Hobonschoice
New Member
Hi All,
I am trying to figure out how to adjust my autocat feeder so that it will operate only for my cat and no strange manky black one that keeps stealing her food.
the device is left outside and i want it so that when she is within say 3 inches the drawer will open and when she leaves the drawer will close.
I have the device built completely and it has a simple switch at mo that when i push the button once, it opens and push it again it closes.
I am looking some ideas on how to ID proof it?
Thoughts so far are,
Some kind of reed switch on the front that is operated by a magnetic collar.
The problem with this i think is that the cat would have to be really close to trigger the reed and also might keep accidentally triggering it simply by shifting position.
or
Infra red device to an tag on a collar, I have no idea how to go about that but am sure that would give a good steady signal until she left the feeding area.
Please, please. give me some ideas how to do this? I have to go away for a few days next week and want to be able to leave food out for the cat!
thanks all
Dave
I am trying to figure out how to adjust my autocat feeder so that it will operate only for my cat and no strange manky black one that keeps stealing her food.
the device is left outside and i want it so that when she is within say 3 inches the drawer will open and when she leaves the drawer will close.
I have the device built completely and it has a simple switch at mo that when i push the button once, it opens and push it again it closes.
I am looking some ideas on how to ID proof it?
Thoughts so far are,
Some kind of reed switch on the front that is operated by a magnetic collar.
The problem with this i think is that the cat would have to be really close to trigger the reed and also might keep accidentally triggering it simply by shifting position.
or
Infra red device to an tag on a collar, I have no idea how to go about that but am sure that would give a good steady signal until she left the feeding area.
Please, please. give me some ideas how to do this? I have to go away for a few days next week and want to be able to leave food out for the cat!
thanks all
Dave