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My doorbell is a button that completes a circuit. Still works.
Yes but I’m sure you need at least 5 different Volts for it to work.
Only 1. Standard 70s tech.
OP's purpose was video security, not doorbells. People pushing the button instead of knocking was an unintentional consequence.
Your 70s doorbell is not helpful.
My doorbell is a sign that says "Knock", because my 70's doorbell is broken. It requires 0 cloud services to fix the problem of people pressing an unhelpful button.
[EDIT] To people downvoting this, did you read the article? Specifically, this part:
He then goes on a tech bodgeathon to fix the button, instead of just placing a sing that says "Knock" to go back to the thing that worked before.