I’m trying to make the siren to work but no luck. I have a Ring pro and 2 floodlights. I was able to get the device ID using the postman but just got only one device ID. I don’t know if the device ID is for the floodlight or doorbell.
The siren and spotlight are not working for me. It could be the device id that was causing the problem.
Hey man just seen this no idea how to get it without you adding the device properly through smartthings
I was able to make it work since I had trouble getting the device ID but I used the postman to get all the device IDs. I’m using WebCore to turn on the siren for 6 seconds when there is motion between 10 PM and 6 AM.
I already had the ring app installed, so finding device IDs was easy. The Siren DTH works great after changing “spotlight_light_on” to “siren_on”. I had my first “victim” last night that made the mistake of opening a closed gate. Lights, cameras and a lot of action…and a rapid police response (one hour) where they found nothing but darkness.
I found a solution to getting the video… I changed my device type to Ring Doorbell Pro. Now I can view video of my Spotlight Cam through SmartThings.
@kevin_hornby Thanks for the heads up as I just try and it does work.
do you lose the ability to turn the light on and off though?
@Automated_House yes you do.
guess you have to decide what is more important then
I have the floodlight camera and 2 wired spot light cameras. I have absolutely no intention of using the motion detectors from within smart things but I want to be able to access the siren function. Does anyone here know how to do this? I don’t wanna lose access to the light function from within smart things and I don’t wanna lose any function from within the ring app.
You need to bring this ip with ring support. It is there integration and there api’s(or lack of really) . Unfortunately smartthings can only do what it is allowed to.
I’ve not done it myself, but if you are handy with coding the device type handlers, I believe there’s a way you can modify one of the custom DTH’s out there to add siren capabilities.
You can start with one of the replies above:
This points to an article about how to use Postman to get things work (this was before the Floodlight cams were integrated into SmartThings). After that, some links there have some code to include the siren functionality:
It’s not (yet) straightforward, but I believe it can be done.
Toward the top of this thread, there are users that posted threads from Ring support saying the API has long been released and it’s in Samsung’s hands, since 2017…
And Ring doesn’t say it’s compatible, Samsung / Smartthings does…
Continuing to what BigHoss said, are the functionality available in other Home Assistant product lines? If so, Samsung is the culprit as you are saying.
If it is compatible in another, make the switch to the other platform. I would follow to jump ships as well.
Again the integration that is available was released before that time frame. If Ring wants it to work with smartthings they should update their integration. It shouldn’t be on the HA platform to create and maintain the integration with the other cloud platform.
Also how could alarm API’s have been released then when the system only became avaliable last year.
Either you aren’t understanding what I am saying, or I am not understanding where you are coming from…
What I am saying has absolutely ZERO to do with the Ring alarm system. It seems like you keep aiming back at the RIng alarm. No, that is not what i am talking about. I am referring to having access to the features in the mains powered ring camera devices, most notably in my case, the Spotlight Camera Wired, and Floodlight Camera.
Those features as listed by Ring for the Floodlight Camera are…
Video: 1080p HD, Live View, Night Vision. This does not work in Smartthings.
Motion Detection: 270 degree, 30-foot Custom Motion Zones. This works in SmartThings, but I am having trouble figuring out what usefulness it is.
Field of View: 140 Degrees. Does not work in SmartThings.
Siren: Remote-activated 110-decibel alarm. Does not work in SmartThings, and for me this is one of the most important features to have working.
Audio: Two-way audio with noise cancellation. Does not work in SmartThings.
Lights: Two 3000° Kelvin floodlights. Works in SmartThings.
Camera Lens: Adjustable mount with 140° field-of-view. Does not work in SmartThings.
Zoom: Smart zoom with panning. Does not work in SmartThings.
That is 6 of 8 listed features that do not work with SmartThings.
Samsung / SmartThings lists the Ring Floodlight Camera as “Works with Smartthings” on their official site at https://www.smartthings.com/products/ring-floodlight-cam
Thus it is Samsung / SmartThings making the claim of compatibility…
I would think legally, and morally whomever is making the claim of compatibility is responsible for making sure that the compatibility and function is actually there.
And back to the Alarm APIs, what are you talking about? The Ring Alarm? That isn’t even part of this discussion. We are referring to using the ring cameras in SmartThings. If the Ring Cameras don’t work with the Ring Alarm, then that is a whole different ball of wax that I am not involved in…
The Ring floodlight camera, was released in 2016, I have no idea when the API was released to Samsung / Smartthings for integration. I assume from this thread, sometime in early 2017. Thus the relevant information has been available, and again, it IS on the official supported list…
My point being that Samsung / SmartThings lists this as “Works with SmartThings” and thus directs consumers to these products when in reality there is only 25% of the feature set currently implemented.
I couldn’t disagree more. If the HA platform is claiming compatibility, it is up to them to live up to their claims.
I think you’re absolutely correct here. I think this is the reality, as it currently stands today. Out of the box, there is only a limited feature set that “Works with SmartThings”.
If you want it to do more, there are steps you can take, but it currently requires some mucking around with the code. That’s the point I was trying to make above. But I think that you are absolutely correct that not all of the features of the Ring Spotlight Cam and Ring Floodlight Cam are full integrated with the SmartThings app.
Do you have a write-up of some kind showing how you got it to work? I’m simply looking to access the siren function in an alarm event without impacting the rest of the function
Something you may want to try is to setup a virtual siren. And trigger that with ADT Tools. Then have webcore monitor it.
Look at link for the instructions