i doubt it. It should be in the cabinet with all the fuses etc or very near to your chime. Atleast that is where you would find it in Europe
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You could try swtich upnp on in your router, just for the moment and find the ports that have been opened by the DB. Then close upnp again.
Since LaView no longer sells this DB I would assume no more firmware updates unless for security reasons.YeahI had contacted Laview about it last year and was hoping that maybe with a firmware update there'd be a way to control it. It's just quite bright and I'd love to use some code to turn it on and off rather than leave it on all the time or manually control it through the app.
So mine was in our attic attached to our attic light., how did I miss it
Well we have Radiant Barrier installed so it was hidden under it.
I use a Cable Toner for my work so it was easy for me to hunt mine down.
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Riza-Aslan
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I've installed my new Ezviz DB1 last weekend and I'm really happy with my setup. I had a Ring 1 before, but without the subscription (I don't want to pay 30€ per year only for recording). I'm running openHAB with many different devices and thought it would be really cool to integrate the camera too. My Ring Doorbell was also integrated, but only via ifttt. I've configered the doorbell button to send a signal to openhab via ifttt to trigger my chime (Google Home speakers). There is also a hue bulb at the frontdoor which were triggered by the motion detection inside my Ring (also via ifttt). This setup was sometimes very slow and for sure...it doesn't work without internet.
The Ezviz DB1 worked very well out of the box (fast, stable, good image), but also doesn't have any open interface for the doorbell button or motion detection. Thanks to you guys here! I've found my perfect solution:
First of all i've flashed the hikvision firmware to get ONVIF support. That makes it possible for me to 1.) get motion detection working with onvif2mqtt, 2.) add the camera easily to my synology surveillance station, 3.) get a live jpg snapshot to view on my openHAB UI. The next thing was the doorbell button. I've seen many different solutions in this thread, but most were not possible in germany. I couldn't find the devices (with shipping to germany) or the shipping fee was very high. But i've found a Homematic doorbell sensor (HM-Sen-DB-PCB) which is working with 2 x AAA batteries for 5 years and costs about 25€ for a building kit. You have to solder some parts, but nothing difficult. This device needs a Homematic bridge, which I already own because my heater thermostats are also from homematic. And now comes the cabeling. I could use my 28 year old 8V transformer. Two lines from the transformer came out of the wall where my chime hung before (not working since years) and two lines go from there to my doorbell. I've used the fuse, to bridge one line directly to the doorbell. I've connected the other two lines to the power pack und the power pack in parallel with the homematic module. I've used my old mechanical chime as a housing (cutted out all unnecessary parts like the magnet) so that I wasn't necessary to drill new holes and it looks like before.
My result is that I have still information about motion and doorbell rings in my openHAB system to ring my chimes (Google Home Speaker and lights) and turn the light outside on and it is much faster now then before (no more ifttt). I have live snapshots in my smart home UI and can record everything to the internal SD or to my surveillance station with pretty good quality.
Just wanted to let you guys know how I solved my problems and maybe the homematic sensor should be listed in the 101, to help others with the same problem. If you have questions, just ask
Ah...and one last thing. It would be really great if I could add my Ezviz DB1 to Google Home. It was integrated before i've flashed the hikvision firmware. After flashing i've disconnected it from Google Home to reconnect it again, but now I'm getting an error, that the settings could not be saved. Does anybody know if this is a general issue on ezviz's site at the moment or does it have to do with the hikvision firmware? Does anybody got it to work on a Ezviz with Hikvision firmware before? I've tried to find such an information in this thread, but couldn't find something useful with the search function.
The Ezviz DB1 worked very well out of the box (fast, stable, good image), but also doesn't have any open interface for the doorbell button or motion detection. Thanks to you guys here! I've found my perfect solution:
First of all i've flashed the hikvision firmware to get ONVIF support. That makes it possible for me to 1.) get motion detection working with onvif2mqtt, 2.) add the camera easily to my synology surveillance station, 3.) get a live jpg snapshot to view on my openHAB UI. The next thing was the doorbell button. I've seen many different solutions in this thread, but most were not possible in germany. I couldn't find the devices (with shipping to germany) or the shipping fee was very high. But i've found a Homematic doorbell sensor (HM-Sen-DB-PCB) which is working with 2 x AAA batteries for 5 years and costs about 25€ for a building kit. You have to solder some parts, but nothing difficult. This device needs a Homematic bridge, which I already own because my heater thermostats are also from homematic. And now comes the cabeling. I could use my 28 year old 8V transformer. Two lines from the transformer came out of the wall where my chime hung before (not working since years) and two lines go from there to my doorbell. I've used the fuse, to bridge one line directly to the doorbell. I've connected the other two lines to the power pack und the power pack in parallel with the homematic module. I've used my old mechanical chime as a housing (cutted out all unnecessary parts like the magnet) so that I wasn't necessary to drill new holes and it looks like before.
My result is that I have still information about motion and doorbell rings in my openHAB system to ring my chimes (Google Home Speaker and lights) and turn the light outside on and it is much faster now then before (no more ifttt). I have live snapshots in my smart home UI and can record everything to the internal SD or to my surveillance station with pretty good quality.
