homebridge-dahua-alarm

homebridge-dahua-alarm

Homebridge plugin for Dahua/Lorex Camera Siren triggering for home security systems.

This is a Homebridge plugin that adds a switch to your Homebridge based security system to control the sirens on your Dahua/Lorex cameras. When this switch is turned on, it triggers the siren on each of your Dahua/Lorex cameras that you list in your configuration under "cameras". Dahua/Lorex cameras usually only produce a siren sound for 10-15 seconds on a single camera. This plugin will force all of the cameras in your system to produce a siren sound as long as the switch is on. I'm not sure why Dahua/Lorex chose to make the cameras only produce a siren sound for 10-15 seconds. It's not very loud. It doesn't seem like this would scare anyone off. Especially since only the single camera that detects motion produces a siren sound. Hopefully this plugin will improve your current security system and scare intruders off.

This plugin has only been tested with a Dahua/Lorex N844A8 NVR and Lorex E893AB cameras. This plugin should function with most Dahua/Lorex NVRs, DVRs, and cameras. It uses Dahua's/Lorex's implementation of basic authentication and the RPC interface that the NVR uses to talk to the cameras. Dahua/Lorex has blocked using the camera sirens with the simple cgi-bin commands, so I was forced to use the more complex RPC interface that the NVR uses to talk to its cameras. Just let me know if it works on your system and I can add this to the compatibility chart.

FYI, I haven't added https support, but this is easy to add if anyone needs it. It should be as simple as changing http to https.

Compatible NVRs

N844A8, but should be compatible with most Dahua/Lorex NVRs.

Compatible Dahua/Lorex DVRs

Unknown, but should be compatible with most Dahua/Lorex DVRs.

Compatible Dahua/Lorex Cameras

E893AB, but should be compatible with most Dahua/Lorex Cameras.

Configuration:

Just add your camera's IP address, username and password to add a camera to the security system under "cameras" in your configuration.

Development

• npm run build to get JS output in dist