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Errors in log since adding Blink Video Doorbell
The problem
Yesterday I added a Blink Video Doorbell to my existing Blink installation (Sync Module 2, Blink XT2, Blink Outdoor).
I know that the Blink Video Doorbell is not supported, but shouldn't it at least work as a camera? I can't see any picture (not even a still picture) and the sensors are 'dead'.
But the worst thing is, that my log is flooded with errors and warnings even with a disabled device. My other Blink cams work as expected.
What version of Home Assistant Core has the issue?
core-2022.6.4
What was the last working version of Home Assistant Core?
No response
What type of installation are you running?
Home Assistant Container
Integration causing the issue
Blink
Link to integration documentation on our website
No response
Diagnostics information
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Example YAML snippet
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Anything in the logs that might be useful for us?
Logger: blinkpy.auth
Source: /usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/blinkpy/auth.py:212
First occurred: 10:57:00 (8 occurrences)
Last logged: 10:57:31
Expected json response from https://rest-prde.immedia-semi.com/network/unknown/camera/unknown/signals, but received: 406: Not Acceptable
Expected json response from https://rest-prde.immedia-semi.com/network/248644/camera/unknown/config, but received: 406: Not Acceptable
Logger: blinkpy.sync_module
Source: /usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/blinkpy/sync_module.py:181
First occurred: 10:57:00 (5 occurrences)
Last logged: 10:57:31
Could not extract camera info: {'message': 'Camera not found', 'code': 500}
Could not extract camera info: None
Logger: blinkpy.camera
Source: /usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/blinkpy/camera.py:194
First occurred: 10:57:00 (5 occurrences)
Last logged: 10:57:31
Could not find thumbnail for camera unknown
Logger: blinkpy.camera
Source: /usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/blinkpy/camera.py:167
First occurred: 10:57:00 (5 occurrences)
Last logged: 10:57:31
Could not retrieve calibrated temperature.
Additional information
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Hey there @fronzbot, mind taking a look at this issue as it has been labeled with an integration (blink) you are listed as a code owner for? Thanks!
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Hmm interesting. Not sure this use case has been considered (doorbell added to existing sync module). It seems like the library tries to treat it as a camera but the API endpoints are different so it gets confused and spits errors. I don't have a solution for this at the moment
I believe this is the same issue I was seeing and should be addressed in https://github.com/fronzbot/blinkpy/releases/tag/v0.19.1
Yeah that makes sense as I haven't pushed any of the updates into home assistant yet. Been short on time lately 😞
This was not meant to sound like a complaint. Just providing an update. Thank you for all that you're doing to support the community.
Yep no worries, wasn't taken as such! I just wanted to clarify since a fix is in the upstream library, I just haven't been able to roll it into HA 👍
Is there a way to manually update HA with the v0.19.1 release?
Yes - you can manually update the blink integration manifest.json to use version 0.19.1 and restart HA
In my case I use the HA docker image so I edited
/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/components/blink/manifest.json and made the change
bash-5.1# cat manifest.json
{
"domain": "blink",
"name": "Blink",
"documentation": "https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/blink",
"requirements": ["blinkpy==0.19.1"],
"codeowners": ["@fronzbot"],
"dhcp": [
...
After restarting HA you can verify it has taken effect by
bash-5.1# pip3 list | grep blinkpy
blinkpy 0.19.1
bash-5.1#
Do be aware though that if you subsequently upgrade HA to a later version your change here will be undone - either repeat this process or hold off upgrading HA until the blink integration has been updated
Does anyone know what the directory is for the blink component in home assistant os? I tried CDing into "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/components/blink/" and it said that the directory isn't there.
Does anyone know what the directory is for the blink component in home assistant os? I tried CDing into "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/components/blink/" and it said that the directory isn't there.
You can try locating it using the find utility command like such which on the docker image produces:
bash-5.1# find / -iname "blink"
/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/components/blink
Ensure your user has sufficient permissions to read/write to that file/folder or use sudo
I just saw that blinkpy v019.2 is out. I updated the integration as @SketchCND has shown. All the warnings have gone and at least some of the sensors show reasonable values (armed, motion detection, battery).
Excellent! I'll try and get that PR rolling today to update the library in HA unless someone else beats me to it
Hey guys, I too am having this problem. Any update on this issue? Has it been merged with HA core? I am running version 2022.4.6 using docker-compose method and am getting this error in the logs every 5 minutes or so. Thanks.
EDIT: Used the method from @SketchCND comment to check the version. It's running 0.19.0. I'm gonna do the manual update and see if that fixes it. Looks like the latest stable release on docker hub is 2022.4.6 so I can't update further.
EDIT 2: This fixed my issue and my door bell camera shows up properly now. The errors are gone from the log. Would be nice to know which version of core you need to update to though so this is permanent though. Thanks.
HA 2022.9.3 has now bumped blinkpy to 0.19.2. I am seeing errors/warnings where None or unknown are being use to gather details about thumbnails or binary sensors but I haven't had a chance to look into those or check if those are same as those listed here. My initial issues are gone by the PR I made that was rolled into 0.19.2 though.