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Home Automation

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Home automation is the residential extension of building automation.

It is automation of the home, housework or household activity.

Home automation may include centralized control of lighting, HVAC (heating, ventilation and air conditioning), appliances, security locks of gates and doors and other systems, to provide improved convenience, comfort, energy efficiency and security.

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Looking for the best doorbell camera… preferably no subscription required.

Also, is wireless better? It seems like it would be?

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[–] Goaliedude3919@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Everyone's saying Reolink, but one thing people often forget to mention about the Reolink is that it doesn't have support for existing doorbell chimes. You have to plug in a speaker to an outlet and that's what "rings". If you want one that supports the existing doorbell chime, the Amcrest AD410 is a good option. You can integrate it in HA with the Dahua integration in HACS.