# \[APP\]\[Pro\] Blink for Home - Smart security designed for every home **URL:** \ **Category:** Apps\ **Tags:** app, security, homey-pro\ **Created:** [April 25, 2022, 12:04pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-blink-for-home-smart-security-designed-for-every-home/63027 "2022-04-25T12:04:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Tuxinator](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/tuxinator/32/58136_2.png) [@Tuxinator](https://community.homey.app/u/Tuxinator)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2022, 5:23pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-blink-for-home-smart-security-designed-for-every-home/63027/81 "2022-11-02T17:23:25Z")
I have been looking for such a setting. however, there is no setting that saves a video when the button is pressed. It only records when there is movement. Can I somehow see what control commands are sent when I press the button? Possibly this can then be traced in the app. ---
**Author:** ![RonnyW](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/ronnyw/32/10879_2.png) [@RonnyW](https://community.homey.app/u/RonnyW)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2022, 5:31pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-blink-for-home-smart-security-designed-for-every-home/63027/82 "2022-11-02T17:31:58Z")
There are no control commands this app can trace. It can only check the video state via API. There is no push information via API. @Davide_Zamo has tested the doobell video recording and flow trigger. I tested with his account and there were videos recorded on doorbell event. Perhaps he can help? ---
**Author:** ![Davide\_Zamo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/davide_zamo/32/32590_2.png) [@Davide\_Zamo](https://community.homey.app/u/Davide_Zamo)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2022, 7:00pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-blink-for-home-smart-security-designed-for-every-home/63027/83 "2022-11-02T19:00:16Z")
nothing to say…doorbell works like other cams when you press the button, it saves a video and this is recognized by homey working like a trigger… ---
**Author:** ![Tuxinator](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/tuxinator/32/58136_2.png) [@Tuxinator](https://community.homey.app/u/Tuxinator)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2022, 7:20pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-blink-for-home-smart-security-designed-for-every-home/63027/84 "2022-11-02T19:20:46Z")
Do you store in the cloud or locally? Can you share some screenshots of your settings from the bell and the flow please? Maybe I’m missing something… ---
**Author:** ![Davide\_Zamo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/davide_zamo/32/32590_2.png) [@Davide\_Zamo](https://community.homey.app/u/Davide_Zamo)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2022, 8:41pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-blink-for-home-smart-security-designed-for-every-home/63027/85 "2022-11-02T20:41:19Z")
on cloud… ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/5/a/5a2d253f166740b73a9e6565fea3bbedb613f54d.jpeg) Inviato dal mio Galaxy -------- Messaggio originale -------- ---
**Author:** ![RonnyW](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/ronnyw/32/10879_2.png) [@RonnyW](https://community.homey.app/u/RonnyW)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2023, 8:46pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-blink-for-home-smart-security-designed-for-every-home/63027/86 "2023-01-07T20:46:43Z")
New **test version 1.1.4:** - **Bugfix** for missing **motion alert** trigger in case of a **MiniCamera without SyncModule/System**. ---
**Author:** ![provanguard](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/provanguard/32/34271_2.png) [@provanguard](https://community.homey.app/u/provanguard)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2023, 7:11pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-blink-for-home-smart-security-designed-for-every-home/63027/87 "2023-02-05T19:11:06Z")
Are the following devices supported? - Sync module (v1) - Original Indoor camera - XT (outdoor camera) - XT2 (outdoor camera) Is it possible to connect multiple modules, with multiple cameras connected to each module? ---
**Author:** ![RonnyW](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/ronnyw/32/10879_2.png) [@RonnyW](https://community.homey.app/u/RonnyW)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2023, 7:19pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-blink-for-home-smart-security-designed-for-every-home/63027/88 "2023-02-05T19:19:28Z")
> [@provanguard](#): > > - Sync module (v1) > - Original Indoor camera > - XT (outdoor camera) > - XT2 (outdoor camera) > Is it possible to connect multiple modules, with multiple cameras connected to each module? Hi, I don’t have one these devices so I can’t test for you. 1. But the SyncModule v1 should be the same as v2 without USB. Sould work but without local storage. I’m not sure if this could cause errors if the api responses are different. 2. If the cameras are using the same API endpints as the current indoor/outdoor, they should work. 3. You can add multiple accounts (for most users it will be only one). And for an account you can add all cameras (independent which syncmodule is used). And you can add syncmodules - to activate/deactivate the whole system. But all without guarantee. Just install the app and try 😉 ---
