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ZigBee button, double sided scotch tape, Zigbee dongle, HomeAssistant on RPi with a speaker.
by utopiah 2mo ago
ZigBee button, double sided scotch tape, Zigbee dongle, HomeAssistant on RPi with a speaker.
- vghaisas 2mo agoYeah this would have been my answer, except for one catch: what do I do with the existing integrated button on the Blink doorbell?
- mrb 2mo agoThat is exactly over engineered crap I want to avoid. I don't want my doorbell to depend on networking or a full blown Linux stack.
- drnick1 2mo agoTo be fair, if you already have a Zigbee network, this is a rather cheap and elegant solution.
- utopiah 2mo agoExactly, if you already have such a setup in place it's basically ordering a button online, e.g. https://sonoff.tech/en-eu/products/sonoff-zigbee-wireless-switch-snzb-01p https://sonoff.tech/en-eu/products/sonoff-zigbee-wireless-sw... then next day slapping it over your existing setup or sticking it on the wall then deciding what you actually want to do with it, e.g. phones notifications, sound on as feedback for mailman, logging events, etc then adjusting conditions e.g different sounds after sunset, dedicated audio if away but expect parcels, etc. But honestly, even if you have nothing, if you know a bit what you are doing with IoT with HomeAssistant if you buy the right hardware (i.e. verified as working by others, e.g. the Sonoff ones typically) it's at most an afternoon of tinkering for a setup that will reliably work for years.
- anakaine 2mo agoTwo wires, a button, a bell, and a battery pack.