I thought before I started buying cameras I would check and see what, if any, restrictions there would be on what I can purchase.
I was in the process of narrowing down a choice between a couple Amcrest IP cameras (outdoor and one model of PTZ indoor camera) all of which were IP, PoE based and were functional with SmartThings. If I am reading and interpreting things correctly, it appears HA is less restrictive in that manner. Whereas SmartThings seemed to have a limited field of security cameras it could use, HA seems a bit more open and flexible in that regard.
That all said I wanted to be certain before investing the money. As well, are there any examples of configurations out there, particularly for Amcrest?
I’ve been using Vstarcam cams lately at the recommendation of one of the users here and have been quite happy with them. I use the generic MJPEG camera component.
I also have two Foscams that I could never get to work with the Foscam component but work quite well with Generic MJPEG.
This is a great little resource for figuring out what url to use with the Generic MJPEG component and you should be able to find whatever Amcrest you’re looking at:
I’m running two Raspberry Pi cameras using Motioneyeos via POE. I have motion logging and hi res captures inside Motioneyeos, I just don’t have night vision. I use the Generic IP camera method to tie into the two cameras & bounce it on my phone for remote monitoring.
Remember 90%+of the time you will not be monitoring your camera so PTZ is not that valuable & you loose the ability to mask regions (for motion detection).
No, other than they are PoE megapixel cameras, and they are known to work with SmartThings. They also have good night vision capability. They are non-PTZ and would be used to monitor the exterior of the house.
We had an attempted break-in a couple years ago. So my plan was to use cameras in conjunction with motion sensing to trigger recording.
The only requirements I have for the exterior cameras is that they produce good images, have night vision and be PoE devices and work with HA. I’m kind of tired right now after a 12hr shift, but that’s all I can think of at the moment.
Hi, I need help with configuring my vstarcam C7837WIP.
Now it’s just connected to the Eye4 app but I’d like to import it into the Home Assistant.
How do I do it?
Thanks to who helps me