My house was previously multiple units, and has nice sounding chime doorbell for two floors. I’ve set up a relay board so family members can ring one or the other bell from HomeAssistant. If someone comes to the front door, I’d like them to press a button to ring both.

Obviously I can use a smart button and a simple automation to trigger two relays. But is there some way I’m overlooking to have a dumb, standard wired doorbell button that will ring both chimes without causing either relay to also ring both?

Maybe there’s a DPST weatherproof push button out there that would look nice on the wall?

  • Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca
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    /edit; ah shit…AC. Not DC.

    For AC: use a single-throw dual-pole switch (a switch/button that closes two seprate circuits with one action). (S2 in this diagram)

    For DC: You can use two diodes.

    Switch1 triggers Coil1, S2 triggers C2, S3 triggers both.

    I used coils for traditional bell relays, but any load will do.