Just wanted to let you guys know how I solved my problems and maybe the homematic sensor should be listed in the 101, to help others with the same problem. If you have questions, just ask
Ah...and one last thing. It would be really great if I could add my Ezviz DB1 to Google Home. It was integrated before i've flashed the hikvision firmware. After flashing i've disconnected it from Google Home to reconnect it again, but now I'm getting an error, that the settings could not be saved. Does anybody know if this is a general issue on ezviz's site at the moment or does it have to do with the hikvision firmware? Does anybody got it to work on a Ezviz with Hikvision firmware before? I've tried to find such an information in this thread, but couldn't find something useful with the search function.
alexdelprete
Getting comfortable
Ha
The ideal use case for me would be to turn on and off the LEDs when motion was detected by the PIR, making it more obvious that the PIR was not actually the ring button. Most of my visitors have figured it out by now, though...
Never happened to me. They always press the blue ring button.
Welcome, thank you for your share. I will add the sensor in our 101, thanks. Google should work with the Hikvision Firmware from what I have read here. I believe Alex and several others here can help you.I've installed my new Ezviz DB1 last weekend and I'm really happy with my setup. I had a Ring 1 before, but without the subscription (I don't want to pay 30€ per year only for recording). I'm running openHAB with many different devices and thought it would be really cool to integrate the camera too. My Ring Doorbell was also integrated, but only via ifttt. I've configered the doorbell button to send a signal to openhab via ifttt to trigger my chime (Google Home speakers). There is also a hue bulb at the frontdoor which were triggered by the motion detection inside my Ring (also via ifttt). This setup was sometimes very slow and for sure...it doesn't work without internet.
The Ezviz DB1 worked very well out of the box (fast, stable, good image), but also doesn't have any open interface for the doorbell button or motion detection. Thanks to you guys here! I've found my perfect solution:
First of all i've flashed the hikvision firmware to get ONVIF support. That makes it possible for me to 1.) get motion detection working with onvif2mqtt, 2.) add the camera easily to my synology surveillance station, 3.) get a live jpg snapshot to view on my openHAB UI. The next thing was the doorbell button. I've seen many different solutions in this thread, but most were not possible in germany. I couldn't find the devices (with shipping to germany) or the shipping fee was very high. But i've found a Homematic doorbell sensor (HM-Sen-DB-PCB) which is working with 2 x AAA batteries for 5 years and costs about 25€ for a building kit. You have to solder some parts, but nothing difficult. This device needs a Homematic bridge, which I already own because my heater thermostats are also from homematic. And now comes the cabeling. I could use my 28 year old 8V transformer. Two lines from the transformer came out of the wall where my chime hung before (not working since years) and two lines go from there to my doorbell. I've used the fuse, to bridge one line directly to the doorbell. I've connected the other two lines to the power pack und the power pack in parallel with the homematic module. I've used my old mechanical chime as a housing (cutted out all unnecessary parts like the magnet) so that I wasn't necessary to drill new holes and it looks like before.
My result is that I have still information about motion and doorbell rings in my openHAB system to ring my chimes (Google Home Speaker and lights) and turn the light outside on and it is much faster now then before (no more ifttt). I have live snapshots in my smart home UI and can record everything to the internal SD or to my surveillance station with pretty good quality.
Just wanted to let you guys know how I solved my problems and maybe the homematic sensor should be listed in the 101, to help others with the same problem. If you have questions, just ask
Ah...and one last thing. It would be really great if I could add my Ezviz DB1 to Google Home. It was integrated before i've flashed the hikvision firmware. After flashing i've disconnected it from Google Home to reconnect it again, but now I'm getting an error, that the settings could not be saved. Does anybody know if this is a general issue on ezviz's site at the moment or does it have to do with the hikvision firmware? Does anybody got it to work on a Ezviz with Hikvision firmware before? I've tried to find such an information in this thread, but couldn't find something useful with the search function.
alexdelprete
Getting comfortable
1. Check connections and voltages, make sure chime is enabled correctly in the app. It must work if everything's ok.
2. Apps are 99% all the same. Ezviz has some customizations in app and firmware. Use your old account to login to ezviz/GV apps.
alexdelprete
Getting comfortable
So mine was in our attic attached to our attic light., how did I miss it
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I use a Cable Toner for my work so it was easy for me to hunt mine down.
I have not check my attic. It would be weird for wires to go from there down to 1st floor. It's been too hot here lately. Around 90 every day.
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We had to turn off the blue ring light, with little to no light in our front area you could see the light brightly from our streetNever happened to me. They always press the blue ring button.
Haha got you beat, we are at 100 hereI have not check my attic. It would be weird for wires to go from there down to 1st floor. It's been too hot here lately. Around 90 every day.
Our pool temps are in the low 90s (bath water ), though it still feels better in than out. We need a Chiller...
alexdelprete
Getting comfortable
Glad you have everything working. Regarding Google Home, I use Amazon Echo devices, but I have nvidia shield tv media players, so I tested Google Home integration for users that need to know if it worked. When I upgraded to hikvision's firmware. It worked right away, it found the device and I can simply say: "google show the doorbell" and after 20-30 secs I can see the stream on the tv. No errors or anything.
Did you try removing the device from GH, remove the ezviz integration service, and do it all over again?
Good suggestion, I know with Google I have had to unlink devices in the past and relink to get them again due to changes...
I think it was built in the 1940s but has gone through a few renovations from the previous owners (which doesn't tell me much).
Holy cow! You in Texas or Florida or something?Haha got you beat, we are at 100 here
Been to Houston once. The freaking roads are massive compared to NY. On some highways there are 1 DOZEN lanes. Here most highways are around 3 lanes.