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I do the same (except on Android instead of iOS) and it works great. I have the alerts go to all our TVs (via our Nvidia Shield boxes and https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/nfandroidtv/) and Google speakers too.
Recently had one of the leak detectors detect a leak and the alerting worked great. Turns out the leak was a bottle of distilled water dripping out the back of the bottle.
I did not know that you could send notifications to an Nvidia Shield. I’ll have to look into that this evening. Thanks!
It works well, and the TV app is free: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.cyberdream.androidtv.notifications.google&hl=en_US&gl=US, you just need to download it from the Play Store on the Shield. There's a companion app for phones that costs money, but you don't need that one - it's only for sending messages from your phone to the TV.
Set it up last night. Can confirm it was quick and easy. Thanks!
I've struggled with getting my TV notifications to show an image because I can't seem to get the URLs right. Is that an issue you've had? Any ideas on a solution?
Put the image in the media directory in your Home Assistant config directory then use /media/.... as the URL. This works for me.
For my security cameras, I have a Node-RED flow:
It:
media/alerts/ directoryHere's the JSON for the flow:
JSON
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"id": "329ba4b7632a95c8",
"type": "tab",
"label": "Camera",
"disabled": false,
"info": "",
"env": []
},
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"id": "f64fc2c05427d1ff",
"type": "mqtt in",
"z": "329ba4b7632a95c8",
"name": "BlueIris/+/alert-image-b64",
"topic": "BlueIris/+/alert-image-b64",
"qos": "2",
"datatype": "json",
"broker": "e811c8eb637d26a5",
"nl": false,
"rap": true,
"rh": 0,
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"y": 40,
"wires": [
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"type": "function",
"z": "329ba4b7632a95c8",
"name": "Process payload and build message",
"func": "const {img, ...otherPayloadFields} = msg.payload;\n// TODO: Filter these out in Blue Iris AI config\nconst objectsToFilter = new Set([\n 'ball',\n 'sports ball',\n 'horse',\n 'book',\n 'suitcase',\n]);\n\nlet formattedObjectNames = 'Nothing';\nconst objectsData = (otherPayloadFields.json || [])\n .find(x => x.api === 'objects');\n// Would normally use `objectData?.found?.success` but Node-RED doesn't support it\nconst hasObjects = objectsData && objectsData.found && objectsData.found.success;\nif (hasObjects) {\n // Using Array.from(new Set(...)) to dedupe object names\n const objectNames = Array.from(new Set(\n (objectsData.found.predictions || [])\n .sort(x => -x.confidence)\n .map(x => x.label)\n .filter(x => !objectsToFilter.has(x))\n ));\n if (objectNames.length > 0) {\n // Capitalise first letter of first object\n objectNames[0] = objectNames[0][0].toUpperCase() + objectNames[0].substring(1)\n formattedObjectNames = objectNames.join(' and ');\n }\n}\n\nconst message = formattedObjectNames + ' detected at ' + otherPayloadFields.name;\nreturn {\n image_filename: Date.now() + '-' + otherPayloadFields.id + '.jpg',\n message,\n object_names: formattedObjectNames,\n payload: Buffer.from(img, 'base64'),\n original_payload: otherPayloadFields,\n};",
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"timeout": "",
"noerr": 0,
"initialize": "",
"finalize": "",
"libs": [],
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"y": 40,
"wires": [
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]
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"id": "31138938746cf6fd",
"type": "file",
"z": "329ba4b7632a95c8",
"name": "write image file",
"filename": "\"/media/alerts/\" & image_filename",
"filenameType": "jsonata",
"appendNewline": false,
