WiFi door intercom

Stoner

Looking for something with a camera on it , tidy for the front door with a camera and push button. I have good WiFi signal at the front door.

I'd like to use the pair of door bell cables to power it , it's a short run . So I need a wireless chime inside.

Anyone recommend one ?

KoolKid

Have you looked at Ring.com?

fred funk }{

Stoner wrote: »

Looking for something with a camera on it , tidy for the front door with a camera and push button. I have good WiFi signal at the front door.

I'd like to use the pair of door bell cables to power it , it's a short run . So I need a wireless chime inside.

Anyone recommend one ?

Hikvision have a brilliant intercom. It's a cat 5 from the door station to the POE unit and cat 5 from screen to POE. The screen is WiFi for Internet connection. It's viewable via app and you can see and talk through the app if you're not at home. It can be hooked up to an existing Hikvision CCTV system so images can be recorded.

Stoner

KoolKid wrote:

Have you looked at Ring.com?

I did before I think you recommend it but is forgotten about them thanks

Stoner

Stoner wrote:

I did before I think you recommend it but is forgotten about them thanks

I just checked i had that added to my list on amazon I liked it as I could use the chime too.

There are loads of solutions on Amazon but it's getting one that you know someone has used successfully before is the trick.

Who sells them here?

Stoner

fred funk }{ wrote:

Hikvision have a brilliant intercom. It's a cat 5 from the door station to the POE unit and cat 5 from screen to POE. The screen is WiFi for Internet connection. It's viewable via app and you can see and talk through the app if you're not at home. It can be hooked up to an existing Hikvision CCTV system so images can be recorded.

That sounds great alright I really wished I pulled in a Cat 5

TheChizler

Have the ring doorbell at home. Doddle to set up, can be battery powered for months at a time or wired into the existing bell wire for power and to ring the existing bell. Two way audio between your phone and the door, and cloud recording for about $30 a year after a month free trial. Just make sure you have decent wifi, we have problems with interference at home so there can be a few seconds delay between the button being pushed and getting a notification.

Stoner

TheChizler wrote:

Have the ring doorbell at home. Doddle to set up, can be battery powered for months at a time or wired into the existing bell wire for power and to ring the existing bell. Two way audio between your phone and the door, and cloud recording for about $30 a year after a month free trial. Just make sure you have decent wifi, we have problems with interference at home so there can be a few seconds delay between the button being pushed and getting a notification.

Did one pair power the unit and double for the door bell?

TheChizler

Stoner wrote: »

TheChizler wrote:

Have the ring doorbell at home. Doddle to set up, can be battery powered for months at a time or wired into the existing bell wire for power and to ring the existing bell. Two way audio between your phone and the door, and cloud recording for about $30 a year after a month free trial. Just make sure you have decent wifi, we have problems with interference at home so there can be a few seconds delay between the button being pushed and getting a notification.

Did one pair power the unit and double for the door bell?

Yep. Literally just a swap with the old button.

Stoner

That's exactly what I want , thanks guys

Saw some poor reviews about buttons falling off after 6 months etc . Good to see an Irish review

Where did you pick it up. I'll be buying this in Dublin if I get it

fred funk }{

Have you tried Natcom's V range gear? It's two wire and decent enough.

TheChizler

Not sure where to get it here in a bricks and mortar shop. Got it on eBay for $160. Think it's available on Amazon too but it tends to be sold out.

Stoner

fred funk }{ wrote:

Have you tried Natcom's V range gear? It's two wire and decent enough.

The natcom easy two wire system, you are bringing me back now!

That was always good stuff alright , I'll look again

I like that ring stuff , I see they are registered on IFTTT

Stoner

Very close to getting the ring one.

I've looked at some of the recipes and I can use it to turn on my lights etc when the door bell is used etc so that's a big plus for me.
I can get it to flicker lights on a Philips hue system too.

Stoner

Saw this review

http://irishtechnews.net/ITN3/ring-video-doorbell-review/

peejay1986

Interested in the Ring doorbell myself.

Anyone know - without hooking it up to our existing doorbell, will the Ring make am audible noice? Are you completely reliant on the app unless you wire it up?

Stoner

peejay1986 wrote:

Anyone know - without hooking it up to our existing doorbell, will the Ring make am audible noice? Are you completely reliant on the app unless you wire it up?

Mine has arrived. It hooks up like a doorbell so if you have one working now as is a wired doorbell with 12vac traffo it will work again as a door bell and with all the extras

TheChizler

The outside unit itself doesn't make a noise, but even if it did sure it's outside. You can get the Ring branded chime or other IFTTT things that work with it.

Graham

IIRC you can connect the ring into your existing traditional chime unit although thinking about it that might be the Ring Pro.

Really interested to hear how anyone finds these after a few days of use.

TheChizler

Graham wrote: »

IIRC you can connect the ring into your existing traditional chime unit although thinking about it that might be the Ring Pro.

Really interested to hear how anyone finds these after a few days of use.

The regular one can all right.

Stoner

Graham wrote:

IIRC you can connect the ring into your existing traditional chime unit although thinking about it that might be the Ring Pro.

The ring pro needs 16 to 24 volts and is not marketed here for that reason. It has no battery 5 GHz and 2.4 WiFi not just 2.4 , 1080p not 720p video and you can draw out its recording area.

The ring chime works on WiFi

If you've no wi-fi you've no ring chime or app or video.

