Ring Doorbell Plugin

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Thu Jun 01, 2017 10:13 pm
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Re: Ring Doorbell Plugin

The silver metal finish is actually quite nice. And the bronze metal version blends nicely with many exteriors.

The flush mounted one is also a unique option as the flush installation makes the size less an issue and has a professional "built-in" look.

I had mixed feelings, but the "aesthetic committee" (which is VERY picky, er, "selective") approved the silver version.

You have to look at it installed, not just in isolation as a product photo.

YMMV, but I prefer the "may look different, but doesn't look like the cheap crap all my friends see at Costco or Best Buy".

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Fri Jun 02, 2017 6:34 am
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Re: Ring Doorbell Plugin

Ring should be releasing an ONVIF version of their product within the next 3-5 months.

That would put their product back in the running for me.

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Oh now that'd be good. That plus native HomeKit support (which they promised for end 2016) would be perfecto!


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Fri Jun 02, 2017 9:29 am
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Re: Ring Doorbell Plugin

At least some Doorbird models can be flush mounted . I wish I could flush mount my ring instead of having it sit like a rectangular pimple on my wall.

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Fri Jun 02, 2017 10:05 am
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Has anyone found/seen any mounting plates for the Doorbird to put it at an angle?

Slightly trivial, but that is a reason for me to go with the ring over the door bird. My doorbell is perpendicular to my door and walkway. I would want it at a 45deg. to get a little more motion warning of the approaching visitor.

I would actually prefer to rewire the setup and put the doorbell next to the door, but that is wife declared "Decoration space" and "off limits" to my nerd stuff.

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Fri Jun 02, 2017 11:18 am
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Re: Ring Doorbell Plugin

whmoorejr wrote:
Ring should be releasing an ONVIF version of their product within the next 3-5 months.

That would put their product back in the running for me.


Only if it also features Power Over Ethernet (PoE). Without PoE, it is still a pain to install and professional installers hate it (not having PoE)

Last I checked, Ring Pro requires 12-24V AC, not DC, which is a real PITA and not conforming to PoE which uses DC voltage.

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Fri Jun 02, 2017 2:52 pm
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Re: Ring Doorbell Plugin

Have you seen the ring elite? Coming sometime this year

https://ring.com/elite

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Fri Jun 02, 2017 3:58 pm
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Re: Ring Doorbell Plugin

kelmk wrote:
Have you seen the ring elite? Coming sometime this year

https://ring.com/elite

Incredibly expensive for a doorbell :shock:

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Fri Jun 02, 2017 4:19 pm
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Makes the DoorBird look a lot more affordable :-)

I assume this is the model with ONVIF? Hopefully they won't lock you in to monthly charges as that has been Ring and Nest main profit strategy (razor/razorblades scheme).

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Wed Jul 19, 2017 5:28 am
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Re: Ring Doorbell Plugin

A few questions/observations about this plugin :) :

First off, I am seeing some sort of memory leak. The plugin is currently using 1.21GB. The previous occasion it was over 4GB :shock:
If I reload the plugin, it shows as using 16.3MB.
To resolve this I have to reload the plugin on a regular basis.

It also seems to stop working after a while and it doesn't pick up motion or bell pushes, it does after a plugin reload.

Looking at the plugin on Github, I now note that the ring module within the plugin contents is shipped as a .pyc file - there is no equivalent python source.
Is there a reason for this and/or can the python source be added to Github rather than a just .pyc where the python source can't be independently checked. :)

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Fri Aug 11, 2017 12:46 pm
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Re: Ring Doorbell Plugin

Any chance of adding the Ring Floodlight to the supported devices?

Brian

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Sat Sep 02, 2017 1:31 pm
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Re: Ring Doorbell Plugin

I have updated the plugin to support FloodLights with 1.13.

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Mon Sep 04, 2017 5:56 pm
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Re: Ring Doorbell Plugin

@Autolog

I have confirmed there is a nasty memory leak going on. I have pinpointed it to every request to the Ring APIs. I tried a number of changes to resolve the leak without any luck yet. In the short-term I have updated the plugin (v0.1.14) to auto-restart the plugin after ~12 hours which will prevent the leak from consuming all memory on the system.

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