The doorbell has two different flow trigger:
Both are triggered based on the recorded video. Using cloud storage, the video has an attribut what was causing the recording (motion or button). So you can react on both indpendently.
Perhaps the doorbell is sending notifications directly as defaut (would make sense for the button).
@ricercar
Do you have a feedback for me, which trigger you are using and if the âbutton pressedâ trigger is working correctly? Just to be sure the API is still returning the expected data (I donât have a doorbell and canât test).
Thanks.
Here is the flow Iâm using.
There is a ~30s delay after the trigger but I decided that I donât mind 
I wonât be where the doorbell is hanging till june. Iâll be available then for any feedback/test you suggest
The 30sec delay is still stange with subscription.
The alert should come in the 10sec request interval. Or Blink as something changed. The video was still visible from the API dieectly after start recording - independent of the revording length.
But what are you doing with the snapshot card? I donât think it will be working, because when you get the alert, the camera will still record.
To use the snapshot, you can use the output tag from this card. Or easier: just use the global image token from the doorbell device in a push message card. Using the token starts recording a snapshot internally.
youâre right . the snapshot was in error. I modified it but I donât get an image, just Homeyâs logo
When you get the notification, the camera still records.You canât do a parallel task in this case.
But using cloud, you get a preview image from the motion/button trigger.
I recently bought a Blink doorbell during Prime Days, but Iâm disappointed to find that the âpush buttonâ action isnât recognized by Homey until 20-30 seconds later. Unfortunately, @RonnyW hasnât been able to resolve this delay.
So, Iâm reaching out to the forum: Has anyone managed to get the âpush buttonâ recognized by Homey within a few seconds? Perhaps by using IFTTT as an intermediary? I really like this camera and am eager to get it working seamlessly with Homey. For now, I do not need to video or snapshots to work with Homey - only the push button.
You wonât get it to work directly in Homey. The Blink API does not support this kind of alert/message.
The Blink alert is only a simple push message to your mobile phone.
So the only way to get an instant alert in Homey would be using an automation App like Tasker or Automate om your phone, recognize the Blink message and send a Webhook to Homey.
Iâm open for any suggestions to make it work so thank you for your quick response.
I could find the two apps you mention (Tasker and Automate) but only on Google Play. Since I have an iPhone, I unfortunately cannot explore this option.
Any other suggestions?
I think you should better ask in âQuestion&Helpâ category how itâs possible to create automations on an iPhone reading phone notifications.
I remember there have been similar questions.
Iâve done the same as you and purchased during prime day and noticed the exact same issue. Iâve yet to try this but Iâve done this for another case and it worked there so I hope it will also work here but itâs dependant on you having Alexa. Create a virtual switch in Homey and make sure itâs pushed to Alexa. Then setup a rule in Alexa that if the doorbell was pushed flip the switch to the virutal switch. Then build the rule in Homey to pick up the virtual switch change. I was going to give it a try this weekend.
Good morning,
I am writing to you with a question to which I cannot find a concrete answer. I want to buy Blink Outdoor cameras but I canât find any information on which hub is necessary. Can I directly connect a Blink Outdoor camera to my Homey Pro 2019? I just want to view the live video stream (no recording, scanning, etc.).
Thanks for your help
Homey does not support video streams. You can watch the video only in Blink mobile app.
Thanks
Why is there a âWhenâ card for then this device? iâm not able to trigger anything.
The trigger is based on on the recorded video.
If the video gets triggered by a button press, this flow trigger is fired.
But if have motion alert active, this video will be recorded with source=motion and only the motion trigger is fired.
The app can identify the events only based on the videos.
that doesnât work for me. I got a flow that was triggered by Zigbee button before, I exchanged the âWhenâ card with âDoorbell button Pushedâ (a video is recorded locally only) but the flow is not started.
Hold on: are you saying if motion alarm is set to active this doesnât work?
I think so. Because motion will trigger recording first. And if the button is pressed, the doorbell wonât record a second video if the first still records (camera busy).
I found a solution to get notifications in Homey within seconds of someone pressing the doorbell AND it works without a subscription.
It does however require an Android device being turned on all the time. I found an old Samsung phone and has it plugged in to a charger 24/7. Could also be a tablet.
Iâve been using it for a few days now, and it works flawless
I use the Blink app to access 2-way voice and video recordings from the sync module but since my doorbell is my Sonos speakers in the house, I needed the connection to Homey to be almost instantly.
Good luck.
Hi Ronnie,
Since the last version of the Homey software, Iâve problems with my cameras. Open the Blink app at the button of the screen We have activate and deactivate button I think of the whole app. Before the software update I could switch on (Or activate) every single camera And I can switch off them also. But now after switching off, the whole app is on âdeactivateâ. And in Homey, I canât change that. Thereâs no possibility to activate or deactivate the whole app. And when itâs deactivated, I canât switch on the cameras anymore. Can you please please help me?
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