From 249ce12656f8e82dd2c62a8322efc6cdfde61a3c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Koushik Dutta Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2022 07:55:02 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Update README.md --- plugins/homekit/README.md | 8 +++++++- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/plugins/homekit/README.md b/plugins/homekit/README.md index b40bcefba..f5425873a 100644 --- a/plugins/homekit/README.md +++ b/plugins/homekit/README.md @@ -19,7 +19,13 @@ You can use the admin page provided by your camera manufacturer to set the optim If recordings dont work, it's generally because of a few reasons, **follow the steps to determine where it is failing before asking for help**: -1) The motion wasn't triggered. You can view if there are motion events in the camera `Events` section (a small icon button next to the `Console` button`. +1) The motion wasn't triggered. You can view if there are motion events in the camera `Events` section (a small icon button next to the `Console` button`. If no motion event was delivered to Scrypted this may be for several reasons which may depend on the camera type, including: + * Local cameras: + * Motion detection is disabled in the camera. Enable in the camera manufacturer admin app/webpage. + * There are no motion zone configured on the camera, and there is no default zone. Configure in the camera manufacturer admin app/webpage. + * The camera may not support motion detection via that plugin (ie, an ONVIF camera not supporting the ONVIF-T profile). Using another delivery mechanism such as mail (SMTP) or webhook is an alernative and reliable option. + * Cloud cameras: + * Motion delivery issue from the cloud service. 2) After a motion trigger, the home hub will start recording. Verify that HomeKit is requesting recording by looking in the Camera's Console: you will see logs such as `[HomeKit]: Camera recording session starting`. If you do not see this, there are two possible causes and solutions: * The Home Hubs are bugged out and have stopped responding to motion. Reboot all Home Hubs when this happens. **iPads and HomePods, which are wireless, are not reliable Home Hubs.** If you have an iPad as a Home Hub, remove it from acting as a Home Hub from within the iOS Home app. Unfortunately this is not possible to do with HomePods.