Looking for feedback and testing of my Dahua Home Assistant integration (via HACS)

Maybe Iám just doing something wrong. I have a Dahua IPC-5442T and installed the component using HACS. Great work.
In the app I only receive alarms based on human or vehicle detecting because I think the normal detection is not reliable.The following entities are available. But "binary_sensor.dahua_camera_smart_motion_human" never receives any alarms. Please advise!
 

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what does your 5442 camera log say?
 
I also use the app on my phone and if I go in front of the camera a message is send to the phone. And see it on the camera.
But nothing on the "smart_motion_human"
 

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I use IVS tripwires & intrusion boxes, never smart motion. Try IVS for testing purposes.
 
I believe the tripwire or intrusion grid lines on the live view will flash. and should be 'alarm' for log.
 
This is a breaking change

0.9.21 is released. It'll start firing the binary sensor for human detection if you have enable that sensor and have enabled human detection with your cam.


github.com

Release 0.9.21 · rroller/dahua

BREAKING CHANGE If human detection is enabled, fires the SmartMotionHuman binary sensor instead of the CrossLineDetection or CrossRegionDetection binary sensor, for both VTO/Doorbells/Cameras
github.com github.com
 
just tried out the integreation's schedule change via lux sensor in my weather station. That works! However, is there a way to add a 3rd option to

mode
The profile: Day, Night

to include 'toggle'? so that if in day mode, it toggles to night. if in night mode, toggle to day? That way, I can setup a single automation instead of one for day, and one for night. I have the toggle working for my outdoor light automation.
 
runraid said:
@Holbs I think usually HA has support for toggle automatically.
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with my outdoor light, it has toggle under the actions. but not so for the dahua integration. but i'll tinker and see.
 
With node red I have lux sensors and that combined with outside temp and rain managed my screens/covers. But motion detection manages combined with time and lux the light on my porch.
 
quasistatistiek said:
@Holbs do you use node-red? Works really well for all automation in HA
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I started to use Node-Red last year. But with HA trying to make automations easier on every update for the new folk with it's own built-in interface (which it has pretty well), I try to stick with that instead of Node-Red.
 
Ok, I like the visual programming and the use of nodes. This is not possible with HA. I use a blind node that calculates the sun and only closes the blind when the sun is in the window. But to be honest when several userstories where not possible I moved everything over.
 
I may use Node-Red on some things that do not make logical sense with the HA automation method (other than going straight YAML which is beyond me). I still have to find a way to bring the variable temp number from my weather station, into the Dahua integration so that the temp and/or wind is displayed in all cameras with updates every 10-15 minutes.
 
quasistatistiek said:
“In” the camera? For what purpose?
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I have a weather station that connects to the internet. Home assistant through API brings that information onto the home screen. I currently use the lux sensor to change profiles and to set outdoor lighting on Z-Wave switches. With this integration I should be able to also pull the current temperature and wind to be displayed on the camera images.
 
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