@@swiftswamp4599 I hope UI will add some extra features like: - change chime tone - connect chime to multiple doorbells, but set a different chime tone per doorbell - TTS when there is an issue with other UniFi devices
Thanks for the update mate, personally I agree that it needs more features. I’d like it to have: • A flashing LED on the face when it rings so when you are in noisy environments you have a visual indicator • A range of chimes • Plug for Australia (as soon as possible please) • A repeating chime option • Connectivity to a door sensor (Ubiquiti needs to make (hardwired) door sensors and (hardwired) smart switches so that when a door opens either a light turns on, or an air conditioner/fan turns off etc.) • And basically all the features of the smart sensor but in a plug in version (hydrometer, thermometer, intrusion alarm etc.) Thanks again for the review, keep up the great work.
"A flashing LED on the face when it rings so when you are in noisy environments you have a visual indicator" This is an important idea. For accessibility purposes for those hearing impaired. Does Ubiquiti have a wish list feedback link
I think they could add more options to this device, like you can set the chime to sound if the temperature sensor of your rack/data center detect high temperature or your back yard camara detect movement, your kid open his room door at night, etc
This s good too. If it can integrate with cameras, you can set it to alarm if a backyard pool detects movement, such as a child or pet falling in. This has countless possibilities. A year later and still crickets.
Thanks for the video, I just installed mine, works fine. One comment: I saw it on other reviews that in the G4 settings you should not set the chime type to digital. It is only needed if you have a connected digital chime, because in that case the doorbell is wired to this digital chime and therefore shares power with it. UB Smart Chime is digital but not the same way as a normal digital chime. This is the reason why you cannot adjust the ringing time in the settings. UB recommends digital chimes on their website.
Thanks Cody, this is what I was looking for and I think I will keep trying to get the G4 DoorBell Pro (checking the stock daily) and I think this might work for me, hopefully it will support at least 2 chimes so I can install one in the living room or family room and one upstairs in a hallway and I will check back to see if you get a response from Ubiquiti saying it will support more having multiple chimes in the house..thanks again. Jim
Thanks fir the review. Looks like there’s a lot of potential for this product, but for $59.00, not quite there for me. Like you I’d like to select from a library of chines and would like it to repeat three tines per doorbell push.
Ubiquiti keeps releasing lots of really cool stuff but here in Canada we can't even get the basic products like switches and UDM's for client projects. Hopefully they can get something going soon for us northern folks.
They should really have a way for you to upload an mp3 to use as your chime sound. At least so if you have two doorbells, you can tell which one was rung.
Hi, I know it is an old video. I managed to connect two chimes to the G4 doorbell, but there is no way to change their IP address. They are now sitting in the "main Unifi VLAN" network (10.0.10.x), but I didn't set up a SSID to connect to it through wifi, only cabled connections. I had created a separate VLAN for the cameras (10.0.20.x), where the G4 doorbell is correctly assigned, but I don't see any option to change network / SSID / VLAN for the chimes. It is a bit scary that they sit on the "main" VLAN. How is that even possible?
Good question. Can multiple chimes be paired with one doorbell? And can multiple doorbells be paired with one chime? I can see where someone using a doorbell at a front and back door would want the chime to ring if either is pressed.
You can connect multiple chimes to one doorbell. But not multiple doorbells to one chime. (Yet) In the settings of the Smart Chime you need to choose with which doorbell you want to use it with
Just (finally). got hold of the G4 Doorbell Pro, POE adapter and Smart Chime. Should be simple setting up the chime. I mean what can go wrong? Well after an hour and multiple resets watching the pairing stop and fail only to see it still shows as needing to be adopted and repeat the cycle, I caught on to the fact the doorbell was not on my wifi network but connected using POE so the chime will never link to the doorbell over my wifi network although it shows up in the web portal for Unifi OS. So I'm thinking I reconnect the doorbell using a USB-c plug and wifi and then pair the doorbell. Will it still work when I do the final installation of the G4 doorbell pro using the POE connection or must the doorbell always be wifi connected for the chime to operate after they are paired?
Yesterday I noticed that if you use Home Assistant's Unifi Protect integration, you can use a second noise... it's a buzzer and it's not very pleasant. I was hoping for a "do-do" sound like some alarm companies use to indicate a door opening. The buzzer is not that sound.
