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Connect doorbell

Posted: Monday 20 February 2017 19:56
by RayAmsterdam
I want to connect my doorbell to de gpio (in) of my pi 3b. The momentary contact is connected in between the door entry unit (Golmar Platea) en mass. When the contact is open, the tension measured over the contact is 16,7V. What is the easiest way to get the signal of the doorbell as input?
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Re: Connect doorbell

Posted: Monday 20 February 2017 20:00
by YellowSky
A voltage divider to get about 3V?

Re: Connect doorbell

Posted: Tuesday 21 February 2017 1:14
by NStafford
I am trying to do something similar with my door system. But I am pretty new to trying to do this set ups without someone checking up on my work.

For me, I am having issues other than the signal. But I would try the voltage divider.

Re: Connect doorbell

Posted: Tuesday 21 February 2017 11:14
by heggink
Is the 17.6v ac or dc? If dc then you should be able to use a simple up/down converter to 3.3v and connect that to the gpio pin, right? I ordered these for a different use (esp power) : DD0603SB_3V3 * 5 5 STKS Auto Step-UP
http://s.aliexpress.com/NJZjiAvA

Re: Connect doorbell

Posted: Tuesday 21 February 2017 18:25
by RayAmsterdam
Thanks for the replies. I ordered a step down converter. I'll keep you guys informed.

Re: Connect doorbell

Posted: Saturday 04 March 2017 18:56
by RayAmsterdam
Unfortunately the step down converter is not the solution. The step down converter itself triggers the door entry system, like if the doorbell button is pushed. Any other solution?

Re: Connect doorbell

Posted: Saturday 04 March 2017 19:10
by RayAmsterdam
I was thinking, isn't it simply possible to achieve this with just 2 diodes?
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Re: Connect doorbell

Posted: Sunday 05 March 2017 18:38
by RayAmsterdam
This is the working solution:
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Re: Connect doorbell

Posted: Wednesday 05 April 2017 22:14
by ronh123
Where can I find the instructions and a diagram how to configure and connect a simple switch ( like a door bell switch without any power ) to a Raspberry PI3 and make it usefull in Domoticz.
Installation WiringPI, how to configure the pins and how to keep it in the config of the Raspberry.
Thanks

Re: Connect doorbell

Posted: Wednesday 05 July 2017 8:48
by elgringo
viewtopic.php?f=65&t=17759&p=136511#p136511 ?

Input voltage is 8 VAC (normal doorbell), if different the resistor of 1200 Ohm must be changed