"createDir": false,
"overwriteFile": "true",
"encoding": "none",
"x": 700,
"y": 40,
"wires": [
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"type": "api-call-service",
"z": "329ba4b7632a95c8",
"name": "Notify phones",
"server": "b6f128b45d1d76f7",
"version": 5,
"debugenabled": false,
"domain": "notify",
"service": "all_phones",
"areaId": [],
"deviceId": [],
"entityId": [],
"data": "{\t \"message\": message,\t \"data\": {\t \"clickAction\": \"http://cameras.vpn.d.sb:81/ui3.htm?maximize=1&tab=alerts&cam=\" & original_payload.camera & \"&rec=\" & original_payload.id,\t \"image\": \"/media/local/alerts/\" & image_filename,\t \"actions\": [{\t \"action\": \"URI\",\t \"title\": \"Live View\",\t \"uri\": \"http://cameras.vpn.d.sb:81/ui3.htm?maximize=1&cam=\" & original_payload.camera\t }, {\t \"action\": \"URI\",\t \"title\": \"View Clip\",\t \"uri\": \"http://cameras.vpn.d.sb:81/ui3.htm?maximize=1&tab=alerts&cam=\" & original_payload.camera & \"&rec=\" & original_payload.id\t }],\t \t \"channel\": \"Camera\",\t \"ttl\": 0,\t \"priority\": \"high\",\t \"importance\": \"high\"\t }\t}",
"dataType": "jsonata",
"mergeContext": "",
"mustacheAltTags": false,
"outputProperties": [],
"queue": "none",
"x": 900,
"y": 40,
"wires": [
[]
]
},
{
"id": "1ca18fe555c917fa",
"type": "api-call-service",
"z": "329ba4b7632a95c8",
"name": "Notify TV",
"server": "b6f128b45d1d76f7",
"version": 5,
"debugenabled": false,
"domain": "notify",
"service": "shield",
"areaId": [],
"deviceId": [],
"entityId": [],
"data": "{\t \"message\": message,\t \"data\": {\t \"image\": {\t \"path\": \"/media/alerts/\" & image_filename\t }\t }\t}",
"dataType": "jsonata",
"mergeContext": "",
"mustacheAltTags": false,
"outputProperties": [],
"queue": "none",
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"y": 100,
"wires": [
[]
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},
{
"id": "53f4a59537f2893e",
"type": "switch",
"z": "329ba4b7632a95c8",
"name": "Is person?",
"property": "message",
"propertyType": "msg",
"rules": [
{
"t": "cont",
"v": "person",
"vt": "str"
},
{
"t": "cont",
"v": "Person",
"vt": "str"
}
],
"checkall": "false",
"repair": false,
"outputs": 2,
"x": 710,
"y": 160,
"wires": [
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],
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]
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"id": "31ec03e4d62909c3",
"type": "api-call-service",
"z": "329ba4b7632a95c8",
"name": "Notify Google Speakers",
"server": "b6f128b45d1d76f7",
"version": 3,
"debugenabled": false,
"service": "google_assistant_sdk",
"entityId": "",
"data": "{\"message\": message}",
"dataType": "jsonata",
"mustacheAltTags": false,
"outputProperties": [],
"queue": "none",
"service_domain": "notify",
"mergecontext": "",
"x": 930,
"y": 160,
"wires": [
[]
]
},
{
"id": "e811c8eb637d26a5",
"type": "mqtt-broker",
"name": "MQTT",
"broker": "mqtt.int.d.sb",
"port": "1883",
"clientid": "",
"autoConnect": true,
"usetls": false,
"protocolVersion": "4",
"keepalive": "60",
"cleansession": true,
"birthTopic": "",
"birthQos": "0",
"birthPayload": "",
"birthMsg": {},
"closeTopic": "",
"closeQos": "0",
"closePayload": "",
"closeMsg": {},
"willTopic": "",
"willQos": "0",
"willPayload": "",
"willMsg": {},
"userProps": "",
"sessionExpiry": ""
},
{
"id": "b6f128b45d1d76f7",
"type": "server",
"name": "Home Assistant",
"version": 2,
"addon": false,
"rejectUnauthorizedCerts": true,
"ha_boolean": "y|yes|true|on|home|open",
"connectionDelay": true,
"cacheJson": true,
"heartbeat": false,
"heartbeatInterval": "30"
}
]
I have done this for my leak detectors.
Almost everything else obeys DND, but water? That's gonna wake me up.
At least on Android, you can make TTS go through your alarm channel on your phone at max volume, to really make sure you don't miss it. I do this for my alarm and doorbell (only when I'm at home).