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A Raspberry Pi powered network doorbell server and client, with option for a Blinkstick powered RGB LED porch light.

My old standard doorbell ringer wasn*t powerful enough to be heard throughout the house, so a doorbell with remote ringers was needed. Rather than using standard RF doorbells which may or may not reach the required distance, I decided to create a Pi powered doorbell and ringer that would work over the existing network, eliminating the need for further wires.

cd /home/pi/
mkdir Projects
cd Projects
git clone git://github.com/worlds6440/Doorbell

sudo pip install blinkstick
sudo pip install Flask

Edit doorbell.py and change project directory if you have put the project in a different location.
Edit Doorbell_server.py and change SMTP details.

Assuming the server pi also is a client
Edit Doorbell_Client.py and change server IP.

Edit Doorbell_Client.py and change server IP.
Edit doorbell.py and change isServer to False.

sudo python doorbell.py

To check server is up and running, got to http://IP:5000 in a web browser.

sudo crontab -e

Add the following line to the end of the file(corrected for project directory of course).
0 * * * * sh /home/pi/Projects/Doorbell/NTPUpdate.sh

cd /home/pi/Projects/Doorbell
sudo chmod +x *.py
sudo chmod +x *.sh

Ensure doorbell init.d script file contains correct project install path.
sudo cp /home/pi/Projects/Doobell/doorbell /etc/init.d/ sudo chmod +x /etc/init.d/doorbell sudo update-rc.d doorbell defaults