Baby Monitor Solution

The baby monitor solution is built on top of standard IP camera (IPC) functions, with additional functions such as baby cry detection, night light control, lullaby control, temperature and humidity display, and nursing reminders.

Solution introduction

Basic IPC functions

Audio and video

Users can watch real-time video with audio from the baby monitor in the app.

Full screen

Watch real-time video in landscape mode.

Image capture

Tap the Camera icon during live preview to capture an image. The captured images can be viewed and shared in the album.

Talk

Tap the Microphone icon during live preview to start a talk.

Recording

Tap the Recording icon during live preview to start video recording. The recorded videos can be viewed and shared in the album.

Playback

Tap the Playback icon during live preview to view SD card-stored video records.

Gallery

View screenshots and records generated with the Camera and Record features.

Theme color

Switch between the color modes of the panel. Light Mode and Dark Mode are supported.

Device volume

Control the volume of the speaker.

Motion detection

Tap the Motion Detection icon to enable or disable the motion detection feature. With this feature enabled, the device can capture screenshots when baby motion is detected on the screen. Meanwhile, alarms are sent to users. Users can tap the Settings icon in the top right corner of the page, go to Detection Alarm Settings, enable Activity Area and edit Surveillance Area Setting, and then set Alarm Sensitivity Level.

Baby monitor functions

Sound detection

Tap the Sound Detection icon to enable or disable the sound detection feature. With this feature enabled, the device can send alarms to users when the sound detected exceeds the threshold.

Temperature

Tap the Temperature icon to go to the temperature settings page. Users can set the temperature unit to °F or °C, define the high and low temperature threshold, and then enable temperature alarms.

Humidity

Tap the Humidity icon to go to the humidity settings page. Users can define the high and low humidity threshold, and enable humidity alarms.

Lighting control

Tap the Light icon to enter the night light setting page. Users can manually switch on or off the light, tap Timing, and set recurring tasks to automatically turn on or off the light as scheduled. Light brightness can also be set.

Lullaby

Tap the Lullaby icon to enter the lullaby control page. Users can control the device volume, and switch between the playback modes: repeat all, repeat one, and shuffle play. Users can also select a lullaby for playback.

Night light

Tap the Night light icon to enter the night light setting page. Users can turn on or off the night light, and choose the desired night light color from seven options.

Nursing reminders

Tap the Breastfeeding icon to enter the nursing setting page. Users can set the time interval for nursing and enable reminders.

IPC video stream pushing

The IPC video stream pushing service pushes audio and video data of IPC devices to Google Assistant and Amazon Alexa. For more information, see IPC Video Stream Pushing.

Solution configurations

Create product

1. Log in to Tuya Developer Platform and click Create.

   

2. Click IP Camera > Baby Monitor > Custom Solution.

3. Specify the product name and product model, and click Create.

   If no camera solution on the platform interests you, consult Tuya personnel.

   

Set standard functions

You can add standard IPC functions as needed. The icon of the added function will be displayed on the action page and device setting page in the app.

Temperature

The data point (DP) definitions are described in the following table.

DP ID	DP name	Identifier	Data transmission type	Data type	Property
142	Temperature	sensor_temperature	Report only (read-only)	Value	Value range: 0-50 Pitch: 1 Scale: 0

Click Temperature, and then Edit to set parameters.

Parameter	Description
DP Name	The name of the DP. You can customize a name as needed.
Value Range	The range of values. Fill in according to the prompts.
Pitch	The spacing between values.
Scale	To display temperature values with decimals, modify the Scale parameter. For example, if you set this parameter to 1, the reported value 255 will be displayed on the panel as 25.5.
Unit	To convert temperature units, refer to TemperatureUtils before proceeding with the conversion.

Humidity

The DP definitions are described in the following table.

DP ID	DP name	Identifier	Data transmission type	Data type	Property
DP 143	Humidity	sensor_humidity	Report only (read-only)	Value	Value range: 0-100 Pitch: 1 Scale: 0

Click Humidity, and then Edit to set parameters.

