Post #3344273

I’ve tried to use a Reolink POE doorbell for a while, and while the camera itself and chimes are just fine (and I have it recording to my Unifi UDM-PRO) the actual doorbell call and chat functionality is pretty awful, high delay, poor audio, buggy. I know there are ways to DIY the call and chat function through HA and Frigate, but I need an app that works reliably whether my HA server is running or not so that non-technical users can figure it out and the doorbell doesnt go dead when i’m working on my servers. So i’m moving to one of the new unifi doorbell lites until I find a better solution, or bite the bullet and buy a higher end one. Perhaps I just go back to a basic doorbell, plus a separate camera and intercom system but orchestrate it with HA manually, but again, I want this to be separate from HA so it can work at any time, so it’s unifi for now.