fenderman
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with hikvision cameras, you need to remove power, hold the button, then apply power while holding it, it may be the same with the doorbell
NEW 1080P Wifi Video Doorbell!
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Sean Nelson
Pulling my weight
The doorbell actually doesnt require the typical reset process that the normal hik cameras do. You can simply reset it by holding down the left buttons.
Its odd that the doorbell is ringing your chime every 60 seconds. Yeah if you have a 24VAC power supply just to test it on, that would be good.
Do you have a multi meter that you can check your doorbells wiring voltage? Normally its 16V AC.
Its odd that the doorbell is ringing your chime every 60 seconds. Yeah if you have a 24VAC power supply just to test it on, that would be good.
Do you have a multi meter that you can check your doorbells wiring voltage? Normally its 16V AC.
tibimakai
Known around here
I just checked on my Soltec HM-102S multimeter and the doorbell wires have exactly 16v AC right now.
Just realized you said "You can simply reset it by holding down the left buttons." ---- I only see one button on the left. Am I missing something?
Sean Nelson
Pulling my weight
Sorry, there is just one button. Hold it down until the doorbell says "the device is rebooting"
Then wait until it says "start configuring wifi" to begin the configuration
Then wait until it says "start configuring wifi" to begin the configuration
I'll try that again but I held it down for quite a while. Any idea how long it takes? Over 30 seconds?
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Sean Nelson
Pulling my weight
Possibly around 20-30 seconds. If she still dont work, perhaps send it in for warranty, we will take a gander.
Okay I definitely did NOT hold it for 20-30 seconds. Hopefully that will do the trick. I probably won't be able to mess with it until this Saturday. I'll have to double check return window b/c I don't want to get stuck with this if it's defective. Thanks for your help!
Sean Nelson
Pulling my weight
You got a while before you have to worry about returning it if its defective. This thing is warrantied so you are good to go. We have a 30 day return policy but thats just if you want to return it because you dont like it or whatever.
Ok, done my install. Overall, I'm pretty impressed. OK the software is a bit lacking, but image quality is good, build quality is good, and so far working very well with Blue Iris.
The lens is very wide. For my application, I'd love to be able to turn it sideways and have software rotate the image.
I screwed up a few times. That's what I get for rushing an install after a full day of work, in a snowstorm.
My existing doorbell is on a narrow wood strip on the door frame. the wire coming out is typical solid wire, fairly short, and the hole is small. Couldn't really put the existing wire directly on the small terminals of the camera. The supplied terminal block would definitely not go down the hole so I thought I'd use some fairly small crimp connectors.
But, they wouldn't go in the hole either.
So, I cut, stripped, soldered and used heat shrink
Second mistake. Did you spot it?
I connected the wires, and forgot the gasket. D'oh!
Third and worst mistake, although they provide a template to drill pilot holes, I thought I was smarter and just positioned the camera and drilled the holes. The wood strip is quite narrow so I kept it as far left as possible. Screwed it in, tested. Great. Then went to put the cover on. Oh crap no room against the screen door frame. Took it off, repositioned, re-drilled, and re-mounted.
All done.
I put a few washers behind the top screw to tilt it down a bit, as I want to get as much of the porch as possible, didn't make a huge difference really.
Some quick night time samples.
There's just enough light from the streetlights to keep the IR off, but that's because we're getting a ton of snow. With no IR and with IR there's a tiny bit of reflection from the dome, not bad. With IR the wall reflects a fair amount of light, but it still looks OK.
Here's no IR, Porch light, and with IR
Hope that's not too many pictures.
The lens is very wide. For my application, I'd love to be able to turn it sideways and have software rotate the image.
I screwed up a few times. That's what I get for rushing an install after a full day of work, in a snowstorm.
My existing doorbell is on a narrow wood strip on the door frame. the wire coming out is typical solid wire, fairly short, and the hole is small. Couldn't really put the existing wire directly on the small terminals of the camera. The supplied terminal block would definitely not go down the hole so I thought I'd use some fairly small crimp connectors.
