What camera do you recommend?

[wills106 (Will)]

With Synology you can do commands like:

rest_command:
  gate_record:
    url: 'https://ipaddress:5001/webapi/entry.cgi?api=SYNO.SurveillanceStation.ExternalEvent&method="Trigger"&version=1&eventId=1&eventName="This is external event1"&account="username"&password="password"'

I have more info on my post here:

Trigger a manual Synology Surveillance Station recording with an RF Door Sensor

I wanted to be able to manually trigger a recording on my Surveillance Station, you can use I/O devices such as the Advantech ADAM-6050. But using I/O devices uses up a device (Camera) licence. So I wanted an alternative option. Luckily there is the “Action Rule” which allows you to trigger a recording using the API. I am using a Sonoff RF Bridge flashed with Tasmota Firmware and a Kerui D026 RF Door / Window Switch in this example. First Step is to create an Action Rule [1] [2] Click on…