Parameter	Description
DP Name	The name of the DP. You can customize a name as needed.
Value Range	The range of values. Fill in according to the prompts.
Pitch	The spacing between values.
Scale	To display temperature values with decimals, modify the Scale parameter.

Light control

The DP definitions are described in the following table.

DP ID	DP name	Identifier	Data transmission type	Data type	Property	Remarks
138	Light switch	floodlight_switch	Send and report (read-write)	Boolean	-	Add this DP to PID to display it.
158	Light brightness	floodlight_lightness	Send and report (read-write)	Value	Value range: 0-100 Pitch: 1 Scale: 0	Add this DP to PID to display it.

Device volume

The DP definitions are described in the following table.

DP ID	DP name	Identifier	Data transmission type	Data type	Property
DP 160 Device volume control	basic_device_volume	Send and report (read-write)	Value	Value range: 0-100 Pitch: 1 Scale: 0 unit: %	Controls the volume of the talk to be played on devices.

Click Device Volume Control, and then Edit to set parameters.

Parameter	Description
DP Name	The name of the DP. You can customize a name as needed.
Value Range	The range of values. Fill in according to the prompts.
Pitch	The spacing between values.
Scale	To display temperature values with decimals, modify the Scale parameter.

Set custom functions

The baby monitor solution supports custom functions such as Fahrenheit temperature display, high/low temperature threshold settings, high/low temperature alarm notifications, humidity threshold settings, humidity alarm notifications, and lullaby control. You need to manually add these functions to display them on baby monitor devices. For more information, see Custom Function.

Temperature

• The DP definitions are described in the following table.

  DP name	Identifier	Data transmission type	Data type	Property	Remarks
  Temperature	temp_setting	Send and report (read-write)	Boolean	-	The temperature setting icon will be displayed on devices developed with this DP.
  Fahrenheit temperature	temp_report_f	Report only (read-only)	Value	Value range: 320-1220 Pitch: 1 Scale: 1 Unit: ℉	Enables devices to report Fahrenheit temperature.
  Temperature unit	temp_unit_select	Send and report (read-write)	Enumeration	0: Celsius 1: Fahrenheit	-
  High Celsius temperature threshold. Unit: Celsius	temp_max_cvalue	Send and report (read-write)	Value	Value range: 0-500 Pitch: 1 Scale: 1 Unit: ℃	Sets the high Celsius temperature threshold.
  Low Celsius temperature threshold	temp_min_cvalue	Send and report (read-write)	Value	Value range: 0-500 Pitch: 1 Scale: 1 Unit: ℃	Sets the low Celsius temperature threshold.
  High Fahrenheit temperature threshold	temp_max_fvalue	Send and report (read-write)	Value	Value range: 320-1220 Pitch: 1 Scale: 1 Unit: ℉	Sets the high Fahrenheit temperature threshold.
  Low Fahrenheit temperature threshold	temp_min_fvalue	Send and report (read-write)	Value	Value range: 320-1220 Pitch: 1 Scale: 1 Unit: ℉	Sets the low Fahrenheit temperature threshold.
  High temperature alarm switch	temp_max_switch	Send and report (read-write)	Boolean	-	-
  Low temperature alarm switch	temp_min_switch	Send and report (read-write)	Boolean	-	-

Humidity

• The DP definitions are described in the following table.

  DP name	Identifier	Data transmission type	Data type	Property	Remarks
  Humidity	humidity_setting	Send and report (read-write)	Boolean	-	The humidity setting icon will be displayed on devices developed with this DP.
  High humidity threshold	hum_max_value	Send and report (read-write)	Value	Value range: 0-1000 Pitch: 1 Scale: 1	-
  Low humidity threshold	hum_min_value	Send and report (read-write)	Value	Value range: 0-1000 Pitch: 1 Scale: 1	-
  High humidity alarm switch	hum_max_switch	Send and report (read-write)	Boolean	-	Sets the high humidity alarm switch.
  Low humidity alarm switch	hum_min_switch	Send and report (read-write)	Boolean	-	Sets the low humidity alarm switch.

