Notifying Doorbell with PushingBox

75 Responses to Notifying Doorbell with PushingBox

1. Jake McMillian on May 9th, 2012 at 4:19 pm said:

   The Arduino Uno should work great for this job: http://amzn.to/ItkkQT
   You’ll also need an Arduino Ethernet Shield: http://amzn.to/JZxI1a
   And an Internet-enabled webcam: http://amzn.to/JZxKWU

   • Rafael Gervásio on June 1st, 2013 at 11:33 am said:

     Ei amigo, para fazer esse projeto é necessário o Arduino Uno e o Arduino Ethernet Shield?
   • Milan D on August 11th, 2013 at 12:59 pm said:

     >And an Internet-enabled webcam: http://amzn.to/JZxKWU
     As far as I see the cam you posted here is not an IP cam. I’m not sure you can access those images via web services.
2. Goli Mohammadi on May 9th, 2012 at 4:54 pm said:

   We also have a great selection at the Maker Shed: http://www.makershed.com/SearchResults.asp?Search=arduino&Submit=Search
3. Eric Koelle on May 9th, 2012 at 6:09 pm said:

   *Update* – Figured it out. This is how you do it using a Foscam camera:

   http://URL:PORT/snapshot.cgi?user=USERNAME&pwd=PASSWORD

   Just replace the URL, PORT, USERNAME and PASSWORD with your own and you should be good to go.
4. Brian Isenstein on May 9th, 2012 at 8:07 pm said:

   Looks like it’d still ring the bell, as they didn’t disconnect any part of the doorbell circuit. Just added the 2 wires to read if the button is open (not pressed) or closed (pressed).
5. Jay Bryon on May 16th, 2012 at 7:15 pm said:

   For a wireless doorbell, it’s pretty much that simple, but if you’re old-school with a wired doorbell and transformer off house current, you’ll want to check voltage first. You could get away with just reading the terminals with the Arduino, but if there’s a common ground between the Arduino and the doorbell, you might get excessive voltage to the board and let out the magic smoke, so to speak. This is where I’d opto-isolate it, something as simple as a voltage-appropriate bulb facing a cds, in a tube of black heat-shrink or electrical tape, with the CDS (photoresistor) read by the Arduino. But that’s just one approach.

   • Milan D on August 11th, 2013 at 1:07 pm said:

     connecting my arduino to the bell actually makes the bell ring constantly. Anyone knows how i could solve this?
6. Boj on May 18th, 2012 at 10:52 pm said:

   Look for a WiFly shield or similar (not to advertise, but they sell it on SparkFun [only place I know of that sells one])
7. Bader Rashed on May 23rd, 2012 at 12:41 pm said:

   same my Question is it Ethernet or WiFi or Bluetooth to the adurino which is attached to the doorbell?
8. Tommy Inglis on May 29th, 2012 at 4:35 pm said:

   I bought the camera here http://amzn.to/JZxKWU and was curious if you could offer any insight into discovering the URL?

   • Milan D on August 11th, 2013 at 1:04 pm said:

     this is not what you need. you need an ip cam
9. Petar on June 11th, 2012 at 9:45 am said:

   Hi Brian, i would like to talk to you about ARM, cose like you im also trying to use it instead of a micro, and have problems. btw how did you develop the knocking sensor, and what language did you use?
10. Aaron Klapheck (@AaronKlapheck) on June 9th, 2013 at 5:53 pm said:

    Loved this user guide, one of the best I have come across! With that being said, I am confused about one aspect of this.
    Not sure why Prowl and Notify My Android (NMA) are being used in this process. These apps are completely unnecessary and complicate this process. PushingBox allows you to send emails directly to ANY email account and twitter (tested this and it works). Most people have email/twitter notification already on their phones so not sure why anyone would need a specialized notification app. Not only that, but the PushingBox Email service allows you to send a photo where Prowl and NMA do not. Also checked the user reviews for NMA and there are known issues with notifications not showing up (experienced this myself on one occasion). Whereas I have never had notification problems with my email. Simplify, simplify; best to use apps and services which are highly reliable and the user is already familiar with whenever possible.

    • Milan D on August 11th, 2013 at 1:03 pm said:

      >Not sure why Prowl and Notify My Android (NMA) are being used in this process. These apps are completely unnecessary and complicate this process.

      The prowl service sends a notification immediately (+/- 4 seconds) after the button was pressed.

      You would get a notification from your mail only when the mail was downloaded. But e-mail clients on cell phones usually check only every minute for mail so it’s theoretically possible that you got the notification 1 min after the button was pressed.
11. Rafael on July 3rd, 2013 at 7:04 am said:

    Onde encontro essa mesma campainha?
12. Michael on July 11th, 2013 at 10:33 am said:

    I want to do this with a hard-wired doorbell using an opto-isolator. Would the wiring scheme be the same? Also, can someone tell me what the 10K resistor does in this example?

