I’l looking for a camera with the following capabilities :
ptz
rtsp/mjpeg/snapshot
position presets
tour presets
night vision (adjust sensitivity is a plus)
motion detection (with zones)
FTP upload of snapshot/footage taken by motion detection
good api !
works with HA of course
I’m currently testing a Amcrest and this brand is horrible ! (very poor api, poor and bugs in the built-in web interface)
e.g. : api => unable to check if night vision is enabled, the current preset position is always = 0, and a snapshot from the api is detected as a motion …
i am still working on V2 from my Appdaemon app to control the camera.
its coming quite good together now.
i am documenting on github now and still doing the last parts for people with old foscams. (which isnt easy because i cant test that )
my app is now also able to generate dashboards like i have shown and show fullscreen dsahboard on motion detection.
and it generates the latest warnings on screen
allthough i am very pleased with the cam and with the pictures and possibilities it has some flaws.
it is working very good on its own and its quite reliable, but integrating it and controling it through HA isnt perfect.
i noticed that as soon as the cam is recording because of motion, it gets to busy and it isnt reachable for a short while.
probably because at that moment a lot of things happen at the same time:
cam is recording
cam is sending data to FTP
cam is sharing live video with HA
when these things are happening the cam wont react to cgi commands.
most of the time no problem unless you want to automate actions around the cam in HA.
motion detection in the cam works perfect (with all possibilities) but in HA all you will have is an motion sensor that checks every 10 seconds for the state.
dont want you to be dissapointed because i didnt tell the downsides.
I can understand those downsides and I can deal with it.
I don’t want to do crazy stuffs with the cameras. Like probably 95% of the users the purpose is to monitor and record if something happens when I’m away
The final goal is to use the cam on a tablet with AppDaemon (+maybe screenshots every 10secs on HA I won’t need a live stream) but the starting point is HA for now.
In parallel I’m building 2 Dockers to combine them with the cameras and I’m not in a rush
automate tablets screen on/off based on pir (or other events) + config with adb and mqtt
automatically upload the new cameras snapshots/footage from the local ftp to dropbox and delete local files.
i got an FTP server on my RPI.
i have 3 foscams that upload to that FTP server when motion detected
an AD app automaticly uploads the files to my PC when its on, so i can view it easy on my PC.
i have two tablets (livingroom and kitchen) that monitor 2 cams continously
on motion detection it goes to full screen.
i have 1 app running that takes a picture every full hour to a different directory.
i use that to get speedy view from my garden over time.
