[APP][Pro] Blink for Home - Smart security designed for every home

Hi everyone,

I’ve recently installed the Blink V4 cameras, and everything seems to be working great after adding the account, the home and the camera.

One thing I can’t get Homey Pro (2023) to acknowledge though is any motion detected trigger on any of the cameras.

Any thoughts?

Thanks in advance.

Does anyone know why the batteries are always shown @ 60%? I’ve just installed with new batteries and it is showing the 60%

Thanks

A bit more details are needed…about Blink settings :wink:
Is the Blink system active? Is motion detection active for cameras?
Is motion detected and reported by Blink mobile app?

Blink only reports a battery level in steps like 1, 2, 3. It’s not percent. The app is showing just 60% for step 2.

Thanks.

Yes, blink account added and running. Blink system armed (shows as Armed in Homey as well as Blink App). Camera motion turned on (shows as on in Homey and Motion in Blink App).

All notifications received through the blink app, but nothing reported through Homey.

Hopefully this helps.

The motion alarm flag in Homey never changes.

Ok, next steps :upside_down_face:

Blink subscription is active or not?
If not: Is an USB stick placed in SyncModule?

As described in first post, the motion can only be detected if a new video is available. Cloud storage is fast, local storage (SyncModule) is slow and can Stuck sometimes is cameras are using the module while the app tries to access.

Thanks for the response.

I am currently on a free trial, and yes, I have a USB stick in the Sync Module.

It isn’t really a delay, as I never get the movement notification from homey.

There are 2 cards, movement detected and movement alarm. I have tried both.

Doug.

With trial, it should work via cloud storage.
No idea what’s wrong.
What is a Blink V4? Not the indoor/outdoor cameras?

You can trigger a motion alert on your camera, wait 10sec and then send a diagnostics report. I can check if there are some details in the log.

Thanks - I’ll send that over in the morning.

V4 is the most recent iteration of blink cameras.

Was able to run it now.

Here is the code:

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Thanks for the report. Just answered as mail.

For other users:
Blink added a new video source for motion records for V4 cameras. This has to added to the app. If you get a similar issue, please wait for a new version.

Just took a look at Amazon page. The camera is not available in Europe.

I found this specs:

The “CV” in video source seems to related.
Can you check if Person detection is enabled? If yes, can you deactivate it and check the next days if standard motion detection is working like on older cameras and the flow gets triggered?

Here are my options for detection:

So, while I’m assuming there’s person detection, it looks like there is all motion being captured. I dont have the option to disable person detection on its own.

Doug.

New test version 1.1.13.

  • Added motion alert for new v4 cameras with CV (computer vision) motion recognition.

@Dug703 FYI and to test if motion aler is now working with the V4 cameras.

Sorry if I’m a bit dense, but I can’t figure out how to install 1.1.13. I’ve installed beta’s on other apps, but don’t see that option here.

You can use the link in previous post.

Thanks. App installed and am now getting notifications.

I get notifications when I set up a card on the account, for each camera when movement is detected. I also get notifications when I set up a card on each camera individually. I notice there are multiple cards available relating to movement. I used the ‘when motion is detected’ card.

I notice that there isn’t a notification option for the sync module.

What is considered the best practice for setting up notification flows?

Thanks again for your attention on this.

Doug.

If you want to create camera specific actions, you can use the camera specific trigger.
If you only want to get informed (push message), you can use the account trigger and use the camera name provided by the card as tag. this way you have only one flow for all cameras.

Hello! When configuring the SFTP, where am I supposed to pass the private key to upload an image to my remote SFTP server?

It was some time ago whe I added this :sweat_smile:
If I remeber right, you just authenticate with your SSH user (not with a private key).