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Local only doorbells
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I'm using an Amcrest AD410 doorbell cam that I've firewalled off from connecting to the internet. I'm using it via Frigate in HA, but there's a HA integration for Amcrest / Dahua as well.
Edit to add: I've been using mine for about a year. No issues at all, it's warm to the touch not hot. Granted, I'm not doing any motion detection or anything on-camera.
Thanks! I'll take a look.
You don't need to create an Amcrest account or let it dial home at all?
I can't remember if I had to have an Amcrest account to set it up or not, as soon as basic setup was done, I blocked it from the internet. So it definitely doesn't have to phone home at least after the setup phase.
I use Amcrest doorbell as well but haven't blocked it from network access