andrewbluepiano/smartersecuritycamera-mvsense

A proof of concept for a way to more intelligently detect intruders using Meraki's MV Smart Cameras using the MVSense API

SmarterSecurityCamera-MVSense

A proof of concept program for filtering person detection data from the MVSense API on Meraki smart security cameras. Intended for setups with one main camera to observe.

By remembering a few network / bluetooth devices that you usually take with you when you leave the house, the program can check if you are likely home or not when it sees a 'person'

This program works with the "person detection" feature available in the MVSense API. A similar functionality could be accomplished using a webhooks endpoint, but this implementation eliminates the need for any third party services.

Setup

The program will guide you through setup, but you need to do a few things first:

1. Enable Meraki API access, store your api key somewhere safe. https://documentation.meraki.com/zGeneral_Administration/Other_Topics/The_Cisco_Meraki_Dashboard_API
2. Enable MVSense for the target camera. Record the cameras serial. (If your camera supports MVSense, you should have 10 free licenses.)
3. Run monitorMV.py

Output

The program simply writes to a .log file, 'motionData.log', when a person is detected, and it determines you are away from home. The main purpose of the program is to provide the actual filtering of data in such a way that allows the end user to take whatever actions they may want using the data.

Future plans

• A different version of this idea implemented with a GUI and Webhooks for overall motion detection from dashboard.

• I did this! https://github.com/andrewbluepiano/SmarterMVMotionWebhookAlerts