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Hi there, I cannot get the siren to work on the spotlight cam. If I use the siren like in the scripts for the floodlight, everything stays silent. When I use the lights however, the lights turn on. Is there something different between the floodlight and spotlight camera's?

Thanks for any help, love your work!

Hello @beklever, Thanks for your kind words. Unfortunately, I don't have the spotlight, but some other users might be able to provide you some assistance.

After messing around with this for the node Ring client, I came to the conclusion the the siren endpoint behaves differently for battery vs wired cameras. For wired cameras (like the floodlight cam), you can turn the siren on/off at any time. For battery cameras, the endpoint only works when the camera is currently live streaming. I think the idea is that you are always watching a live stream when you want to turn the siren on/off. Makes sense in theory, but sucks if you want to automate the siren of a battery cam based on some other sensors. Unfortunately this is a Ring issue and not something that can be fixed from the client end.

I know this is old but my battery powered spotlight and new battery powered stick up cam are now both activating siren in home assistant

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