What I really want is a Jefferies Tube to get in and out of my basement.

Cool! Very cool! Brings back memories, first time I ever saw Star trek in color was 1971. I had just returned from Vietnam, and was stationed out at Fort Lewis Washington. We got new neighbors at the apartment complex we lived in in Tacoma, and they had a color set. One night they invited us over for drinks and Star trek, wow and I thought Spock was green! Ah well can't have everything I guess, but a year later we had saved enough money to afford a small color set, so I could see all my favorite TV in color!

Also, the white rectangle that lights up on red alert is actually a transparent piece of acrylic, and not white at all in the original series!

Cool toy and nice mod. I have one and use it to make the "swoosh" door opening / closing sound when someone walks into my office. My back is turned away from the door when I am using my computer so it lets me know when someone enters.

Fran, make your own from scratch to scale !!! A sampler, red alert memo pad / acrylic stock thick and beafy.

Hacking a com panel, writing your own Fran Lab theme song, and using a Lamy fountain pen to draw schematics... Fran, you are quite possibly the coolest chick I know.

That was a fine bit of Franprovement to make a toy more real. Great stuff.

OMG l think l just met a soulmate. I spend countless hours at my bench modifying worthless junk to perform meaningless tasks and functions that mean absolutely nothing to anybody but me.

8:08 - I'm getting a Big Clive vibe!

I have this gadget! I set the motion detector to “door swish,” though, so it would sound as I walked through the door. The siren gave me stress. 😄 Great mods!

When the red alert went off I reached for my phone. I have that as my ring tone 😀

This is peak quality content. Also I'd love some more fountain pen content, but perhaps that's just me! Also I must say, the content has been very enjoyable lately. You've got me back as a regular viewer

Totally worth the time for those LEDs. It's a whole new dimension to the experience

RED ALERT … 'are you sure Sir - that would mean changing the light bulb'

So much fun. I wish the original toy/prop had been more robust, looking more like the 60s prop. I am a fan now of Fran, because of the song! ;) Good job!

Fun project and not worthless - somebody will gain confidence in their ability to mod stuff, then make it like they want it. Good effort Fran!

I always wanted one of those and have it customized so I could use it as a 2 way intercom/doorbell. Also, that little smile at the end sort of reminds me of my daughter when she was a kid on Christmas. Fun stuff.

Groovy tunes and cool project. Thanks Fran. It's fun hanging out in the lab with you and hearing your thoughts and comments while soldering and having fun.

I am not at all interested in electronics but watching how much you enjoy doing what you do is very refreshing and makes me smile!

when assembling such cheap units: first job: put some hotsnot on every wire in order to prevent those economic joint breaking from the pcb/components.

I have the same Star Trek wall panel. It was a gift to a huge Star Trek fan, ME. Thanks for sharing.

The way the prop worked on the show was the red button was the alarm button. you pushed that if you wanted to sound red alert. Just like a fire alarm pull station. The square acrylic block is clear frosted and lights up red as the alarm is sound. It stays illuminated and usually does not flash. The smaller white button is pressed to activate the intercom. It is pressed to both initiate a call and to answer a call. What appears to be a small white sliding button on the frame of the speaker was actually an indicator light on the original prop that would come on when the white button is pressed to indicate the intercom is active. It might actually be easier to construct a more accurate one from scratch and use just the sound chip and create your own circuitry. Wish I had the time and skill to do it myself.

There was also yellow alert. Not sure if there was a sound associated with yellow alert, but that light would flash yellow during a yellow alert. The red led actually was a on/off thing. When the button was pressed to talk, it was lit. It would go off when the button was released.

FUN! Love this old Star Trek stuf. Thanks Fran!

Fran would be every child’s favourite aunt.

This is the videos I like. I learn the most from modifying stuff. It makes you think about how it works. If the motion sensor only triggered the door sound it would be OK.

When I saw this I realized, I need control panels. This place here needs some control panels. Now I know, I have always needed some control panels. Cool video

You are so so SMART!! Love your channel Fran x

I love the "Fran's lab" soundtrack, 10/10 video.

Aw! That's just awesome. Want one. Thanks for sharing 👍👍👍👍👍

Very cool Fran! Loved this hack.

Lol so cool I love it . Keep up the good work in the Lab.

So much FUN! And first time I've heard the FranLab song - LIKE.

Love it! I've got one of those that my daughter gave me for Christmas years ago. Mounted it (unhacked) outside the door of our condo as a doorbell. Always wished the door-open swish was a bit louder, but hey. I've been seeing it in the background of your vids for a while, glad I stumbled on this one where you improved it!

Thanks Fran love your work made me smile.

Awesome Fran. When you were putting the reflector paper in place, I was thinking, since it has to go through that cloudy plastic, use a piece of mylar behind it to provide more reflectivity. Well done. I loved this one. Well I love a lot of your videos but this one hits right at my heart.

Very cool. One day I will make myself a TNG style doorbell.

THANK YOU, Fran! You fixed what I didn't like about this toy!

Man. I love that entirely. Never seen any of your stuff before, but will definitely have to check out more! I don't know nearly enough to make heads or tails of what you say, but dang, maybe I will if I watch more! Thank you for being so accessible and enthusiastic! Your energy is just so calm but intelligent, and I love it!

Nice one, Fran. That's brilliant.

I love it♡Love that sound

My friend is a huge Star Trek fan. He would love that!