    • omlow on September 29th, 2013 at 12:37 am said:

      Hi michael,
      The 10k resistor is there to debonce the input & having a stable reading from the switching.
13. Mc on July 31st, 2013 at 1:45 am said:

    Sir, what exact Arduino boards did you used for this project???
14. CloudyStrife on August 3rd, 2013 at 1:27 am said:

    Hello.
    I am interested in this project. However, I dont see any web camera connection and code. Please give me a full schematic diagram including web camera connection and also full code. Thanks
15. bestwirelessdoorbell on August 15th, 2013 at 7:26 pm said:

    Excellent idea. Now, smartphones are getting more smarter :-)
16. sanket on September 23rd, 2013 at 4:02 am said:

    I am doing this project and i purchased ip camera(d-link dcs-930L)..but i am not able to configure it to get image from ip camera from other pc with same ip address.but i am able to access from my pc. pushing box is showing image url not found error.I think i have to assign public ip address to but.but i dont know how to do it.can anybody please help me..?? thanks in advance.:)

    • Raj on November 9th, 2013 at 8:57 am said:

      http://username:password@your.ip.address/image.jpg
17. Dave Gaffin on October 17th, 2013 at 11:16 am said:

    I feel goofy for even asking since I am an engineer and this DIY should be straightforward to me…anyway…

    Any chance someone may have out together a VIDEO tutorial on building this out?

    Have a great day and thanks for informing us about this this far.:-)
18. Raj on November 9th, 2013 at 9:02 am said:

    i have used this guide and the notifying doorbell is working perfectly except for one problem. i am getting random fake notifications even when nobody has pressed the bell. these notifications occur when i switch on/off a tube light or fan. Please help

    • Milan D on November 13th, 2013 at 11:50 am said:

      Hi Raj, I had the same pretty much the same problem and solved it by putting another pull-down resistor (10k) between the Bell wire and Pin 3. Good luck!
19. Xavi on November 15th, 2013 at 9:08 pm said:

    Can the Arduino Yun be used for this project?
20. Nathan on November 18th, 2013 at 2:56 pm said:

    Since a Raspberry Pi, has a Ethernet port built into it would this work for the project?
21. Shap on November 23rd, 2013 at 8:12 am said:

    Hye, can anybody explain to me how to configure my IP cam? how do i make any picture that captured from my cam goes directly to internet and became publicly reachable? if i able to do so, and then how does that picture automatically appears in my notification email? need any help or any slightest clue could give me an idea to further my work on it.. thank you.

    • Milan D on November 24th, 2013 at 6:58 am said:

      You first need to find out what the url is to make a snapshot with your ip cam. Something like http://XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX:PORT/snapshot.cgi?user=LOGIN&pwd=PASSWORD

      Then you paste this link in your pushingbox scenario event
22. Xavi on December 3rd, 2013 at 12:20 am said:

    Hi, I have a Lorex Wireless Network Camera and I have no idea how to find the “picture URL” Can anybody help out on how to obtain this I’ve looked through all the settings and I found nothing. There is a folder with the snap shots saved in it but how do I access them through the push notification??? Any help is greatly appreciated. you can reach me at jleon209@yahoo.com
    with suggestions. Thanks,

    • Milan D on December 3rd, 2013 at 7:22 am said:

      http://www.ispyconnect.com/man.aspx?n=Lorex

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24. Sureshy Jinx on May 12th, 2014 at 5:53 am said:

    Hello. as for the Web Camera, how do you connect them to the board?

    • Marius on January 25th, 2015 at 5:41 am said:

      i understand it is an ip camera so it is connected to a router, not to te arduino

      • Engineer Aaqib on April 28th, 2017 at 7:07 pm said:

        when i want to test my scnerio on Pushingbox API
        “Downloading failed.”
        What should i doo???
25. Sureshy Jinx on May 12th, 2014 at 5:57 am said:

    Isit a Web Camera or an IP camera?

    • Charlie Heaton on September 13th, 2014 at 7:07 pm said:

      ip
    • Darwynn McPherson on March 18th, 2016 at 9:35 am said:

      Yo did this work for you?
26. jagjit on August 23rd, 2014 at 6:33 am said:

    please help me with the type of Arduino required and the entire connection. as soon as possible. please

    • Charlie Heaton on November 28th, 2014 at 3:24 am said:

      Arduino duemilanove and an Ethernet shield for it
27. Charlie Heaton on September 12th, 2014 at 6:06 pm said:

    What type of door bell is that?

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29. Frank on December 14th, 2014 at 6:16 am said:

    Can you tell me the doorbell you used

    make and model please

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32. Sallu on March 29th, 2015 at 12:25 am said:

    Which IP camera gives an output picture of less than 100kB?
33. Nick Hanson on April 16th, 2015 at 6:18 pm said:

    Can I use a WLAN Shield instead?
34. Nick Hanson on April 16th, 2015 at 6:41 pm said:

    I was thinking something like this or is using a repeater with the ethernet shield still way better?
    nRF24L01+ 2.4GHz Wireless Transceiver Arduino Compatible https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00E594ZX0/ref=cm_sw_r_awd_jqgmvb1MVWABY
35. Spencer Tomlinson on August 12th, 2015 at 9:52 am said:

    I got mine sending me Tweets and emailing me but it won’t play happily with my Foscam FI8918W. Keeps asking for authorisation even though I use this URL.

    http://xxxxxx.dyndns.org:xxxx/snapshot.cgi?user=guest=xxxxx&count=0

    Obviously the xxxx are where my personal information and passwords are. Does anyone know how to get past the authorisation screen as I keep getting emailed 404 not authorised images that won’t open….EXIF needed to examine the content of the image.

