Blue Iris Integration Tutorial

Third party integrations
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Hi @jcuccia, I published a custom component few months ago for BI, you can check it in the following link:

I moved the repo to GitHub:

Basically it provides you an integration to the BI to all camera, creates binary sensors for each camera for connectivity and motion (via MQTT) and arm / disarm based on profiles without the need to add command line / scripts

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Ha! That’s what I get for posting before reading the whole thread.

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Will this integration allow me to setup automation such as camera ir and brightness control?

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Thanks for the write up @TaperCrimp.

Does anyone know if it is possible to trigger a different MQTT message for each different motion zone? e.g., so as to have a binary sensor for the porch, another for the driveway, and so on.

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Yes, since you configure each camera’s alerts separately. Using your driveway as an example, have BI send something like this:

When triggered:   
   MQTT topic: blueiris/driveway/motion
   Post/payload: on
Check Alert again when trigger is reset
   MQTT topic: blueiris/driveway/motion
   Post/payload: off

then in HASS:

binary_sensor:
  - platform: mqtt
    name: "Motion Driveway"
    state_topic: "blueiris/driveway/motion"
    payload_on: "on"
    payload_off: "off"
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Thanks, but I was looking to configure alerts separately for each unique zone. e.g., single camera, but 7 different alert (MQTT) configs for the 7 different zones. Since my posting I’d read that technically you can achieve this by duplicating your single camera 6 additional times (and hiding them), but it would be nice if a future Blue Iris release enhances the customization ability here. I should be able to change the MQTT payload to match the specific triggering zone involved (or they should at least add a @ZONE type GV that you can pass into the MQTT payload)

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Thank you for this,

I followed your instructions and have all 4 of my cameras setup on a Camera Tab on Lovelace as picture entities. When you click on the Camera tab my PC that runs Blue Iris constantly makes the sound when someone logs in to a camera on BI. The camera images are updating every few seconds. Is it possible to adjust the time between the refreshes to stop this?

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Don’t know the answer to that. Sorry.

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In Blue Iris: Settings → Users → Your Account → Edit → Uncheck “On login play sound”.

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Perfect !

Thank you. I couldn’t get the cameras to work using the username & password in the config file so I used the option above that allows only the IP Address of my HA box to log in. The Admin account is being used so I unchecked the “On login play sound” on that account

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Is there a way to push a screenshot of the latest triggered camera? For instance I have Hassio in Kiosk mode on my tablet, is there a way to have a screenshot popup automatically when I specific camera is triggered?

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You could do something similar to my other thread. Instead you’d just use a Call Service node like this:

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The Data section has this:
{"filename":"/config/www/tensorflow/mailbox_fyc.jpg"}

I then use that to send it via a Pushover alert. The flow sends a snapshot of my front yard cam if anyone opens the mailbox.

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You see anything wrong? I cant get either camera working…

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That looks correct to me. What does it say in the logs for Home Assistant and Blue Iris?

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Not sure what version of Blue Iris you are runnning, but the help file in mine says you need the /video.mjpg at the end of the url like:
http://192.168.1.100:81/mjpg/Cam1/video.mjpg

This works for me, but sadly only when on my home network…the streaming falls waaaaay behind when I switch to my cell connection outside of the house.
Pretty sure that is just my ISP though.

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I got it work

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Question,

With MQTT can we push to blue iris to change schedule?

I want in HA if everyone is gone then set up notifications. If home turn off notifications.

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I use curl.

Here’s the automation:

  - id: blueiris_profile_2
    alias: Blue Iris Profile 2
    trigger:
      platform: state
      entity_id: binary_sensor.people_home
      from: 'on'
      to: 'off'
    action:
      - service: switch.turn_on
        entity_id: switch.blue_iris

  - id: blueiris_profile_1
    alias: Blue Iris Profile 1
    trigger:
      platform: state
      entity_id: binary_sensor.people_home
      from: 'off'
      to: 'on'
    action:
      - service: switch.turn_off
        entity_id: switch.blue_iris

And the command line switch:

switches:
  blue_iris:
    command_on: '/usr/bin/curl -X GET "http://a.b.c.d:8081/admin?profile=2&lock=2"'
    command_off: '/usr/bin/curl -X GET "http://a.b.c.d:8081/admin?profile=1&lock=1"'
    friendly_name: Blue Iris

Profile 2 does the notifications.

Hope this helps.

– John

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Is anyone else havijng trouble with MQTT >> HA from Blue Iris 5?

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@HITChris Sorry, not using MQTT with BI. Is the rest of the ‘integration’ still working after the upgrade to V5?

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