If you hook it up to an existing doorbell you will still have this in the event of a WiFi outage


I didn't get the pro as I've a 12v chime and traffo already. 720p is good enough for me.
My 5gHz WiFi won't reach outside but my long-range 2.4gh will. And finally I want it recording every movement so I don't need to mark the recording area. However I would consider the pro under different circumstances. It's smaller too. As it has no battery. But the battery is. Massive plus.

fred funk }{

Stoner wrote: »

The ring pro needs 16 to 24 volts and is not marketed here for that reason. It has no battery 5 GHz and 2.4 WiFi not just 2.4 , 1080p not 720p video and you can draw out its recording area.

The ring chime works on WiFi

If you've no wi-fi you've no ring chime or app or video.

If you hook it up to an existing doorbell you will still have this in the event of a WiFi outage


I didn't get the pro as I've a 12v chime and traffo already. 720p is good enough for me.
My 5gHz WiFi won't reach outside but my long-range 2.4gh will. And finally I want it recording every movement so I don't need to mark the recording area. However I would consider the pro under different circumstances. It's smaller too. As it has no battery. But the battery is. Massive plus.

This product has me interested. How are you finding it? pros and cons?

Graham

Stoner wrote: »

The ring pro needs 16 to 24 volts and is not marketed here for that reason. It has no battery 5 GHz and 2.4 WiFi not just 2.4 , 1080p not 720p video and you can draw out its recording area.

There's a couple of bell transformers on Amazon UK that others have used with Ring Pro.

Stoner

Graham wrote:

There's a couple of bell transformers on Amazon UK that others have used with Ring Pro.

Yeah it wasn't the 50 extra dollars. I like the battery option as I can move it to better location or use it elsewhere etc.

Overall I'm happy with it.

Stoner

The big pro, its retro fit

The con is that your WiFi needs to reach outside

fred funk }{

Stoner wrote: »

The big pro I'd that you its retro fit

The con is that your WiFi needs to reach outside

Thanks Stoner. On the the face of it, it looks pretty good. Think I'll order a unit and try it out. For that money it's hard to go wrong.

Graham

Stoner wrote: »

Yeah it wasn't the 50 extra dollars. I like the battery option as I can move it to better location or use it elsewhere etc.

Overall I'm happy with it.

It's the battery thing I'm trying to avoid, recent Arlo experience has me turned off battery powered devices.

Magellan Murphy

Graham wrote: »

It's the battery thing I'm trying to avoid, recent Arlo experience has me turned off battery powered devices.

Handy when your stoned though.

Stoner

Graham wrote:

It's the battery thing I'm trying to avoid, recent Arlo experience has me turned off battery powered devices.

Yeah tbh . I'd get either one depending on the circumstances. Just for me on the balance the basic suited. I'd get the pro if it suited

fred funk }{

Graham wrote: »

It's the battery thing I'm trying to avoid, recent Arlo experience has me turned off battery powered devices.

I'd definitely avoid the battery option if possible.

Does anyone know any Irish suppliers of this gear?

Magellan Murphy

Don't be bothering with Irish suppliers unless you like being ripped off.

Graham

fred funk }{ wrote: »

I'd definitely avoid the battery option if possible.

Does anyone know any Irish suppliers of this gear?

Amazon UK have the original, I saw the Ring Pro on eBay.

fred funk }{

Thanks lads. Was thinking of wholesale trade suppliers. Ta.

Stoner

I asked too.I rang ring themselves in the states.
They had an option for me to pick the unit on my phone but to pay through Amazon.

I was was good as I had the chime , the bell and the cloud storage all selected , plus there are some discount codes for 20 bucks off etc.

But it didn't push through, they said it's a new feature not working 100 percent .

But have the Amazon app logged into your account. Use your phone and log onto ring.com try to order it and see if pay through Amazon is available now. That way you will get all the bits from them and get the pro. Amazon don't have the chime either last time I checked but they have in the ring site .

The pro and chime are on the US Amazon site but not the .co.uk

I think it didn't work because of the fact that my Amazon account is a .co.uk one a and it couldn't find the pro, chime or cloud storage on the . co.uk as the interface to Amazon was flawless

Stoner

Btw what's up with not liking the battery?
You don't have to use it, it works perfectly well from the 12 V at the bell push . The battery just gives you extra mounting options. 6 months use from a charge is impressive

Good for people in flats too. No need to cable. Take it with them when they go etc.

fred funk }{

So did yours come from the states then? Did you get stung for the duty?

Stoner

No I just got the regular one from Amazon .

I was hoping to order through the ring site, get a discount code , get the other bits and pay for it through my Amazon.co.uk. account

But it was stuck processing having linked to my account selected payment and addresses etc it just wouldn't go past that.

So I rang them and they didn't even know that had been added as s payment option. They went through it with me and saw it there on their phone but not in the full site.

That's where he told me that the pro is not being marketed in the uk and Ireland.

They have the uk chime etc on that main site and I explained that the pay with Amazon feature would help with the customs issue. TBH i think he was going to give me a discount code to make up the difference but then I decided that I don't need a chime and the marking out the recording area was not something I needed for this install as i want it to watch the cars in the garden
Also my WiFi extender is long-range at 2.4GH but not 5GH

So apart from bring smaller, and a better quality video feed and 4 different colour fronts .The other great advantages did not apply to me. So I just bought the regular one on Amazon prime to our uk office (parcel motel didn't work)
I got it in antique bronze to save £10. I'm not that bothered with the colour

Advbrd

Perversely, venetian bronze is 10 pounds cheaper on Amazon and 30 euro dearer in Argos.

Sneachta

Looking to get one for the Ma, any updates on people's experiences of these?