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Homekit enabled camera(s)
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I’ve got 2 Omnas as indoor baby/toddler cameras, and 3 of the new HomeKit Logitech Circle 2 cameras outside as security cameras around the house and garage.
The Omna’s are much better at night vision and far more granular at motion detection - you can mark zones on them for HomeKit notifications.
The circle 2’s only allow zone marking for notifications within its own app - which aren’t anywhere near as good.
Also you can’t set the delay timer on the circle 2’s for further motion - so it will continue to push notifications of motion sensed to my watch if someone is standing in front of a camera.
The omna you can set delay timers for motion within the app really easily - and the setting carries through to HomeKit.
Overall both are pretty good though.
The Omna’s are much better at night vision and far more granular at motion detection - you can mark zones on them for HomeKit notifications.
The circle 2’s only allow zone marking for notifications within its own app - which aren’t anywhere near as good.
Also you can’t set the delay timer on the circle 2’s for further motion - so it will continue to push notifications of motion sensed to my watch if someone is standing in front of a camera.
The omna you can set delay timers for motion within the app really easily - and the setting carries through to HomeKit.
Overall both are pretty good though.
Mizio
macrumors newbie
Thank you very much. I will give it a try.
Another question: can the Omna be switched off while at home by geofencing? Right now I am using a IDevice switch to accomplish that but there ought to be a better way. It makes no sense to leave the Omna on while at home ; it also gets very hot! Thanks again
marklemac
macrumors 6502
no it can't be turned off , but really that's not an issue, the main thing is stopping the notifications whilst you're in the house. If you really want to control it's power then you'd need to hook it up to a smart switch.
The Omna does get hot but nothing to worry about.
The Omna does get hot but nothing to worry about.
How do the notifications work? Can you adjust the threshold for pets? For example you aren't notified if a cat walks by but a person set its off and sends you notification.
Secondly, can you have it trigger other homekit devices on notifications ONLY (not all movement)?
I currently have a Canary camera and it works well. It records all activity however only notifies me of something that goes past a certain threshold of movement. What I would like is for a camera to turn on all my lights (Hue) but only on notifications.
Farsider
macrumors 6502a
No is the simplest answer. The camera doesn’t recognise the object creating the motion. The closest you can get is lowering the sensitivity of the motion detection in the hope that a human alters the scene being monitored more than a cat would.
Based on the sensitivity setting set, you can create an automation based on a motion detection trigger to turn on a Hue light.
Based on the sensitivity setting set, you can create an automation based on a motion detection trigger to turn on a Hue light.