With what I'm doing, I can ensure that I will know immediately if a breach occurs (not months later when it's convenient for the company to announce it to minimize damage to their stock prices). True, there are many apps/services that can solve all of this in a couple of hours, but usually with a.) an extra monthly cost and b.) control over those items on a third-party server I can't control, meaning if they suffer a data breach, my connected devices could be compromised. If possible, I'd also like to eventually get a smart knob on the door from the garage to the house so if an extended family member needs to stop by, we can use the same app to unlock the door for them.Ģ.) 'A lot of what you said is already available in.

My next step is to get a reed sensor on the door to determine if the garage door is closed or not, so my family can be sure the door isn't left open if/when we go out on a long trip.įollowing the reed sensor, I'd like to work on getting the safety sensor tied into the app as well so we are notified if while closing the door somebody tripped it, more for security than anything else. I've been using this framework for years, and I have an app I already wrote a very robust library for using this framework for authentication, SMS notifications, Email Notifications, etc., so it saved a bunch of time reusing that app and tailoring it for this project. Right now, I currently have the main Pi Zero W setup as a LAMP web server with Phalcon (PHP C-Extension Framework).

# Additional function coming to write current state to JSON file for APIġ.) 'What is the end result you are hoping to achieve?' If GPIO.input(switchPin): # Switch is released tup(switchPin, GPIO.IN, pull_up_down=GPIO.PUD_UP)

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