Glad that did it!
I’ll add this question in here instead of starting something new. Thanks for the above BTW, helping me get started as I’m new to HA and Doorbird.
So I added a card in Lovelace for the Doorbird Camera.
What is the slider for on the right above “Idle” It doesn’t appear to do anything when switched (other than turn blue).
Thanks,
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Hey I’m currently working on setting up my Doorbird. I have the switches and camera working, but when I add “events:” with any follow up to my config, the DoorBird Component fails to set up and the switches and camera don’t work. When I take out the Events from the config and restart, the switches and camera come back. Am I missing something?
doorbird:
devices:
- host: **
username: **
password: **
token: **
name: gate
events:
- doorbell
- relay_unlocked
- motion
I don’t see anything… Just check your formatting to make sure its all kosher.
Hi All,
When I added my events I had to go into the DB app and edit the HTTP(S) Calls to use the HA IP address instead of the duckdns address that was defaulty created by HA. With that change, my events fire and work properly. However, when I restart HA, additional HTTP(S) calls are created in the DB app for the duckdns items again. SO, essentially, I have duplicated of each of my triggers: one for duckdns address and one for the HA internal IP.
Anyway to stop HA from creating these duckdns calls? Is there a way to override this so the calls that are automatically created by HA use the IP instead of duckdns?
Thanks!
I just updated to HA v0.108.0 and noticed the doorbird integration was no longer working. I had read in the release notes that the doorbird was now able to be added via the UI but this was not supposed to be a breaking change. Either way, I decided to scrap the YAML integration and go for the UI integration. The documentation goes over how to properly setup this integration via the UI but it does not explain how to add the event names. After adding the doorbird through the UI and confirming it “works”, click the device settings and set your event names separated by commas.
From here, you will need to reset your schedules via the DoorBird app. If you choose to use the same event names, you will need to delete the previously created event names to avoid confusion. To do this, delete the old HTTP(S) calls through the DoorBird App, you should be able to tell which are the old and which are the new ones based on the token in the URL. I submitted a change to the documentation so hopefully it’ll post soon so you can just follow along there. Hope this helps others upgrading on this version.
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Did you figure this out? below is the code for my live video feed lovelace card. Hope that helps.
entity: camera.gate_live
type: picture-entity
aspect_ratio: 50%
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Hi, thank you for explaining this. I just have one issue though. I can only select one http call per schedule. Since I have put in buttonpress and motion I can only make a schedule for one. As soon as I have done that the other http calls are disabled from making a schedule. Am I missing something?
I basically figured out the same solution as you had. I was previously using an entity card, I changed it to a picture-entity and that solved it (well, I don’t see a random toggle slider at least 
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Speaking of the update. It found my indoor door station, the A1101, as a new device to configure. I never thought to integrate it into HA before. When I tried to add it with the new GUI it keeps giving me an “Authentication Error” regardless of which user I give it (all have full permissions). Anyone get their A1101 integrated?
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In the DoorBird app, each “event” has its own schedule and only one HomeAssistant event can be associated per schedule. The motion schedule can be found in the app under the 3D MOTION SENSOR -> Settings -> Schedule for actions. The doorbell schedule can be found in the EXPERT SETTINGS section under the Schedule for doorbell. Set the appropriate event to the correct schedule and you should be in business.
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Thank you for clarifying that! Because you can see both http calls in the drop-down when in doorbell scheduler I was under the impression that was the only place to change the schedule. Totally overlooked the motion schedule in it’s own place. All working now!
Do you think there is anyway to get feedback from HA back into the Doorbird devices? I’ve figured out how to get the Doorbird app and the indoor station (A1101) to send the event that triggers my garage door to open/close but I would like to get feedback that the door is closed to the app and/or indoor station. I have feedback via the HA app but it’d be nice to not have to then open the HA app to confirm I closed the garage when I’m standing at the indoor station (the garage can’t be seen from the camera).
Would be happy to see a solution for your issue. Have you considered the possibility of a push notification when the door is closed?
My only thought is to use HA for all your Door Opening/Closing activities instead of switching between both apps.
I think he can’t because the indoor station of DoorBird only runs it’s own software. And that is what he is using to give the closing command. So unless the software of the indoor unit has this possibilty… But a quick search on the interwebs tells me the indoor unit has no api. So then SIP is the only way to give some respons back to it.
For the WAF I wanted to use both HA and the Doorbird app/Doorbird Indoor Station. HA is doing the actual opening/closing of the door and I simply added an event from Doorbird to trigger it. The wife wanted to be able to open it from the Indoor Station (also, for the kids). It’s not critical, I don’t see us using the Doorbird to open/close the garage door often so if this doesn’t work, oh well.
Looking at the manual, I see there are two digital inputs. From the app, there doesn’t seem to be any way to use them or from the door station (though I can give user permissions to these inputs). If that was configurable, I could use those to give a notification/sound/light at the door station. Another option that would solve it would be to have it switch to another camera feed (in the garage for instance) but I doubt that would get added by Doorbird.
With the current constraints, I think the simplest solution is a little LED light mounted at/above the door station that lights up if the garage door is open. This would also serve as a reminder in case the door is left open when we’re heading up to bed.
Just had a chat with Doorbird about the E1/E2 inputs. They are only intended to be used for additional storey call buttons. You can select a different sound to play so theoretically I could have the indoor station play a sound when the door is open (I think the WAF might be -1000000 on that idea). They suggested I send it in as a feature request, so I did that.
I have another solution that should work for me. The indoor station is connected to 15V power and in that same bundle of wires are a few unused pairs. I could connect one pair to the GPIO on my Pi or a Sonoff SV and drive an LED light that would show the door was open. Or an even easier solution is to use a Zigbee power outlet I have and simply stick a nightlight into it. There’s an outlet in the same hallway as the indoor station.
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Only other idea I have would be to use something like an Inovelli switch which has an notification light built in. I have my Inovelli switch setup to be able to trigger the DoorBird relay and note the status using the built in light.
That’s a good idea too. There’s a wall switch directly below it. I could swap it out for a double switch of the type you mentioned.
The next big step in my build is getting the KNX system integrated. If so, I could simply flash one of the hallway lights x times to confirm open or closed status too.