Integrating Smartthings with Nest Cam or iCamera Keep

[tekne (João Ferrão)]

Hello,

Sorry if this is a repeat question, but I could only find people discussing this topics in between discussions, so here it goes:

I’m looking into purchasing the Smartthings hub, but so far the cameras that fit my needs are either from iSmartAlarm (the iCamera Keep) or the Nest Cam.

Has anyone been successful in integrating any of these with the Smartthings? And how? Were you able to use the cameras to their full potential?

Thanks in advance,
João

[PartientTurtle]

Bump. Interestingly I am in the same situation and would also like to know if anyone has done this already.

[idahoski (Andrew)]

I am not sure how you are looking at integrating the iCamera Keep. I have iSmartAlarm, but don’t have the camera.

For arming and disarming iSmartAlarm, I use IFTTT to arm iSmartAlarm when I arm Smartthings. It requires a virtual switch. Take a look at the link below for how it is done for arming Canary. It is somewhat similar for iSmartAlarm, but you don’t need the Wink hub shortcuts. TheCellMC gives a good step-by-step in the thread if you need it.

[Solved] Arm Canary via Smartthings app

I created a virtual switch in Smartthings to arm Smartthings and use the same virtual switch via IFTTT to arm my Canary camera. I have made a rule tied to the same virtual switch to turn off lights while we are gone for the day. I have the same rule set to turn on some lights if we are leaving after dark. It seems to work fairly well with little lag. You can use the same method to have Smartthings and Wink “talk” via IFTTT and Wink shortcuts.