[DEPRECATED] Blink Camera Device Handler with Motion Sensor, Live Video Streaming, Integration with SmartThings/SHM, Temperature, Signals and Push Notifications

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###Blink Camera Manager - Version 5.6.0

  • Added support for ability to set cameras Video Recording Length and Motion Sensitivity for each Mode
  • Improved battery reporting accuracy to compensate for battery discharge cycles
  • Reduce logging overhead thanks to the new ST patches

###Blink Device Handler - Version 5.2.0

  • Updated to support new version of Blink Camera Manager
  • Added new custom commands setMotionSensitivity / setRetriggerTime and attributes motionSensitivity / retriggerTime for use through CoRE

With this update now users can dynamically change the behavior of the camera.
For e.g. when in Home mode, the cameras can be configured to high sensitivity and a video recording lengh of 1 second. This would allow the camera to be used as a motion sensor and take actions based on those motion sensor condition.
Consequently, when in Away mode, the camera(s) can be configured to medium sensitivity (to avoid false alarms) and set video recording length to 10 seconds, so if there is an intrusion in the house you’ll get 10 seconds of recording to see what happened.
Similarly at night mode, some camera(s) can be configured to work as motion sensors and others as security cameras.

Also a point to note, with this update as pointed out by @beckwith there is a discharge curve for batteries which has now been accounted for while calculating the battery levels.

Enjoy!!!

Please make sure you’re on Blink Camera Manager version 5.5.0 or later. Blink will be updating their setup in a couple of weeks to scale and enhance their features. Please update to version 5.5.0 or later to ensure a smooth transition. Once the Blink update is complete the old SmartApp/DH will likely stop receiving notifications.

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