Suggestions for doorbell component

[brownad]

Hi,

Referencing this #856

Is there a way to add a Doorbell component, which is connected to a restful GET call, to check for "has been pressed", to the push the iOS notification to the user (with camera screenshot)? The example with https://github.com/Samfox2/homebridge-doorbell works as a test, but missing ability to natively bring it together with a doorbell, any suggestions on how to do this? This is for the DoorBird device:

https://www.doorbird.com/downloads/api_lan.pdf?rev=0.15

[mrose17]

@brownad - i don't have one of these doorbells, but i wrote the plugin for the ring doorbell ...

based on the API document, i think the strategy is:

• first, decide how you want the plugin and the doorbell to talk:

1. if you are polling, then you want to very frequently make the CHECK REQUEST and use the doorbell value (0 or 1) as the setValue for the ProgrammableSwitchEvent
2. if you want the doorbell to push to your plugin, make the NOTIFICATION REQUEST and use the event=doorbell parameter to determine when to do a setValue(1) with presumably a debounced timeout to do a setValue(0) a few seconds later
3. if you want the plugin to connect to the doorbell and then have the doorbell respond over a long-lived HTTP connection when an event occurs, make the MONITOR REQUEST.

the easiest is approach 1. approach 3 is more efficient, but requires good exception handling (e.g. a keepalive on the HTTP connection and re-establishing the connection whenever it fails.

approach 2 is elegant, but probably failure prone.

does that help?

[brownad]

That is very helpful thank you

[ygageot]

For "homebridge/homewizard" plugin, I developed recently an accessory using the basic Doorbell service. It was working well with the Home app.

Since 11 January evening, Home app was displaying the doorbell as "non supported".

With the "Homekit Accessory Simulator", I can't create a simple accessory with this service but I am obliged to create a "Video doorbell" including an IP camera.

I suspect changes in HomeKit framework about this point.

Have you some information around that ?

[mrose17]

@ygageot - that is odd, generally an update "adds things". can you include a screen shot of what you're seeing with the "non supported" screen?

[ygageot]

Sorry, in French...

[brownad]

Same issue I noted before where it is not supported.

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[Samfox2]

My doorbell plugin shows the same message but nevertheless notifications to ios devices are submitted.

[ygageot]

@Samfox2 it is funny because before 11 January evening it was working well !! I suspected change where the doorbell service can't be the alone service of an accessory but be on service for video doorbells.

[brownad]

I have this working on doorbird so closing