Your recorder knows who is home.
Now Home Assistant does too.
Most camera integrations hand Home Assistant a video feed and a motion sensor. The LookoutNVR integration hands over what Lookout has already worked out: Maple is on the porch, the car is in the driveway, the garage camera needs attention.
More than a camera feed.
Named objects as sensors
The cat you named Maple and the car you named "Van" become sensors, so Home Assistant knows when they were last seen and on which camera. Use them for presence, not just motion.
Recent Objects card
A dashboard card with a picture of each recent sighting. A thumbs up or thumbs down on the card trains Lookout, exactly like doing it in the Lookout viewer.
Live view without extra sessions
Live view is passed through the streams Lookout already holds. Home Assistant does not open its own connections to each camera, which many cameras limit to a few at a time.
Instant push for automations
Lookout calls a Home Assistant webhook the moment an alert fires, with what was seen, where and when. No polling delay before your lights come on.
Camera health sensors
Know when a camera is offline or needs attention, from the same health checks that drive Lookout's own warnings.
Services to mute and correct
Mute alerts while the family is in the yard and turn them back on when everyone leaves. Mark a sighting not real, or tell Lookout to ignore an object in its spot, from an automation or a button.
A typical NVR integration, and this one.
| Typical NVR integration | LookoutNVR integration | |
|---|---|---|
| What you get | Motion on or off | The named object, the camera and a picture |
| Camera connections | Home Assistant often opens its own stream to each camera | Passed through Lookout's existing streams |
| Speed | Polled on an interval | Pushed by webhook as the alert fires |
| False alarms | Fixed in the NVR's own app, if at all | A thumbs down on your dashboard trains Lookout |
| Camera health | Online or offline | Health sensors from Lookout's checks |
Automations it is built for.
Porch light for a person at night
- When Lookout sees a person on the front door camera
- If the sun is down
- Then turn on the porch light, and turn it off after five minutes
Tell me when a delivery arrives
- When Lookout alerts on a person or a truck at the front
- If nobody is home
- Then send a phone notification with the picture of what was seen
Where is the dog?
- When the sensor for your named dog changes camera
- Then show the last camera and time on the dashboard
- And if the dog is seen at the road camera, flash a light
Five steps, about ten minutes.
- Add the repository to HACS. In HACS, add the LookoutNVR repository as a custom repository of type Integration, then download it and restart Home Assistant. The link is published when the beta opens.
- Make an API key. In the Lookout viewer, open Settings and create a Home Assistant key. It can watch live, review events, mute alerts and mark false alarms, and nothing more.
- Add the integration. In Home Assistant, go to Settings, Devices and services, Add integration, and pick LookoutNVR. Enter the recorder's address and paste the key.
- Paste the webhook URL. The integration shows a webhook URL. Paste it into Lookout's Webhook URL setting so alerts reach Home Assistant instantly.
- Add the card. Add the Recent Objects card to a dashboard and start giving thumbs up and down.
Home Assistant questions.
Is the Home Assistant integration available now?
How is it different from other camera integrations?
Does live view in Home Assistant open more connections to my cameras?
Does Home Assistant need a cloud account?
Do I need Home Pro?
The integration is on its way.