I’m moving soon and we’ve been using a Ring alarm and I no longer want that for obvious reasons. I do however like the functionality like mobile network, battery backup and remote access into it.
Are there any off-the-shelf solutions anyone can recommend? Or am I better getting creative with Home Assistant and making sure it’s on my UPS? I’ve had a bit of a dig around, but searches are getting shitter and I’m not really coming up with anything that isn’t just a major US tech firm or cost hundreds.
Any thoughts much welcomed.
Not sure what hardware or ecosystem to recommend. But the nice local solution tied into Home Assistant is called Frigate. Maybe they have an online community with advice and product recommendations. It’s a bit more involved, though. You definitely need a NAS (server) as well. But that will also be the component that keeps your data locked away from third parties and the government.
Theres Alarmo, where you can turn your Home Assistant sensors like cameras with person detection etc. into an alarm system. There are a lot of good sensors (motion, …) from Shelly for example. That’s what I’m going to try.
Good idea there, I like the sound of that. Will investigate if my server is up to it.
Any ideas for an alarm however?