[Custom Component] Tapo: Cameras Control

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Thank you! :slight_smile: It will take a couple of days at least to finish the release so no hurry. I will post a zip file on discord channel testing when it is ready.

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Hey, thanks for this wonderful component!!!

Quick question, i have already set up the cameras through onvif and they seem to be working fine, so i dont want to mess with that.

I can disable the streams from the component and just keep the motion sensor for each camera right?
I would lose the tpz and other commands functionality though as the services depend on the streams, right?

Thanks in advance and again, thanks for the component!

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Hey, you can but then you would have no entity to call in services so the whole integration would not be needed. Onvif also creates motion sensor for the cameras.

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Ah so that’s what these were: “MyMotionDetectorRule Cell Motion Detection”
I had disabled them as they stayed on (indicating motion detected) indefinately.

And now that im checking the new sensors (the ones from the tapo component), they also stay on indefinately.
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Any ideas as to how to troubleshoot? Lower the sensitivity perhaps?

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Yeah there was one user who was experiencing the same https://github.com/JurajNyiri/HomeAssistant-Tapo-Control/issues/26.

See the troubleshooting section in readme, play with sensitivity, make sure the camera is set up correctly etc. I am not sure what could be causing this. If you figure it out please let us know!

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Probably yes, but might need some work from @JurajNyiri to fully support the C310 as well.

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@JurajNyiri Does it support the C310 as well?

And is it possible to make a service for setting the alarm on or off?
I want the motion detection always on but would like to turn off the alarm when i am at home.

Thanks for your awesome work!

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Thank you :slight_smile:

It needs to be tested, I do not own c310 and I do not plan to buy it as I already have all the outside cams I need.

The service for alarm has been available since 2.0, check the readme services section, you are able to automate what you described.

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@JurajNyiri can answer this question. @JurajNyiri, is it possible to do with the current videostream? Or is the new feature what you planned was the snapshot?

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Anyone had issues after upgrading to 117.0 ?

I got

Setup failed for tapo_control: Unable to import component: No module named 'zeep.asyncio'
7:45:34 AM – setup.py (ERROR)
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See post 44 in this thread. Issue was in HA 0.116.3 and fixed with 2.1.1 of this component.
At a guess you need to update this custom component :+1:t2:

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@djm you can do this with the camera.snaphost service.

action:
  service: camera.snapshot
  data:
    entity_id: camera.yourcamera
    filename: '/tmp/yourcamera_{{ now().strftime("%Y%m%d-%H%M%S") }}.jpg'

A word of warning, this appears to have issues at times which I suspect are linked to the current streaming issues that are being worked on.

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Sorry, but I don understand, what wrong on this code. If I tap the button, nothing does it. :frowning:

type: button
tap_action:
  action:
    - service: camera.snapshot
    - data:
        entity_id: camera.tapo_hd
        filename: '/config/tmp/yourcamera_{{ now().strftime("%Y%m%d-%H%M%S") }}.jpg'
entity: camera.tapo_hd
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@radek-foltyn I’m not so hot on buttons but the first thing I’d try is changing the path to the media directory which is available by default in HA (115 onwards I think) e.g.

type: button
tap_action:
  action:
    - service: camera.snapshot
    - data:
        entity_id: camera.tapo_hd
        filename: '/media/yourcamera_{{ now().strftime("%Y%m%d-%H%M%S") }}.jpg'
entity: camera.tapo_hd

Another approach is to create the snapshot via a script, that way you can reuse it if needs be.

Here’s a quick example based on my camera name:

'1604089117818':
  alias: Front Door Camera Snapshot
  sequence:
  - service: camera.snapshot
    data:
      filename: /media/frontdoorsnapshot_{{ now().strftime("%Y%m%d-%H%M%S") }}.jpg
    entity_id: camera.front_door_hd
  mode: single

Then you can created a button that calls the script.

type: button
tap_action:
  action: toggle
entity: script.1604089117818

Hope that helps?

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It still doesn’t work with the button. May I ask why? Using a script it’s ok.

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I’m still learning so can’t really say what exactly but I would suggest its something to do with the YAML structure/format - especially if the script works. I’ll try and have a look later though. hopefully someone else will come along with more experience than me :slight_smile:

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How about using a picture card?

type: picture-entity
entity: camera.tapo_hd
camera_image: camera.tapo_hd
camera_view: live
tap_action:
  action: call-service
  service: camera.snapshot
  service_data:
    entity_id: camera.tapo_hd
    filename: '/media/cameratapohdsnapshot{{ now().strftime("%Y-%m-%d-%H%M%S") }}.jpg'
name: Click For Snapshot

The above works for me. You get a live feed as the picture and clicking will take a snapshot. All I’ve done thats different from my working code is change the camera name to your cameras name so this should work.

I cant get it to work with a button either.

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You´re right, got it working now. Thanks!

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I have updated today my Home Assistant and Supervisor and now i get this error when i restart:

Invalid config

The following integrations and platforms could not be set up:

Anyone getting the same?

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What is the error in the log?