northernlights Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 I have an old m&s 6 wire non twisted/shielded analog whole house intercom with multiple stations and several doorbells. The unit works fine but it’s time to at least get a better video doorbell solution and maybe reduce the footprint of the MASSIVE home station in our kitchen that is getting remodeled. All of the room stations are 6 wire and in this house it is cost prohibited to run cat5 to each of them. Ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lippavisual Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 There are converters available that will use ANY pair of wires to get you at least 100Mb speed and POE power. However, I believe those older intercoms all ran back to the main station, correct? So that would be the huge ugly box in the kitchen? You'd have to figure out how to hide all those adapters, power supplies, etc. Although, not pretty, TV Inwall boxes or even structured wiring panels can hold a lot stuff when laid out properly. Then you can cover over it with some art work or a picture, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
northernlights Posted July 23, 2018 Author Share Posted July 23, 2018 8 hours ago, lippavisual said: There are converters available that will use ANY pair of wires to get you at least 100Mb speed and POE power. However, I believe those older intercoms all ran back to the main station, correct? So that would be the huge ugly box in the kitchen? You'd have to figure out how to hide all those adapters, power supplies, etc. Although, not pretty, TV Inwall boxes or even structured wiring panels can hold a lot stuff when laid out properly. Then you can cover over it with some art work or a picture, etc. Any links to such a converter? I really don't need video at any of the room stations. If there was a c4 integrated intercom that used analog out to the room stations instead of an IP protocol but used IP for the video doorbell, that would be a good solution but doubt such a thing exists. I can hide some equipment in a closet directly on the other side of that main base station wall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lippavisual Posted July 24, 2018 Share Posted July 24, 2018 Here’s an example. https://www.doorbird.com/downloads/datasheet_a1071_en.pdf unfortunately, C4 doesn’t have a voice only intercom solution. Well, technically they do if you kill the camera on the touchscreens. TS’s are the only way they do intercom anyways. If voice is all you want, then you can look at Russound Compoint. I find that one to be the best looking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C4tune Posted July 28, 2018 Share Posted July 28, 2018 That door bird device is astouding. I had no idea 2 conductors could do such a job. Love to hear an explaination of how it works (in layman’s) if anyone has the time and knowledge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lippavisual Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 It's all about the chipsets located in both the sender and receiver. The 2-wire is just carrying power (from POE) and bits/packets from the network. The chipsets are the work horse for this device. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C4tune Posted July 31, 2018 Share Posted July 31, 2018 Incredible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twmoonly Posted July 31, 2018 Share Posted July 31, 2018 https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/979501-REG/nvt_nv_ec1701u_ethernet_over_2_wire.html?ap=y&gclid=CjwKCAjwkYDbBRB6EiwAR0T_-jhKBBQUYE-krmOZWjKuSTsNJcIb17Wg0hG0NeuMdcd30rMuG6IschoCD4oQAvD_BwE&smp=y Work well also Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twmoonly Posted July 31, 2018 Share Posted July 31, 2018 Where the intercom is can you get line voltage? If so power it with line voltage and put the touchscreen on wifi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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