Video Object Detection Rule and Light Automation

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hello,

Got my video analytics and set up my Video object detection rules set up, and so far it working quite well and not triggering every time a snow flake passes by the camera. I also did some tests by running around like a crazy person and it detected me almost instantly (except it takes a couple of minutes to get to my phone). All good though, nice feature adc.com!

I did have one question, it seems you can automate a light with the video object detection feature, however, it seems to be only for z-wave lights. i.e. For example, I can’t set it up to turn on a Lutron light when a camera detects a person, car or animal. Which is interesting because I’m able to do it with other event-triggered rules, but not the video object detection rule. Are they eventually going to include this or am I missing something?

thanks

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Glad you like the feature! It should substantially reduce false recordings.

Yes, I believe that light integration is only available with Z-wave lights specifically at this time, but I doubt it would remain that way for too long. We’ll check with ADC to see if there is any ETA on integrating Lutron in addition to Z-wave with the Object Detection rules.

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I have this question too. I would love to be able to automate my lutron lights when a person is detected. Can alarm.com add detected person as an “event” for event triggered automation??

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Unfortunately still only Z-wave devices can be selected in video analytics setup. I am happy to forward this as a feature request to Alarm.com.