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Doesn't work without 'cloud' internet
I bought this since the 'other doorbells' required some kind of subscription service be it paid or free.This doorbell needs a (good) wifi connection with access to the internet or the button won't give a 'ring feedback' but eventually will give an odd error message to the person ringing.You can connect to the video feed with respectable surveillance software (ONVIF compatible), but you can't read the button event which makes it less valuable.The doorbell has a web interface, but there is nothing that leads to the pushbutton part; no server address, no IFTTT, no MQTT.Also, the video feed plugin doesn't work on Chrome (probably only on Internet Explorer)It announces itself to a multicast network group (probably for surveillance software that picks up multicast video streams; haven't checked it) and it registers to dev dot ezvizlife dot com on port 8555 using TLS (secured connection). After that connection, it connects to (another) amazon cloud service on port 6800 and in one incident on port 6900 (probably after pushing the button). Port numbers are from the top of my head and I wasn't able to test thoroughly including the app.I also had trouble setting up the first connection; sit as close as possible to a 2.4GHz network.For its price, it's fair value (video stream is usable), but I'm not fond of not being in control of its obscure firmware and arbitrary network connections (which goes for all consumer wifi doorbells, I guess).
Verified purchase:Yes | Condition:refurbished | Sold by:electronicshouse