[Custom Component] Tapo: Cameras Control

Tony2k · January 16, 2023, 2:18pm

Anybody could share a code for PTZ buttons on picture-glance card?

Hemandk · January 17, 2023, 12:07pm

Will your integration work if I put the camera’s in a vlan with no internet access?

JurajNyiri · January 17, 2023, 12:59pm

If you configure vlan well in regards to ports, yes.

Hemandk · January 17, 2023, 1:16pm

That is excellent news

I think that should be doable to setup the ports and I assume it is the ones mentioned in your description?

JurajNyiri · January 17, 2023, 2:01pm

Yes that is correct.

PieBru · January 18, 2023, 6:38pm

Hi @JurajNyiri , same “Invalid cloud password” here with two C110, firmware v1.3.0 .
I have a C210 already working with the Tapo Camera Control integration, I’ve been using this integration since the earlier versions, without any (known) issue.
All my Tapo cams are online in the same LAN of the HA server and viewable with the Tapo cloud app.
All credentials are correct, and work with the Tapo Cloud service.
I integrated successfully the same C110 before, but now I’m stuck at the cloud account password, I’m not jet a subscriber.

What do you mean? I tried disabling motion and person detection, but no luck. There aren’t other LAN services contacting the camera, other than occasionally the Tapo Android app.

Any idea?
Thank you,
Piero

Pippo1989 · January 20, 2023, 8:10am

Hi, I’m using Tapo C420 cameras too, but I’m experiencing a significant memory leak with the integration (cpu and memory usage keep growing without end), so I had to disable it, hoping that it will be fixed. Have you noticed anything similar?

Nuno_Freire · January 21, 2023, 12:11pm

I’m using this service for more that 2 years but recently my automations with alarms stopped working.
Did we miss some services integrations with latest updates?
I was using this one:
tapo_control.set_alarm_mode
Is there any alternative for this?

JurajNyiri · January 21, 2023, 12:47pm

Yes, new select entity. Always read breaking changes when updating.

gummigroda · January 21, 2023, 3:50pm

Hi and thanks for a great component.

Trying to call presets on my C200 but only the first one (id 1) works.
The others generate a error message, here are the last lines.

File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/components/select/__init__.py", line 56, in async_select_option
await entity.async_select_option(option)
File "/config/custom_components/tapo_control/select.py", line 311, in async_select_option
await self.hass.async_add_executor_job(self._controller.setPreset, foundKey)
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.10/concurrent/futures/thread.py", line 58, in run
result = self.fn(*self.args, **self.kwargs)
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/pytapo/__init__.py", line 607, in setPreset
raise Exception("Preset {} is not set in the app".format(str(presetID)))
Exception: Preset 2 is not set in the app

Trying to call:

service: select.select_option
data:
  option: left
target:
  entity_id: select.c200_uteplats_move_to_preset

and entity have these attributes:

presets:
  '1': Center
  '2': left
  '3': right

Also removed all presets from the app and added them again. Same error.

Any suggestions what’s wrong?

pieme28 · January 23, 2023, 8:10pm

I have the same problem.
Copy yours attributes and solve the problem.
Thanks

maainux · January 29, 2023, 11:28am

Hi ,
How can we do the continuous recording of sd stream(for C200 in HA ) with file chunks of 10 minutes or 15 minutes?I do not want to use the sd card.
I have been able to mount a nfs share as a volume of HA docker but the main problems are:

How to make the automation run continuously so that I can use the camera service
2)How to configure the service parameters(camera.record) so that the continuous recording can be stored in 10 or 15 minutes chunk?

Regards
Manas

JurajNyiri · January 29, 2023, 1:45pm

Hello,

Home Assistant is not NVR, it is better to use a dedicated NVR for it rather than try to hack it together in HA.

Some good options are Frigate, Synology NVR, Shinobi…

JurajNyiri · January 29, 2023, 1:46pm

Make sure to use correct uppercase and lowercase letters.

