Aqara Hub will connect to HA via HomeKit integration... I'm not familiar with HA --> Google Home though.

Most if not all are China model, just 80% are much older ones which no such issue but the newer ones had limitations. Last time I just connected in HomeKit mode only.

Yes, but why not skip the Aqara hub altogether and get a zigbee coordinator to use with ZHA or Z2M.

hi all, i am on HA. using Z2m with skyconnect.
However, i can't really re-pair those offline battery sensors.
any good way to do it?
i tried force remove, but it never show up afterwards and not pairing even though "permit join" from Z2m.
I am running on latest firmware on HA and Z2m.

Any benefit doing this route? I’m thinking of doing HomeKit + Google assistant together.

Since Aqara China already support HomeKit out of the box, I just need to add Google support through Homeassistant. Unless there’s something more I can do by going through Z2M that I don’t know of.

how to install reolink doorbell?

got it mounted and everything.

added the 2 wires to connect to the front reolink doorbell.


problem was with the box.

i'm not an electrician so donno is it a transformer or doorchime.


instructions are here
https://support.reolink.com/hc/en-us/articl...oorbell-Wiring/

https://reolink.com/blog/doorbell-transformer/

https://reolink.com/blog/how-to-install-a-doorbell/

https://reolink.com/blog/doorbell-voltage/



it simply says, if got doorchime box, use the bypass.

if no doorchime box, only transformer, then just leave it connected as is.


the handyman didn't know what to do for the box. all he said, the front has no power, because he wasn't sure what to do with the box despite the instruction provided.

any tips or who to ask who knows how to install this x-x;


found this old thread
https://forum.lowyat.net/topic/4365517/all

the box looks like this.





The box i have looks like this

https://shopee.com.my/DOOR-BELL-240VAC-Buil...873.16074374415


so how do you set the box for the reolink? i ask the handyman he don't know







*not sure if this is the same situation, but that box is a chime with integrated transformer if not mistaken

https://www.reddit.com/r/reolinkcam/comment...ransformerbell/



This post has been edited by Moogle Stiltzkin: Jan 21 2025, 08:12 AM

Since youre already wanting to use HA why even bother with the Aqara hub because a zigbee coordinator with Z2M ZHA can already act as the hub, plus points being its slightly cheaper than the Aqara hub, you can pair non Aqara zigbee devices as well. My setup a few years ago was with an Aqara hub which then i moved to Z2M, no regrets and now i have a few non Aqara zigbee stuff as well.

And i believe (could be wrong) Z2M might expose more stuff than if youre using the Homekit integration to get the Aqara stuff into HA.

Aqara hub i think its good if you want to keep things simple and youre using whatever platform native to the hub like Homekit, but if youre already planning for HA, no point IMO.

What is written on the doorbell transformer, usually will say what voltage etc. I cant see that from your picture.

sauce
https://www.reddit.com/r/reolinkcam/comment...orbell_voltage/

https://reolink.com/product/reolink-video-d...#specifications



not sure about box. donno if need turn off mcb before open. i'll wait for handyman to come first


https://www.reddit.com/r/reolinkcam/comment...ssues_at_setup/






sauce

https://www.reddit.com/r/reolinkcam/comment...rbell_malaysia/







https://www.instructables.com/Making-a-Door...ated-Transform/




or... does anyone know who can call to do this for reolink doorbell? that is the simpler solution.

This post has been edited by Moogle Stiltzkin: Jan 21 2025, 08:45 AM

I am asking whats written on the doorbell the black part where the yellow wires are coming out from

well the pic is similar to what i use. i found that off shopee.

for mine it's not open. the outside no labels or anything. scared to open after get get electrocuted

when able will take pic then.

but overall looks something like that.

i think it's a wind chime with integrated transformer, but i'm not 100% sure (i'm not electrician) but based on shopee product description for similar box, makes me think that.

I checked my old mechanical doorbell and it can only can supply up to 12Vdc. Based on the Reolink doorbell requirement, it need 24Vdc and 12W. Thus, you cannot depend on the supplied voltage coming from this mechanical doorbell.



If I were you, I will remove the content of this doorbell and replace it with all-in-one power supply module.

I will pick HLK-20M24 which can supply 24Vdc and up to 20W.

