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Sensors and Home Automation => Home automation => Topic started by: philburtaj on September 10, 2017, 09:44:21 pm
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My wife and I decided it would be a good idea to setup a lock on our liquor cabinet. We looked for a bar cabinet that included a lock and couldn't find anything to our liking, and I also couldn't find any attractive traditional locks that could be added to the cabinet we did want to buy. So I decided to get creative!
Used one of the Z-wave AC switches that I got with my Almond+ and invested an additional $10 :
- http://www.ebay.com/itm/12V-Electronic-Door-Lock-RFID-Access-Control-for-Cabinet-Drawer-Door-Desk/132063257160?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649
- http://www.ebay.com/itm/AC-DC-Power-Supply-Adapter-Transformer-12V-2-3-5-6-8-10A-for-5050-3528-LED-Strip/222351684139?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&var=521214781585&_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649
Installed IFTTT on my phone, setup a scene to turn the switch on, and a rule to turn the switch off after 6 seconds and voila - button on my phone that says "Open Cabinet"! Just had to find a hidden outlet for the switch and power adapter. I have to say this is the most useful home automation setup I've done with my Almond+ since I got it.
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Nice. Creative solution to it, especially since you based it on what you have out there. Looking at the need here are a couple quick ideas for others:
1) Using a Z-Wave or ZigBee relay to directly switch power for the lock.
2) Using a curtain or other motorized ZigBee or Z-Wave controller (Monoprice used to have a bunch cheap, have not looked lately) in order to power a solenoid to act as the lock's bolt.