Beam across drive - WiFi connected

[DixieDeanLiverpool]

Hi guys. Would like a narrow beam across drive that I can set about 3 feet above ground level which I can connect to my WiFi and get an alert off a spare phone I already use for overnight car alarm activations via an app.

I have suitable bushes either side into which I can mount a transmitter and receiver.

All suggestions gratefully received.

Cheers

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

I have suitable bushes either side into which I can mount a transmitter and receiver.

That part is easy, the receiver is usually mounted in the transmitter, with just a reflector at the far end. I use one across my garage roller shutter door, to prevent it closing onto an object. It also lights an LED mounted in the far end of the garage, so I know I have driven the car in far enough, to clear the door.

It has NO/NC voltage free contacts, so would be easy to interface to almost anything, even a wireless doorbell.

 

[Sally2000]

Can you get a power cable out there? Any sort of beam will need a permanent supply

 

[martygturner]

Do you have an alarm or is this standalone, do you have a wifi bridge ?

 

[DixieDeanLiverpool]

I have a good router and network switch. I also have an alarm but would prefer it to be separate with a notification to my phone.

 

[DixieDeanLiverpool]

I can get power there

 

[DixieDeanLiverpool]

That part is easy, the receiver is usually mounted in the transmitter, with just a reflector at the far end. I use one across my garage roller shutter door, to prevent it closing onto an object. It also lights an LED mounted in the far end of the garage, so I know I have driven the car in far enough, to clear the door.

It has NO/NC voltage free contacts, so would be easy to interface to almost anything, even a wireless doorbell.

Could you post link to the bits you've used please?

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

Could you post link to the bits you've used please?

Sorry, my unit is decades old. This is similar, https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/35480419...iypbpctb1hSu8kjfT7s2fn6kfK|tkp:Bk9SR9jjr5f9Yw

but I bought a spare unit, for around £6, a few years ago.

 

[DixieDeanLiverpool]

Sorry, my unit is decades old ...
but I bought a spare unit, for around £6, a few years ago.

Cheers, I'll have a look

 

[jonm01]

This looks like it might work, solar powered:

Pardon our interruption...

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

This looks like it might work, solar powered:

It is wireless, but not wifi..

 

[sparkymarka]

Have a look at this ….i did look at these a few years ago , I have the older VX402 across my drive , it’s set every night and it’s never activated unless some unwanted scroat has come up my drive ….

 

[martygturner]

You will need a wifi bridge of some sort to acess you home wifi network, if thats what you want to use as your notification,

Standalone you will need something with a dialer eg https://www.ultrasecuredirect.com/w...erimeter-beam-kp9-4g-2024-004-6260-p2606.html

 

[JohnD]

If the beam is triggered, you're going to want to know what it is.

Maybe a camera with motion detection to start recording and issue an alert?

I got one when we had a neighbour who sadly got dementia and used to roam about uprooting things.

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

Some wifi security cameras, include a facility to trigger a warning message, plus recording a short video when trigered - maybe worth looking at?