SmartThings Home Automation - Echo Show Recording Upon Motion

In this SmartThings automation I will demonstrate how to start a recording on your Echo Show when one of your motion sensors detects motion while you are away from home. To set up this automation you must have an Echo Show 5 or 8 and a SmartThings compatible motion sensor. You will also need an Amazon Prime account so that you have a cloud location to store your recorded video. You can then create a simple automation in SmartThings that will activate a virtual “Echo Record Switch” whenever motion is detected by your SmartThings compatible motion sensor. The status of the Echo Record Switch is relayed to the Amazon App and is used as a trigger in a Miss A routine to activate a “Miss A” Custom Action asking the Echo Show to “Take a Video”. A 30 second video is recorded and saved to Amazon Photos. A second Miss A routine stops the video stream after 30 seconds of recording.

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🔵 Video Chapters
00:00 - Video Intro
00:35 - Automation Overview
02:02 - Required Smart Devices
02:35 - Echo Show 8 Stand Accessory
04:22 - Summary of Presence Sensor Automations
06:02 - Description of Echo Record Virtual Switch
06:52 - Adding Echo Record Switch in the SmartThings IDE
09:39 - Echo Record Switch SmartThings Automation
11:16 - Echo Record Switch Alexa Routines
13:55 - Testing the Echo Record Automations (Amateur Actor)
15:15 - Video Outro

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🎵 Music Selections used in this video include 🎵
▶ Background Music - "Chubs" by Quincas Moreira
▶ Automation Demo Music - Local Elevator **
▶ Exit Music – “World_Map” by Jason Farnham

** Local Elevator by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons
Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1300012
Artist: http://incompetech.com/
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