Recent content by F1rby

Yea, I know. That's the smart and easy solution. But I guess I just like to do it the hard way. There's something appealing to me about making something that should be simple and "dumb," transparently "smart." Your solution of using an old intercom system is brilliant. I'd do that instead if I...

I agree with your assessment. My understanding of the "chime kit" is that it changes the coil resistance of the solenoid in the chime kit to be low resistance when not "chiming" (allowing current to flow and power the bell,) and a higher resistance when "chiming" which is when the doorbell...

For those on this thread that are familiar with the API calls for the AD410 (or any rebranded variant of the Dahua base model) can you tell me if there is any method exposed to turn off the wired chime? I have recently purchased this model, but haven't recieved or installed it yet, so I can't do...