Long Distance Smart Gate Opener

[rcjordan]

I'd try 2 long-distance zb routers using the shed. I'm bridging 200 ft with a not-great line of sight.

Zibgee Long Distance Mailbox Setup

The MailChime-Contact Sensor hack has worked most of the time over the last couple of years but the intermittent failures galled me. Enter a couple of long range zigbee devices recently mentioned in the HE forum: Routers like Tube ZB & Visonic MCT-370 SMA contact sensor I placed the router in a front windowsill with a not-too-good line-of-sight to the metal mailbox 200 feet away. There are shrubs and a couple of small trees blocking a straight path. I put the contact sensor in the mailbo…

The router I'm using:

Zigbee Router/Repeater – TubesZB