@andycots That would mean that I have to buy another Ezviz product to make another Ezviz product 'work'. They promise that it will work with existing chimes and existing setups, but it does not. I don't want to use the Ezviz chime just because their doorbell set is not working as it should.
New RCA HSDB2A 3MP Doorbell IP Camera
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Hey guys, so a few weeks in, my SD Endurance card from Sandisk has failed now. This is the 4th SD card to fail to initialize randomly on my doorbell. Any idea why this might be a problem? Does anyone think it could be something to do with the hardware or the software on the camera?
I would probably like to roll back to my previous firmware but I am having trouble finding it. I am currently on the latest HIK Vision official firwmare. Anyone else have a similar issue like mine where the doorbell would just kill the SD card?
I've only ever used genuine SD cards from Sandisk. All 4 have burned out. I can reformat them on the PC but the door camera will no longer initialize after using them for several weeks.
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Probably not much help to you, I use an Arduino nano with current sensor to monitor the current going to my door bell. I programmed the Arduino so as it sees the current draw increased due to the button being pressed, the Arduino would drive a 30 amp relay to activate my digital door bell which is not officially supported by my door bell.
Not a pretty setup, but it works. Sweet! LTS is releasing an ONVIF compatible doorbell with SD card slot and 940nm IR
Following on from my post here a while ago. I've recently received a replacement for my suspected faulty DB1 doorbell/power kit.
The replacement is a DB1C which seems to be working ok so far. Looking inside the power kit, it does seem to be slightly different from the last one, although it does seem too have some resistors missing (see attached)
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How long do you have the DB1C running now? So no phantom ringing in your setup anymore? Does it also work when the IR LEDs are turned on? Sounds interesting if that one does actually work, maybe they made some small improvements to the power kit to make it work with less resistors?
This looks interesting
Maybe it is possible, to get a signal from the relay (the big white component on front/top) - for those, who want to experiment with microcontroller-circuits
Im pressing my thumbs for you that the missing resistors are by design (not by mistake) and the chime will not phantom-ring.
a little offtopic: Does anybody know, why they left the PIR-Sensor on the successor-model?
Been on about about a week now with no phantom chime ringing problems. Obviously the LEDs are on during the night.
The DB1C seems to get more false motion alarms compared to the older DB1 with PIR sensor....
This looks interesting
Maybe it is possible, to get a signal from the relay (the big white component on front/top) - for those, who want to experiment with microcontroller-circuits
Im pressing my thumbs for you that the missing resistors are by design (not by mistake) and the chime will not phantom-ring.
a little offtopic: Does anybody know, why they left the PIR-Sensor on the successor-model?
I just use a 12v AC coil relay DPDT in the circuit.
This allows 2 devices to be triggered from the relay contacts.
I use 1 for a chime and 1 for an alarm input trigger.
It would be nice if someone from Ezviz or hikvision read this forum and could explain how the power kit works exactly. It all seems a bit secretive.
This allows 2 devices to be triggered from the relay contacts.
I use 1 for a chime and 1 for an alarm input trigger.
It would be nice if someone from Ezviz or hikvision read this forum and could explain how the power kit works exactly. It all seems a bit secretive.
Has anyone figured out exactly why this doorbell seems to reset/lose its configuration every so often?
I have the RCA with the EZVIZ firmware -- for me it's about the 5th or 6th time in 2 years or so. Very frustrating, now that I have to fully reset it in order to get back the chime configuration (the whole dance with renaming the ad-hoc network name and all). I'm really getting tired of it.
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haha, im with ya. mine is still flashing blue. since the button press is so damn loud, thats really all i need to hear if someone is at the door. I have 2 other cameras that record the door so its not a huge issue.
I did buy the new db1c but its still in the box. will install this and my new lockly lock one of these days.
Does anyone know if you use the Export Configuration option in Batch Config, will it save the chime setting, so the next time the thing goes blinking blue, I can just connect ad-hoc to the db2 and Import Configuration and be back in business? Anyone try/using that successfully?
Have you tried to format through Batch Config. Tool?
I guess I have been lucky, I have had the same Scandisk since the summer of 2019, I did have a few times I needed to format, it got full, also I found powering off/on (from the breaker) would also fix the Initialize issue but haven't had any problems in a long time...I would do like you and pull the card and format it on a PC.
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I remember reading some things in the past about the config file, not sure if it keeps the chime info. But here is someone to ask (I just did a 'config file' search in this Thread):