Hello, I'm looking for help on a project.
-Background for project-
I'm a swimming pool repair tech. During the fall months we close pools for the winter. When we are closing pools it is a 2 person job to evacuate the water out of the plumbing. Essentially one person is near the equipment pad operating a very noisy blower and the other person is next to the pool installing the plugs. During this time there could be a problem and they need to communicate to each other, yelling doesn't help as the blower is too loud to hear anything and hand signals won't work since there isn't typically any line of sight. this is where my idea for a device comes into play
-Project Idea-
I want a set of devices that can be worn on the wrist that have several buttons and corresponding LEDs which would be used to communicate. When "button 1" is pressed "led 1" will light up on "device A" AND "device B". When "button 3" is pressed "led 3" will light up on "device B" AND "device A". An easier way to think about it would be a set of traffic lights that remain in sync wirelessly (with about a 50' range). I would prefer this not to rely on bluetooth or wireless internet to communicate to each other.
I am looking for step by step instructions and parts list to build this device or if someone is interested in building it themselves and is willing to give me an estimate of cost to do so.
Here is a link to a rough mock-up of what the device would look like
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B52XZ9CfSbEsakNMXzRzS1lLVEE/view?usp=sharing
-Background for project-
I'm a swimming pool repair tech. During the fall months we close pools for the winter. When we are closing pools it is a 2 person job to evacuate the water out of the plumbing. Essentially one person is near the equipment pad operating a very noisy blower and the other person is next to the pool installing the plugs. During this time there could be a problem and they need to communicate to each other, yelling doesn't help as the blower is too loud to hear anything and hand signals won't work since there isn't typically any line of sight. this is where my idea for a device comes into play
-Project Idea-
I want a set of devices that can be worn on the wrist that have several buttons and corresponding LEDs which would be used to communicate. When "button 1" is pressed "led 1" will light up on "device A" AND "device B". When "button 3" is pressed "led 3" will light up on "device B" AND "device A". An easier way to think about it would be a set of traffic lights that remain in sync wirelessly (with about a 50' range). I would prefer this not to rely on bluetooth or wireless internet to communicate to each other.
I am looking for step by step instructions and parts list to build this device or if someone is interested in building it themselves and is willing to give me an estimate of cost to do so.
Here is a link to a rough mock-up of what the device would look like
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B52XZ9CfSbEsakNMXzRzS1lLVEE/view?usp=sharing
