Yale DVR

griceluke

I have a Yale DVR system and am finding it not to be working when I try view the cameras on my Alexa Show.

Equipment

Yale - 1080P Essentials CCTV System 2-Camera Kit in White
Alexa Show 8 2nd Gen

Steps taken

I have successfully tested my camera RTSP urls in VLC player.
I have successfully added the Monocle skill to my Alexa app.
I have successfully discovered my two camera devices.

What happens
When I ask Alexa to show me the ‘Back camera’ or ‘Front camera’, I get a response “okay”… “hmm the camera isn’t responding”.

What is going on?

trevmlt

@griceluke I had the same issue with Monocle unfortunately. I passed the camera feeds through Frigate and used the restreamed feed from there to feed through to Alexa rather than direct from camera.

Otherwise, you could try using ONVIF Device Manager to absolutely confirm the url and if you have 2 streams or more available, start by trying to view the lowest res stream first on the Alexa device.

I did run into a camera that I could not get to work in Monovle no matter what I did. I ended up after WAY to many hours of trying to solve it, moving to Scrypted. That also works with Alexa. Good luck!