C4 Door Station

[Time2Jet]

I'm about to take the door station plunge.  Tired of attempting to get nest and ring to do things the current API and cloud based issues won't permit.  

My goal is to get video to my displays from the door.  What are the benefits of the C4 DS2?  Who has and was it a good decision?

Thanks always.

[Crustyloafer]

The DS2 just works, video quality/resolution is not great but as long as you have a controller at each display location for OnScreen Nav you will get live video easily at each display.

 

[eggzlot]

What’s your field of view?  A lot of the big box store consumer items you mentioned have a better wider FOV.  How and where you mount it can make a huge difference.

ring is 150-160 degree FOV.  DS2 is 120.  That’s huge.  The original DS was roughly the same and didn’t work for me.  So I had to find another solution that allowed the angle of the physical camera to be adjusted or a camera with a wider FOV.  I have a plain install - doorststion right to the side of my door.  Nothing out of the ordinary.   

[Time2Jet]

The DS2 just works, video quality/resolution is not great but as long as you have a controller at each display location for OnScreen Nav you will get live video easily at each display.
 

Anytime I’ve done anything involving the local controllers and OSD, there’s been a considerable lag in the time the video is shot until displayed. Switching issues I’d imagine. Your experience?


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[Crustyloafer]

6 minutes ago, time2jet said:

Anytime I’ve done anything involving the local controllers and OSD, there’s been a considerable lag in the time the video is shot until displayed. Switching issues I’d imagine. Your experience?


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That's a network or video switching issue.

 

[Time2Jet]

2 hours ago, Crustyloafer said:

That's a network or video switching issue.

 

Has to be the video switching.  I can't think of any way around it.  I'm going to grab one from the office tomorrow and play around with it.