home assistant

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    Dahua Access Control API

    Hello , I would like to access the events of access control like card swiping , fingerprint , image detection But I can't find such valuable info I found some api but it doesn't explicitly specify the action that you can listen for events Any info or do i need to contact dahua to get full apis...
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    Thoughts on Easy/Moderate Secure Home Network Setup with 7 POE IP Cams/Blue Iris + Locks/Doorbells/Zwave (Adding Home Assistant) Tailscale/OpenVPN?

    Morning All – Background I’m moving back to my home and wanted to take advantage to start with securing my home network. Gear is 7 POE IP cameras run with Blue Iris, Wifi/ZWave Locks/Doorbells, Always on PCs AND I’m adding Home Assistant (most likely with w Raspberry Pi5) . In past I didn’t...
  3. Archy54

    Dahua Tioc Alarm and voice over POE?

    Few questions over Dahua TIOC Advanced 2.0 DH-IPC-HDW3549HP-AS-PV-0280B-S3 Dahua 5MP AI Active Deterrence Full color Starlight IP Turret Camera. Can all of the functions be used over just POE, so alarm, lights, 2 way voice, AI wizsense. Hoping to use Home Assistant running frigate NVR + a 24/7...
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    Good IPCameras that support OpenIPC

    New to IPsec cam setups, setting up my own home IPcam network with my home assistant w/ Frigate & Coral and wanted to ask the people who know more on this the following: What IPcameras have we all used with open source firmware that have overall good day/night performance. Just trying to get...
  5. David L

    HOME ASSISTANT (Assist) Voice Assistant

    I wanted to share this and see if anyone is using Home Assistant's Voice Assistant (Assist). I do not have Nabu Casa so I am hoping I can use my VPN tunnel through the Home Assistant Home App that I presently have setup and using. Also don't have ESPHome installed, not sure if I need it...
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    IP Camera that keeps recording to micro sd, even without Wifi, and can be view from Home Assistant?

    So I have a unique problem and some inability to frame the issue properly. I want a camera that records continuous video of to a local storage (specifically a microsd), with playback that can be viewed on Home Assistant. Requirements: Camera keeps recording to local storage even with no...
  7. MiteyAV

    Access Ring products on BI? iSpy? Interesting situation.

    Hello, thanks to everyone for being my go to source for info. This board has helped make me quite the amateur professional when it comes to networking. My question is about Ring. There service sucks, however I have a property with 4 wired ring flood lights cams, 3 motion activated lighting...
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    Yet another VTO, Home Assistant, Kwikset, DahuaVTO2MQTT discussion

    Apologies if this has been covered before - I did scan other DahuaVTO2MQTT posts... We have Kwikset 916 Z-wave deadbolt locks that are managed by Home Assistant. We also have a Dahua VTO2311R-WP doorbell and three VTH2621GW-WP monitors. There are numerous times when a friend rings the front...
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    Trigger Home Assistant automation when Blue Iris detects no signal from camera?

    Is there any way that Blue Iris can trigger a Home Assistant automation when it detects that no signal is being received from a camera? I have most of my cameras plugged into smart sockets, and would like to perform a power cycle whenever any of them goes offline. I'm running Blue Iris v5 and...
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    Hikvision RTSP port closed IP Cam: DS-2CD2142FWD-IWS

    I've recently got addicted on home assistant and want to get the rtsp stream into home assistant so I can send image notifications. I have 4 cameras and 3 I can view the RTSP stream in VLC. One camera I cannot view the RTSP stream as vlc times out. I have my router set up so I can access the...
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    Home Assistant and FTP alert images.

    I'm running home assistant and initially I was using mqtt to trigger in home assistant the motion detector for the camera and then an automation to take a snapshot of the camera as I pulled all the cameras from blue Iris into home assistant. The issue is there is a significant delay and the...
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    Simultanious login to same RTSP feed

    I have BI recording some Wansview Q6 WiFi cameras and an Amcrest AD110 via RTSP. I also have RTSP feeds for those cameras integrated into my Home Assistant dashboard (snapshots refresh every few seconds, per the HA default). My Wansview cameras seem to reset quite often, and I wonder whether...
  13. th182

    Shed Interior Temp to Blue Iris Overlay!

    Just thought I'd share a little accomplishment I achieved with BI and Home Assistant! I recently put a small propane heater in my shed to keep it warm when working out there and to hopefully keep liquids stored out there from freezing. All assuming I don't burn through my 100lb tank too fast...
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    BI5 reverts Profile upon Motion Detection?

    Hi All I have BI5 running, with Sentry AI as well. So far, so good. It's integrated with Home Assistant as well, and it works for the most part. (motion detection not showing in HA) I have a problem with BI switching profile from "Away/Ude" (2) back to "Home/Hjemme" (1) without me knowing why...
  15. Holbs

    Blue Iris server <> Home Assistant server different VLAN subnet firewall issue for MQTT

    I actually do try to learn by myself (through trial & error). But this has me stumped. I have an Ubiquiti UDM router. Let's say I created 2 VLAN subnets: 192.168.1.x and 192.168.4.x I must have "new" bullet turn on, along with "established" and "related" in my firewall rule. When I set the...
  16. kiwijunglist

    Blue iris - noob questions: Integration with H.A. / Dahua vs Hikvision vs Ubiquiti

    Hi I am looking at setting up an NVR and motion captured recordings for 2-3 x POE cameras. I will run the NVR software on either an i3-2100 or i7-3770. The PC running the software also is a DIY nas. I use home assistant for home automation and it is running a raspberry pi. My gateway / router /...