Gate opener

jon
jon
edited March 2015 in SecuritySpy
I would like to see if there is a way to open a gate remotely with your software?

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  • Ben
    Ben
    Hi Jon,

    SecuritySpy can activate external relay devices such as the WebRelay series of devices. This can be hooked up to external devices such as alarms, lights and most likely your gate.

    However this is designed as an "Action" in SecuritySpy, to activate when motion is detected. I'm not sure if this would be appropriate for your purposes - how exactly are you imagining the software interface for you to control the gate?
  • jon
    jon
    edited March 2015
    I'm thinking that there could be a button that would you could push to open a gate or door.
    I have been trying to contact the makers of remote patrol too, to see if there is a way to do this with their software too.

    We have a bunch of gates and doors that when someone calls and says that they are at the gate it would be nice to be able to look at the camera and verify that they are who they say they are.

    I would like to be able to do this from where ever we are.

    Thank you
  • Ben
    Ben
    Hi Jon,

    This is possible, and the basic steps are as follows:

    - Get a WebRelay device with an appropriate number of outputs, and set it up on your network.

    - Connect each of the WebRelay outputs to a gate opener (when triggered, the WebRelay output switches closed for a few seconds - consult the gate opener manual for how to connect this kind of switched signal).

    - In SecuritySpy, under the Actions tab, you'll see several scripts that will trigger the WebRelay outputs. For example, the first one is called WebRelay Activate Relay 1.scpt. Edit each one to add the IP address, username and password of the WebRelay device.

    - In the Finder, rename the script files to something more descriptive, such as "Open Gate 1", "Open Gate 2" etc.

    You can then run any of the scripts via SecuritySpy's web interface from the http://ss-server-address/++script page, where ss-server-address is the actual address of your SecuritySpy web interface (e.g. example.viewcam.me:8000).

    One step further would be to customise SecuritySpy's web interface to add some buttons (to the front page and/or the live video page) to activate the scripts, using the "++doScript" requests obtained from the ++scripts page described above, though this requires a bit of HTML and JavaScript knowledge.

    Hope this helps.

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