Hi,
Not related to this post but is it possible to stream blink camera through HA and record it?
I want to utilize the blink video doorbell to stream and record them for future use. Kindly suggest.
So, folks! I could not believe that Blink does not provide for an entity that will change state when the doorbell is rung. I found a way to work around the issue.
I turned on the “Last Notification” sensor for my mobile phone in the HA-Companion-App. At the bottom of the menu in the app you can pick which apps notifications will be sent on to HA. I picked “Blink”. In HA I then created an automation triggered by the mobile phone’s notification with the attribute “Post Time” (the title of the notification will not work because that is always the same). And I added a condition to the automation. It should only fire, when the attribute “channel_id” of the notification sensor is “channel_ding” and not “channel_motion”.
Now, when the automation gets triggered, I will let my old door bell ring which I connected to a Shelly. And the Tapo Hub will also ring.
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Does this solution need the phone to be on to work?