Hikvision KB8113 and openhab

Dear all,

As many of us, I want to purchase a video doorbell to see who has been at the door while I am away, to answer calls while away, see what’s going on at night / times I am not at home. Also: yes, we had a visitor one night for a party I didn’t know that was going on. He did not enter, but me, my wife and children got a wake-up call to make the home a bit more secure.

Since the frontdoor is accessible for anyone and (as many houses do have) directly facing the streetside, I want a doorbell which is vandalism proof but also integratable into openhab. I found the Reolink to be very popular but has a disadvantage that it isn’t vandalism proof. Another device I found is the Hikvision KB8113: made out of metal, can’t be removed and seems to fullfill many requirements I have.

Except: I can’t find for sure if the events it has can be used to trigger openhab to … (record, show picture, play sounds, etc.). Does anyone have any experience on using this KB8113? I would like to capture: ringing the doorbell, detect movement, etc. (all the events the doorbell has to offer). I found some sites but the information is not conclusive: some claim it can be done, other claim it is impossible (or at least: doorbell ringing can’t be captured which is the main event I want).

Any ideas or information is appreciated.

Best regards.

Hello,

I use a different model (ds-kv6113) from Hikvision with openhab thanks to this software:

This was mainly done for Home Assistant but it works perfectly with openhab since it uses the MQTT protocol.

The DS-KB8113 is supported by this software

Hope it helps.

Hi,

Thx for your reply. I’ve seen the thread, but somewhere down I have read that this doorbell wasn’t supported for all possible events (to be specific: ringing the doorbell was mentioned not to be supported). That’s why I was wondering if someone has any experience with the KB8113. Are you sure it is working? As in: get a message when someone is ringing at the doorbell, movement is detected, etc. for the KB8113?

EDIT: it was actually this thread ( DS-KD8003 - DS-KV8113 - DS-KV8213 - DS-KV6113 - DS-KV8413 and … integration Hikvision HikConnect Video intercom doorbell - Share your Projects! - Home Assistant Community) that I found in which is mentioned the KB8113 isn’t working. It refers to your github link.

Well, may be you should post a thread in the github repository to see if someone had an experience with the KB8113. Situation may have changed.