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DIY behaviourism?
I and some of my friends, being vulnerable people are installing wireless
door intercoms on our houses. The problem with these devices is, that, unlike their wired brethren, you cannot instigate a conversation with the person at your door unless they actually press the button on the device. Its a bloody big button, but seemingly we have an issue of the people who do not like door bells, who persist on using rattling of letter boxes, banging on windows or using door knockers etc when, as we see it its bleedin obvious there is a bell push. Who are these increasingly frequent visitors, not the Police though they do seem to be one of the groups who do this, no its apparently sane individuals. So two answers. 1. try to find a door intercom that can instigate comms from inside that is not wired. Seemingly and perversely, not possible as nobody does one unless you want to power the outside station from a wall wart. The reason is that the batteries would go down if it had to listen for the inside unit polling it. The other option is to somehow convince callers to use the bell push and only the bell push. So if anyone has any bright ideas that do not involve 50,000 v on the outside of the front door to 'discourage' the errant behaviour will be accepted. Not sure if perhaps a big day glow arrow pointing to the bell would work as its visible enough already. Brian -- ----- - This newsgroup posting comes to you directly from... The Sofa of Brian Gaff... Blind user, so no pictures please! |