MarcLZL · February 2, 2023, 12:11pm

Hi! Awesome component. Took me less than 30 minutes to set everything up. I’m a bit confused though regarding how the motion detection works. Is it supposed to use the Activity Zones specified in the Tapo app or does it not follow that at all? Asking because the added binary sensor triggers more than the app for me.

Using Tapo C200.

Thanks!

JurajNyiri · February 2, 2023, 12:36pm

Hey, glad to hear you like it!

It uses onvif motion events generated by the camera.

modernhistorian · February 3, 2023, 10:10pm

I’m trying to use this in a card with move and preset icons. Example:

camera_view: auto
type: picture-glance
entities:
  - entity: camera.living_room_camera_hd_stream
    tap_action:
      action: call-service
      service: button.press
      service_data:
        entity_id: button.living_room_camera_move_left
    icon: mdi:arrow-left
    show_icon: true
  - entity: camera.living_room_camera_hd_stream
    tap_action:
      action: call-service
      service: select
      service_data:
        entity_id: select.living_room_camera_move_to_preset
    icon: mdi:arrow-decision
    show_icon: true
camera_image: camera.living_room_camera_hd_stream

The left movement arrow works, but not the preset selector. What did I do wrong?

boheme61 · February 3, 2023, 11:07pm

im not sure , but what you want i guess is " move cam to preset " when “tab_action” service: button.press, or ?

EdIt: I also see that you call your camera twice, does that means you have 2 streams, views of same cam in that card ?

Try with a simple Card, with just the Cam , then build on from there … i know some Examples can look difficult, but if you start by choosing a card "

picture-glance

there you enter the entity for your cam … done , if that works for you start by adding a “button” meny, i.e move-left move right … done if it works so far, you start to get an idea of how the card is “build up”, the you can start with “calling services” etc

github.com

JurajNyiri/HomeAssistant-Tapo-Control/blob/3ff718cee0a92d7090fcb33301af85621eebb2b9/examples/EXAMPLES_LOVELACE.md#camera-control-example-with-webrtc-and-scripts-using-stack-in-card

# HomeAssistant - Tapo: Cameras Control Examples

Below you can find some examples of usage of this custom component in lovelace cards.

- In all the examples, you need to replace entities with your entity and adjust the service calls and its data according to your environment.
- See [documentation for picture-glance card](https://www.home-assistant.io/lovelace/picture-glance/)
- See [documentation for picture-entity card](https://www.home-assistant.io/lovelace/picture-entity/)

### Camera image in picture-entity

![Example 2](example2.png)

Very simple example which just shows a camera image and toggles light.

```yaml
type: picture-entity
entity: light.bedroom
camera_image: camera.bedroom_hd
```

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modernhistorian · February 4, 2023, 1:35am

Thanks for the prompt response. I am making some progress now with using the webrtc card and your controls, after examining the yaml using call service. This code puts buttons on the camera that move to presets 1 and 2:

type: custom:webrtc-camera
entity: camera.living_room_camera_hd_stream
shortcuts:
  - name: Preset 1
    icon: mdi:numeric-1-box
    service: select.select_option
    service_data:
      option: '1'
      entity_id: select.living_room_camera_move_to_preset
  - name: Preset 2
    icon: mdi:numeric-2-box
    service: select.select_option
    service_data:
      option: '2'
      entity_id: select.living_room_camera_move_to_preset

Now if I can figure out how to move the buttons to the bottom!

boheme61 · February 4, 2023, 2:01am

type: custom:stack-in-card
cards:
  - type: custom:webrtc-camera
    entity: camera.living_room_camera_hd_stream  # This is your Cam 
  - type: horizontal-stack
    cards: # this is whats beneath you Cam ( or the bottom-part )
      - type: b******

etc. etc…

I’ve never heard of " shortcuts: " , thou i’ve heard about C***GPT

And i notice you are phenomenal in solving your “problems”