You CAN make the SimpliSafe video doorbell work with most any chime

Very close, check for my Instructables online "Adapting a Video Doorbell to a Digital Song Chime". Works great!

I found you at last!  I'm having the same problem where the only way to get a full ding dong from my chime is holding the button down. I installed the SS chime connector to fix the power problem but still no full chime. I'm not super savvy with electronics but my old doorbell button had a tiny diode wired across it inside. I assumed it was to hold power for the full ding dong. It's just a diode though but it was required for the full ding dong. I tried installing it in both directions in my SS doorbell but no luck.
I'm confused by your description because I'm, again, not that savvy. Can you give me a more detailed or maybe dumbed down version of the fix as in what to connect and exactly where?  I'd REALLY appreciate it. I've been hunting for a long time on this one.  Thanks!!

I worked with commercial controls a lot and this relay is very handy....It will work with almost any voltage you want.  Just cap off the unused wires with a wire nut.  Not relay base needed.

https://www.amazon.com/Functional-Devices-RIBU1C-Enclosed-Pilot/dp/B01LYKPNW1/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1549243384&sr=8-1&keywords=ribu1c

We used this relay a lot for commercial contol circuits.  Will utilize almost any voltage you want and no relay base needed.  Just cap the unused wires with a wire nut.

https://www.amazon.com/Functional-Devices-RIBU1C-Enclosed-Pilot/dp/B01LYKPNW1/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1549243384&sr=8-1&keywords=ribu1c

Anyone looking to do this take a look on Amazon for the RIBu1C.  It is as close to a universal relay you will find and no need for a relay base.  Led indicator is handy too.

I tried to post a link to it but it won't post for some reason.

WAY too much work for me!  This totally violates the reasons I went with SimpliSafe in the first place!  Part of which was easy and fast set up an installation.  I still think I'm gonna go with another brand of video doorbell.

Sound great for hobbyists and tinkerers though.

I was looking to return my Video Doorbell when I found this discussion.  KVACEK, following up on RTDRESSEL's post, can you provide a step by step description on the connections you made between the relay and the Chime Connector as well as the installation of the 20 ohm resistor?  Also, what make/model relay did you use?  I would prefer to keep the video doorbell but only if I can get it to trigger the digital chime.  Thanks!

I checked out the instructions in yama.dog's Instructables posting "Adapting a Video Doorbell to a Digital Song Chime" and made a modification to his design that eliminates a transformer.  Works like a champ!  I created a Bill of Material and a Wiring Diagram showing what I did and posted in in Instructables under "Connecting the SimpliSafe Video Doorbell to a Digital Chime."

The URL to my Instructables posting is:

https://www.instructables.com/id/Connecting-the-SimpliSafe-Video-Doorbell-to-a-Digi/

I hope this helps you out!

I'm not an engineer or electrician, but thank you! for doing this for others here who might be handy enough to pull it off! (and still keep their digital doorbells)

We have a nutone chime that has to be original with the 1950's house and not digital. When the SimpliSafe doorbell was installed, it chimed constantly. They sent the chime connector and it was the same. I read your post and others and decided it was not worth my time and effort so I returned the doorbell. (I had to follow up for a refund)  I bought a Ring and it worked perfectly! I did not want to pay an electrician and I am glad I didn't waste my money on one. Come on SimpliSafe, if Ring works, then you should not need to hire an electrician to make your product work.

This is another crappy supported (not) product. I don't want to trouble shoot and try to figure out if adding a relay works. I want the damn thing to work out of the box when I plug it in.

Anyone have any specs on the chime connector? max voltage, current, etc?
I'm attempting to hook it up to trigger a button press from a relay but the chime connector started to get super hot and I'm concerned I'm using it improperly.

I had it wired in parallel with the same 24vac transformer I use to power the doorbell.

It initially seemed to be doing what it was supposed to do - drop the voltage to ~0.3v on the button press but then it started getting really hot and melting the housing.

Perhaps I have misunderstood how this device is used. I agree there's far too little data to determine how it's supposed to be used.

Can anyone shed some light on what I'm doing wrong?

Time to see if Simplisafe is nice enough to send me another chime connector...

Thanks!

update --
Having looked over some other instructables schematics I do believe I've wired it incorrectly. That said I'm still not certain that 24v @ 500mA is too much for the chime connector. However I'm not sure why they would make the doorbell safe at that voltage/amperage and not the chime connector.

Just bought video doorbell and all is working as advertised with minimal false alarms EXCEPT that I only get one ding on my Nutone mechanical chime.   I called Simplisafe and they are out of chime connectors with no ETA on replacement stock. Got the impression they were not going to make them anymore.  Does anybody have a solution that does not involve the chime connector?

@mayweb57, I have a nutone chime and works fine with the ss db. Did you wire it correctly? The back door is one chime only, front door multiple.

This entire thing is absolutely ridiculous. I ordered an entire SS system to replace my ADT system to save some money. The doorbell  camera came first and I wasted an hour for nothing. I called and was immediately told I needed the chime connector which would be sent free of charge. So I asked why it wasn't just included to begin with and was told the problem was too "sporadic." Probably as sporadic as the need for the spacer they include with every doorbell. So they will spend more money and waste more of my time to save what, a $0.05 part? Thanks. Maybe I'll wait to install the whole system until I see how the doorbell goes. I am NOT going to spend a ton of time trying to rig something to work that should just work. We have 3 year old house and if a system can't be installed in that, then it isn't worth my time or effort. If this is an indication of how the rest of the service is, maybe I'll stick with ADT after all.