Ring Doorbell IFTTT ready FAQ

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Available from Amazon

Costs about 150 pounds basic Ring unit.
Pro is available from the states not Europe about 40 pounds more expensive

These are doorbells that still ring your old bell but also link to your WiFi network and trigger your Apple, Windows and android phone. You can talk to the person on your phone and you see and hear them, they hear you

There is a WiFi chime about 25 pounds that links to both models for extra notification, it uses WiFi, there can be a delay

Both record to the cloud @ 3 dollars a month per device

They have a Ring Camera too that uses the same app if you get it it's another 3 bucks a month

Both come with 1 months old recording trial trial

Both have a live view option added now
Both record about 40 second's
Evey record is available on the app and you launch the the videos c/w audio , they load from the cloud

Both units come with everything you need to mount them bar a drill.
Screwdrivers, plugs and screws , tiny spirit level (only useful for this), security driver
Both have a lifetime anti theft guarantee

There are two types the one Amazon.co.uk sell is the first one

Basic Ring

Straight exchange with your existing doorbell
Can be 12V to 24V

Video 720p
Wide angle view records all the area in view
Battery onboard charged form the 12-24V doorbell cables
Battery can last 6 months so you don't have to have it by the cables. But you might need the chime then
Charges from standard phone USB charger but you get a cable anyway
3 colours brass , chrome, bronze select when ordering
Motion detection
Night vision
Two way intercom
IFTTT compliant

Ring Pro, not sold in Europe as most doorbells here are 12V, you can order it form the states and change the traffo

Straight exchange with your existing doorbell if it's 16 -24 volts
Can be 16V to 24V
Video 1080p
Wide angle view records, you can select the area you want to record and ignore the rest
No battery so it's smaller but I has to be wired up
5 colours all given to you as clip on units
Motion detection
Night vision
Two way intercom
IFTTT compliant


I have the basic Ring I'm happy with 720p and I need to record the whole area anyway as it picks up my cars. If I had a need for the pro I would have bought it

Ring Pro will require the bell transformer being changed to a 16 V unit these are about 15 euro

Set up, its a great bit of packaging, you get a level, screwdriver with a reversible head one for the mounting screw and one for the security screws (just hex heads). The app set up takes minutes you pair the units by pressing a button on the back.

IFTTT options

You can use an applet to turn on a socket from IFTTT approved sockets when the bell or motion calls for recording. I've used this on lightwaverf, it works, ring the bell wait a couple of seconds and the lamps turns on. I'm going to delete this and use a handy lightwaverf feature, I'll call an event instead of the socket on, I'll make the event porch socket B on
Delay 180 seconds
Porch socket B off

This is a well placed PIR for a front door light
I'm going to make an event that will turn on my front security light with the google dusk setting for 2 minutes , when I get the front light back on.

If you have a Philips hue set up you can make the lights flash when someone calls, handy for a loud TV or for the hard of hearing

You can log entries to a Google sheet, it's basic enough but you might as well do it and turn off notifications, might come in handy some day, I've yet to so it though.

I cant think of many more decent FTTT Applets now but this works very well with the ones I tired, I don't have a smart lock to utilise these features


To watch out for

This needs a good WiFi signal, not always available outside. I bought a Google onhub and it's fantastic, but my trend long range router did the job too. I wouldn't like to see this on a basic ISP router unless it was close to it.
Test this first

It won't record to a local drive, network, different cloud location

That's it, straight forward.

Over all you are getting a lot for your money here, a camera , intercom, PIR etc,

On the funny side one of your first videos will be you biting your tongue trying to clip the bell into its holder.