# Connect with smart 'fixed phone' **URL:** \ **Category:** Devices\ **Created:** [March 27, 2020, 1:09pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/connect-with-smart-fixed-phone/27605 "2020-03-27T13:09:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Erik\_Mulder](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/erik_mulder/32/17016_2.png) [@Erik\_Mulder](https://community.homey.app/u/Erik_Mulder)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2020, 1:09pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/connect-with-smart-fixed-phone/27605/1 "2020-03-27T13:09:22Z")
Hi all, my mother in law is a happy Homey user. For instance, blinking the lights when the doorbell rang. Now she also likes to connect a ‘fixed phone’ (you known, those with a cord 🙂) to Homey. For instance, blinking the lights when the phone rings (different way than doorbell of course 🙂). Any of you have experience with such a setup? Do you know ‘smart’ fixed phones that can be connected to Homey? Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Wilfred\_Greven](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/wilfred_greven/32/13070_2.png) [@Wilfred\_Greven](https://community.homey.app/u/Wilfred_Greven)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2020, 1:59pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/connect-with-smart-fixed-phone/27605/2 "2020-03-27T13:59:26Z")
Hi Erik, I don’t know if an electrician can make a device for this. The way it works (i know) is a fritzbox router with. dect, a dect telephone. Than you have the possibility to get a signal when the telephone rings. Greetings, Wilfred ---
**Author:** ![Erik\_Mulder](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/erik_mulder/32/17016_2.png) [@Erik\_Mulder](https://community.homey.app/u/Erik_Mulder)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2020, 3:55pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/connect-with-smart-fixed-phone/27605/3 "2020-03-27T15:55:52Z")
Thanks Wilfred, that is a cool idea. In this case it would be easier to have a phone that can already do this automatically, like a fixed phone with Android or so. But as a backup solution it’s worth trying for sure, thanks! ---
**Author:** ![PetervdK](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/petervdk/32/20669_2.png) [@PetervdK](https://community.homey.app/u/PetervdK)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2020, 9:30am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/connect-with-smart-fixed-phone/27605/4 "2020-03-28T09:30:19Z")
You can try to create a situation as mentioned somewhere else in the forum to smarten a dumb doorbell. That means that you put a relay between the two power lines from the fixed phone that triggers a door sensor or something like that whenever it rings. But be careful, i believe there is some 40+ volts on the wires when it rings. So the electronics or relay has to be able to use that kind of voltage. Found it. It’s in German, but the pictures should explain a lot. > [@Z-Wave Binärschalter selbst bauen](https://community.homey.app/t/z-wave-binarschalter-selbst-bauen/19516): > > Onkel Undertakers Bastelstunde Da der Fibaro Binär-Sensor und Smart Implant bei meinen Tests nur mangelhaft funktioniert haben und einfach nur teuer sind, musste eine Alternative her. Ich besitze zwar noch einige Fibaro Fensterkontakte der 1. Generation, aber mein Ziel ist es die Polen aus meinen 4 Wänden zu verbannen. Die Gründe dafür sind eine andere Geschichte. Mittlerweile habe ich mich zum Neo Coolcam Fan entwickelt. Einfache Technik, hohe Zuverlässigkeit, sehr gute Reichweite, preiswert … ---
**Author:** ![Erik\_Mulder](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/erik_mulder/32/17016_2.png) [@Erik\_Mulder](https://community.homey.app/u/Erik_Mulder)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2020, 10:02am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/connect-with-smart-fixed-phone/27605/5 "2020-03-28T10:02:49Z")
Thanks for the suggestion Peter! I’ll be sure to try it out if I have some spare time.