Hi there, very interested on installing a new door bell at home, I want it fully integrable into HA, so, that´s the question about.
I have seen many products, ezviz HP7, seems nice, but have some problems,first of all, it is not integrable, as far as I know.
taking a look in aliexppress I came up with anjielo wich provides many, tooo many, devices, some of them deserve a closer look, that´s why I am asking you, havce any of you tried a anjielo product?
General advice is to stay away from Tuya Wifi based devices due to the reliance on them talking back to their cloud IoT platform and the moment you have internet issues then it makes them a brick and unusable.
There is also no guarantee that they are supported in HA via the Tuya or Smartlife integrations or if they will work via the Tuya-local or local-Tuya HACS intergrations if you are able to set them up that way.
A more open version you can look into are ones listed through this HACS intergration to see what fits in your budget and needs:
Thanks, I’ll tale a look.
Any other suggested brands?
Reolnk ones are popular as they work well with HA and if you have a unifi setup look into the options for that eco system.
I currently just have a shelly wifi button as my doorbell button that when pressed sends a snapshot from my front door camera to my phone and turns on the rack monitor so I can see the live feed when home.
Reolink FTW
what about the local integration? I insist because I have several items working in my zigbee network, and with no problems so far, also the product comes with so many features others don´t offer, take a look https://es.aliexpress.com/item/1005007216047302.html?pdp_ext_f={"sku_id"%3A"12000039841630777"}&sourceType=1&spm=a2g0o.wish-manage-detail.0.0&gatewayAdapt=glo2esp
What we are saying is most people are do not recommend on Tuya.
If you are willing to take the 70-30 chance where 30% you don’t get what you want but are willing to take the chance on it, buy it. This is where I’m at with Tuya. It is about a hundred little separate in-house design teams that buy Tuya Chipsets and implement the way they want them implemented. Some are awesom, some won’t turn on. If it’s something I want to try I buy it and if I don’t like it it goes in the box of shame until I can pawn it off on someone else…
I’ve never tries their doorbells, because Reolink does everything I need it to.
well, talking about AE, I have the option to send the item back if not satisfied, for free in the 90 days period.
about reolink, I see there is a doorbell, but only the outdoor stuff, wich means I need to setup a indoor tablet or something, also It is, or I think it ios difficult cause, the systems I´ve looking at, connect the indoor screen to the wifi or zigbee net, and then connects to the outdoor via wires. how do you manage the connection without a indoor screen?
Depending on the screen/tablet used you can usually automate a wake command and for it to open the feed from the camera that you have or in some setups if you have the right gear to combine you can cast the feed to a TV like some folks do.
I.e if I could figure out the exact way I could use my HASS.Agent setup to push the doorbell image to my PC whilst I am at my desk, but since I have my phone docked its moot for me to go that route.
seems nice, but you are talking to a very beginner in HA. dunno if I cant achieve this only by asking every doubt I have into this forum.
Though I am curious and learn is a hobby, seems pretty difficult what you are saying.
this is why I am asking for a kind of a kit or something to do this job, obviously I try to get proper info to get where I want. thanks for your support
These are just some of the ways to have things setup:
My setup is this one specifically:
Should give you plenty of ideas to learn as you find ones in your budget and in stock for your setup you want overall.
And here is more info on reolink with the options you get via HA:
Have to state a couple of things before going deeper into this
1- my wifi signal does not reach the point the outdoor ringer is located, it is too far to get this done
2- RFID or NFC lock unlocking is something I need
3- and of course I want the hability to open the door from home or remotely when not at home, I know that to do that I need the app, it does not matter, at least I want the option to.
You will need to setup mesh access points to increase your wifi range or run a long ethernet cable to where you need to extend it to for use as the backbone connection for the access point that or if the distance requires it you either run a dedicated fiber line between the points where you need it or do point to point wireless.
Anything else is looking at LoraWAN gateways for HA and to use Lora based devices instead.
RFID and NFC security will be handled via the smart lock that you go with, I have just ordered an Aqara U300 since that fits my needs for a local only lock so I can see if it fits on my door so I can play around with my first smart lock.
I plan to have it setup to unlock when I unlock the night latch (I have a door sensor setup to monitor when its in a unlock or locked state based on the internal handle position of it).
When it comes to remote control there are two options… you can use the nabu casa cloud connection to connect to your instance via the companion app that way or use a VPN to access your LAN remotely.
I do the latter and have tasker automatically enable or disable my openVPN connection I use with my router based on if I am connected to my wifi or not (this only works when the phone is unlocked), this way I can access my NAS and camera feeds when I am not home and still get HA alerts unless my home internet is down or I am in a spot with poor mobile data reception.
well, I currently have a dumb video doorbell, the intention is to replace it. But i am starting to see this too technical, at least for me, as I stated before, I am a, maybe not newbie, but only a step further.
we are talking about too many devices at this point, and this means, sideways, more investment.
Also I see that to get this working, I see that I need wiring, devices, power points, etc. will everything worth it?
And just to figure out. What and example with poe switch do you recommend? Maybe I can take advance of It in future projects.
How does It work, material need, etc.
Note that for NFC you will not necessarily need a smart lock.
If you’re running the HA app on your mobile, you can set up an automation which triggers your door to unlock when your mobile scans a specific NFC tag.
Assuming your dumb doorbell already has the hardware in place to unlock your door, all you’ll need are the following:
That’s all. Automations can handle the rest. Something like:
When tag is scanned
Turn on relay
Delay 1s
Turn off relay
Anyone in your house running the HA app will then be able to simply swipe the tag with their phones in order to unlock the door. No smart lock needed, and less than 20 <currency_units> to have the necessary hardware set up.
You are right, I forgot, that, actually I have the sticker tags. the only thing is I could not make it work without the phone asking a question first, wich is not very comfortable…
I willl take a closer look into it.
by the way, I am looking to buy an old poe switch, this one HP 1910 8 POE+ 65w, which I found at a very nice price, the questions is, for the people advising on this topic, wil it do the job? do you think is a good coice?, taking into account I will, in the first place only use it for a reoilink or similar doorbell, will it have all I need for the system to work?, and finally, what about the consumption?
thank you all.
can´t this be done with no smart relay, I mean, if I install a reolink doorbell, it has the capability to open de door, isn´t it?
can´t you sent a command to open the door when the tag is scanned instead?
This comes to mind because I am studying to take a ethernet cable upo to the door, but the relay will need a wifi connection wich in my case doesn´t get that far.
The only thing you need to keep in check for POE switches and devices that support POE input is the type of POE used between them… there is POE, POE+ and POE++. this defines the max wattage on both ends and esp based on how many POE devices are connected to the switch in question.
As for the automation of the lock using NFC stickers. You still need a way to make your lock actually function with an input to either turn a key or the lock itself. How you do this is up to you but I suggest going the smart lock route as this is an out of box solution for your needs with the doorbell you will be using so long as the lock you choose is able to be used with the door you have.
The relay option is what is called an electomagnetic lock/strike relay and is setup like so with 2 single trigger relays or 1 dual trigger relay:
so, the reolink doorbell doesn´t have the hability to open the dumb lock?, you can´t open the door from the app or device where you receive the call?