So I found out the hard way, but you are supposed to choose no chime, not digital. I had mechanical chime, bypassed it to use this, set to digital. First time pressing the button basically bricked it. RMA in process. The documentation is lacking, and should have specifically stated which chime setting to use, so I'm a bit upset about that.
Documentation on G4 doorbell specifically warns not to enable the connected chime to digital or mechanical unless you have a physical chime connected as it sends additional power out. Not surprised it bricked. This chime is a separate digital IP device so should be treated as such. But thank you for sharing the bricking journey
So questions. I just setup a G4 Pro with a mechanical chime. I dont see any configuration options to select which chime to use? If I setup the digital could I have it do both digital / mechanical or options to swap between the two. Now that it has been a year, any updates on Ring tone to be used still stuck to one? I have the Smart chime unopened on my desk. If I could use both or select which one to use I would def keep it, but not sure. Thanks for the content, good to keep up with Unifi devices. Took me about a year to finally find the G4 pro available not constantly sold out.
I'm an old lady, and feel a bit challenged with techy stuff. Have found your video really helpful. I have a G4 doorbell and this chime. Have a new broadband provider, and have changed that with the doorbell, (with some help), but now the chime isn't working. It won't come back online. What do I do???
You can still use the mechanical chime (with wires connected to the doorbell) and also use the smart chime at the same time. Have that here at my place
Dang it’s missing just one main feature for me, I have 2 door bells, and need both my chimes (front and rear of house) to ring if front or rear door doorbell is presssrd
The Big Question of the day. It won't be available to purchase any time soon. I've had to G4 doorbell on the notify me selected since its release and it has NEVER been available for purchase in the UI store. Nor do i get notified for all the other items i have the notify me selected for. I see someone wanting to charge for the notify me. Very difficult to service clients with no supply .
@@MactelecomNetworks that is a reason to do this, the setup with wireless external chimes and the voltage drop in cold weather causing reboots is a nightmare
They need an option where people can select mechanical/Digital. That way, we could use our mechanical doorbell and add digital chimes to other locations.
You can still do this, set the doorbell to Mechanical and then pair the Smart Chime with the doorbell. Both should ring. I believe the "Digital Chime" option in the doorbell settings is NOT for the Smart Chime as the duration slider does nothing and it was an option before the Smart Chime ever existed.
Biggest flaw imo is the plug type itself. In UK we can only get these with a European 16a plug which don't fit standard 13A UK plugs. So as it stands, we can't use these in the UK :(
I have it in the UK, I just use a travel plug to connect it. That said, I’m not seeing why it has a “smart” moniker at is has very limited features and certainly doesn’t justify the price point
@@MactelecomNetworks I'm serious, how did you get that working? If you're holding out for compensation, I guess we can work something out - I can't get mine off my primary.
Cody I installed the smart chime and it autoconnected to my wifi on my default network which is not ideal since I have an IOT specific wifi and an IOT specific network. How can I move this device to the network it belongs?
I had many problems with these chimes. If you don't have it correctly setup the first time, you are in a world of pain. It remembers the settings from the first time and good luck trying to change it afterwards. Even a factory reset does not work. But at least it is consistant with the rest of their software.....buggy.
@@MactelecomNetworks , good to hear. The first time I tried to adopt it, the process went quite smoothly just like in your video. However, I noticed that I put it on the wrong SSID, so I want to change it to my Camera SSID. Up to this day I still can't. I even factory reset the UDM and start from scratch.....but still it remembered the chimes. Also the chimes remembered that it was connected to a certain network. Long story short.....it was a pain.
I was waiting to see if they would allow custom chimes. In the end I just got the cheapest Sonos speaker and linked it to home assistant. That way when the door bell is pressed it will stream a MP3 file to the Sonos speaker. Super easy and didn't cost much more than buying the Ubiquiti chime. With that said I know some people just want something easy that works out of the box. So it's not for everyone.
Yes you can connect multiple Smart Chimes to one UniFi Doorbell. But you can't connect one Smart Chime to multiple UniFi Doorbells
Thanks for the confirmation!
Thats unfortunate.
@@swiftswamp4599 I hope UI will add some extra features like:
- change chime tone
- connect chime to multiple doorbells, but set a different chime tone per doorbell
- TTS when there is an issue with other UniFi devices
Can you add both mechanical and digital chime?
