Sweet! LTS is releasing an ONVIF compatible doorbell with SD card slot and 940nm IR

Bitslizer said:
I ended up the RCA version and its scheduled to be delivered later today, it will be my weekend project. Any tips or things I should do first or things to avoid?
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Make sure your wifi signal at the door is VERY strong as the doorbelll needs to register to "RCA" in order for the alerts to your cell to work.
 
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spoonek said:
Make sure your wifi signal at the door is VERY strong as the doorbelll needs to register to "RCA" in order for the alerts to your cell to work.
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hopefully this shouldn't be a problem, less than 20 ft between my router and my door, I can always use a repeater if that's a problem. I thought they all go through hik-connect on the backend?
 
Bitslizer said:
hopefully this shouldn't be a problem, less than 20 ft between my router and my door, I can always use a repeater if that's a problem. I thought they all go through hik-connect on the backend?
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Correct, Hik-Connect is the backend server for all those rebranded Hikvision Doorbell cams.
 
It’s ok for my needs. I have a street light out front. The first two pics are Basic (low res) and the third pic is HD (1080). I lowered the res since my wifi was spotty. I'll bump it back up once I get that sorted.
 

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anyone coming from a Skybell HD or Ring Pro?

how much continuous footage can be held on a 32GB or 64GB card? I rather be the one who maintains the storage and just have it record continuous and delete every week, etc.
 
awsum140 said:
Just substitute the relay contacts for the button contacts to the doorbell. The relay coil becomes the doorbell to the camera. All that's happening, from the doorbell side of things, is substituting relay contacts for the button contacts. It would need to be wired as if it was the push button. This also isolates the doorbell, electrically, from the camera. It's a little "old school" in todays world of solid state, but I suspect it would work. Maybe Nelly can chime in here.
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awsum140 said:
Just substitute the relay contacts for the button contacts to the doorbell. The relay coil becomes the doorbell to the camera. All that's happening, from the doorbell side of things, is substituting relay contacts for the button contacts. It would need to be wired as if it was the push button. This also isolates the doorbell, electrically, from the camera. It's a little "old school" in todays world of solid state, but I suspect it would work. Maybe Nelly can chime in here.
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Could you explain a little more how to do this - what I really need to do is signal to my alarm using either a normally open or normally closed input (I can tell it which) the alarm then alerts the hosue the doorbell has been pushed - currently our doorbell is a plane old push switch! Would I be right in thinking you just pop in a 24v relay into the circuit then use the outputs to see if it changes? I would be very greatful if anyone had any advice.

Thanks

Stuart
 
For what you want to do just wire a relay coil in parallel with the doorbell itself. That will give you a doorbell and "dry" output contacts to control whatever else you want to trigger from the doorbell. I's say a relay with an 18 or 20 volt coil would do the trick just fine.
 
Has anyone had any troubles wiring their doorbell without using the supplied pigtail adapters? I just wrapped my existing wires around the screws and tightened them a bit (which is what the RCA manual says to do), but noticed the doorbell was rebooting as I was screwing it down, so maybe I didn't tighten things down enough. The doorbell was very flaky after install, it would appear to lose all connectivity for a few seconds if I tried to pull up the live feed on the app, or hit the web UI. Pinging the IP showed a huge amount of packet jitter and loss over time. My first thought was that it's not getting enough voltage, but I tested and it looks like I've got an 18v transformer. Is there anything else about my transformer/wiring that could be causing not enough power to get to the doorbell? My house is 100+ years old...

Going to reinstall the doorbell using the pigtails tonight. If that doesn't work then I guess it must be too far away from my router, which is < 30ft away on the second floor. It's a pretty nice router and I've never had signal issues in the past, I can stream audio to a chromecast way out in a shed in my back yard, the doorbell is about half that distance. But I guess maybe the wifi adapter on the doorbell is probably crappier, and there are 3 walls between them instead of 1. Hopefully it's nothing that a $25 repeater can't fix... any other ideas?
 
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Going to reinstall the doorbell using the pigtails tonight. If that doesn't work then I guess it must be too far away from my router, which is < 30ft away on the second floor. It's a pretty nice router and I've never had signal issues in the past, I can stream audio to a chromecast way out in a shed in my back yard, the doorbell is about half that distance. But I guess maybe the wifi adapter on the doorbell is probably crappier, and there are 3 walls between them instead of 1. Hopefully it's nothing that a $25 repeater can't fix... any other ideas?
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I'm struggling as well with the wifi signal on my doorbell. I plan to get an outdoor AP to help.

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won't a (indoor) wifi repeater or bridge halfway between your existing router and the doorbell works?
 
As a temp solution, I have an indoor AP three feet from the doorbell and the signal strength shows medium. It works but I want it to show excellent. :)
 
heh, whatever works best for your use case. researching my doorbell wiring now in preparation for the install this weekend... my doorbell has 3 wires (1 red, 1 black, 1 white) which is a bit odd as most diagram i saw only show 2 wires at the doorbell unit (not the button)
 
awsum140 said:
For what you want to do just wire a relay coil in parallel with the doorbell itself. That will give you a doorbell and "dry" output contacts to control whatever else you want to trigger from the doorbell. I's say a relay with an 18 or 20 volt coil would do the trick just fine.
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Thanks - any chance you could link to what I need to buy, be very greatful. Warm Regards Stuart
 
Bitslizer said:
heh, whatever works best for your use case. researching my doorbell wiring now in preparation for the install this weekend... my doorbell has 3 wires (1 red, 1 black, 1 white) which is a bit odd as most diagram i saw only show 2 wires at the doorbell unit (not the button)
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If you are at the chime the other wire may be for a side or back door button.
 
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Got my doorbell from Nelly's yesterday, easy install today. One problem, it didn't prompt me to enter a device password. I am trying to use my NVR and it detects the ONVIF through scan but cannot connect to the stream. I suspect because I never setup the PW. However, it did ask for a verification code that I entered during setup. The App on the phone seems to be working although I can not find where to set specific area's to detect motion or really and settings for the camera. any idea's. I use the Survallience station App on my QNAP for my NVR.
 
tech4life said:
Got my doorbell from Nelly's yesterday, easy install today. One problem, it didn't prompt me to enter a device password. I am trying to use my NVR and it detects the ONVIF through scan but cannot connect to the stream. I suspect because I never setup the PW. However, it did ask for a verification code that I entered during setup. The App on the phone seems to be working although I can not find where to set specific area's to detect motion or really and settings for the camera. any idea's. I use the Survallience station App on my QNAP for my NVR.
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Earlier past indicate both can be address via the device webpage
 
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