Amcrest camera motion to trigger Kasa switch on?

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Hi, not sure if this is possible. I’ve added the Amcrest camera to the configuration file and I can see the camera in HA. How would I create a blue print, when motion is detected, then it turns on the Kasa switch?

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big fan of your work, frank

I’d recommend the Dahau integration via HACS, you’ll get the entities needed to trigger an automation that way.

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If for some reason you cannot use the Dahau integration, look into using FFMPEG motion. That’s the solution I currently use to get motion detection via a rtsp feed from my Wyze cameras. I plan on eventually replacing this with a custom hardware solution but I simply don’t have time at the moment. It works well enough. In my config I have it defined like the below template:


ffmpeg:

binary_sensor:
  - platform: ffmpeg_motion
    name: Livingroom motion
    input: FEEDHERE
    changes: 1
    reset: 1

You can then set up an automation to monitor the binary sensor for state changes.