@@IanCorne yes
Thanks for the update mate, personally I agree that it needs more features. I’d like it to have:
• A flashing LED on the face when it rings so when you are in noisy environments you have a visual indicator
• A range of chimes
• Plug for Australia (as soon as possible please)
• A repeating chime option
• Connectivity to a door sensor (Ubiquiti needs to make (hardwired) door sensors and (hardwired) smart switches so that when a door opens either a light turns on, or an air conditioner/fan turns off etc.)
• And basically all the features of the smart sensor but in a plug in version (hydrometer, thermometer, intrusion alarm etc.)
Thanks again for the review, keep up the great work.
"A flashing LED on the face when it rings so when you are in noisy environments you have a visual indicator"
This is an important idea. For accessibility purposes for those hearing impaired.
Does Ubiquiti have a wish list feedback link
I get more knowledge and info from your channel on Ubiquity gear than I do from official sources lol. Great work, great channel, keep it up man 👌🏻
Thank you :)
I think they could add more options to this device, like you can set the chime to sound if the temperature sensor of your rack/data center detect high temperature or your back yard camara detect movement, your kid open his room door at night, etc
This s good too. If it can integrate with cameras, you can set it to alarm if a backyard pool detects movement, such as a child or pet falling in.
This has countless possibilities. A year later and still crickets.
I really wish they had a PoE version with ceiling bracket mounts.
they do now...
Thanks for the video, I just installed mine, works fine. One comment: I saw it on other reviews that in the G4 settings you should not set the chime type to digital. It is only needed if you have a connected digital chime, because in that case the doorbell is wired to this digital chime and therefore shares power with it. UB Smart Chime is digital but not the same way as a normal digital chime. This is the reason why you cannot adjust the ringing time in the settings. UB recommends digital chimes on their website.
I'm so glad they finally have a dedicated chime, I want more... Haha, I also want PoE Chimes, so I keep my chimes running in a power-outage.
Custom 'chimes' is going to be a must. Maybe a firmware update or a pro model. Maybe a hack like changing the sound on the doorbell.
Sold out, the story of my life.
Thanks Cody, this is what I was looking for and I think I will keep trying to get the G4 DoorBell Pro (checking the stock daily) and I think this might work for me, hopefully it will support at least 2 chimes so I can install one in the living room or family room and one upstairs in a hallway and I will check back to see if you get a response from Ubiquiti saying it will support more having multiple chimes in the house..thanks again. Jim
Thanks fir the review. Looks like there’s a lot of potential for this product, but for $59.00, not quite there for me. Like you I’d like to select from a library of chines and would like it to repeat three tines per doorbell push.
Does it work with the Unifi Access?
Ubiquiti keeps releasing lots of really cool stuff but here in Canada we can't even get the basic products like switches and UDM's for client projects. Hopefully they can get something going soon for us northern folks.
Agreed I need a bunch of 48 port switches
Yes, been looking forward to this
Will this chime when the door open/closes when using the smart sensor, or is it inly for the doorbells?
They should really have a way for you to upload an mp3 to use as your chime sound. At least so if you have two doorbells, you can tell which one was rung.
That would be cool. Hopefully they add a feature like that
@@MactelecomNetworks Perfect use for the Imperial March.
Wonder if this will work with door access as well?
Hi, I know it is an old video. I managed to connect two chimes to the G4 doorbell, but there is no way to change their IP address. They are now sitting in the "main Unifi VLAN" network (10.0.10.x), but I didn't set up a SSID to connect to it through wifi, only cabled connections. I had created a separate VLAN for the cameras (10.0.20.x), where the G4 doorbell is correctly assigned, but I don't see any option to change network / SSID / VLAN for the chimes. It is a bit scary that they sit on the "main" VLAN. How is that even possible?
Does this work with the UVC-G4 Doorbell Pro PoE Kit?
Also, what if the Unifi Controller is on a separate network and not managing the WiFi?
Cody, can the doorbell call ring on mobiles in the office, or do you need to subscribe to the enterprise version?
Good question. Can multiple chimes be paired with one doorbell? And can multiple doorbells be paired with one chime? I can see where someone using a doorbell at a front and back door would want the chime to ring if either is pressed.
