![]() ![]() With any automation that has critical consequences if not operating right, make sure your conscious of how its running. It’s not just HA, any device/system can fail. Good parenting disclaimer: If you’ve used Home Assistant long enough, you’ll know that it can fail – most likely due to user error (in my experience!). This post proved to be extremely helpful – I’m using much of this in my setup. ![]() Using Home Assistant as the base, I was able to research the details I needed to get started. Your neighbor parents will look at your setup in awe. With this setup, you’ll be notified and be able to keep an eye on the kid wherever you have internet access. Plus many of those devices use RF so you only have a limited range and depending on interference, even more limited. Baby stuff can get expensive quick – I was looking to avoid spending $200 for a proprietary limited device. One of the challenges was finding an effective and secure baby monitor so that we could keep an eye on the little guy without busting the bank. Logistics and priorities were completely flipped up in the air. It does come with its challenges however. I’ve recently become a parent, and it’s pretty epic. Many newer brands (such as the K5) only offer cloud only support meaning it will not work just locally with Home Assistant. Any camera will work as long as it has RTSP (local access) support. ![]() UPDATE: The Wansview K3 camera that I use is no longer available on Amazon at the time of this writing AND I’ve learned that newer firmwares do not support local RTSP – blah! I instead am providing links to the Wansview K2 – the 720p version of the camera. ![]()
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