Seeking Advice: Configuring Blue Iris to Detect Smoke Alarm Sounds

[Sardon]

Hi everyone,

Is it possible to setup an audio event in Blue Iris that would trigger when say a smoke detector goes off? I've read through the manual and noticed there's a mention of audio triggers and states the following on page 66:

"Here a signal generator was used to provide a proper frequency over the required 2.0 seconds in order to trigger. You may use this to recognize your doorbell, phone ringer, fire or other home alarms"

So I'm assuming it can be done but I'm not entirely sure how to implement this specific use case.

Has anyone successfully set up Blue Iris to detect and alert based on a smoke alarm sound? If so, could you share your approach or any tips?

Any guidance would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!
SN

[Pogo]

Setting up audio triggers for BI is not uncommon. As with evrything Blue Iris, you can make it as simple or as difficult as you want.

If your intent is to implement a fire alarm going off as an audio trigger for a Blue Iris alert in the event of smoke or fire detection, just use a small ONVIF camera with audio out and there's your BI trigger source. But it still needs to be conveyed to an end point, presumably a remote one requiring push, email, whatever....

On the other hand, the TP-Link Tapo C110 Swiss Army Knife of simple and effective solutions comes to mind for 20 bucks..., which after all is basically a baby monitor and could also work just as well (or possibly better) than BI for the purpose intended here via its own more than capable app.

Plug it in. Done.

[TimG]

I haven't tried the new audio triggers, but it is clear a lot of work has been done to make this a possibility. If the info available in the Help file isn't enough, then it will need an email to Support and a lot of experimentation.

[TimG]

To clarify this, the new audio analysis triggers offer much more than the old simple "audio exists" trigger. Ken has added the possibility to trigger from a pulsing sound source such as an alarm. This is what Sardon was experimenting with above. I haven't tried it, but it looks like anything that goes beep beep beep could trigger BI5 but BI5 could still ignore other sounds. Here is a relevant page from the Help file:

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So washing machine finishes, beep beep beep. Kids left the fridge door open, beep beep beep. Annoying thing keeps tripping in the garage, beep beep beep. Many things beep for errors or on completion of a function. If BI5 can be set up to recognise those specific beeps (frequency and timing), you could have BI5 message your home automation, and Alexa says "The fridge door is open".

Back to Sardons original question: Has anybody tried this or found a use for it ?

[HeneryH]

Is audio detection new? I need to pay more attention to the release notes. I had no idea.

[TimG]

It's been there for quite a while, possibly a year or so. An interesting addition waiting to find a use.
Somebody must have convinced Ken it was required - can they tell us what they are using it for ?

[Pogo]

To monitor their phone for alerts?

[ltek]

On the other hand, the TP-Link Tapo C110 Swiss Army Knife of simple and effective solutions comes to mind for 20 bucks..., which after all is basically a baby monitor and could also work just as well (or possibly better) than BI for the purpose intended here via its own more than capable app.

I have several of these cams (and other Tapo's)... what is your suggestion here? I dont see any fire alarm detection built-in.

[TimG]

I believe Pogo was under the impression that this was a simple sound trigger, but as can be seen above it is a highly tuneable audio trigger bursting with possibilities that I cannot even begin to fathom