About this deal
I’m working on understanding the NodeRed solution, but it’s kind of dismissive to expect someone to figure out how to get this working in a 220-message thread that contains tons of side discussions about lights and video stream options. At this point, I had everything I needed from the doorbell – a live feed, continuous recording, and hardware events – and I decided to take my doorbell completely offline. It looks like updating via SD should work, and it should work via the Amcrest IP Config desktop tool (rebranded Dahua tool).
I do not block our AD110 from the internet like I do my other cameras, but it’s necessary for P2P 2-way talk (hosted on US AWS servers). A concern is that when the AD110 is streaming to Blue Iris or an NVR there are reports that the doorbell continuously reboots when the IR kicks in.
I see these with the AD110 too - per responses in other forums I think they are mostly related to wifi strength and power management, but would definitely be interested in some ffmpeg args that make the stream a little more fault-tolerant (without adding latency? When I asked if this requirement of having internet connectivity to setup the camera for some reason the fellow went dark. And to be fair, Ring PRO doorbell couldn't do this either without subscription and the needs for constant internet access anyways. This is a great way to level up your push notifications, allowing you to actually see what is happening at the instant a notification was pushed.
The exterior unit is covered in your choice of interchangeable silver or a very very dark brown/black matte finished aluminum, not plastic covers. I suppose I could put it on the wifi network that I use for IOT but that means firewall rules and I really s*ck at that (pfsense). usr/pd/product/IPC-HF3100/CustomConfig is a JSON config file (looks like standard Dahua firmware config) and has SSHD. They have made a business decision to target the professional installers and authorized distributors of these cameras.Finance is provided by PayPal Credit (a trading name of PayPal UK Ltd, Whittaker House, Whittaker Avenue, Richmond-Upon-Thames, Surrey, United Kingdom, TW9 1EH). I’m using Home Assistant to capture snapshots and send to our phones via Telegram along with a link to the recorded video.