Hi All,
I just completed my latest integration in ST.
First thing 1st…I was give help by our great community members: @SBDOBRESCU, @RBoy, @Darwin, and @ady624.
Thanks a lot for your great work here on ST community!
Ingredients:
- Blink Home Monitoring System.
- Blink app by @RBoy.
- Sage DoorBell sensor.
- Custom device type by @Darwin.
- CoRE rule engine provided by @ady624
Links:
- Blink Home Security
- [RELEASE] Approved Blink Camera/Motion Sensor Device Handler with Live Video Streaming, Integration with SmartThings/SHM, Temperature, Signals and Push Notifications
- SAGE DoorBell sensor device handler by @Darwin
- CoRE rule engine provided by @ady624
- Sage Doorbell sensor.
Recipe:
I wanted to get alerts from my doorbell being rung when my family is away from our house. So I started to look in the ST community for ideas. I found a thread on how to modify a contact sensor into a doorbell sensor. I love tinkering and am a DIYer…But I want something already packaged. So I went on the net and found this alternative to ST. Bu before you take a look and jump ship, understand that their eco system is very limited.
That said, Sage home monitoring does have a prepackaged door bell sensor device which doesn’t need any modding and connects directly to the existing wire connectors on most doorbells. And on top of that I also need to see I was also getting told by my neighbors that strange people dropping by my door (informed by my neighbor).
Problem 1:
So I need a way to see who that is at my door.
I backed a great product on KickStarter called Blink home monitoring. This system is a set of completely wireless cameras which can run for upto a year on 2xAA batteries and have HD video recording/Photo capture capabilities, etc., Problem one is solved.
Problem 2:
Getting alerts when someone pushes any of the doorbell buttons i.e., Front DoorBell or Back DoorBell buttons.
So I found the SAGE Doorbell Sensor.
Problem 3: How To get these things to work together?
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I found the app created for Blink camera system created by @RBoy .
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And than installed the SAGE DoorBell sensor into my existing doorbell.
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Installed the custom device type by @Darwin.
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I also use the standard Button app which was recommended to me by @SBDOBRESCU. You can find it in the ST app Marketplace -> SmartApps -> More -> Button Controller. Setup Alerts for for Button 1 & 2 Push events. (SAGE DoorBell sensor has the capability to get input from multiple doorbell buttons, so if you normally use the community app Notify Me, you will just get a general alert which doesn’t tell you if it is the front door or the back door which is being rung.)
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Installed the Core rule engine and this is how the rule should look for you: