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Cake day: October 24th, 2023

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  • This is how ALL door handles with locks are required to work now.

    At some point building codes made it so residential door handles must open from the inside. This is to ensure if you are trying to get out you don’t have to find a key or fumble for the lock during a stressful and dangerous situation.

    You could add a deadbolt and use that to keep the door closed. Or add a hotel lock or something similar higher up and out of your kid’s reach.

    You could also set it up so when the door is opened you get a notification on your devices. Set up an announcement across any speakers.




  • What you seek doesn’t exist.

    There are some options that come close but require tinkering and adaptation to work in HomeKit.

    • Unifi Doorbell works if you use Scypted to connect to HomeKit.
    • Aquara Cameras work but need a hub.
    • Eufy has a couple, but they have other issues and not all are HomeKit compatible.
    • Arlo may have an option, but hub, and weirdness to get in to HomeKit.

    I know I missed some and may have some of the information here a bit wrong. But what you seek doesn’t exist which is why you can’t find it.