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Author Topic: Small pager type device Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 12-16-2007 01:20 PM                        I'm looking for a modern version of the old fashioned "please ring for service" bell that used to sit on counters in stores. What I have in mind is a small button-type thing that would sit on the counter. When pressed, it would vibrate a small pager-type device that I (or an employee) have in my pocket. This would come in handy on slow nights when the concession person has left for the day and I'm in the office and don't hear (or see) a person come to the snack bar. Anybody ever heard of such a thing?  |  IP: Logged Chris Mosel Film Handler Posts: 74 From: New Braunfels, TX, USA Registered: Sep 2002 posted 12-16-2007 01:39 PM                     Don't know about a pager but a wireless doorbell might be an option.  |  IP: Logged Phil Hill I love my cootie bug Posts: 7595 From: Hollywood, CA USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 12-16-2007 07:31 PM                  Mike, I've used these B4. They have a "Alarm" input that can be triggered from a button. You may want to rig up a local bell (or some other signal) that acknowledges to the button-pusher that they have signaled. I'm sure you can find this system at a street price for less $ than at the mfgr.  |  IP: Logged Brad Allen Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 688 From: Evansville, IN, USA Registered: May 2000 posted 12-19-2007 10:08 PM                     Mike, what about a motion sensor hooked to a small beeper. That way the customer doens't need to do anything.  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 12-20-2007 12:43 AM                        That would be good except our lobby is small, so anyone going to the restrooms would probably set it off. I looked into the device Phil recommended - haven't decided on anything yet though. I was hoping for something maybe less elaborate, but I realize there's probably not a lot of call for this kind of thing.  |  IP: Logged Brad Allen Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 688 From: Evansville, IN, USA Registered: May 2000 posted 12-20-2007 10:03 PM                     You can mask a motion sensor so it only "sees" what you want it to see.  |  IP: Logged

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