danielorf/pydashdoorbell

SMS Doorbell using Python and an Amazon Dash button

pydashdoorbell

pydashdoorbell is a program which sends a text message to your phone when an Amazon Dash button is pressed. It works great as a doorbell if you have dogs or young kids.

Requirements

• Amazon Dash button +
• Python 2.7 +
• Scapy +
• Twilio +

How to Use

Create an account with Twilio to receive a SID, AuthToken and twilio phone number. Connect the Dash button to your wifi using the Amazon app on your phone - make sure not to select a product otherwise you may inadvertently end up purchasing somehting every time you press the button... Once connected to wifi, locate the Dash MAC address in your router's log or DHCP table.

Now, fill in account_sid, auth_token, to_phone_num (phone you want to receive texts with), from_phone_num (Twilio number), and dash_mac_address located at the top of dash_sms_doorbell.py and run it as root (sudo in Linux).