turns it off. What kind of hub do you have?

Edit: I didn’t see you posted the bridge above… I’m not familiar with that and if you can setup virtual devices

#3

Hi @Jdamore ,

That bridge in the photo is the hub. the motion sensor “Zigbee” to the Bridge hub.
Let me try. Sometime simple stuff, Not sure why I will think a difficult way to do. -LOL

#4

Keep in mind two things.

  1. that The Home Remote will not get the “motion detected” if the app is not open at the time motion is detected.
  2. Variables are reset to the default value if the app is closed.
    Because of this, you need a hub or some sort of back-end to handle your logic and to store the status of your mail.
    I wish my mailbox wasn’t 250ft from my house so I could a sensor in it! :upside_down_face:
#5

@Jdamore There are definitely options for your mailbox. I use dakotaalert.com for a buried vehicle sensing probe. It’s buried next to my driveway from the street which is about 400ft from my house. When a car enters my driveway, the receiver that’s located in my house emits a doorbell tone. The receiver also has relays and I have an open/close sensor hooked up to one of the relays that triggers my ISY. Now I can do anything with it - flash the lights, send myself a text, put the cameras on the tv if it’s on. What I actually did was get z-wave doorbells and place them around the house so the relay would trigger those, and since it runs through my ISY, I can mute them if we’re asleep.

Getting back to the mailbox - their push button transmitter is also an open/close sensor which you could use to monitor your mailbox. They do have motion detection so you could go that route too.

#6

Hi Team,

I hit some roadblock. Can you help me out?
I have my sensor from Inactive to Active, Created a data event to change image.

Question.

How can I stay in “Active” until manual reset back to Inactive?
Is there any way to set, once it detected remains as Active? (I don’t see the options in the ewelink apps)

A timer will do as well… Like once motion detected, stay in “Active” for 24 hours.

Active = Motion Detected
Inactive = No Motion Detected

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#7

This : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JuyiEjBumY

Using a reed switch connected to a Z-wave or other module

#8

This look complicated. I have a Zigbee Motion sensor. and It triggered when it detect any motion, like the incoming mail. It works, But, It the state goes back to Inactive after 1 minutes. Which I hoping for a solution that can helps to stay at “Active” state until manual reset.

#9

Unlike the reed switch, the motion sensor’s timer is automatic and thus not a good choice for application… But if you insist on the motion sensor, you have to use an automation hub to do the counts so in other words you only look for the “motion” status for your event which you would reset after retrieving the mail (Home Remote is the front end to all your automations)
More ideas here : https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=zigbee+mailbox+sensor