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I would consider this a reactive update, not a proactive one - but thanks for reporting you've installed the newest firmware. Given the criticality of this battery issue and the ongoing heat dome here in the US and elsewhere you would think Amcrest would at least document in the firmware update...

@SarmatMargenmeld - thanks for sharing that your AD410 swollen battery removal kept the doorbell operational - IF there isn't a chime connected. I agree that the purpose of the battery is likely to keep it operational and online for those few seconds when the chime kit diverts power to the...

@apple_pennywise - I've run these and dozens of other direct API commands to tweak both the AD110 & AD410 without any problem. In fact, I find it safer to use the API than other non-SmartHome software to configure settings due to them sometimes changing more than you expected and messing up...

Amcrest mobile SmartHome app uses P2P protocol to remotely connect through their Amazon AWS-hosted servers. Amcrest is a US owned company, so your trust with P2P lies with them and their ability to keep their firmware secure to any known exploits. (Amcrest's firmware and hardware is sourced...

Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice! IEEEEE! It's showtime!

Thanks Wittaj. If that is the solution to fixing this firmware, I think you have just identified a bigger issue than the one I was trying to get attention to.

UGH, An even more problematic issue - specifying IE for setup (before any other firmware issue can be looked into?) nope, did not use IE or any IE mimicry. FireFox.

I actually have no use for the service call to set the color mode (auto,bw,color) the library provides. It's problem is upon initialization, it reads the current settings via an API call and gets an unexpected error and aborts the setup. I agree this is a 3rd party software issue that I am...

Insane? First of all Duplo, I am not reporting this as a Home Assistant integration problem, per-se. It is however obviously adversely affected by a problem few have noticed even existed. I have an active Github issue report requesting that the python library that uses the Dahua/Amcrest...

Thanks Mike. Normally any specific config entry as documented in the Dahua http CGI doc can be read or changed via the API. When the camera is in its altered state, any of those missing values are no longer recognized as being valid for read or write. It's as if the camera took on a...

On some occasions, the problem does show up after a brief communications failure to the cameras . Early this morning at 2:45 AM, my HA logs show comms error to all 4 of my POE Dahua StarLights, but not to my WiFi AD410 doorbell. it only lasted a minute, then logs show all cameras back...

Thanks Paul for your suggestion. No, I have not tried to run the cameras untethered from Home Assistance for any length of time. Doing so would not turn up any issue riight away as I would have to check day after day for weeks to see if anything changed in the firmware config...

Hi Andy, 4 months ago I posted a problem report here that received no reply. Odd IPC-T5442T-ZE partial configuration vanishing act How should I have submitted a report so that Dahua devs can review this ongoing issue? The camera configuration is somehow changing on its own significantly...

well, damn - now my AD410 is going offline repeatedly. Rarely did this before now. Started yesterday and continues to go down a few times during the afternoon, never at night. Wall temp in the shade where the DB is mounted - 103F at 2PM which matches the air temp. Face of AD410 -...

@EMC - Just an FYI - but it appears that "WiFi antenna" that is layered on top of the lithium battery isn't an antenna, but a heater! Found a similar heating element here. Now that's a nice engineering element to keep the battery healthy in extreme cold. I've actually not heard of any...

@TechBill - I've stayed on this original release but I don't have the firmware bin for it. You will have to ask Amcrest support for it. I am curious though, what exactly is crippled with the latest 20230221 firmware? I do know that the interim version 20221201 did in fact cripple the...

I would think the doorbell should power up with or without that bad battery connected. A common issue is a tiny SMD fuse gets blown with transformer overvoltage, but USB power works. But given that you have already unsuccessfuly tried USB power, I seriously doubt a new battery will help...

Nice work on your doorbell autopsy and reporting your findings! I've heard of one other report of the AD410 dying in this heat dome. Amcrest rates the op temp to 120F, but sustained high heat is definitely bad for lithium batteries. For a technical explanation, see: What causes lithium...

That's definitely the cleanest fix I've seen - very nice! I guess you were out of warranty to have Amcrest replace it with a good one? They fixed their manufacturing issue several months ago.

I have two of the subject Dahua's operating perfectly that become inoperable in Home Assistant upon a restart due to invalid responses from the HTTP CGI API that initially worked. The problem is when HASS queries the cameras for their capabilities upon initialization, one required parameter...

Interesting discovery @fcol ... I've seen numerous reports of detection events suddenly quit working but this is a first I've seen of it being associated to a full microSD-Card. My AD410 is using Home Assistant's core Amcrest Integration (not ONVIF), and has just 1GB left in storage. I...

No, use the smarthome app for initial setup. After it's online you will need configtool for the firmware update. Configtool can also be used to configure other settings the SH app lacks, but as I said before, changing video settings with it sometimes gets the video wonky.

My apologies - I shall state microSD card instead of SD from now on. The original firmware does not have the continuous recording to microSD card feature. The corrupt event version and the newest fixed version do. I had originally thought the SmartHome app referred to the video resolution...

My understanding is there is a new toggle in SmartHome to go from record-only-on-events to record-continuous. The app only lets you select WDR or SD / HD 2K/1K HD Video settings, so that would also apply to what is recorded on the SD card or to the RTSP stream. If you need to get more...

Well, I don't know of any new issues- because I haven't seen any user experience reports yet with this new version. Since it includes a new feature you want, I think it's OK to proceed with the update. You can always go back if you find some new problem. Slight problem though - the...

@remlemasi - That's the original version of firmware and it works fine. There was a corrupt manual update a few months back that broke event handling for any 3rd party integrations (like Home Assistant). This update has been replaced by a new version that fixes this, and is only available on...

If you don't have a wired chime or plan to disconnect it first, then you don't need the chime kit. If you do wish to keep your existing chime active - I'm quoting Amcrest instructions here...

wittaj - my understanding is the AD410 could be damaged or disconnect/reboot due to being underpowered if connected to a chime without the chime kit during a doorbell press. I think you meant to say if he would disconnect the chime entirely first, right?

I had seen this OP video before but had not noticed that car plowed directly into a pedestrian first. I did notice the opposite corner could have been a lot safer - given it's in a no shoot zone in that sketchy intersection.

I'm fairly sure that's not possible. There are other ways to get a custom icon. See this article for suggestions: https://superuser.com/questions/1053584/is-there-a-way-to-customise-bookmark-icons-in-chrome