| ▲ | stickfigure 2 hours ago | |
Smart chicken coop doors are sub-$100 on Amazon now. If you want to spend a bit more and don't like "smart" doors, I used one of these for years and was reasonably satisfied: https://chickendoors.com/ In my next coop I think I want something with enough smarts to let me know if it ever fails. That is, it reports status and if the server notices it hasn't gotten a report, I get an alert. | ||
| ▲ | cbdevidal 8 minutes ago | parent | next [-] | |
> That is, it reports status and if the server notices it hasn't gotten a report, I get an alert. I’m working on exactly that, called SecureCoop. Being in IT the lack of notifications on doors was a huge concern. So I (over-)built redundancies and notifications and server monitoring and clustering. I’m still working out kinks in the prototype but I hope to be selling later this year. Need to take it to an FCC lab to verify that it doesn’t cause excess interference, and then I can sell. | ||
| ▲ | brewtide 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | |
I have a radio controlled chicken door that I control through home assistant via a hack rf. It has a reed switch placed behind the door, and a magnet attached to the door to let you know door status, with failure stating "open". And then a reminder sent to my phone 10 minutes past dusk to shut the door, if it is still open at that time. It's rigged but the confirmation is nice. Edit: most of sensors run by esp32 boards running esphome. Also include a temp sensor etc, fed into home assistant | ||