But, they wouldn't go in the hole either.
So, I cut, stripped, soldered and used heat shrink
Second mistake. Did you spot it?
I connected the wires, and forgot the gasket. D'oh!
Third and worst mistake, although they provide a template to drill pilot holes, I thought I was smarter and just positioned the camera and drilled the holes. The wood strip is quite narrow so I kept it as far left as possible. Screwed it in, tested. Great. Then went to put the cover on. Oh crap no room against the screen door frame. Took it off, repositioned, re-drilled, and re-mounted.
All done.
I put a few washers behind the top screw to tilt it down a bit, as I want to get as much of the porch as possible, didn't make a huge difference really.
Some quick night time samples.
There's just enough light from the streetlights to keep the IR off, but that's because we're getting a ton of snow. With no IR and with IR there's a tiny bit of reflection from the dome, not bad. With IR the wall reflects a fair amount of light, but it still looks OK.
Here's no IR, Porch light, and with IR
Hope that's not too many pictures.
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@The_Penguin Thanks for sharing. Can you share some video night footage with someone in motion? And in color?
@The_Penguin , thanks for the write up, comments, photos. You have peaked my interest. I'd be using with Blue Iris if I got one.
I think I know why you had some issues regarding the gasket, too close the screen door, etc.... it's because you kept 'The Supervisor' locked in the house!
But you did a good thing just soldering and shrink-tubing those 2 wires. Crimped, insulated butt-splices would have been great if BOTH the wires were stranded but one was solid, you said, and crimps for solid wires (if not soldered) is a no-no. I can attest to finding dozens over a 31 year period in my career where vibration, ambient temp cycling, etc. causes them to fail on solid conductors.
Did they give you any wedges to mount under it to point away from house? A friend bought a Ring 2 this summer and it had wedges to point cam down vertically and another for horizontal. BTW, he sent it back for a refund: it connects to your Wi-Fi but notifications and videos are uploaded them come back down to you (even if you are on your Wi-Fi) so if you don't have at least 4 meg down and 4 meg up, it sux. He has ADSL with 2 meg down, .5 meg up. His poor upload speed really tanked it.
I think I know why you had some issues regarding the gasket, too close the screen door, etc.... it's because you kept 'The Supervisor' locked in the house!
But you did a good thing just soldering and shrink-tubing those 2 wires. Crimped, insulated butt-splices would have been great if BOTH the wires were stranded but one was solid, you said, and crimps for solid wires (if not soldered) is a no-no. I can attest to finding dozens over a 31 year period in my career where vibration, ambient temp cycling, etc. causes them to fail on solid conductors.
Did they give you any wedges to mount under it to point away from house? A friend bought a Ring 2 this summer and it had wedges to point cam down vertically and another for horizontal. BTW, he sent it back for a refund: it connects to your Wi-Fi but notifications and videos are uploaded them come back down to you (even if you are on your Wi-Fi) so if you don't have at least 4 meg down and 4 meg up, it sux. He has ADSL with 2 meg down, .5 meg up. His poor upload speed really tanked it.
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Sample daytime video, semi-bright partly cloudy. Some fat old guy shoveling our snow
Export from a Blue Iris clip, direct to mp4 no re-encoding.
Export from a Blue Iris clip, direct to mp4 no re-encoding.
Does this also work with Hikvision NVRs (in Hikvision mode, not ONVIF) such as the DS7616NI-E2 so that the NVR will only record when there's motion and not all the time?
Can you setup the doorbell to only notify the app when you press the button, i.e. no alerts for motion?
Is there an app for the iPhone?
Can you setup the doorbell to only notify the app when you press the button, i.e. no alerts for motion?
Is there an app for the iPhone?
Can't say about the NVR, but don't see why it wouldn't. There is an app for the iPhone, and by default (as far as I know) it only alerts on doorbell press.
Interesting, the glare is a fair bit worse tonight. I suspect that it's because there's less ambient light (no low cloud cover and falling blowing snow reflecting the street lights) so the IR may be brighter, hence more reflection.