Lullaby

• The DP definitions are described in the following table.

  DP name	Identifier	Data transmission type	Data type	Property	Remarks
  Lullaby	ipc_lullaby	Send and report (read-write)	Boolean	-	The lullaby icon will be displayed on devices developed with this DP.
  Lullaby mode	ipc_lullaby_mode	Send and report (read-write)	Enumeration	Enum values: 0, 1, and 2.	0: Loop playback 1: 2: Random
  Lullaby control	ipc_lullaby_control	Send and report (read-write)	Enumeration	Enum values: 0 and 1	0: Stop 1: Play
  Lullaby list	ipc_lullaby_list	Send and report (read-write)	Enumeration	Enum values: 0, 1, 2, 3, and 4	Each enum value corresponds to a lullaby. Lullaby names are available in multiple languages and displayed on the top of the screen during playback.
  Lullaby playback command	ipc_lullaby_command	Send and report (read-write)	Enumeration	Enum values: 0 and 1	0: Previous 1: Next

  ipc_lullaby_list supports up to 15 enum values, each corresponding to a lullaby.

Lullaby list

To change the default lullaby names to be displayed, follow these steps:

1. Go to the development page of your product and click Product Configuration > Multilingual > Settings.

   

2. Click Device Panel and find ipc_lullaby_song_* among the language keys, where, * indicates the enum value of a lullaby. Then, you can modify the lullaby name as needed.

   

Night light

• The DP definitions are described in the following table.

  DP name	Identifier	Data transmission type	Data type	Property	Remarks
  Night light switch	ipc_moodlight_switch	Send and report (read-write)	Boolean	-	-
  Night light settings	ipc_moodlight_control	Send and report (read-write)	Enumeration	7 colors with values in hexadecimal color format: White #FFFFFF Blue #00BFFF Light blue #ADD8E6 Pink #BA55D3 Red #FF0000 Yellow #FFFF00 Green #00FF00	When you configure actual enum values, remove the preceding sharp character (#).

• Actions in the app:

  

Nursing reminders

• The DP definitions are described in the following table.

  DP name	Identifier	Data transmission type	Data type	Property	Remarks
  Time interval switch	ipc_nurse_switch	Send and report (read-write)	Boolean	-	-
  Time interval setting	ipc_nurse_interval	Send and report (read-write)	Enumeration	Enum values: integers from 1 to 24. For example, the value 2 corresponds to an interval of two hours, 3 to three hours, 4 to four hours, and so on.	-
  Time point setting	ipc_nurse_time	Send and report (read-write)	String	Delivers the specified time point to devices. You can set up to one time point. Data conversion: A time point setting is represented by five bytes, which will be converted to strings and delivered to devices. The first four bytes indicate the time point, and the last one indicates whether the setting is active, with 1 meaning active and 0 meaning inactive. Note: After the command arrives, devices covert and parse the string accordingly.	For example: If the following string is delivered to a device: 12501, where 12 represents the hour (12 o’clock), 50 represents the minutes, and 1 indicates this setting is active, the nursing reminder will be triggered at 12:50 each time.

• Actions in the app:

  

Panel setting

1. Go to the Product Development page and click Develop in the Operation column of the target product.

2. Click the Device Interaction panel.

3. Go to Panel Control > All-in-One Panel and select IPC Common Panel (App 3.17.0 Required).

   

Hardware development

To implement a baby monitor, you must integrate the IPC SDK. For more information, contact your Tuya project manager.

Device notification setting

You can configure the device notification function with customized trigger conditions to send alarms to users, allowing them to monitor the device status in real time. After this function is enabled, you can send messages to users when a function value exceeds the normal range or when you need to inform them of real-time updates. This can help ensure the normal operation of the product.

You can configure and pair firmware as needed and enable AppDeviceOffineRemindRecommend to push alarm messages through DP 212.

Contact your Tuya project manager to enable notifications.