I’m trying to do something that I would think would be super easy to do.
I’m trying to take a snapshot from a camera and then send that snapshot to my phone/device.
I’ve read many threads/manuals and the whole where to place the image and where to pull the image from to send it. Some guides say I have to make directories accessible.
Can somebody tell me the two lines of automation to
Hi Mike,
This is how I accomplish this. I use a combination of automation & script with the source camera image being captured from my BlueIris system & saved to an FTP folder on my HA box. Maybe reading through this config will help.
Automation:
alias: "cctv: camera motion snapshot and notify (front porch)"
description: >-
when front porch cctv camera detects a person send a photo to some phones,
play a sound on a speaker & display a live camera feed on the kitchen display.
mode: queued
max: 5
triggers:
- entity_id: binary_sensor.bi_front_porch_camera_motion
from: "off"
to: "on"
id: porch_motion
trigger: state
conditions:
- condition: time
after: "07:00:00"
before: "21:30:00"
weekday:
- mon
- tue
- wed
- thu
- fri
- sat
- sun
- condition: state
entity_id: input_boolean.motion_notification_paused
state: "off"
- condition: state
entity_id: alarm_control_panel.home
state: disarmed
- condition: state
entity_id: binary_sensor.xiaomi_vib_01
state: "off"
for:
hours: 0
minutes: 2
seconds: 0
actions:
- data: {}
action: script.media_play_doorbell_sound
- data:
title: |
CCTV Motion - Person
message: |
on {{ (trigger.to_state.name).split(' ')[1] }} camera.
file: >
{% set file = (trigger.to_state.name).split(' ')[1] %} {{
'/media/cctv/' + file + '.jpg' }}
enabled: true
action: script.notify_pushover_with_attachment
Script:
alias: "notify: pushover with attachment"
sequence:
- data:
title: "{{ title }}"
message: "{{ message }}"
data:
attachment: "{{ file }}"
action: notify.pushover_notify
mode: queued
max: 10
Did you have to make changes to your config yml file to make that folder accessible?
I can save the snapshot, but it just won’t send it.
What log files can I look in for more info.
I’m very new to all this, but I’d imagine it would be throwing an error in a log somewhere.