Bosch Smart Camera

The Bosch Smart Camera integrationIntegrations connect and integrate Home Assistant with your devices, services, and more. [Learn more] connects your Bosch SingleKey ID account to Home Assistant. Each camera of the account is added as a camera entity that shows the latest available event image.

Supported devices

The following cameras are supported with this account:

  • Eyes Outdoor camera
  • 360° Indoor camera
  • Eyes Outdoor camera II
  • Eyes Indoor camera II

Prerequisites

You need a Bosch SingleKey ID account that has at least one camera registered in the Bosch Smart Camera app.

Configuration

To add the Bosch Smart Camera hub to your Home Assistant instance, use this My button:

Manual configuration steps

If the above My button doesn’t work, you can also perform the following steps manually:

  • Browse to your Home Assistant instance.

  • Go to Settings > Devices & services.

  • In the bottom right corner, select the Add Integration button.

  • From the list, select Bosch Smart Camera.

  • Follow the instructions on screen to complete the setup.

You are redirected to the Bosch login page to sign in with your SingleKey ID.

Supported functionality

The integration adds one camera entity per camera of the account. The entity shows the latest available event image, for example a motion or person event. It is not a live image. The image is cached for 60 seconds, so dashboards and automations can request it often without extra load on the Bosch cloud.

Each camera is also added as a device, together with its model and firmware version. Cameras that are added to or removed from the account are added or removed in Home Assistant automatically.

Data updates

The integration polls the Bosch cloud for the list of cameras every 5 minutes. The image of a camera is only retrieved when it is requested.

Known limitations

Event images

Live streaming is not available yet. The camera entity only shows the latest available event image. A camera without any event image has no image to show.

Cloud connection

A cloud connection is required.

Troubleshooting

The login page does not return to Home Assistant

Symptom

After signing in, you are not sent back to Home Assistant.

Resolution

  1. Make sure My Home Assistant is configured with your instance URL in the same browser you use to sign in.
  2. Start the setup again from Settings > Devices & services.

Removing the integration

This integration follows standard integration removal. No extra steps are required.

To remove an integration instance from Home Assistant

  1. Go to Settings > Devices & services and select the integration card.
  2. Next to the entry you want to remove, select the three dots menu. Then, select Delete.
    • Depending on the integration, the entries are listed under one of the following headings:
      • Devices
      • Hubs
      • Services
      • Integration entries
  3. To confirm, select Delete.
    • Home Assistant also deletes the devices and entities of the entry.
  4. If Home Assistant asks you to restart, restart Home Assistant.
  5. If Home Assistant asks whether to also delete the application credentials, select Remove or Keep.