TEXTING AND PICTURES FROM SWITCH EVENT

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Hi,

We’ve got a small project that we are trying to figure out the best way to approach. Have a sump pump battery backup that has a NO or NC switch on it if it ever gets activated. We want to text and optionally send a pic/video if that switch is ever thrown. Thinking of RaspberriPi for the platform as we have some familiarity with it. Also have a couple of Ardunio Uno’s that are not in use. Cost wise, seems like a $35 RiPi is the way to go. Have wireless coverage in the area too.

Ideas?

Thanks

J

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With the Pi, you can create a Python script using the SMTP module to send emails. You can use the SimpleCV module to snap images from an attached camera.

https://docs.python.org/2.7/library/email-examples.html

http://simplecv.org/

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Great, we will check it out.

Thanks!