I’ll probably buy a few more when the become available and I can answer all those questions
You can connect multiple chimes to one doorbell. But not multiple doorbells to one chime. (Yet)
In the settings of the Smart Chime you need to choose with which doorbell you want to use it with
Just (finally). got hold of the G4 Doorbell Pro, POE adapter and Smart Chime. Should be simple setting up the chime. I mean what can go wrong? Well after an hour and multiple resets watching the pairing stop and fail only to see it still shows as needing to be adopted and repeat the cycle, I caught on to the fact the doorbell was not on my wifi network but connected using POE so the chime will never link to the doorbell over my wifi network although it shows up in the web portal for Unifi OS. So I'm thinking I reconnect the doorbell using a USB-c plug and wifi and then pair the doorbell. Will it still work when I do the final installation of the G4 doorbell pro using the POE connection or must the doorbell always be wifi connected for the chime to operate after they are paired?
What about when you have more then 1 G4 to G4 pro doorbell buttons?
I’ll have to test that out
The Smart Chime can only be connected with one doorbell (at this moment).
Cody, can you have the doorbell ring a mobile device that is on the Wi-Fi network?
Yesterday I noticed that if you use Home Assistant's Unifi Protect integration, you can use a second noise... it's a buzzer and it's not very pleasant. I was hoping for a "do-do" sound like some alarm companies use to indicate a door opening. The buzzer is not that sound.
Does the UniFi chime also chime when there’s motion by the doorbell? Like the Ring doorbell?
So I found out the hard way, but you are supposed to choose no chime, not digital. I had mechanical chime, bypassed it to use this, set to digital. First time pressing the button basically bricked it. RMA in process. The documentation is lacking, and should have specifically stated which chime setting to use, so I'm a bit upset about that.
Documentation on G4 doorbell specifically warns not to enable the connected chime to digital or mechanical unless you have a physical chime connected as it sends additional power out. Not surprised it bricked. This chime is a separate digital IP device so should be treated as such. But thank you for sharing the bricking journey
Thank you. I need custom chimes!
So questions. I just setup a G4 Pro with a mechanical chime.
I dont see any configuration options to select which chime to use? If I setup the digital could I have it do both digital / mechanical or options to swap between the two.
Now that it has been a year, any updates on Ring tone to be used still stuck to one?
I have the Smart chime unopened on my desk. If I could use both or select which one to use I would def keep it, but not sure.
Thanks for the content, good to keep up with Unifi devices. Took me about a year to finally find the G4 pro available not constantly sold out.
Mine won't connect to the wifi network, i've tried several networks and with different security settings... plz help
Can I add this Chime to my G4 Doorbell currently connected to a mechanical doorbell and make both ring together? Thanks
I'm an old lady, and feel a bit challenged with techy stuff. Have found your video really helpful. I have a G4 doorbell and this chime. Have a new broadband provider, and have changed that with the doorbell, (with some help), but now the chime isn't working. It won't come back online. What do I do???
Interesting...you can't use it with a mechanical chime? I just wanted one for remote area. I think it's a meh chime for primary.
You can still use the mechanical chime (with wires connected to the doorbell) and also use the smart chime at the same time. Have that here at my place
@@kevinkusters3374 Thankyou! Guess I'll go back to unsuccessfully trying to buy one! :)
Available and stock in EU shop, however 65 euro's is a lot of money. Were there updates yet to set different chime? And repetitive chimes as well?
Quick question, does anyone else have the problem that at 100% volume it is still super quiet? Any solutions?
Dang it’s missing just one main feature for me, I have 2 door bells, and need both my chimes (front and rear of house) to ring if front or rear door doorbell is presssrd
The Big Question of the day. It won't be available to purchase any time soon.
I've had to G4 doorbell on the notify me selected since its release and it has NEVER been available for purchase in the UI store. Nor do i get notified for all the other items i have the notify me selected for.
I see someone wanting to charge for the notify me.
Very difficult to service clients with no supply .
They need Themes like the ring chime.
Can you get from ubiquiti any information about the availability of alexa skill..? In that case the ringer can happen at the echos for example
Hi Cody, did you check if you maybe can get a direct access on the chime (maybe over ssh) and maybe can change the Sound file?
I have one coming. I bought it when it was still EA. I wanna get more tho. I'll use the affiliate link o buy 3 more! Thanks Cody
Thank you 🙏
I have a mechanical chime but it chimes so low.
What do you do if it does not autodiscover? I have bluetooth on and phone is near by chime.
