Suggest a Device

[JDRoberts]

@craiginpa

I’m sure that’ll be perfect for some people, but since that is entirely wireless it doesn’t sound like what I’m looking for. My doorbells and chime already exist, look and sound far better esthetically, and are more reliable (as long as my house has power), so for my needs I just want a simple way to catch their activation signal into my ST system for other purposes and I don’t want to replace them with something less stylish and more complicated that requires technical configuration and maintenance (batteries) just to hear a doorbell ring. Thanks for the heads-up, though.

It’s going to depend in part on the exact wiring of your existing chime.

So as not to hijack the “suggest a device” thread, why don’t we continue this discussion in the doorbell topic?

FAQ: Networked Doorbells as of August 2015 (deprecated--see 2016 FAQ instead)

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