Home Automation - Smartkit

I kept on getting annoyed with our front beam going off at random times triggering the alarm system.
Do have a camera there, so set up an automation in home-assistant to send us a picture at the time the beam is triggered.

Today I have my evidence of what it is:
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Turns out, the alarm company installed a beam that is not pet-friendly
 
Tinuva said:
I kept on getting annoyed with our front beam going off at random times triggering the alarm system.
Do have a camera there, so set up an automation in home-assistant to send us a picture at the time the beam is triggered.

Today I have my evidence of what it is:
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Turns out, the alarm company installed a beam that is not pet-friendly
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are you 100% sure it isn't pet friendly? pet friendly sensors can be triggered by pets depending on animal size and proximity to the sensor etc.

people with fsckin cats i tell you :|

ps what camera and alarm system do you have?
 
Steamy Tom said:
are you 100% sure it isn't pet friendly? pet friendly sensors can be triggered by pets depending on animal size and proximity to the sensor etc.

people with fsckin cats i tell you :|

ps what camera and alarm system do you have?
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Went back to the quote for the alarm system, the installed beam is this: https://takex.com/tx-114fr-pr-18.php
I don't see mention there of pet friendly.
However found https://www.alarmtec.co.za/takex-beams/takex-ms12fe-p-717.html which says it is pet friendly and so does the comments.

But yes, we have seen like 10 different cats that we have seen since moving in, in March this year.

Alarm system is a DSC PC1864 which I specifically asked for, and they installed the envisalink module for me and ran the network cable to the FTTH router. So I literally just had to add that to Home Assistant.

Cameras were already here when I moved in, so didn't buy them. Previous owner installed them. They are Ezviz C3W wifi cameras.
 
Tinuva said:
Went back to the quote for the alarm system, the installed beam is this: https://takex.com/tx-114fr-pr-18.php
I don't see mention there of pet friendly.
However found https://www.alarmtec.co.za/takex-beams/takex-ms12fe-p-717.html which says it is pet friendly and so does the comments.

But yes, we have seen like 10 different cats that we have seen since moving in, in March this year.

Alarm system is a DSC PC1864 which I specifically asked for, and they installed the envisalink module for me and ran the network cable to the FTTH router. So I literally just had to add that to Home Assistant.

Cameras were already here when I moved in, so didn't buy them. Previous owner installed them. They are Ezviz C3W wifi cameras.
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thanks.

also those takex have 2 screws inside, you can adjust the sensitivity - or i can loan you my bull terrier to sort out your cat issue.
 
Tinuva said:
Went back to the quote for the alarm system, the installed beam is this: https://takex.com/tx-114fr-pr-18.php
I don't see mention there of pet friendly.
However found https://www.alarmtec.co.za/takex-beams/takex-ms12fe-p-717.html which says it is pet friendly and so does the comments.

But yes, we have seen like 10 different cats that we have seen since moving in, in March this year.

Alarm system is a DSC PC1864 which I specifically asked for, and they installed the envisalink module for me and ran the network cable to the FTTH router. So I literally just had to add that to Home Assistant.

Cameras were already here when I moved in, so didn't buy them. Previous owner installed them. They are Ezviz C3W wifi cameras.
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I have an ADT/Fidelity securehome app linked alarm.

Can I have this envisalink module added?
 
xrapidx said:
I know its not local, but my wife added some to her shopping from banggood (and they're shipping to SA with Buffalo) - ended up about R150 landed each - They weren't the most stable, so I flashed them with Tasmota - and been working fine since.

Wasn't the easiest getting configured right with Tasmota - but - got it about 90% right.
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I hate that it seems so hard to get a LED light strip controller that works easily with Tasmota on Home Assistant. I could buy something that works over the cloud, but I prefer local connections as far as possible.

Steamy Tom said:
are you 100% sure it isn't pet friendly? pet friendly sensors can be triggered by pets depending on animal size and proximity to the sensor etc.

people with fsckin cats i tell you :|

ps what camera and alarm system do you have?
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First my disclaimer: I love animals, would never hurt an animal, cats have feelings too... bla bla blah

But... I won't feel bad if my ridgeback (who HATES cats) gets a hold of one of my neighbour's 5 cats. I've probably tripped my own alarm 5 times in the last 2 years by mistake... the cats have probably tripped it about 100 times. Also, I don't let me dog **** in your garden but it's ok for your cat to **** in my pot plants? And ffs, I don't have full on orgies on your awning - but it's ok for your cats to shoot a sequel to 2 girls 1 cup on mine?

Hate it.
 
Tinuva said:
I kept on getting annoyed with our front beam going off at random times triggering the alarm system.
Do have a camera there, so set up an automation in home-assistant to send us a picture at the time the beam is triggered.
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What did you use to integrate your camera in HA? I have an Ezviz Husky that I want to set up in a similar fashion
 
SAguy said:
But... I won't feel bad if my ridgeback (who HATES cats) gets a hold of one of my neighbour's 5 cats. I've probably tripped my own alarm 5 times in the last 2 years by mistake... the cats have probably tripped it about 100 times. Also, I don't let me dog **** in your garden but it's ok for your cat to **** in my pot plants? And ffs, I don't have full on orgies on your awning - but it's ok for your cats to shoot a sequel to 2 girls 1 cup on mine?
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Lol, I had the same issue with my neighbour. They have 4 cats and they used to **** all over the yard. They wouldn't even dig a hole and **** like normal cats and none of the cat repellent stuff worked.

Got a dog and haven't seen any of those cats in my yard since (now I still pick up **** everyday but it's atleast 3x less and it's from my own pet :ROFL:).
 
chickenbeef said:
Lol, I had the same issue with my neighbour. They have 4 cats and they used to **** all over the yard. They wouldn't even dig a hole and **** like normal cats and none of the cat repellent stuff worked.

Got a dog and haven't seen any of those cats in my yard since (now I still pick up **** everyday but it's atleast 3x less and it's from my own pet :ROFL:).
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Sadly these cats aren't scared of dogs... the cat people have a dog as well.
Luckily though since lockdown it's been quieter since our dog is in the yard all day... patrolling.
 
riscbroker said:
What did you use to integrate your camera in HA? I have an Ezviz Husky that I want to set up in a similar fashion
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I think I went the simple route. Figured out the RTSP url for my cameras. Think you need to disable encryption in the Ezviz app 1st.

Code: 
camera:
- platform: ffmpeg
  name: Front Camera
  input: !secret camera_front
- platform: ffmpeg
  name: Back Camera
  input: !secret camera_back

In secrets its just
Code: 
# Ezviz cameras
camera_front: rtsp://admin:[email protected]:554/h264_stream
camera_back: rtsp://admin:[email protected]:554/h264_stream

The XXXX you replace with the password that you use to add the camera to the Ezviz app. It is also on the leaflet that came with the camera in the form of a QR code. I just used the QR reader to read it for me.

Camera notification automation is over here:
https://github.com/tinuva/home-assistant-config/blob/master/packages/camera_notifications.yaml
 
SAguy said:
Sadly these cats aren't scared of dogs... the cat people have a dog as well.
Luckily though since lockdown it's been quieter since our dog is in the yard all day... patrolling.
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They would be very wary of mine. At my old place I came home to bloodied cat prints running up the wall more than once. I like cats, but they are pews annoying to others so I rather wouldn't have them.
 
Installed an RGBW flood light, connect to the Shelly One I got from Smartkit waaaay back.
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