After exchanging half a dozen emails with my host provider, they admitted to blocking my ip address but would not say why. All they would do was unblock my ip and whitelist it so it would not happen again. So I am still not clear on what I was doing to get banned. It seems like if I connected via ftp more than a few times in a few minutes, I would get banned. Anyway, I should now be able to start getting data onto the web and into a database. The only problem now is, it has been raining for days, so the dog is not allowed to use the doggy door.

Today I managed to get all the wiring redone using heat shrink tubing so it looks nice. I also replaced the piezo sensor with a standard magnetic alarm switch. I have done a little bit of testing with it and it looks like it will be alot more reliable than the piezo film.

Later on today I will do some full scale testing. Opening and closing the door, triggering the motion sensor, and seeing if the data gets transmitted to the web reliably.