Simple home security system using a Netamo weather station

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What it does

Got a Netatmo Weather Station? You can build a simple Home Security System with it!
With this setup, you can activate the noise detection on your Smartphone (or even cooler: on your Apple Watch). You will get a notification when the Netatmo Weather Station detects noise above 40 dB.

Overview

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Step-by-step instructions

Before you start make sure that you have connected and setup the Apilio service and the Button widget service on IFTTT.

  1. Create a new boolean variable:
    Name it “alarm_active"
    Leave the value on “true”

  2. Create a new condition:
    Name it “Alarm is active”
    The variable to check is “alarm_active”
    The required state is “true”
    Leave “Unmodified since” empty
    Leave “Modified within” empty

  3. Create a new logicblock:
    Give it the name “noise_detected”
    Check the box next to “Alarm is active” in the Condition selection
    Add an IFTTT action with the name “send_noise_notification” to the Logicblock
    Leave the section for the negative case empty and the advanced options unchecked
    Save the logicblock

  4. Go to IFTTT and create a new applet for the Apilio service:
    The trigger is “Receive an event from Apilio”
    Select the action “send_noise_notification” you created above from the list
    The action is a notification or text to your phone

  5. Create another new applet:
    The “if” is the Netatmo Channel and should fire every time the noise level is above 40 dB
    The “then” is a Apilio service action “Initiate a logicblock evaluation in Apilio”
    Select the Logicblock “noise_detected” you created above from the list

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