**Author:** ![provanguard](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/provanguard/32/34271_2.png) [@provanguard](https://community.homey.app/u/provanguard)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2023, 7:43pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-blink-for-home-smart-security-designed-for-every-home/63027/89 "2023-02-05T19:43:26Z")
I have been using the other Blink app from the Homey store so far. But I saw that your app is newer and has more actions. And it also supports the doorbell that I have just heard about and started investigating. A youtube reviewer posted review of the doorbell and he used this app with Homey, but there was a very long delay before homey reacted to doorbell button or motion. ---
**Author:** ![RonnyW](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/ronnyw/32/10879_2.png) [@RonnyW](https://community.homey.app/u/RonnyW)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2023, 7:51pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-blink-for-home-smart-security-designed-for-every-home/63027/90 "2023-02-05T19:51:55Z")
Then your devices will work. It’s the same API. The doorbell works like a camera. It stores a video and Homey recognices the new video and trigers the alarm. Using the Blink cloud this will work in some seconds. It depends on the poll interval you set in the app. I would say from 2 up to 5 seconds. The video is recognized with start of recording. Using local storage is much slower and will take up to 30 seconds because the video is present AFTER the recording is completed. If you are using Blink cloud, it will work like your current cameras. Blink uses only push messages for mobile phones for such alerts. This is not available via API. PS: you can install both apps and try this one while using the old one for your current devices. ---
**Author:** ![RonnyW](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/ronnyw/32/10879_2.png) [@RonnyW](https://community.homey.app/u/RonnyW)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2023, 6:56pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-blink-for-home-smart-security-designed-for-every-home/63027/91 "2023-03-06T18:56:47Z")
New **test version 1.1.6** : - Adjusted pair view style to Homey look&feel ---
**Author:** ![RonnyW](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/ronnyw/32/10879_2.png) [@RonnyW](https://community.homey.app/u/RonnyW)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2023, 9:18am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-blink-for-home-smart-security-designed-for-every-home/63027/92 "2023-06-30T09:18:11Z")
These days I get a popup in Blink mobile app that my **(still free) subscriptions ends in some days**. It seems Amazon/Blink finally stopped the free subscription that was still avaibalbe. I don’t know if ti only affect Germany or also other countries.# So please check your subscription state in Blink app. If the subscription ended, you need to switch to local storage to store videos. Else you will only get push messages in Blink app. The Homey app will not get any information about motion alerts if no video is stored in the cloud. Please keep in mind that a locak storage access is really rough via Blink API. Request are temporary blocked if SyncModule is in use by a camera. That will delay motion alerts via Homey app. If you need **instant alerts via Homey app** , you have to **subscribe the clound abo**. If not, you need a **SyncModule and a SD card to store your videos locally**. And you have to **accept delay for motion alert.** You can still use it as “there has been a motion some time ago” instead of “there is a motion” 😉 ---
**Author:** ![homeypro](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/homeypro/32/51936_2.png) [@homeypro](https://community.homey.app/u/homeypro)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2023, 11:30am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-blink-for-home-smart-security-designed-for-every-home/63027/93 "2023-07-14T11:30:56Z")
Hi @RonnyW, Awsome app! Can you please tell me what the delay is for the doorbell press? I readthe whole topic, but can’t figure it out. Thanks! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![RonnyW](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/ronnyw/32/10879_2.png) [@RonnyW](https://community.homey.app/u/RonnyW)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2023, 2:32pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-blink-for-home-smart-security-designed-for-every-home/63027/94 "2023-07-14T14:32:38Z")
