[enhancement]: Display camera battery level in homekit for automation

[xraywinedrinker]

Describe the solution you'd like

It would be very helpful to have the camera battery level that is displayed in Homebridge accessories to display in HomeKit. I’d like to create an automation that alerts me when any of the batteries is below a certain percentage.

[lenoxys]

It already does :

[xraywinedrinker]

I do see the percentage but HomeKit does not allow automations based on the battery level. Any way to expose it to allow automation/notification when level drops below certain level?

[schliemann]

@xraywinedrinker Pretty sure it makes the most sense to use a third party homekit app that allows for battery level automations. The alternative would be that we would add a different service to support it.

Possible - but not necessarily the best solution.

[lenoxys]

Eve app ?

[xraywinedrinker]

I downloaded the eve app and do see the battery percentage but my goal was to have a notification when any of the camera batteries level drops below a set amount. I don’t see this option in eve.

[schliemann]

@xraywinedrinker Don't know about eve, but Home+ 5 can definitily accomplish this

[schliemann]

If you install test flight you have a month to evaluate.

https://departures.to/home-5

[lenoxys]

If you install test flight you have a month to evaluate.

https://departures.to/home-5

Hey thanks a lot !!! love the app

[lenoxys]

I downloaded the eve app and do see the battery percentage but my goal was to have a notification when any of the camera batteries level drops below a set amount.

I don’t see this option in eve.

I think when it reached low level you get notification but doesn't know the threshold

[xraywinedrinker]

Thanks for the 3rd party app options, I’ll take a look.

[xraywinedrinker]

Just wanted to follow up that I was able to get a notification (sms) when a eufy battery falls below a certain threshold. Not very elegant but does get the job done.

Install eve for homekit Create a virtual device in smartthings (make available in homebridge and webcore apps) Create a scene in homekit that turns on the newly created virtual switch Create rule in eve that checks every day at noon to see if the camera battery is equal to or below 30% then run the homekit scene with the virtual switch *Use webcore to send a text message (low battery alert) when the virtual switch turns on, wait 10 seconds and turn off the virtual switch.

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