Tapo D235 doorbell button pressed event

Tapo D235 doorbell button pressed event

Tapo D235 doorbell button pressed event
Tapo D235 doorbell button pressed event
2025-01-17 12:26:15
Model: Tapo D235  
Hardware Version: V1
Firmware Version: latest

At the moment there is no doorbell push button event exposed over API or ONVIF. Due to this, it limits automations that can be done in third party automation systems like Home Assistant. You can find the same question here: https://github.com/JurajNyiri/HomeAssistant-Tapo-Control/issues/737.

 

Is this something that could be added in the API or ONVIF? Reolink has it and that's why their doorbells are very popular in home automation groups.

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Re:Tapo D235 doorbell button pressed event
2025-01-20 02:40:44

  @John21 

 

Tapo API is not open to the public hence the resources on those open-resource platforms are not provided and verified by TP-Link. We do not recommend using unofficial methods to manage your Tapo devices as the device's performance is not guaranteed and there are risks to device and account security.

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Re:Tapo D235 doorbell button pressed event
2025-01-26 06:41:24 - last edited 2025-01-26 06:44:04

  @Wayne-TP 

Let's say that we accept the risks, as end users and owners of the hardware and data. Is there really no opening tot reach out to a community?

If it is a matter of liability i'm sure your lawyers will be Able to concoct a twelve page waiver to agree to. I think most of the community would gladly accept it to increase the use and hence value of the device and it's features.

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Re:Tapo D235 doorbell button pressed event
a week ago

  @Kyomity Agree, I need button press to be exposed so I can do stuff with it in home assistant. Huge limitation to one of the most important features of the device.

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Re:Tapo D235 doorbell button pressed event
a week ago

  @John21 The only -insane- solution right now is to train AI to detect visually when someone rings the bell. Absolute craziness.

I can get behind a lot of BS. But hiding behind the guise of privacy is laughable, as I've already said; the moving images and motion alerts are freely accessible by anyone with the password. But WHOA if you're asking for a shared button press event...


The only way I can see is that there is some kind of patent, or some kind of corporate bull-excrement holding this back? Maybe they want to force us in to working with their app? And the only way I can see some incentive for them to do that is, ironically, to breach our privacy and collect more data about us?
Money from hardware sales is good, at most. Revenue from collecting data to train AI, predict human behavior and future sales, is priceless...

I might have my conspiracy glasses on right now, and I'd love to know if I'm wrong. But I'm guessing there will be no response from any official here because I might just, maybe, be a little bit right?

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