Amazon Dash Security Sensor

The reed switch acts like a button. Normally Open switch will close when a source of magnetic field is in range (magnet).You can commonly find it inside the sensors of professionally fitted alarms. If a magnet moves close enough to the reed switch, it will imitate the button being pressed on the Amazon Dash.

Simple enough. Physics lessons are over! Class dismissed!

No wait, come back we have work to be done!

Before we start taking the button apart - pair it according to the buttons' instructions. Do not select a product to buy. Just exit the amazon app before that step. Otherwise, the intruders will order a pack of nappies each time they trespass!

The button will stay linked to your WIFI.

Button pads

I took the button apart (3 screws underneath the sticker). you will need some glue to put it back together. You should see a button on PCB and the contact points. Solder 2 thin isolated wires to each side. It takes some patience but pads are big enough.

Reed switch

I used a hot needle to puncture holes in the Amazon Dash enclosure. These will be used to thread the reed switch through and solder it with the previously attached to the button, wires. Give enough slack to get the wire wrapped around the battery otherwise, you may struggle to put the button back. Test the reed switch orientation, they trigger better when oriented correctly.

Once everything is ok, test the setup and see if you can wake up the Amazon Dash with a magnet. Put everything back together, use glue or isolation tape to secure the enclosure. (sadly buttons are not meant to be taken apart)

It's important that, unlike the professional security sensors, you don't keep the magnet permanently near the switch. This will cause the Amazon Dash to enter the setup mode.

If you are mounting the magnet on a door, make sure the magnet makes a swiping motion to activate the reed switch.

You will need a short script (python3) on your Raspberry Pi to detect the ARP probe.

Script overview

When the MAC address of the Amazon Dash is detected scripts issues a notificaton and stops.
A restart of the script is required to arm the sensor again. The script has to be filled in with following info:

• Amazon Dash Mac
• AutoRemote Key

In this setup I'm using Tasker and AutoRemote to receive the notification directly to my mobile. To set up your RPI please use this tutorial

To get the AutoRemote Key look up the dev help file. To get the MAC address check the back of the button or unhash the option in the script.

TASKER

feel free to issue other notifications but the script is set to work with Tasker App - it waits for the message from Raspberry Pi and it shows you a notification.

Import the project file into the tasker. If you want to reset the alarm directly from the notification you will also need the AutoTools plugin. Visit notenoughtech.com for more

tasker tutorials

Other notifications

Feel free to issue an email instead or modify the script with MQTT libraries. It's up to you how you want to get the notification resolved.

"""********************
Amazon Dash requires:
pip3 install scapy-python3
 
********************"""
from scapy.all import *
import urllib.request
from sys import exit
url_mobile = 'http://autoremotejoaomgcd.appspot.com/sendmessage?key=YOUR_KEY&message=alarm=:=BUTTON_NAME=:=warning'
def confirmation():
	mobile = 'http://autoremotejoaomgcd.appspot.com/sendmessage?key=YOUR_KEY&message=alarm=:=BUTTON_NAME=:=set'
	response = urllib.request.urlopen(mobile).read()
	
confirmation()
def arp_display(pkt):
	if pkt[ARP].op == 1:
		if pkt[ARP].hwsrc == 'Amazon Dash MAC': #Your button MAC
			response = urllib.request.urlopen(url_mobile).read()
			exit(5)
	#print (pkt[ARP].hwsrc) #unhash for finding MAC of your button
print (sniff(prn=arp_display, filter="arp", store=0, count=0))