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It takes 5 cloud services to hear my doorbell

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Re: It takes 5 cloud services to hear my doorbell

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lukeify wrote: post #63
mrb wrote: post #49

I am super sensitive to over engineering. For my doorbell I wanted something that lets me play a custom bell sound. You would be surprised that 99% of the solutions out there are complete over engineered stacks that depend on wifi devices, Internet access, connecting to various cloud services... So I built my own: a basic wireless button sends a radio 433 MHz signal, and my receiver is plugged inside the house and tr…

You are super-sensitive to over-engineering, so you over-engineered your requirements and ultimately your end product, just in a different methodology and framework.

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Re: It takes 5 cloud services to hear my doorbell

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Post by Aurornis »

AngryData wrote: post #50
ezfe wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's video surveillance, it makes it more likely they'll go elsewhere. That's literally the whole point of Ring.

People always say this, but is there any evidence it is true? Home burglars aren't exactly the cream of the criminal crop.

From everything I've seen (which was a lot for a couple years due to my job) there were two types of burglars:

One type didn't care about any security system, even alarms. They would smash and grab as fast as they could and get out. They didn't have a plan other than to grab the first things that looked valuable. It might cost more to fix the building than to replace what they found.

The other type was trying to play it smart. As soon as they noticed the cameras or indications of a security system they'd leave. Lots of videos where a person was detected, looks up at the cameras, and then slips away to go find another house.

A lot of people start turning off alerts or never set them up properly, so they don't notice the second type of video unless they go looking.

Re: It takes 5 cloud services to hear my doorbell

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Post by st_goliath »

> And that’s the story of how I upgraded my flat’s front door experience from depending on 0 cloud services to 5 cloud services.

Up next: How many cloud services does it take to turn on the lights?

Here's a hint: https://imgur.com/a/light-bulb-moment-hIKUI48

But hey, it could be worse. For instance, you could be trying to send an e-mail: https://github.com/0x4447/0x4447_product_s3_email#what-will-...

Re: It takes 5 cloud services to hear my doorbell

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Post by wolvesechoes »

mrb wrote: post #49

I am super sensitive to over engineering. For my doorbell I wanted something that lets me play a custom bell sound. You would be surprised that 99% of the solutions out there are complete over engineered stacks that depend on wifi devices, Internet access, connecting to various cloud services... So I built my own: a basic wireless button sends a radio 433 MHz signal, and my receiver is plugged inside the house and tr…

> For my doorbell I wanted something that lets me play a custom bell sound

But... why?

Re: It takes 5 cloud services to hear my doorbell

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Post by artisinal »

HDBaseT wrote: post #43
artisinal wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Then go for a CCTV system with local storage for the whole apartment complex instead of a cloud based personal surveillance system. Then you don’t need 5 cloud services and people can go back to knocking.

When I break into peoples houses, I tend to take the NVR with me.

Then hide the NVR in a locked utility room of the apartment complex.

Re: It takes 5 cloud services to hear my doorbell

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Post by Arya_xiaofan »

st_goliath wrote: post #75

> And that’s the story of how I upgraded my flat’s front door experience from depending on 0 cloud services to 5 cloud services. Up next: How many cloud services does it take to turn on the lights? Here's a hint: https://imgur.com/a/light-bulb-moment-hIKUI48 But hey, it could be worse. For instance, you could be trying to send an e-mail: https://github.com/0x4447/0x4447_product_s3_email#what-will-...

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Re: It takes 5 cloud services to hear my doorbell

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Post by sdcfgy »

mrb wrote: post #49

I am super sensitive to over engineering. For my doorbell I wanted something that lets me play a custom bell sound. You would be surprised that 99% of the solutions out there are complete over engineered stacks that depend on wifi devices, Internet access, connecting to various cloud services... So I built my own: a basic wireless button sends a radio 433 MHz signal, and my receiver is plugged inside the house and tr…

As a former embedded systems engineer, my door bell is two long bits of wire, a bell, a push button and two C cells.

My light switches are similarly complicated.

Re: It takes 5 cloud services to hear my doorbell

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Post by cbg0 »

AngryData wrote: post #51
t098i3 wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I used to have local teenagers messing around on my property and it completely stopped after putting up some lights and cameras. It stops most casual crime.

Are you sure the teenagers didn't just get older and moved on?

Do you think it took him a few years to install the cameras?
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