8/30/2023 0 Comments Adt flood light with camera![]() OK, that sucks, but it’s good information to have before you buy the lock. It shouldn’t be that hard to list which of those features are available through the SmartThings integration.īack in 2014, the official compatibility list had a little tiny “I“ that you could tap for more information and might say things like “custom key codes are not available“ for a lock. In this case, I believe the device has a light, the camera, the motion sensor, a siren, and an audio intercom. They just have to list the things that smartthings can do with that device. Samsung doesn’t have to worry about what the manufacturer does in their own app. And it’s going to be a long time until we get there. But the reality is the industry just isn’t there yet. I appreciate it’s nice to have everything in one app. IMHO that’s very different to just blindly re-building all of Ring’s app in SmartThings. And the implementation cost is tiny - big payoff, small cost. Something that you couldn’t do before, you can do now. Ring alone can’t do that, and that’s where an integration comes in.Īll ST has to do is accept the webhook for doorbell push, and you can achieve exactly that. But when someone is at the door I want them to raise up to 100%, then back down again 5 mins later. Let’s say my outdoor lighting is dimmed on to 25% when the sun sets. My view is that integrations should facilitate some additional functionality that you couldn’t do before. Why should/would SmartThings totally re-invent and re-implement all of Ring’s functionality in the ST app, when the Ring app already exists and works? And how far do you take it? Should you be able to manage all of your Ring settings? What about their Neighbourhood Watch features? Where do you draw the line? Others do it differently again… so supporting EVERYTHING is an insanely tall order.įurthermore, you have to really ask yourself ‘why’. Then you have recordings - some cloud camera systems store clips as files, some do it as a single ‘playback’ stream that you request the time you want from that. There are many, many different types of streams, codecs etc, let alone the methods for actually authenticating and accessing those streams. ![]() But beyond that, it’s all about what APIs are made available (commercial) and the intricacies and eccentricities of different implementations (practical). It’ll always be a parallel setup, then connect the two. Firstly, you’ll almost never be able to actually set up a 3rd party cloud device from SmartThings. ![]() The reality is that when it comes to C2C integrations, you will very rarely get 100% functionality via an integration. Some really interesting points in this thread - the whole concept of users wanting to ‘integrate’ devices has always fascinated me. ![]()
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