I didn’t quite understand the question, I use a freepbx PBX on raspberry (RASPBX), a call group that has phones (no video) and tablets (linphone), the video is fluid with 512kbps bandwidth limit.
DOOR1 and DOOR2 work with keypad (# and 2 #) but I would like to be able to change linphone to always leave the keyboard in the foreground and add 2 configurable keys for the doors.
Ah ok… I was talking about early media, to see video before your answer the phone with linphone… I never got it to work on ring groups, only when calling single sip extensions… Video afterwards is not a problem
I also wish to have a reliable Intercom call (audio + video would be the best of course) on my android phone (and wife apple iphone), when the KV-8213 outdoor station has a doorbell press.
So far Hik-connect is very disappointing (works 1 time out of 5 on my android, very unreliable).
I do have a spare raspberry pi3/pi4 and could put a new VM on my intel NUC
you can use a SIP server like freepbx or fusionpbx, i have tested both, verry good
audio is ok, pressing #1 during a call opens the door…
but, if you have multipe androids, early video, video before pickup doesnt work on groups, only works when you call a single extension, so if you have an indoor panel, you dont see video before you pickup
alternative road is to follow this project, its now in alpha stage , and a new integration with SIP lovelace card is coming verry soon, that should resolve video issues… so its possible to pickup a call from HA!! and offcourse you can create cards / buttons for rtsp video of or open doors
a new release will be published soon, i think this week, with a new custom component and a card
Ok I will try this, any shortcomings? Will the indoor station still work well? Do I need to disable something on the Outddor (or Indoor) station? Or just add SIP data on outdoor station??
no shortcomins, besides early video when you call ring groups
indoor works, allthough i only tested one day…
just register both devices to a SIP server, and then change the number settings on your outdoor to call a SIP number instead of the default “1”
No, it is not possible to show the video before the call. If you want to see the video first you have to use the rtsp stream.
For example you can use rtsp for video, ISAPI for doors and SIP for audio, but you need to create an ad-hoc application
in my case, early video only works when you just call 1 single sip extensions, not ring groups or multiple contacts… did you create such kind of app? or dont you need early video? it beats the purpose of a door intercom
I use tablets and android phones (with vp8 disabled and h264 enabled) in a call group and the video works. I’m interested in having the video before answering the call.
I haven’t yet created the app for android, initially I did it with a raspberry and linphonec but the version I used is deprecated and now it no longer compiles the h264, for this reason I was trying to understand how to use android applications or home assistant
ok, well it should be possible with chaging the code in asterisk, by moving the video on seperate threads, but thats out of my knowledge
The new SIP lovelace card is a good alternative solution, thet early video should work on all device, because you can just use a camera or webrtc stream