Is there any doorbell out there that can work as sonos doorbell

Hello Segger,

I was reading your development for the doorbell with lot of interest.
Is the option controlling the bell by the digital input of the RPi already released ?

Br
koen

Asturaz,
Ringing the doorbell sounds easier than is seems. You need to group the speakers that the doorbell is played in sync.
Then if you have many groups you need to save the currently palyed track, playlist etc.
There are many use cases with Sonos to consider, especially if speakers are grouped and playing independent tracks, radio stations etc.

Flic is a nice idea. Can flic send UDP packets to a RPi? Our RPi solution does already quite advanced things with Sonos.


That's true, it gets more advanced when you have different kinds of grouping setups etc.

Flic is just a Bluetooth unit, it doesn't sends any kind of UDP-packages, you can only identify which button got pushed down and released. So you are forced to have some sort of code to handle your actions.

If you connect your Flic to a phone you are able to send http-requests. And a bunch of other provider specific actions.

Made just some simple Flic + Sonos doorbell tonight without taking care of all the use cases where grouping, radiostations, different tracks and so on make it more complex.

Hello koen123
The doorbell with six generic inputs is running perfectly in our lab.
The resized hardware will be available in Q3 2016.

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Regards
Stefan

Is there any instructions on the connections of doorbell to relays on the raspberry pi?

Hi
The generic input version (6 inputs 6-250V AC or DC for up to six Sonos actions like play, stop, doorbell, volume etc) will be available end of September and sold over shop on www.egger-enertech.ch

Regards
Stefan

Hi
The generic input version (6 inputs 6-250V AC or DC for up to six Sonos actions like play, stop, doorbell, volume etc) will be available end of September and sold over shop on www.egger-enertech.ch

Regards
Stefan

Will this be available in Australia?

Lextend will be available worldwide.

Stefan,

Is this now complete and actually available? The last update was 5 months ago so wanting to know the current situation, and get sone further information if possible?
Thanks

Hi,
Yes Doorbell, Commercial-Playing, Alarmsystem etc. Gateway
with 6-230V AC DC inputs and generic UDP Interface available. We are working also on a wireless solution (for example: Sonos Doorbell with a wireless doorbellbutton) You will find all the info if you google for Lexend or contact me with a private message.