Hi Guys i recently purchased a wifi smart doorbell which works on smart life app. I have an echo show and activated the smart life skill for the doorbell. However i am not able to find option for doorbell announcements in skill settings. I can only view the live feed on alexa when i ask it to show me. Is there any way for me to make my alexa anoounce whrn someone presses the doorbell.
Please let me know how it can be done via homeassistant (i am new to this and just have ordered raspberry pi) or is there any other alternative method to perform such action . Appreciate your help
Well there is no straight forward answer to your question.
I have hikvision intercom connected to hikvision doorbell. I integrated it with home assistant via frigate addon and integration.
I use hikvision sdk addon that comes in handy when ie someone rings a bell I get notification on alexa and my tv turn on and cast a picture of anyone who rang a bell.
My system is working over poe and it locally accessable.
Dear ddaniel .
Can you provide me with the mechanism on how you did this through automation to make Alexa respond?
How do you make the TV turn on and show you the picture?
Hi,
Well unfortunately I can’t give you strait forward setup as this was two years ago and in the mean time I changed setup a lot. Alexa currently is not integrated in my ha and I have other plans for it.
Basically this is not that hard to do if you have right devices.
You will need a smart tv, probably any android tv with build in chromecast will do. I have xiaomi. If you can cast from ha to tv then you are half way there.
For hikvision try this addon. It should show you when doorbell was pressed.
Everything else is just automation setup to announce it on alexa when doorbell is running and cast camera feed to tv.