Clare Doorbell Camera

[Stephen Drake]

anyone picked this device up? I downloaded the app to see what it looked like and it is identical to the iVMS app. It picked up my Hik Canberra’s easily. Wondering if that means the stream from the doorbell will show up with the rest of my cameras.

 

[actran]

anyone picked this device up? I downloaded the app to see what it looked like and it is identical to the iVMS app. It picked up my Hik Canberra’s easily. Wondering if that means the stream from the doorbell will show up with the rest of my cameras.

Whoa, this is interesting doorbell camera if it works with Blue Iris.

If anyone gets this device and can show some videos at night time, that would be awesome.

 

[Stephen Drake]

Mine is on the way. I’ll post as soon as it’s installed.

 

[fenderman]

anyone picked this device up? I downloaded the app to see what it looked like and it is identical to the iVMS app. It picked up my Hik Canberra’s easily. Wondering if that means the stream from the doorbell will show up with the rest of my cameras.

this is the same product as the hikvision doorbell...which will also be rebranded by lts for $169 msrp...

 

[Stephen Drake]

Crap. Just paid $249

 

[fenderman]

Crap. Just paid $249

send it back....ripoff artists charging 80 dollars for their logo on your doorbell..

 

[Stephen Drake]

Thanks man! I’ll ceetainly do that. I have a Ring Pro and am very interested in the sd card option.

 

[gpower07]

Ring Pro, you have to pay 3X$/year. and record motion only to cloud server. if I remember correctly.

 

[Stephen Drake]

You are correct. That’s exactly why I’m interested in this new doorbell cam. Should be here by Monday so we will see!

 

[Stephen Drake]

Up and running. I’ll play with it for a week or so and see how it goes. So far, there are a few obvious things

Pros:
No monthly storage fee due to Microsd card
Sound is very clear and the volume is much higher than my Ring Pro
I can run the stream through iVMS
Video quality is pretty good

Cons:
2.4ghz only and no poe
So far I’ve had a 50/50 return on night vision. Maybe my transformer isn’t sending enough power.

So far it works with the ClareVision+ app and Hik-Connect. I put all of my cameras into the Clare app but when I turn motion notification off, it shuts down the motion detection. Not sure how to fix that.

 

[VorlonFrog]

So, it's got somewhat of a fish-eye lens, then?

 

[Stephen Drake]

So, it's got somewhat of a fish-eye lens, then?

Yes. A little wider field of view than my Ring Pro but definitely a fish eye lens.

 

[VorlonFrog]

Thanks for the information. That's somewhat disappointing, honestly.

 

[Stephen Drake]

Yeah. I think Skybell has a better view. I waited for the Slim model to come out but they seem to be exclusive to Alarm.com owners.

 

[Stephen Drake]

Ran into another issue. Night vision is having an issue.

 

[fenderman]

View attachment 21893 Ran into another issue. Night vision is having an issue.

Is the lens clean... Did you remove the plastic protecting it?

 

[Stephen Drake]

Both. No deal.

 

[tangent]

Both. No deal.

what does it look like with your porch light off?

Does it allow a mechanical doorbell to still function?

 

[Stephen Drake]

Without the porch light on, it’s impossible to see because it looks just like the picture above. Interestingly enough, the doorbell does ring. However, it’s causing the door chime to buzz slightly. Also, the camera feed has a weird sound, sort of like interference.

 

[Stephen Drake]

The view with the porch light off, there is distortion and a weird mark in the middle of the lens.

Turn the porch light back on and the mark in the middle stays for a while.

After about twenty minutes, the spot goes away if the porch light stays on.