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Sat Jan 14, 2023 1:16 pm
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For anyone who is interested specifically in the subject of this thread ("Ring Plugins are not working anymore?"), here are some observations on the state of Ring support for Indigo:
For ZachBenz plugin. (This is the plugin covered in this forum, "ZachBenz's Plugins>RingForIndigo". Shows up under "Ring" in the plugin store. Last updated Jan, 2020. Last discussion threads in the forum are from mid-2020. Newest thread in the forum is this one with troubling title "Ring plugins are not working anymore?" and even this thread (prior to this entry) had no activity since Feb 2021. In the plugin store, this plugin is marked with the symbol and warning "may not be compatible with versions after Indigo 2022.1.2." which presumably means it has not been ported python 3.
I observe that there's evidence of another different plugin by developer Mpoulson called "Ring Doorbell". It seems to have once been in the Indigo plugin store, but there was some discussion in the forum about removing it due to it no longer working, and I can see now (Jan 2023) that it is not in the store. There are a few threads in the forum for this plugin in the last few months and signs that at least a few people are using it- though one is titled "Is this plugin dead?" for what it's worth.
I personally setup ZachBenz plugin back when I first got a Ring doorbell a few years back and it still works for me and provides Indigo triggers when my doorbell detects motion, and (separately) when someone pushes the doorbell. BTW, thanks to Zach for the work he put into this. I had setup a trigger (mostly as an experiment) to have it download the video for doorbell events to a local file, but this action seems to no longer work (?) due possibly to a change in the Ring API.
I have a simple Ring device configuration (just a single doorbell). I still find it useful to have Indigo be aware of Ring-generated events so I can do things like turn on lights when someone approaches my front door, pause/mute the music system when the doorbell rings, etc. Nothing "mission-critical" but I would still be disappointed to see Indigo/Ring support disappear.
I have been through a (sort of - roughly) similar experience in the past with Indigo/Nest support. It seems like the available alternative in that case was similar (to use HomeBridge) however as I understand it, this would essentially entail a migration away from Indigo as the central automation "hub", since bridging between HomeKit and Indigo is one-way. That is to say, using HomeBridge, the Ring doorbell would be visible in HomeKit, but not in Indigo - do I understand that correctly?