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i am also using frigate. using the zone builder, i have split my driveway into 2 zones, driveway0 near the street and driveway1 closer to the house. using the mqtt messages frigate generates, i set up notifications for when a car or person is approaching (was in zone driveway0 and now in zones...

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thanks. just ordered 1 to play around with.

  got an email from wyze that says the people detection is going away, but they are working on their own implementation. details here

the black ones will be back temporarily on wyze.com   L I M I T E D  E D I T I O N Wyze Cam Black It's back. 12 AM EST (9 PM PST) November 29

  the hal branded ones managed to make it into fry's, but not for long ( http://cocoontech.com/forums/topic/10336-hal-branded-upb-items-on-sale/ ). i still have about 50 of those modules unopened...oops  :blush:

10th gen i3 @ costco for only $279   https://www.costco.com/hp-14%22-laptop---10th-gen-intel-core-i3---1080p.product.100511171.html   there's also a dell at walmart for $249  ...

@pete_c, i'm just referring to creating the virtual device, which you do via graph.api.smartthings.com. 

  you don't have to setup the virtual stuff on your tablet/phone, you can use the smartthings web site on your desktop

i use mosquitto as the mqtt broker running on a pi. for example, you use homeseer and that's connected to a bunch of devices for you, like the stargate. say you want to monitor some stargate DIs - set up simulated contact sensors in smartthings for the DIs. then in homeseer, write some script...

  one way is you can set up simulated devices ( https://community.smartthings.com/t/faq-creating-a-virtual-device/11282/2 ), use the mqtt bridge and handle the control & status updates on your device or a pi, etc

i have been playing around with automotive grade lidar sensors and object tracking/classification software for the past couple years. way too expensive but really neat.

there is a smartthings-mqtt bridge https://github.com/stjohnjohnson/smartthings-mqtt-bridge   i'm using it to bridge google assistant to smartthings to my homebrew software, which is the only thing controlling zwave. i expose certain zwave devices to smartthings by creating virtual switches in...

not sure. i use google home instead of echo.

the eufy (anker) version of the dot is $19.99 right now https://slickdeals.net/f/11441671-eufy-genie-smart-speaker-w-alexa-19-99-19-99