Driveway audible alert ideas

[gazdkw82]

Has anyone got any recommendations for a wired driveway audible alert? A friend has a large drive and wants a PIR to turn brick lights on upon vehicles coming up the drive and also an audible alert at the same time.

I doubt there is a device that does both so probably a separate PIR and then something to alert them of a vehicle coming up the drive.

Any suggestions?

 

[DefyG]

You could connect an audible device in parallel with the lights!

 

[Richard Burns]

You probably just need the PIR to operate a 230V doorbell as well, possibly through a time on relay so it is not ringing for 10 mins.

 

[Richard Burns]

You might want to consider a microwave sensor instead of a infrared sensor in case of cold cars?

 

[Yozza19]

You could also fit a autodialler to send you a txt or ring his phone and set the ringtone as something else

 

[ruston]

You would have to consider small animals on the audible side, maybe limited by a timer .

 

[freddo]

There used to be a simple lighting system with just this setup, a simple slider selected what function you wanted, lights, lights and beeper etc. the PIRs were 12V. Not sure if they are still made though. The unit fitted a standard double box.

 

[gazdkw82]

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There used to be a simple lighting system with just this setup, a simple slider selected what function you wanted, lights, lights and beeper etc. the PIRs were 12V. Not sure if they are still made though. The unit fitted a standard double box.

That would be ideal

 

[freddo]

Not the one I was thinking of but. Sapphire 1500 MK3 - GJD005 | GJD - Detect & Secure - http://www.gjd.co.uk/products/security-lighting/sapphire-1500-mk3-gjd005

 

[Phil Thompson]

I was in a house last week with that system. It’s a 4 zone fits a 2G box and each zone has ability to turn lights on and buzz inside separately or together

Can’t recall brand.

 

[Strima]

Something like this?

 

[stevethesparks]

Would an active infrared beam be more appropriate? ie a transmitter and receiver spanning the front gate.

 

[littlespark]

Normal PIR light and gravel on the driveway. Then you would hear cars driving on it.

 

[gazdkw82]

I was in a house last week with that system. It’s a 4 zone fits a 2G box and each zone has ability to turn lights on and buzz inside separately or together

Can’t recall brand.

The sapphire system?

 

[gazdkw82]

Not the one I was thinking of but. Sapphire 1500 MK3 - GJD005 | GJD - Detect & Secure - http://www.gjd.co.uk/products/security-lighting/sapphire-1500-mk3-gjd005

This looks good. Have you personally used it

 

[davesparks]

The GJD sapphire and emerald systems are very good, I've used them a few times.

 

[gazdkw82]

The GJD sapphire and emerald systems are very good, I've used them a few times.

So with these systems, they can switch a lighting load via a sensor and offer an audible signal within the property?

 

[davesparks]

So with these systems, they can switch a lighting load via a sensor and offer an audible signal within the property?

There is a controller which would go in the house, this has a buzzer in it which sounds every time a sensor detects movement.
The sapphire is single zone an dthe merald is two zone.
The PIRs are extra low voltage and usually wired in alarm cable, they can be split across three circuits in each zone (you can have multiple PIRs on each circuit)
Lux levels, walk test and number of detections required to activate the output of a zone are set from the controller.
Each zone has a relay output which I think is rated for 3kW
There is also a connection to link it to a burglar alarm to bring security lights on whem the alarm is triggered.

 

[ashrow]

GJD do some pretty good detectors and these can be set up to ignore animals.
They even do some that have a 50 meter range

 

[Leesparkykent]

Done this recently with gate sensors, relay, psu and RF mains link. Other end of rf mains link was then plugged in the house 300 meters with another PSU, relay and piezo buzzer installed in an adaptable box. Gate sensors was installed at a height where foxes etc wouldn’t be detected but a human or vehicle would.