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kopiro / homebridge-tapo-camera

Homebridge plugin for TP-Link TAPO security cameras
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Doorbell Dummy Switch #85

Open energiumOn opened 1 year ago

energiumOn commented 1 year ago

It it possible to add a doorbell dummy switch to the camera? It would be wonderful to expose a doorbell button so we can hook a dummy doorbell url for automatic notifications :) in HomeKit.

dragouf commented 1 year ago

I am currently using the homebridge-camera-ffmpeg project to get it working. When someone opens the garden entrance, it triggers a dummy doorbell switch, and I receive a notification with a screen capture from the camera. However, this solution does not provide all the features of the Tapo camera that are available in your project.

It would be great if this functionality could be implemented in your project

energiumOn commented 1 year ago

I also used the camera-ffmpeg plugin to trigger the camera with rtsp. But, the ffmpeg plugin is very slow to show the live feed comparing to the Tapo plugin. This is why adding a dummy switch would be wonderful if possible 🤗 plus the benefits you mentioned.

kopiro commented 1 month ago

Hey folks, I'm not sure I understand. I can definitely add a dummy switch, but can you describe me in more detail your use case?