You need a handyman for the job with soldering iron, some wires, wire connectors, insolation tape, double-sided tape and digital/analogue voltmeter.

Well you cant expect people to help you with no information larh. Your video doorbell needs a certain rating, you need to find out your doorbell transformer meets that or not.

from the youtube i saw, they did this

- at the doorbell at front door, open up, then got the 2 wire. use the meter, figure out the voltage. check if this is sufficient to power the reolink doorbell. If too high or too low, have to then change at the transformer to adjust (how? donno, i'm not electrician )



well i mostly hoping for a referral who i may call to do this for me 1 of the guy's i had try do this didn't want to turn off mcb for the front doorbell. so the wire was live ! even the reolink instructions said to TURN OFF before messing with it. and didn't have a power meter (or whatever its called), to check the voltage for the wire before attaching.... simply unqualified




Anyway i already asked seller they will hook me up with someone to do it for me. I rather not diy myself and get electrocuted. also i don't want unqualified person to die either or my stuff get electrical fire. Not worth it

i already asked 2 people so far, both tried, they failed. i even showed the reolink instructions
https://support.reolink.com/hc/en-us/articl...oorbell-Wiring/


but they don't know what to do

This post has been edited by Moogle Stiltzkin: Jan 22 2025, 09:03 AM

this device you mention,

so got the 2 wire from it, to the reolink doorbell.

then the other wire go where? the transformer for power? like that is it?


so basically, what this thing does is, down step the voltage to the voltage i need to run the reolink, correct?


I'm assuming this is put inside the existing doorbell chime (integrated transformer) box i already have yes?

So what then about the existing chime bell? what to do with that?


the thing is, the electrician is the one suppose to know and recommend what to do. But in reality, they expect u to know and tell them what to do (im not electrician how am i suppose to know )

hopefully the next guy that comes actually knows

this is what mine looks like (yes the actual one)

so what the so called electrician said, the top right is the one connected to the doorbell. the reolink instruction said, to use the bypass to connect the doorbell wire here, to the transformer.




so the guy said he don't know how to do this part. because he said, unlike the reolink instructions, there is only 1 wire (not 2) in the top right for the chime.





he said, if he connect the bypass from the top right to bottom left, it will cause electrical fire. so i told him not to do it then


so this is the crux of the issue, not sure what to do with this. but currently the reolink has no power until this gets figured out. also no idea what voltage any of this stuff but if i had to make a wild guess, the transformer must be 240v, then the chime must be getting a lower voltage somehow to work.





This post has been edited by Moogle Stiltzkin: Jan 22 2025, 09:36 AM

Ok you see the white part there, whats written on that?


And you can just measure with voltmeter whats the voltage between the two screw terminal that has a wire connected.

And regarding "missing" wire, sometimes there is connection on the inside which you cant see.


I have messed with doorbell before even when electrician couldn't figure it out, mine is Legrand brand one and i needed neutral, i soldered a wire from behind the whole transformer where there solder point was and manage to get it working for my setup.

https://imgur.com/a/Hc2lXCK


I feel the correct 2 points will be bottom left and top left for your setup but that is my guess.

This post has been edited by simmarjit: Jan 22 2025, 12:16 PM

Anyone use smart home to control autogate ??

AI cctv for face recognition and number plate recognition that instruct to open one side or both side autogate?

i can barely read it but i think it says either

220-230v OR 220-240v. I think it's the later 220/240v

50hz

friedland?

This post has been edited by Moogle Stiltzkin: Jan 22 2025, 12:24 PM

found 1 electrician but he said like this




but i already showed the pic of the transformer box, doorbell and the reolink instruction, but no confirmation whether he know can do or not. doesn't sound reliable

whats the going rate for electrician to setup doorbell? the jobs is actually already half way done.... (already mounted and almost wired at the front). It's just the transformer part don't know what to do

Do i still need the HLK-20M24?

I get that i may need that, but how to fit that in the box i currently have? doesn't seem like there is space for it not quite sure what to do here

this box i get is a chime, and i suspect it's an integrated transformer maybe. not sure what else it's wired for

This post has been edited by Moogle Stiltzkin: Jan 23 2025, 08:42 AM

Actually right why dont you just buy a new dumb doorbell? Its cheap only LOL, find the ones that people had success with that would be the easiest.