On 14/09/2016 21:47, S Viemeister wrote:
On 9/14/2016 4:34 PM, WeeBob wrote:
On 2016-09-14 20:14, S Viemeister wrote:
We can't see the mailbox from the house - it's down at the end of a
fairly long drive. I'd like to know whether the postie's been, without
having to bundle up and slog down the drive in winter weather - it would
also be good to have at least a little warning before guests drop in.

Ideally, I'd like more than one sensor - one perhaps _inside_ the box,
so passing sheep, cattle and cats don't set it off, and one part-way up
the drive (above cat level), as a drop-in-guest-detector.

Wireless, of course, with a plug-in receiver.

Anyone here have useful experience of such things?

I have these:

https://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Main_In...ems/index.html



Hooked up to a mixed X10/Insteon system.

The Luminite stuff is pretty good, but expensive (imo). Linking it into
Home Automation (HA) is initially simple, but becomes complex depending
on what you're trying to achieve.

I'll take a look at that. Thank you.
I've got a number of Niteguard PIR's protecting a roof and hooked into a
burglar alarm, occasional false alarms from birds (two or three magpies
squabbling normally - I've also got CCTV!), PP9 batteries last at least
a year sometimes two (if I forget to change them). Been in service for
nearly 10 years.

One would fit inside your mailbox, but aerial would need to be outside
if box is metal.

Peter