Naming and Organizing Multiple DoorBird Cameras for Your Household

Once you have more than one DoorBird device — a front door station, a gate camera, a second entrance, or several indoor stations spread across a multi-unit property — the default device names generated during setup stop being useful fast. Giving each camera a clear, human-readable name and organizing devices by room or unit is a five-minute task that saves everyone in the household from guessing which feed is which.

Why Clear Camera Names Matter

Every DoorBird device that gets added to an account shows up as its own entry in the app's device list, and by default that entry is often labeled with a serial number, MAC address, or generic model name rather than something meaningful. That's fine for a single-device household, but it breaks down quickly once multiple people share access to multiple cameras — a notification that just says a generic device identifier doesn't tell anyone whether it was the front gate or the back entrance that just rang.

Renaming each device to something specific and consistent — "Front Door," "Driveway Gate," "Side Entrance" — means that every notification, every entry in the Live View list, and every push alert reads clearly to whoever's holding the phone, including guests or family members who weren't part of the original setup.

Renaming a Device in the App

• From the main device list, locate the entry for the camera you want to rename and open its device-level settings, usually reached by tapping an edit or settings control on that device's card.
• Look for a name or label field — this is typically an app-level setting available to any account with access to that device, not something that requires the installer-level admin credentials.
• Enter a name that describes the physical location rather than the device model, and keep naming consistent across the household (agree on "Garage" versus "Garage Door" once, rather than letting different family members pick different names for the same device).
• Save the change and confirm it appears correctly both in the device list and in the next push notification that comes through, since some cached notification settings can lag slightly behind a rename.

Room-to-Room Configuration for Multi-Unit Properties

Naming gets more important — and more structured — in multi-unit buildings, where a single outdoor station at a building entrance may need to reach several separate indoor stations or several separate household accounts, one per unit. In that scenario, the goal isn't just a friendly label; it's making sure each indoor station or each resident's app is actually paired to the correct outdoor call button for their unit.

• Each indoor station or resident account should be associated with the specific call button, buzzer entry, or unit number that corresponds to their physical unit — this pairing is generally configured in the outdoor station's Administration settings by an installer or property manager.
• Once that pairing is correct, name each indoor station and each resident-facing device entry after the unit itself ("Unit 4B," "Suite 210") rather than after the building, since the building-level name is already implied by which account a resident is logged into.
• For properties with shared common-area cameras in addition to per-unit stations, keep those in a clearly separate naming pattern ("Lobby," "Parking Gate") so residents don't confuse a shared amenity feed with their own unit's entry point.
• Revisit the pairing whenever a unit's call button assignment changes — for example, during a tenant turnover — since a stale pairing will keep sending a new resident someone else's call activity, or vice versa.

Still need help? If you're setting up a multi-unit property and want a hand confirming your indoor stations are paired correctly, submit a ticket to the DB Store USA support team.