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It takes 5 cloud services to hear my doorbell · Bit Nebula

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diesisteinusername@feddit.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days ago
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It all started in the winter of 2024. There was a burglary in our apartment building and we decided we needed to invest in our home’s security. The …
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    I have a wireless doorbell with a speaker that plugs in to an outlet.

    I’d much like to replace it with a zigbee-button, but I’ve had issues finding a foolproof (wife-approved) zigbee thing to make the ding-dong-noise.

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      Double them up, add an esp into the dingdong box, detecting the sound sent to the speaker or probe somewhere else in the circuit, or even use a small mic if you don’t want to pull it apart.

      Or it’s probably a 433 mhz signal from the button, sniff that and basically you can have your own receiver

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        there’s someone who’s done the 433 mhz approach here https://community.home-assistant.io/t/433mhz-wireless-doorbell-monitor-on-an-esp/818738

        or here https://reuben.science/posts/making-wifi-doorbell

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