The Baby Button

This is a simple test project for hacking your amazon dash button into something useful, like a silent doorbell for when the baby's sleeping. Many thanks to Ted Benson and his excellent article for getting me started.

Software setup:

This is tested on a Mac, it should work in Linux. If you're working in Windows, I encourage you to switch to one of the others for ruby development.

1. Install ruby (insert link)
2. Install rubygems (insert link)
3. Install the bundler gem with sudo ('sudo gem install bundler')
4. Install the other gems with sudo ('sudo bungle install')

Button setup:

Setup by following Amazon's instructions, but on the last step, don't select a product to order.

Configuration:

• network interface: run 'ifconfig' and find the one with 'status: active'
• phone number: 10 digit phone number
• carrier: find your carrier's value from here
• message: what you want your text to say
• arp source:
  • run 'sudo ruby sniffer.rb'
  • click your dash button
  • use the number that shows up on your screen
  • press ctrl-c to exit
• email: A gmail account to send texts from
• password: The password for the gmail account

Running it:

• run 'sudo ruby baby_button.rb'
• press ctrl-c to exit

Todo:

• Figure out if there's a way to do this without running everything through sudo!
• Separate dash functionality into its own gem
• Clean stuff up generally