[Local Storage/No Cloud] no Cameras, no Records

[tomybyte]

I use Blink Sync Module 2 with local Storage only without Cloud.

Error: The web interface only shows Networks and Sync Modules. Recordings and Cameras are empty.

Release: 2022-10-16.1.zip

Hardware: 1 Blink Sync Module 2 2 Blink Mini

[adrian-dobre]

Hi, can you attach logs containing the issue?

java -jar <path/to/jar> --uiBuildPath=<path/to/ui/build> --server.port=80 >> log_file 2>&1

Just to be safe, as I don't remember how much info I log, make sure your email/pass are not in the logs (do a search and remove them)

[tomybyte]

Hi Adrian, here is the log file... Sincerely log_file.log

[adrian-dobre]

Thanks! I'll try to find some time next weekend to look into it.

[adrian-dobre]

Hi, I managed to take a look at the logs and I could not see any errors, only that the responses come back empty from Blink servers. Just after seeing that, I noticed that you mentioned:

I use Blink Sync Module 2 with local Storage only without Cloud.

I think that is the cause... I think only when the recordings/cameras registered in the cloud are being displayed, since I query their API for the cameras/recordings.

I assume you can see the recordings/cameras in their mobile app, right? Maybe they're using a different API for that info, or querying the blink sync module device directly; not sure of that since I never used that setup :(.

I'll add this as a wish list item, to check if we can retrieve local recordings/cameras also - unfortunately this won't be solved soon as I need time to research/reverse engineer that solution (if even possible) and not sure when I'll have that time available, but I'll try to make it happen.

[tomybyte]

Hi Adrian, many thanks for Your explanation! I would be very happy if the feature becomes part of your future development. Sincerely Tomy

[FrankArn7]

This would be an amazing feature to add. I am in the same boat as tomybyte. I am using local storage with a local Blink Mini camera set up and I can only see my sync module but no cameras/recordings for those cameras. I thought it was maybe because only the camera you had used was supported (the blink XT2) but since reading your explanation it seems it may be because they are using a different API for the local storage and cameras. I do hope this gets added as that would make this app 100x better. No one wants to be paying a subscription every month to Blink/Amazon when using local storage.

Oh and also I thought id add that the arming/disarming the system does work properly so it is communicating with my Blink account!

Hope this gets added! Good luck and thank you!