Hi, the Blink mobile app uses only push messaging service from Google/Apple for instant alerts. This app can only access the stored videos to check is there is a new one - and if it was recorded due to a motion. Because of this limitation, the doorbell acts like any other blink camera. If you have motion alert active, then you get this video first. If motion alert is not active, the video is recorded after a button press. When using cloud storage (subscription), the video is “visible” on start or recording. So you will get the motion alarm in Homey in a time frame bout 1 to 5 seconds - using a 5sec poll interval. When using local storage, the poll interval must be longer 10…20sec. And it’s not sure if teh app can read teh syncmodule in case a video is recorded. So it can take longer (second poll). So with local storage you won’t get instant alerts. There are two post about fine tuning the poll interval. One for cloud storage and another for local storage. > [@\[APP\]\[PRO\] Blink for Home](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-blink-for-home/63027/28): > > @MarcoRuiter and all users with cloud subscription (cloud video storage): A suggestion for a fine tuning of your setup regarding the motion alert recognition based on cloud storage… You are using cloud storage for the videos. And reading the video list for motion recognition is account based. So only one API call is done for the whole list independent of the amount of cameras or systems/SyncModules. So I think, a 5 second intervall for checking the cloud video list should work. In addition y… > [@\[APP\]\[PRO\] Blink for Home](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-blink-for-home/63027/29): > > @All users with local storage: A suggestion for a fine tuning of your setup regarding the motion alert recognition based on local storage (SyncModule)… With local storage, the videolists of all SyncModules are needed to check for new videos (which represents a motion). So your video reading interval deoends on the number of used SyncModules. For cloud storage, only one API call is nedded for the whole account. With local storage, 2 API calls are needed fo each SyncModule. If you have install… ---
**Author:** ![RonnyW](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/ronnyw/32/10879_2.png) [@RonnyW](https://community.homey.app/u/RonnyW)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2023, 1:28pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-blink-for-home-smart-security-designed-for-every-home/63027/95 "2023-07-30T13:28:21Z")
New **test version 1.1.7:** - Fixes the **subscription check**. If subscriptions are present, the app used the cloud storage for motion alers checks. Now also the subscription state is checked to **use local storage if the subscription is not valid** (after Blink removed the free trial end of July). New **test version 1.1.8:** - Fixed create snapshot AdvancedFlow card. This card did not return the correct tokens to use the image in the next card. ---
**Author:** ![thobu](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/thobu/32/18357_2.png) [@thobu](https://community.homey.app/u/thobu)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2023, 12:31pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-blink-for-home-smart-security-designed-for-every-home/63027/96 "2023-09-27T12:31:09Z")
Hey, I’m lacking a (THEN) card to switch off motion detection. use case: I want to switch off/on the camera but not the motion detection. Am I missing something? Thanx ---
**Author:** ![RonnyW](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/ronnyw/32/10879_2.png) [@RonnyW](https://community.homey.app/u/RonnyW)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2023, 1:26pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-blink-for-home-smart-security-designed-for-every-home/63027/97 "2023-09-27T13:26:59Z")
The camera tile (on/off switch) switches motion detection for this camera on or off. It’s not possible to switch off a camera completely - also not possible in Blink mobile app. ---
**Author:** ![thobu](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/thobu/32/18357_2.png) [@thobu](https://community.homey.app/u/thobu)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2023, 2:21pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-blink-for-home-smart-security-designed-for-every-home/63027/98 "2023-09-27T14:21:28Z")
I just want to switch off Motion Detection with a flow card. I trigger the recording of a video differently ---
**Author:** ![RonnyW](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/ronnyw/32/10879_2.png) [@RonnyW](https://community.homey.app/u/RonnyW)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2023, 2:44pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-blink-for-home-smart-security-designed-for-every-home/63027/99 "2023-09-27T14:44:40Z")
Just use the 'switch on/off" flow card. It switches the Homey device on/off what will switch on/off the motion recognition for the camera. ---
**Author:** ![thobu](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/thobu/32/18357_2.png) [@thobu](https://community.homey.app/u/thobu)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2023, 2:47pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-blink-for-home-smart-security-designed-for-every-home/63027/100 "2023-09-27T14:47:16Z")
the problem is switching it ON also switches Motion Detection to ON, and there’s no way to switch Motion Detection off, or am I missing something. The flow I have in mind switches the cam on if a certain condition is met but not the motion detection. Makes sense? [Previous page](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-blink-for-home-smart-security-designed-for-every-home/63027.md?page=4) [Next page](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-blink-for-home-smart-security-designed-for-every-home/63027.md?page=6)