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  1. rafale

    New RCA HSDB2A 3MP Doorbell IP Camera

    It actually makes a lot of sense for wireless cameras as the amount of wireless data decreases too. Proxy is the way to go! Oddly enough, I also just discovered that the QNAP QVR program is able to get the motion detection signal from the doorbell. I should be able to tap off of it to trigger...
  2. rafale

    New RCA HSDB2A 3MP Doorbell IP Camera

    So I have not come back here in quite some time... at least 50 pages on this thread and have not spent the time to catch up on reading. Sorry if this is redundant with something anyone else has posted as I just wanted to share a couple of more months of experience with this doorbell. I have...
  3. rafale

    New RCA HSDB2A 3MP Doorbell IP Camera

    Yeah Sorry can't help much on the Nelly's firmware as I did not try it. I can just say that my doorbell factory reset itself a few days ago for mysterious reasons. I am suspecting that it is related to my wifi APs testing a lot of ubnt beta firmware but I can't be sure. I see no reason why...
  4. rafale

    New RCA HSDB2A 3MP Doorbell IP Camera

    I happen to be French... maybe that's why... :p Pete just means he setup a homeseer hub using a very cheap PC bridging his home automation locally to his echo. The echo has a built-in capability to discover the hue bridge and other devices (TP-Link KASA and one other). I cannot find that...
  5. rafale

    New RCA HSDB2A 3MP Doorbell IP Camera

    Well I am not using a Philips hub per say, I am using the fact that the amazon echo devices have a built in local API bridge to the hue and exploited that to make it control my vera, all locally... I am also using zwave/zigbee but repudiated SmartThing for their cloud dependance. So comparing...
  6. rafale

    New RCA HSDB2A 3MP Doorbell IP Camera

    Not at all. Alexa devices actually have local capabilities which is what monocle exploits. For example, you can control hue hubs locally without any skills (I use that to control my entire house automation). Monocle forwards the url of the rtsp to the alexa show so that the alexa device goes...
  7. rafale

    New RCA HSDB2A 3MP Doorbell IP Camera

    Doubt it ever will... the google devices are cloud only and have 0 local capabilities. It defeats the purpose of monocle altogether which is to localize the stream so as not to be cloud dependent on the video. This is why I banned google from my house. You inherently are giving your network away...
  8. rafale

    New RCA HSDB2A 3MP Doorbell IP Camera

    Maybe... But you may not always remember to do this and at times, like what has happened to me, you may not have a choice with the doorbell resetting it’s wifi settings on its own. But yeah, downgrading back to the original brand’s firmware would help avoid having to go through this song and...
  9. rafale

    New RCA HSDB2A 3MP Doorbell IP Camera

    On oddity is that the brand of the doorbell you bought will want to be bound to its branded mobile app. After a “non-native” firmware upgrade, you may end up having problems reconfiguring/re-adding the doorbell after a reset as the SSID of the doorbell will now follow the prefix of the brand of...
  10. rafale

    New RCA HSDB2A 3MP Doorbell IP Camera

    Glad you got it figured out. I too could have sworn the same thing until I realized I had caplocks on. It happens... Give me a day or so, I will get you something cleaner. A bit busy at the moment... :)
  11. rafale

    New RCA HSDB2A 3MP Doorbell IP Camera

    You are doing a heck of a job at it... I am just happy to assist! ;)
  12. rafale

    New RCA HSDB2A 3MP Doorbell IP Camera

    Whatever the SSID is will be your wifi password’s prefix. For LaView, I think it is Laview_XXXXXX. The Code is always all CAPS. If that doesn’t work, are you sure you did not change the admin password of your doorbell?
  13. rafale

    New RCA HSDB2A 3MP Doorbell IP Camera

    Here is how I worked around this: Use a PC or a mac to login to the doorbell’s wifi. Make sure that you disabled your pc’s ethernet connection to avoid Confusing IP ranges. You should be using the laview_code as the wifi password. Once you are in, use the iVMS4200 software to modify the SSID of...
  14. rafale

    New RCA HSDB2A 3MP Doorbell IP Camera

    My EZVIZ came with 3 face plates. The same colors as the Nelly.
  15. rafale

    New RCA HSDB2A 3MP Doorbell IP Camera

    If you tried both passwords then it could be an encoding problem. Not sure how the lorex works. By any chance can you try getting the rtsp stream through another software to see if it is indeed a password problem? Something like VLC?
  16. rafale

