HomeKit Doorbell Sensor Integration

Feature Requests
1

Hello,

I’m using a binary_sensor to detect if someones rings the doorbell.
In Homeassistant, I can only link the sensor to a fake camera to include it into Homekit.
When someone rings the bell and I press the notification on my phone, the fake camera pops up.

Homebridge e.g. creates a native doorbell sensor, without the need of a fake camera.

2

How did you add this doorbell? Do you have code snippet from configuration.yaml?

3

It’s a camera entity with a static image.
In Homekit, you can link a binary_sensor to your camera to act as the doorbell. My camera setup looks like this:

homekit:
  entity_config:
    camera.doorbell:
      name: <name>
      support_audio: false
      linked_doorbell_sensor: binary_sensor.bell

camera:
  - platform: generic
    still_image_url: <image url>
    name: Doorbell

Now just add binary_sensor.bell that get triggered when the bell is actually ringing.