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Ideas for self hosted door bell (discuss.tchncs.de)
submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by lucullus@discuss.tchncs.de to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
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We want a new door bell and we will even be able to run new wires (currently we only have 2 Wires). I would like to have video and 2 way audio locally hosted, though the most important thing is, that the base functionality (door bell button with connected wireless door chimes through the house) needs to be absolutely reliable (no random connectivity issues).

I have found the Acuvox R20A, which is seems to have all the bells and whistles about SIP (audio and video) calls. Though from its documentation it seems, that bell chimes also must use SIP, making it more depending on my network infrastructure and the self hosted SIP server (like Asterisk). I don't see a possibility to trigger a relay on button press for triggering traditional door chimes. Which is a shame, since that would be the most reliable for this basic functionality

Do you have good ideas on how to go with this? Or does it make sense, to break this up and use a more basic door bell, while also adding camera and audio additionally as separate devices?

EDIT: I now decided to buy the Reolink PoE Doorbell. It even has an official integration with Home Assistant. I will see, how good I can get the 2-way audio to run through HA or Frigate

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[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 0 points 1 month ago (2 children)

This is off topic but sometimes I am sorta annoid that the standard for a doot is lock in door and hole in wall. I feel if the setup had the lock in the wall then it could be wired into the electric and you would not need batteries or such for an electric one. Maybe a recharchable one so it would work for awhile in a power outage.

[–] OccasionallyFeralya@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

It would be cool if you could make the deadbolt with a conductive material and slowly charge from a contact in the wall while the door is locked but there might be a risk of fire if things go wrong.

[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 2 points 1 month ago

Thats a good idea. It might even be able to be contactless. Then like you have a wire coming off the plate part in the wall and you just need a plug nearby.

[–] frongt@lemmy.zip -1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'd rather just run a wire through or along the door and out the hinge side.

[–] OccasionallyFeralya@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 month ago

That also should work tbh especially if you have a neat little coil to keep it from dangling much.

[–] lucullus@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 month ago

It is already possible without a battery. The new door, that we are getting, can also be bought with an automatic lock, though its expensive. Probably because the eletrical lines are running cleverly through the hinges. Having the lock on the outer side, woukd probably make it cheaper