Recent content by sypher

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    Reolink doorbell

    From what i understand, you cannot answer the doorbell and speak from anywhere, without going through their servers ... be it an app, alexa, or a computer... If it was possible from a computer, i'd try and automate it through home assistant, but alas, i did not find how...
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    Reolink doorbell

    That's correct, but you can't answer to the doorbell that way AFAIK
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    Reolink doorbell

    What do you mean with 'Not in all cases'? Audio handling is not possible afaik ... Either way, now happy with an older (but better) Dahua VTO. About pricing, seriously, up to you, feel like you wanna offer a beer, a pizza, a fish dinner or even just a joke in pm... feel free. If you want...
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    Reolink doorbell

    I would stay very far away from Reolinks doorbell. I just dismantled one and replaced with a Dahua VTO/VTH solution. Unfortunately, they route any traffic through their servers, and when using Alexa for answering, its slow as hell (at least in europe has a 20-30 seconds lag). Its ok-ish if...
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    Recommendations for BI - Hardware chosen and AI

    Hello guys, i'm (finally) doing the video surveillance at home, and i've been looking at BI (i mean, it was always going to be BI, but took me a while to get there). I'm in the process of replacing my RLC-823A and Trackmixes with some Hikvisions, not PTZ but the Acusense, the ones with AI...
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    Suggestions with Camera Placement and procurement

    Hi guys, i just bought a country house, not so far from the town, but far enough to want to increase my security stance. Could you give me some suggestions as to camera placement and model? Basically, i've got about 5000sqm / 53'000sqfeet of land, with a rectangular house in the middle...