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Canary in Home Assistant
canary
part of Home Assistant since 0.60
Cloud, polling
Set up in the user interface
Canary is an official Home Assistant integration for Alarm, Camera and Sensor. Works through the manufacturer’s cloud and asks for changes at regular intervals – it depends on the internet connection and the service.
Facts about this integration
- Compatible with Home Assistant
- yes, official integration
- Connection
- Cloud, polling – Works through the manufacturer’s cloud and asks for changes at regular intervals – it depends on the internet connection and the service.
- Setup
- in the user interface
- Kind
- Hub – several devices through one gateway or account
- Installations
- 121
- Provides
- Alarm control panel, Camera, Sensor
- Python packages
py-canary==0.5.4
Setup
- In Home Assistant open Settings → Devices & services.
- Click "Add integration" and search for Canary.
- Follow the dialog – it asks for everything the integration needs.
The link goes through my.home-assistant.io and opens the setup dialog in your own instance – no address of ours is involved.
Source of this entry: the official documentation of the integration