I saw this and thought it cool, but worried about water ingress if I was to us it at home. Also no hookup to the existing bell wiring (though that wouldn't be hard to add).
this post was submitted on 15 Aug 2023
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Yeah that seems to be an issue as the camera hole isn't sealed. It's a first pass and I don't think it'd be too difficult to tweak the design to add rubber seals. Being able to use the existing wiring might need a more radical re-design but the beauty of an open project like that is that, if it's useful, it'll be improved upon.
wouldn't mid external power as long as it could ring the house bell, I would even be happy with a double throw button so that part was mechanical. I like graceful fallback for when I break my HA install (again).
That and external power are key - a good percentage of battery powered smart doorbells don't work at all. Having something running off the mains that triggers another mains powered bell means you have a working doorbell at all times.
There is a business selling kits and prebuilds for this kind of thing. There are consumers who want this kind of thing and just don't have much time for projects.
That's good to hear - getting it up and running does involve a few hurdles so making it easier for people is a plus.
Thinking OpenEVSE as an example of this. Or all those selling ESP devices preflashed with Tasmota.
Damn! I need to look into this.
Google assitant is unbearable now and i've recently started branching out.
Report back your findings - it definitely seems to be a direction of travel people are favouring and is a good fit for the Fediverse mentality. I am.just not sure I have the time or brain power to start tearing it all down and starting again, but I could definitely see me dabbling.