I was about to go to bed, and I thought erm just one more FranLab video..... Now I can't get that RED ALERT Errrrrrr Errrrrrr Errrrrrr Errrrrrr out of my head now. Thanks Fran 😆.

Fran! You have to make one from scratch that is accurate like the 2001 Space Odyssey panel! I'm not a super nerd but I grew up on the original Star Trek and would absolutely love to follow along and build one of these with you! I know a bunch of people who would LOVE this as a gift if it was true to the show! Could it be done with random sound effects triggered by motion sensors?? Maybe an arduino 3D print project? You could shorten the run time for a red alert to 3 or 4 bursts. Could have several sound announcements, could use a Star Trek soundboard for ideas...... The possibilities are endless.... Hack the one you have and then build a better one!

again thank you, now i know how to solder without using finger to hold cable. the white red alert plastic in the show they use acrylic, brighter.

Very nice job on the modification! Love it!

Just three AA Batteries? Scotty, we need more power!

A person could run the LED wires to a transistor that switches on a mini strobe bulb behind some red acetate film.

Awesome fun stuff Fran.

Totally Cool! Nicely Done. That was a Cute project.

I love when you sing your song.

You're such a kid. Good for you Fran

Fran: has an idea for this video Star Trek prop: I have another idea.

I took the speaker out, and extended the wires so I could mount the speaker inside my room. Then I mounted the unit outside the door so it could be used by someone to "hail" me from outside the room when the door is closed. I set it to the "door whoosh" sound for leaving/entering the room. The red light instead of a button to activate red alert, and the non-illuminated red alert visual indicator also bugged me, but I just left that as is. Roddenberry.com used to sell a really nice, accurate replica of the prop that you could build and set up to function properly, but you would have to cut the wall for it to mount flush with all the electronics. Cool video! Thanks! :)

We visited the replica Star Trek set in Ticonderoga NY in April. One of the com panels was broken, and our guide told us that Shatner had hit it a bit too hard on one of his visits. They were trying to decide whether to fix it or replace it and display it with a plaque. :-D I guess Shatner still likes to get his Kirk on when he's there.

That was cool! Star Trek!

Love it!

I don't even like Star Trek, but I like Fran modifying stuff!

Setting the swish for the motion detector, the red alert as the modded red button, and ship call on the white button would be a really cool setup. If the motion detection can only toggle between swish _or_ red alert, it'd be an interesting project to retool the motion detector and red button to toggle a flip flop circuit to the desired state and signal the sound.

I think if you can 3D print a replacement panel that is clear or lightly frosted, the LED's would look much nicer. Great build!!!

I really enjoyed hearing "Fran Jam" during the montages!

PIR, nice. I'm used to toys having a cheap light sensor behind a pinhole, then you'd hope someone walking by changed the light level enough. They also liked to activate when you switched on the lights.

its my favorite ringtone. I scared my dentist and his assistant when my phone rang. It was a red alert alright.

25:32 hahha When I saw those bare and exposed wires I knew it was going to be a short circuit and I was right hahaha

WOW! Now this is uber cool!!!

She just tickled my nerd factor ten

I don’t see too many women that are interested in electronics like you are. That’s great! You’re very nice.

LOL.. You're like a kid in a candy store!! Love it!!!

Nice job Fran!

Love it! You’re very good!

So cool! I love modding stuff

This is a great project...love it! I use the Red Alert sound as the warning for my video card overheating :)

As my kids used to say, "Don't put it in a box, it won't work!"

Great Stuff !👍

You Rock Fran!!! I’m a big fan

Quite the talent/skill that was 👍 great

I dig your videos, Fran. You're awesome.

OUTSTANDING, Fran! As a fellow Trekker, I appreciate the effort.

Excellent!

Hi Fran! Wow. 103k subscribers and counting. Go Fran! Loved the wall communicator mod.

Wow.. That was so Cool. Cheers!

Maybe you could use something like a Red Acrylic sheet lit from the edge to give a more even light? Ebay do that sort of thing under the trade name EDGELIT

Looks great. Hang in there.

Those motion detectors would have made me nervous to enter my own room. What a fun project and if someone didn't understand why it was fun, it would be pointless trying to explain it to them :-) Cheers.

Well done, and you're absolutely right that the toy should have been built this way originally. I have one and I use it in door swish mode.

Three years past issue date, drinking coffee, laughing out lout at Fran vs. "The Red Alert"

LOVE this vid...

Thank you for the music 😎

I would LOVE to have this as my doorbell on my front door!

Very Cool !! I got to check out your other video's.

That was awesome!!!!! You are so cool! Great video!

Who would thumbs-down this video? This was great, Fran. Nice work.

I have that Star Trek hail sound as my phone's notification sound sounds so cool. My main ringtone is Tony Soprano's ringtone

Sweet conversions! Nice informal primer on electronics principles too, swapping in the momentary switch for example.

Yeah the flashy red light is way better - I love it!

Awesome!!

Haha, Hey Fran! We had that exact wall alarm at our local makerspace. That dang thing made me throw !@#$! to the ceiling a couple times when I would come in alone to work on our laser cutter in the late hours of the night!

I got an electrically heated body warmer from china and it's great. You need a USB power bank for it but I got an empty one and stuck 4 18650's in it. Seems to work grand.

I have that same panel and my one gripe was that the (on screen) button was a light. Might do this myself. Although the ultimate would be to have the sensor trip the door swoosh, the white button do the bosun whistle and the red light be a button and do the klaxon.

awesome stuff