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HA Doorbell (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 9 months ago by synestine@sh.itjust.works to c/homeassistant@lemmy.world
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Until recently I had been using an EZVIZ DB1C doorbell. I researched before I got it, and it worked immediately when bought. Then the company started playing dirty pool. Over the next two firmware updates (WIth nothing in the notes beyond "bugfixes and imrprovements") they stripped out the ability to use a local RTSP stream then they stripped out the ability to use their Windows-only software to even re-enable any functionality. Then they jerked me around for over a month before they finally copped to what the company had done.

And of course there's no way back to a working firmware.

I know people have mentioned Reolink and Amcrest before, but those models are no longer available.

Is there anything in the way of wired, mechanical-bell compatible doorbell cameras that work with HomeAssistant?

I'm so sick of companies that sell you one thing, then strip out the functionality that made it useful, shoving you into their cloud/app shit or leaving you stranded on whatever firmware the thing came with.

GRR

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[–] philpo@feddit.org 1 points 9 months ago

Yeah,me neither. They once were known under the name Helios as well.

For a long time they focused on large residential buildings,doing elevator control stuff and everything,but they have expanded into the medium-upperclass private market as well. The IP Verso and the IP solo are definitely nice (I have the former). And the installation can absolutely be done by a prosumer - I found it far easier than doorbird or dahua, especially as their wiki is great. They document literally everything.