A Sign For Your Door

An automated door sign for your office based on the Hackerbox 073 "LanLord"

Hardware

Hackerbox 073 "LanLord"

• Hackerbox 073 "LanLord"
• Setup & Assembly

Other stuff

• 1x USB-A to USB Micro B
• 1x 5v 1a USB AC->DC adapter

Software

Dependencies

• Arduino IDE
• Adafruit_ILI9341
• WiFiWebServer_RTL8720

Configuration

1. Duplicate/copy network.example.h to a new file named network.h
2. Modify network.h, adding your WIFI_NET_SSID and WIFI_NET_PASS

Use

At boot time, the board will connect to your WiFi network and display its IP address.

Message Priority

The message status is represented as a byte where each bit represents a message's boolean state. If more than one message bit is set to true, the most significant bit will take priority.

The bit mapping for messages can be found in the source code and looks as follows:

// Bit mapping
#define ENTER_BIT_IDX        0
#define DONOTDISTURB_BIT_IDX 1
#define MEETING_BIT_IDX      2

URLs

"Meeting in progress"

• http://<device_ip>/meeting?on
• http://<device_ip>/meeting?off

"Do Not Disturb"

• http://<device_ip>/donotdisturb?on
• http://<device_ip>/donotdisturb?off

"Please Enter"

• http://<device_ip>/enter?on
• http://<device_ip>/enter?off

Wall Mount

Included in this repository is a 3d printable STL file for mounting your board.

Integrations

Hubitat

Hubitat provides a handy HTTP GET switch virtual device.

1. Follow the directions on the Hubitat documentation to install this driver.
2. Connect to your Hubitat dashboard
3. Click the "Devices" button
4. Click the "Add Device" button
5. Click the "Virtual" button
6. Enter a name for this switch in the Name field
7. Select Http GET Switch from the Type field
8. Click Save Device
9. Use the URLs above to control the message using this switch