Comments on: Rethinking Parent Alert System

By: billglick

billglick — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 03:02:12 +0000

Hey Sara. I tried eBay on this, but didn’t have any luck in the time frame I needed it. Ended up finding a replacement controller from some mail order place that was an exact replacement. I think I shorted it out by trying to bypass the fuse that is in the controller. I knew better. 🙂
Hey, can you email me Steve’s current email? I haven’t talked to him in ages.

By: Sara Parvin

Sara Parvin — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 06:20:05 +0000

If you still haven’t fixed it a year later… Ebay!!! The other option is to call around to churches with the system to see if they have one they aren’t using. Get parents’ cell numbers, have them put their phone on vibrate. You can call them if they’re needed. How in the world did you managed to break the thing, anyway??

By: Pat

Pat — Sat, 31 May 2008 16:54:59 +0000

2 cans
1 string

By: billglick

billglick — Wed, 14 May 2008 06:10:52 +0000

I’ve had a few people express that this solution is too complicated. That’s exactly my take on it. Things like this have to be simple for the users involved.
My current plan is to simply watch eBay for a cheap replacement for the broken keypad.