Onvif 2 MQTT?

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Grisu2

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Apr 2, 2019
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Hello,
in BlueIris, is it possible to forward the incoming ONVIF events from a camera to a MQTT server?

Background:
I want to achieve that if someone has pressed the bell button of the Reolink Doorbell PoE,
pass the event via MQTT to the Smarthome system to perform further actions.
ONVIF: tns1:RuleEngine/MyRuleDetector/Visitor

Thanks for info
 
Apologies in advance if this is not helpful. :rolleyes:

This is a long shot - because I can never remember off the top of my head who the OEM is for Reolink, Amcrest, etc.
But if your Reolink Doorbell's OEM is Dahua and if it is similar enough to the Dahua Doorbells (VTO's) then the DahuaVTO2MQTT app
will allow you to detect button presses. Please see #12 post on this thread:

Yet another VTO, Home Assistant, Kwikset, DahuaVTO2MQTT discussion

Apologies if this has been covered before - I did scan other DahuaVTO2MQTT posts... We have Kwikset 916 Z-wave deadbolt locks that are managed by Home Assistant. We also have a Dahua VTO2311R-WP doorbell and three VTH2621GW-WP monitors. There are numerous times when a friend rings the front...
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Apologies - I did not read your message carefully enough. I see now that you already know the ONVIF event you want
ONVIF: tns1:RuleEngine/MyRuleDetector/Visitor
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In Blue Iris select "Camera Settings..." for the doorbell.
Under the "Video" tab click "Configure..."
You might have to click "Find/inspect...", but ensure that "Get ONVIF trigger events" is checked:

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Under the "Trigger" tab, ensure that "ONVIF/camera events" is checked:
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Click the "Configure..." button next to the checkbox and add your ONVIF event to "Listen for:"
ONVIF: tns1:RuleEngine/MyRuleDetector/Visitor
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(You will probably have to query the ONVIF events with an app called ONVIF Device Manager v2.2.250. to find the Attribute). Here's what my doorbell looks like:
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Click "Immediate Actions..."

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Click the big "+" icon and add a "Web request or MQTT"

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Hope that helps get you started.
 
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Hello, thank you for the detailed answer,
I was also already active in this direction, and events were forwarded to the MQTT server.

The problem:
Motion detections are also forwarded, hence the question about the filter.

In my case the events look like this, I marked the desired ones in red.
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Deselecting all others in listen for did nothing in my test.
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Thanks!

EDIT:
Deselected all others.
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I have now moved in front of the camera and it is triggered.
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The problem is that it also triggers when moving. My wish would be that only triggered when the bell button was triggered.

It would be even nicer to have 2 MQTT values for it.
  • On movement
  • When the bell is pressed
 
Grisu2 said:
The problem is that it also triggers when moving. My wish would be that only triggered when the bell button was triggered.

It would be even nicer to have 2 MQTT values for it.
  • On movement
  • When the bell is pressed
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Maybe an obvious question, but separately, do you have "Motion sensor" checked:

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I tested a little more, and now I am not quite sure it is working the way I think it should. I may not be understanding the ONVIF
functionality fully or correctly. Seems straightforward...:idk:
 
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However, the problem would be that I could no longer use the motion detection of Blue Iris.

However, I have found a good working solution, and note you here also on, maybe it helps someone with the Reolink Doorbell PoE in his Smarthome system.

I did not achieve the goal with Blue Iris, but I did with cam2mqtt (in Docker container).
For each event a separate topic! (I don't know if this would be so achievable with Blue Iris)

I now recognize:
  • Movement
  • Person detected
  • Bell pressed
MQTT Events come in my Smarthome
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cam2mqtt, the config.yml conifguration file
Code: 
mqtt:
  host: io.domain.net
  port: 1024
  username: ipcamtalk
  password: bigsecure
  ssl: false

webhook:
  external_url: http://192.168.0.1:8080 # only needed for webhook subscriptions

cameras:
  doorbell:
    host: doorbell1.domain.net
    username: admin
    password: bigsecure
    modules:
      onvif:
        port: 8000
        monitor_events: true
        prefer_webhook_subscription: false

Thanks
 
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Grisu2 said:
However, the problem would be that I could no longer use the motion detection of Blue Iris.

However, I have found a good working solution, and note you here also on, maybe it helps someone with the Reolink Doorbell PoE in his Smarthome system.
...
Thanks
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Awesome! Sounds like cam2mqtt does something similar to DahuaVTO2MQTT.
 
I took a different approach to this. I have a dumb doorbell on my front gate. I also a have a camera there. So I added a Shelly module. When the doorbell is pressed, the Shelly changes state. I use Homeseer and MQTT. MQTT picks up the change, and I have an event configured in Homeseer that accesses the camera in Blueiris, obtains a still image, and sends an alert + image via pushover to my mobile devices. It works reliably. I usually receive the alert with a 1-2s delay from the doorbell being pressed... at the same time, I also trigger the camera and record the clip, just in case motion detection failed.
 
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Grisu2 said:
However, the problem would be that I could no longer use the motion detection of Blue Iris.

However, I have found a good working solution, and note you here also on, maybe it helps someone with the Reolink Doorbell PoE in his Smarthome system.

I did not achieve the goal with Blue Iris, but I did with cam2mqtt (in Docker container).
For each event a separate topic! (I don't know if this would be so achievable with Blue Iris)

I now recognize:
  • Movement
  • Person detected
  • Bell pressed
MQTT Events come in my Smarthome
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cam2mqtt, the config.yml conifguration file
Code: 
mqtt:
  host: io.domain.net
  port: 1024
  username: ipcamtalk
  password: bigsecure
  ssl: false

webhook:
  external_url: http://192.168.0.1:8080 # only needed for webhook subscriptions

cameras:
  doorbell:
    host: doorbell1.domain.net
    username: admin
    password: bigsecure
    modules:
      onvif:
        port: 8000
        monitor_events: true
        prefer_webhook_subscription: false

Thanks
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@Grisu2, thank you so much. I used your recipe here, and my doorbell events are now working like a charm. No BlueIris involved at all ... just Reolink Doorbell --> cam2mqtt --> Home Assistant. It's a beaut
 
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