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Wonder if that hook in is just as a camera, though. Unifi cameras do expose RTSP streams in general but I’m just not sure if you get any actual doorbell functio

Wonder if that hook in is just as a camera, though. Unifi cameras do expose RTSP streams in general but I’m just not sure if you get any actual doorbell functionality out of it with the HA plugin.

treesknees 5y ago
My understanding (again haven't tried this personally) is that there are integrations for Unifi Protect that will allow it to chime. There are doorbell specific events and services listed on this page [1] and an example [2]. [1] https://github.com/briis/unifiprotect#installation https://github.com/briis/unifiprotect#installation [2] https://github.com/briis/unifiprotect#send-a-notfication-when-the-doorbell-is-pressed https://github.com/briis/unifiprotect#send-a-notfication-whe...
rhinoceraptor 5y ago
I believe it is, I have mine set up using a community plugin to expose it on to HomeKit so it works just like a native HomeKit doorbell camera (push notifications, and the ability to hear/talk through it). The Unifi Protect mobile app is infuriating, for some reason it wants me to enter a new TOTP code about once a week. So basically any time I launch the app. The one consideration I'd give is you need really good wifi coverage for it. I'm not sure if there's a way to lower the quality slightly, but it can take 5-10 seconds just to start viewing the live feed for some reason, because I don't have an access point close enough to it.
- beezischillin 5y ago
  My experience with both the web UI and the app is that they work so annoyingly slowly that it just frustrates me so it's awesome that it's possible to integrate it into HA and still have the functionality you're buying it for. I've only tried Protect stuff with HomeBridge but that was kind of disappointing and I couldn't get it to work properly because it wanted to re-encode the stream using ffmpeg for some arcane reason and that was not a great experience on a Pi. I'm a recent convert to Home Assistant but it's good to know for the future! :)

Wonder if that hook in is just as a camera, though. Unifi cameras do expose RTSP streams in general but I’m just not sure if you get any actual doorbell functionality out of it with the HA plugin.

treesknees 5y ago

My understanding (again haven't tried this personally) is that there are integrations for Unifi Protect that will allow it to chime. There are doorbell specific events and services listed on this page [1] and an example [2]. [1] https://github.com/briis/unifiprotect#installation https://github.com/briis/unifiprotect#installation [2] https://github.com/briis/unifiprotect#send-a-notfication-when-the-doorbell-is-pressed https://github.com/briis/unifiprotect#send-a-notfication-whe...

rhinoceraptor 5y ago

I believe it is, I have mine set up using a community plugin to expose it on to HomeKit so it works just like a native HomeKit doorbell camera (push notifications, and the ability to hear/talk through it). The Unifi Protect mobile app is infuriating, for some reason it wants me to enter a new TOTP code about once a week. So basically any time I launch the app. The one consideration I'd give is you need really good wifi coverage for it. I'm not sure if there's a way to lower the quality slightly, but it can take 5-10 seconds just to start viewing the live feed for some reason, because I don't have an access point close enough to it.

beezischillin 5y ago
My experience with both the web UI and the app is that they work so annoyingly slowly that it just frustrates me so it's awesome that it's possible to integrate it into HA and still have the functionality you're buying it for. I've only tried Protect stuff with HomeBridge but that was kind of disappointing and I couldn't get it to work properly because it wanted to re-encode the stream using ffmpeg for some arcane reason and that was not a great experience on a Pi. I'm a recent convert to Home Assistant but it's good to know for the future! :)