I am in the same boat. I have plenty of cameras and
Blue Iris, so I purchased the Ring
Floodlight Cam just for the two way audio and siren. The problem with all the other manufacturers of serious cameras is that they only offer two way audio on their
indoor cameras. I am not talking about Arlo or that kind of junk, I am talking about IP cameras. And out of those they usually come with a built in mike and only an audio output jack. I wondered why these manufacturers don't have an optional speaker in their product line. I tried looking for outdoor POE intercoms to no avail. I am an electronic engineer and so I built my own weather resistant POE line level speaker that plugs directly into a POE two way audio camera and quickly saw why these manufacturers don't have an optional speaker in their product line. In my case with Trendnet cameras, I found they use full duplex for two way audio. That's a really bad idea. That means both parties can send and receive audio at the same time with no noise cancellation. That means huge feedback issues that spiral out of control when trying to talk, even with the speaker some distance away from the mic. Just really bad engineering. In fact it is totally unuseable. But all that feedback gave me another idea. So my next project was to build a remote controlled siren. Okay, along comes this Ring Floodlight Cam which promises the two way audio
and siren, which can be controlled remotely. I too don't really need the camera and lights, this thing is really just to compliment my existing system with the outdoor two way audio and the siren. I will hook it up tomorrow and post my findings.
