Link Non-Wink IP cameras to Wink
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Using the Blue Iris security software, you can make most IP cameras interact with Wink through IFTTT
IFTTT
- Log into IFTTT.com and connect the "Maker" channel. Note the value next to "Your Key Is"
- Create a new recipe
- Chose "Maker" as your "THIS"
- Chose "Receive a web request"
- Enter a word that will be your trigger word. i.e. "PorchCameraAlert", "DriveCameraAlert", etc...
- Chose "Wink: Shortcuts" as you "THAT" (or anything else you want, I flash LIFX bulbs when I get a camera alert)
- Chose "Activate Shortcut"
- Pick your shortcut
- Click "Create Recipe"
Blue Iris
- In Blue Iris, open a camera's properties and go to the "Alerts" tab.
- Check "Request from a web service"
- Click "Configure" next to the "Request from a web service" line
- In the "When Triggered" section, select "https://" and enter "maker.ifttt.com/trigger/eventname/with/key/yourkey"
- Replace "eventname" above with the word you want to trigger you IFTTT recipe from step 5 in the IFTTT setup.
- Replace "yourkey" above with the Key provided in step 1 of the IFTTT setup
- If you want to pass additional info into IFTTT populate "POST text" with "{ "value1" : "yourvalue", "value2" : "yourvalue", "value3" : "yourvalue" }"
- replace the "yourvalue" parts with the information you want to pass. i.e. The name of the camera, or anything else you might need for the "THAT" part of the recipe
- Click OK all the way out.
Notes
- Some other ideas for Blue Iris and IFTTT: IFTTT_Recipes
- I really like my Amcrest cameras. They are inexpensive comparatively, and are of great quality. Any IP Camera that is compatible with Blue Iris (which is most) will work just fine.
- KICK IT UP A NOTCH
- Use my Tasker Wink Integration Project and Tasker and IFTTT plugin to do ANYTHING in Wink, not just shortcuts
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