Show live feed from camera

[G_man1970]

Hi all,
I am trying to make Macrodroid show me the live feedback of a Eufy Cam 2 pro when it detects a motion.
In the EuFy security app, i pushen the notification to my phone.
So when there is movement detected, i get a notification.
I read somewhere it could be possible to use this notification to make macrodroid show the live feed at that moment.
This is what i made in the macro, but it does not work.
Maybe you all can help me figger it out.

 

[Qarboz]

You have error in the MD system log?

 

[Dm114]

Hi all,
I am trying to make Macrodroid show me the live feedback of a Eufy Cam 2 pro when it detects a motion.
In the EuFy security app, i pushen the notification to my phone.
So when there is movement detected, i get a notification.
I read somewhere it could be possible to use this notification to make macrodroid show the live feed at that moment.
This is what i made in the macro, but it does not work.
Maybe you all can help me figger it out.

Just a few question:
- Does your Notification Interaction works when manually testing (upon notification reception)?
- Is the 5 minutes Wait action followed by several Press Back button action made to stop viewing live cams?
- You should add a short Wait action (let's say at least 200ms, depending on your app reaction delay)
- Why have you added a global constraint preventing your macro to run upon Notification reception, except once only every 5 hours?

 

[G_man1970]

You have error in the MD system log?

Yes, i see it now....

 

[G_man1970]

Just a few question:
- Does your Notification Interaction works when manually testing (upon notification reception)?
- Is the 5 minutes Wait action followed by several Press Back button action made to stop viewing live cams?
- You should add a short Wait action (let's say at least 200ms, depending on your app reaction delay)
- Why have you added a global constraint preventing your macro to run upon Notification reception, except once only every 5 hours?

On the first question.... not sure but i think yes.
The second yes. That is for stopping live view, else it will drain the battery.
Third... where do i put it? And where is that command?
Four.... dunno that...i found that elsewhere. Shall i delete it?

 

[G_man1970]

Would it be easier if i would use a eufy doorbell instead of a camera?

 

[Qarboz]

Yes, i see it now....

Even if I don't understand that language, I don't see any errors. But I see that it looks like you have two macros that run with the same trigger, Eufy macro and Eufy cam. While this shouldn't be a problem, try turning one off

 

[Dm114]

On the first question.... not sure but i think yes.
The second yes. That is for stopping live view, else it will drain the battery.
Third... where do i put it? And where is that command?
Four.... dunno that...i found that elsewhere. Shall i delete it?

Point 3: add a Wait action after each Press Back Button action and check how many presses you need to exit your app, as I understand you copied this macro from elsewhere
Point 4: yes, delete this constraint

 

[G_man1970]

Ok, i checked it over and over again....
I see now that it works when my screen is on.
It can not open my screen that is locked with fingerprint control. But that is not rally an issue while i am going to use samsung tablets to execute this macro.
Only thing i need to figure out now is how to go from the captured movie to the live feed.

The notification event brings me to the captured movie, which is displayed. That is ok. It has a maximum length of 1 min.
In the picture below, you can see what it looks like. If i would press again play now, it would bring me to the live feed.
How can i do that?
I would playbthat for a few minutes and toen the rest of the macro to finish again.

 

[dsnz]

on a side note ( excuse me )
@G_man1970 what's your impression with these eufy cameras ?
is motion detection good ?
do they upload to the cloud ?
any other important things to know about them from your experience ?

 

[Dm114]

Ok, i checked it over and over again....
I see now that it works when my screen is on.
It can not open my screen that is locked with fingerprint control. But that is not rally an issue while i am going to use samsung tablets to execute this macro.
Only thing i need to figure out now is how to go from the captured movie to the live feed.

The notification event brings me to the captured movie, which is displayed. That is ok. It has a maximum length of 1 min.
In the picture below, you can see what it looks like. If i would press again play now, it would bring me to the live feed.
How can i do that?
I would playbthat for a few minutes and toen the rest of the macro to finish again.

Glad to see it works!

When you use Notification Interaction, don't you have a button to select to go to live feed?

In your macro you added Wait actions but don't forget to add 1 after each Press Back Button action (a delay of some 200 ms should be enough instead of 5 seconds unless your app is very slow to react to Back button press).

 

[G_man1970]

The notification brings me straight to the movie that needs to be played.
First i thought that if i pressed play again, i would go to live feed. But that isnt so. Im trying a command to open the program again but there is nothing that brings me where i want.
If only there was a button to capture what i was doing and put it into code....
I left out 1 wait action, because the program askes to tap again if you wantbto close it. I set them all to 200 milli now. Thx

 

[Jeagermeister91]

Hey, did this eventualy work? I just purchased a eufy doorbell and whant to use this macro as well. I am relatove new to this app but am a quick learner. I want to take it to a next level and that is to use the macrodroid to initiate a itfff trigger that then again creates a doorbell sound on my sonos gear. Can anyone help me if this is done earlier?

I noticed you are dutch. Me to.