    If anyone knows how to get around the Foscam not signing into to free up a snapshot, I would be very grateful. Many thanks kind regards Spence
36. Spencer Tomlinson on August 12th, 2015 at 10:02 am said:

    Sorry for the double post but I fixed the problem, people wanting to snap using their Foscam cameras use this URL

    http://YOUR IP OR DYNDNS HERE:YOUR PORT HERE/snapshot.cgi?&user=YOUR USERNAME HERE&pwd=YOUR PASSWORD HERE&count=0

    Good luck and happy….eerr snapping..

    • Darwynn McPherson on March 18th, 2016 at 9:34 am said:

      Hey i have a question

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38. Robert on September 24th, 2015 at 3:38 am said:

    I am new to these projects. I built the notify doorbell with pushing box project. It all works fine except it goes off randomly with out the button being pressed. any ideas as to why it would activate without the button being pressed

    • Patrick Ziadeh on October 14th, 2015 at 8:29 am said:

      Did you wire a 10k resistor from the pin to the ground?

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40. Michel Ochoa on November 12th, 2015 at 8:28 pm said:

    Hi I know it was a long time ago but I’m trying to do this proyect and right after it appears conecting… it said “connection failed” If somebody Can help me I will really apreciate it! Thanks
41. m_ahmad on November 28th, 2015 at 1:20 am said:

    can this be used with nodemcu esp12e arduino?
42. Darwynn McPherson on February 22nd, 2016 at 10:57 am said:

    Thanks im about to try this
43. Darwynn McPherson on February 23rd, 2016 at 8:15 am said:

    Does anyone have any advice on how to set this up with a Intel Galileo Gen 2 board? Since it has ethernet port on it i do not need ethernet shield. So what should i change about this project?
44. Darwynn McPherson on February 23rd, 2016 at 1:25 pm said:

    how can i test this code with out pressing the button just to see if it actually sends to my pushing box
45. Darwynn McPherson on March 16th, 2016 at 7:11 am said:

    Obviously no one is getting any help with this project. I have completed all steps and i got the project to work without the webcam. I have a Logitech USB Web Camera. I am guessing that this project is not made for this type of camera. It seems as though you can only use this project with a IP Camera.

    I plugged my Web Cam into my Intel Galileo Arduino board thinking it would just take a picture using this code you provided. “WRONG”
    You say i need a URL but you do not specify where to locate this URL even if it were a IP Camera.

    Why post a project when you do not assist people who post comments for help?
    Yeah the project may seem easy but. Please provide all resources please.

    If i have to go buy a IP Camera then i will.
46. zeha yusof on April 11th, 2016 at 6:58 pm said:

    ive done this project and it works. but the image is not appear. this project can send image with size 100kb only, but my ip camera take snapshot with 300kb size. how can i fixed that??

    • Razzif Karim on September 9th, 2017 at 11:34 pm said:

      hi. can you help me how to solve this problem? i cant connect my button to arduino .
47. Kevin Siml on July 17th, 2016 at 8:18 am said:

    Instead of pushingbox, you also can use https://www.pushsafer.com > they have apps for android and ios, also support chrome and firefox -> Windows App and Safari are in progress. With pushsafer you have the ability to set up you notification and change title, text, icon, sound, vibration > and you also can send image. It works great i use it by my self!

    • Ramy Cb on August 1st, 2016 at 10:00 am said:

      Hi, I am using Pushsafer, its working good, but how to we connect with arduino, could you please provide me the source code, i am using Arduino uno and HanRun ethernet shield.

      • Kevin Siml on August 8th, 2016 at 3:29 am said:

        here you find an example script

        https://www.pushsafer.com/examples

        Kevin
48. Julius Mendoza on January 18th, 2017 at 2:43 am said:

    how can i get the api key to notify my mobile phone?
49. charlotte deys on March 22nd, 2017 at 7:08 am said:

    sir is this working for arduino r3 ?
50. SHOURJA CHAKRABORTY on March 22nd, 2017 at 1:20 pm said:

    whats the use of ethernet shield here??
51. Chucha Ayana on December 6th, 2019 at 9:50 pm said:

    Good
52. celestica on December 22nd, 2019 at 5:14 am said:

    brilliant project
53. umesh on January 23rd, 2020 at 1:20 am said:

    Good Article.
54. Eric Hook on February 11th, 2020 at 6:57 am said:

    https://camlytics.com is also a great and free solution for object and motion detection and people counting
55. Eric Hook on February 11th, 2020 at 6:59 am said:

    Car detection and counting is also supported https://camlytics.com/car-counting

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