Foscam VD1 doorbell, great thing which default works in domoticz
Posted: Monday 13 September 2021 22:50
Last vacation was my birthday and got a foscam VD1 as gift.
Before getting this gift, i didn't like those bells. Expensive and not full-fill my domotica wishes.
But i have to say, for me the foscam can full fill those wishes.
- Not the biggest, but also not the smallest doorbell. Smaller than the first ring doorbells
- No cloud servers needed for record video. The foscam has the option for SD-card
- Default it is possible, to program url commands. Like the json options for domoticz.
This works for: Motion detection, sound detection, video call (push button), Face detection.
For face detection, 3 months for free, after that you need to pay.
- add to domoticz camera's
How does it look
The SD card is a option. Live video works, playback not (of course).
Max 128gb could be placed.
Program the URL links. For this you have to install foscam VMS, to get to those settings. This is freeware software from foscam
Keep in mind, you need to have the lastest firmware for this, older version have a bug. I use this version: VD1 Firmware 1.x.2.23 [02-09-2021]
Just take the domoticz JSON commands and it works. I used a dummy switch in domoticz, it perfectly switches On Adding in domoticz works also by default
What to fill in:
* Name: front door
* Protocol: http
* IP Adres: the IP address of the doorbell
* Port: 88 (this is the default http port for this bell, you could change it)
* User: leave empty
* Password: leave empty
* Image URL: /cgi-bin/CGIProxy.fcgi?cmd=snapPicture2&usr=<USER>&pwd=<PASSWORD>
In the IMAGE URL, change <USER> and <PASSWORD> to your credentials.
Only thing to look at. A chime for it.
But i have to say. I didn't looked at the chime function. Maybe it is default there, maybe not. Have to look for it.
Before getting this gift, i didn't like those bells. Expensive and not full-fill my domotica wishes.
But i have to say, for me the foscam can full fill those wishes.
- Not the biggest, but also not the smallest doorbell. Smaller than the first ring doorbells
- No cloud servers needed for record video. The foscam has the option for SD-card
- Default it is possible, to program url commands. Like the json options for domoticz.
This works for: Motion detection, sound detection, video call (push button), Face detection.
For face detection, 3 months for free, after that you need to pay.
- add to domoticz camera's
How does it look
The SD card is a option. Live video works, playback not (of course).
Max 128gb could be placed.
Program the URL links. For this you have to install foscam VMS, to get to those settings. This is freeware software from foscam
Keep in mind, you need to have the lastest firmware for this, older version have a bug. I use this version: VD1 Firmware 1.x.2.23 [02-09-2021]
Just take the domoticz JSON commands and it works. I used a dummy switch in domoticz, it perfectly switches On Adding in domoticz works also by default
What to fill in:
* Name: front door
* Protocol: http
* IP Adres: the IP address of the doorbell
* Port: 88 (this is the default http port for this bell, you could change it)
* User: leave empty
* Password: leave empty
* Image URL: /cgi-bin/CGIProxy.fcgi?cmd=snapPicture2&usr=<USER>&pwd=<PASSWORD>
In the IMAGE URL, change <USER> and <PASSWORD> to your credentials.
Only thing to look at. A chime for it.
But i have to say. I didn't looked at the chime function. Maybe it is default there, maybe not. Have to look for it.