Considering Hubitat - a few questions

[fieldsjm]

@androidnj

Cameras... yeah. I've had cameras set up for a long time using an ISY device & also have Blink cameras. They've worked fairly well - my main desire when it comes to integration would be to use the cameras' motion sensing to trigger other things - lights, an alarm, etc. I know there are a ton of variables with these.

Just my two sense on camera...(Recent convert from ST)

Blink's integration with any smarthome system has been limited since it was purchased by Amazon.

I haven't used yet, but this driver looks promising (still converting from ST so that will be later in the process)

[PROJECT] Driver for Blink API

UPDATE - November 8th, 2022 On November 3rd, 2022 the Blink servers were updated to block certain User-Agents. The driver has now been updated (November 8th, 2022) to get this working again and a longer-term solution to this problem will be added in the future. Thanks to @tomw for the idea about the User-Agent. Description: Drivers for polling the Blink API for your Blink cameras and related devices. BlinkAPI.groovy = REQUIRED BlinkChild.groovy = REQUIRED BlinkChild-Network.groovy = R…

I experimented with a lot of options while on ST, even considering building something using the old API endpoint.

• If you have Alexa, there is a skill for blink in which you can activate a virtual switch based on motion. It is limited to certain models of the blink cameras, it works with the blink mini and XT2 but not the original or XT.
• There is also IFTTT integration for blink but latency is always an issue for me with IFTTT.
• Current temporary-ish setup (same as I was using on ST) with the older XT models is to use a combination of Tasker and Webcore to watch for notifications on an old android tablet and turn on a virtual switch/motion device. Fairly reliable as long as the tablet stays active. (Also works with my Wyze cameras, no integration there either)