    New RCA HSDB2A 3MP Doorbell IP Camera

    It isn't indeed completely cloud free. It makes use of the monocle scheme: Your call goes to the cloud through the echo, which processes the voice command in the cloud, recognizes that it needs to make use of the monocle skill. The monocle server then sends back the local RSTP stream...
  17. rafale

    New RCA HSDB2A 3MP Doorbell IP Camera

    There was already a couple of old threads there about the doorbell. The monocle skill is just a stream address forwarder while the gateway can convert/modify/proxy a stream. This will definitely need the stream to be manipulated or for the alexa show stream software to be able to handle the...
  18. rafale

    New RCA HSDB2A 3MP Doorbell IP Camera

    I had frequent problems with the doorbell going offline and not coming back until I power cycled it. It would happen once or twice a week. I went as far as putting the transformer on a zwave switch and made it power cycle automatically when my stream was interrupted. Since upgrading to the...
  19. rafale

    New RCA HSDB2A 3MP Doorbell IP Camera

    Range for 5GHz is shorter (it's a physics problem). Are you able to see that network from your phone when it is located at the same place as the doorbell? I don't think it has anything to do with the firmware. Also want to report some observations: My doorbell occasionally disconnects from the...
  20. rafale

    New RCA HSDB2A 3MP Doorbell IP Camera

    Mine is an RCA. Going through the alexa skill for discovery would mean that the stream goes through the cloud which is a big no-no for me so I will not do that. That's why I used the monocle skill.
  21. rafale

    New RCA HSDB2A 3MP Doorbell IP Camera

    You guys made me go test the ONVIF functionality on my QNAP QVR pro and the PIR does not appear to work. Setting up the camera as ONVIF did allow me to access both RTSP streams and gave me the ability to parameter the both of them surprisingly up to full resolution and 30fps and 3mbps. Still...
  22. rafale

    New RCA HSDB2A 3MP Doorbell IP Camera

    Did you try setting the bit rate higher? Are you running on 5GHz wifi or 2.4GHz? Mine is setup at 2048Kbps. It's done through iVMS4200
  23. rafale

    New RCA HSDB2A 3MP Doorbell IP Camera

    I am thinking android because... you actually don't need a device. You can run it in a virtual machine on a PC... And on the same PC setup wireshark so you can see the packets go in and out from the android app. https://www.androidauthority.com/best-android-emulators-for-pc-655308/ I did this...
  24. rafale

    New RCA HSDB2A 3MP Doorbell IP Camera

    How about "disrupts future re-inclusions/configuration through the mobile apps"
  25. rafale

    New RCA HSDB2A 3MP Doorbell IP Camera

    Looking forward to see what you find out. Try maybe to use a packet tracer like wireshark with an android VM. I used that to intercept and reproduce app commands to control some air filters before... Assuming that the app commands are local when the camera is on the local network, it should work.
  26. rafale

    New RCA HSDB2A 3MP Doorbell IP Camera

    Warning should read like this: When loading batch configuration for the first time and your doorbell is discovered, it will show as "not activated" under security. Do not click the "activate" function button. It will force you to set a new admin password on the device which, for any hikvision...
  27. rafale

    New RCA HSDB2A 3MP Doorbell IP Camera

    The unit reset itself without me interacting with it. I just didn't know what the new password was. Resetting the unit seems to reset everything except for the admin user password, the activations code (which are supposed to be the same but may not be) and the serial number. Each firmware...
  28. rafale

    New RCA HSDB2A 3MP Doorbell IP Camera

    Ok I just spent two hours on it and indeed I finally managed to get through the wifi with the Laview_XXXXX passcode. I screwed up big time by activating the doorbell with batch configurator which means... I changed the admin password and cannot change it back to the activation code because the 6...
  29. rafale

    New RCA HSDB2A 3MP Doorbell IP Camera

    Could someone tell me what the default LaView password is?
  30. rafale

    New RCA HSDB2A 3MP Doorbell IP Camera

    I am in desparate need for help here. My doorbell suddenly decided to reset its network settings so it is now broadcasting an Laview_Cxxxxxx SID. I have been desperately trying to set it back into my wifi network but I can't figure out how to get the app to login. The problem appears to be the...