Try factory resetting it and see what happens
Does this work with the UA Pro?
Does this mean that the doorbell itself does not need the little box that gets wired in and can be attached directly to the transformer?
Exactly this is digital and just plugs into your wall outlet
@@MactelecomNetworks that is a reason to do this, the setup with wireless external chimes and the voltage drop in cold weather causing reboots is a nightmare
Unifi Protect integration > Home Assistant > Sonos, etc.
They need an option where people can select mechanical/Digital. That way, we could use our mechanical doorbell and add digital chimes to other locations.
I agree that would be a good featuee
You can still do this, set the doorbell to Mechanical and then pair the Smart Chime with the doorbell. Both should ring. I believe the "Digital Chime" option in the doorbell settings is NOT for the Smart Chime as the duration slider does nothing and it was an option before the Smart Chime ever existed.
@@Kryoxys You're right. I actually have 3 chimes with my mechanical doorbell right now. I didn't know that before I purchased them.
Biggest flaw imo is the plug type itself. In UK we can only get these with a European 16a plug which don't fit standard 13A UK plugs. So as it stands, we can't use these in the UK :(
Yes that is an issue. I assume they will probably come out with one for the Uk
@@MactelecomNetworks Hopefully, but typically when they've had something with an embedded plug, they've ignored the UK plug.
I would add a pig tail and use it, it would hang abit but it would work.
@@backupaddict1356 I think the idea of these is to look nice, not linked off pigtails lol.
I have it in the UK, I just use a travel plug to connect it. That said, I’m not seeing why it has a “smart” moniker at is has very limited features and certainly doesn’t justify the price point
CANNOT EVEN ASSIGN TO AN IOT VLAN... You have zero control over this device on your network... Unifi support just says, "we aware - you go now".
Are you sure? I have mine connected to my camera vlan
@@MactelecomNetworks I spent two hours on chat yesterday, they said the feature was not available. How were you able to assign chime to a VLAN?
@@MactelecomNetworks I'm serious, how did you get that working? If you're holding out for compensation, I guess we can work something out - I can't get mine off my primary.
@@project.jericho no I’m not holding out for compensation I’m extremely busy but I’ll try and check for you tomorrow send me an email if you’d like
Can do.
Cody I installed the smart chime and it autoconnected to my wifi on my default network which is not ideal since I have an IOT specific wifi and an IOT specific network. How can I move this device to the network it belongs?
Seems like it went out of Early Access too soon.
Catio ☺
I had many problems with these chimes. If you don't have it correctly setup the first time, you are in a world of pain. It remembers the settings from the first time and good luck trying to change it afterwards. Even a factory reset does not work. But at least it is consistant with the rest of their software.....buggy.
Haven’t had any issues and factory reset for me worked perfect. I factory it for the video
@@MactelecomNetworks , good to hear. The first time I tried to adopt it, the process went quite smoothly just like in your video. However, I noticed that I put it on the wrong SSID, so I want to change it to my Camera SSID. Up to this day I still can't. I even factory reset the UDM and start from scratch.....but still it remembered the chimes. Also the chimes remembered that it was connected to a certain network. Long story short.....it was a pain.
Bit sad that it’s been over a year and nothing has changed with this.
Ya I really want to be able to customize the sound
I was waiting to see if they would allow custom chimes. In the end I just got the cheapest Sonos speaker and linked it to home assistant.
That way when the door bell is pressed it will stream a MP3 file to the Sonos speaker.
Super easy and didn't cost much more than buying the Ubiquiti chime.
With that said I know some people just want something easy that works out of the box. So it's not for everyone.
And it is only $59.00 USD.. Only available to youtube reviewers.. Sold out to everyone else. Will be available in about a year to the general public.
🤦♂️ they didn’t even send this to me I bought it. They released 500 yesterday need to be quick
@@MactelecomNetworks looks like they all gone already
Ask them to send a notification when available. That's the only reason I was able to snatch two yesterday
@@MactelecomNetworks Yeah. I had the notify me selected as well but was never notified.
@@arielamieva9468 I'm in early access and have set to be notified.. Once I get my email notification.. I go and still sold out
This needs to be PoE
Now available.
Appears to be useless for Unifi Access doorbells
As always, thanks for the review but these products are still vaporware.
This chime is an overpriced crap ! I still don't undersand why they call this "smart'... the few it does, it does it badly...