Foscam app V2 (Appdaemon and HAdashboard)

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i did want to integrate older type foscam cameras also, but because i lost my testing person, i didnt want to wait any longer and released it only for newer type cameras.

the pics to make you want it:

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foscam_picture_settings
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V1 already had:
control functions for

  • zoom
  • movement left, right, up, down
  • picsettings like sharpness, hue, brightness
  • motion sensor
  • snap picture button
  • mirror and flip
  • goto preset
  • start cruise

the new app has also:

  • latest error in dashboard and HA group
  • automatic generated dashboards
  • alarm dashboard (big screen view on motion)
  • better error detection
  • possibility to use it for none PTZ cams
  • dashboard creation based on tablet width and height

you can find all information about it on
https://github.com/ReneTode/My-AppDaemon/tree/master/apps/foscam_app_v2

do you have another type of cam and you tried the CGI command and it works, please let me know!

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pi@chilipie-kiosk:~/conf/logs$ tail -f appdaemon_error.log
2017-10-11 00:51:48.830596 WARNING Traceback (most recent call last):
File “/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/appdaemon/appdaemon.py”, line 911, in read_app
init_object(name, class_name, module_name, conf.app_config[name])
File “/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/appdaemon/appdaemon.py”, line 582, in init_object
conf.objects[name][“object”].initialize()
File “/home/pi/conf/apps/foscam.py”, line 37, in initialize
self.logsettings = self.args[“logsettings”]
KeyError: ‘logsettings’

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And i cannot find the dashboard… it is not created

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its not created because of the error.

what do you have in apps.yaml?
seems that you miss the section logsettings:

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o! did not save it :stuck_out_tongue:

but now i get:

2017-10-11 01:17:14.822061 INFO Loading Object foscam using class foscam from module foscam
2017-10-11 01:17:14.824500 WARNING foscam: Entity input_slider.foscam_brightness not found in Home Assistant
2017-10-11 01:17:14.825382 WARNING foscam: Entity input_slider.foscam_contrast not found in Home Assistant
2017-10-11 01:17:14.826165 WARNING foscam: Entity input_slider.foscam_hue not found in Home Assistant
2017-10-11 01:17:14.826938 WARNING foscam: Entity input_slider.foscam_saturation not found in Home Assistant
2017-10-11 01:17:14.827710 WARNING foscam: Entity input_slider.foscam_sharpness not found in Home Assistant
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i took version 0.55 but it seems i have to rename again?=

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2017-10-11 01:18:05.647740 ERROR foscam: dashboard couldnt be written
2017-10-11 01:18:05.651474 ERROR foscam: alarm dashboard couldnt be written
2017-10-11 01:18:05.654810 INFO foscam:  App started without errors
2017-10-11 01:18:05.655530 WARNING foscam: Entity sensor.foscam_last_error not found in Home Assistant
2017-10-11 01:18:05.744292 INFO App initialization complete
2017-10-11 01:18:05.745314 INFO Starting dashboard
2017-10-11 01:18:05.757444 INFO API is disabled
2017-10-11 01:18:05.829628 INFO Connected to Home Assistant 0.55.0
2017-10-11 01:18:12.425154 INFO New dashboard connected: IP Cams
2017-10-11 01:18:44.712723 INFO Dashboard disconnected
2017-10-11 01:19:18.461296 INFO function [get_dashboard] finished in 135 ms
2017-10-11 01:19:20.003359 INFO New dashboard connected: IP Cams
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you took the wrong one.
0.55 has already renamed settings

it could be that appdaemon has no writing acces to your dashboard dir.

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i start appdaemon with sudo and i took indeed version 0.55 :frowning:

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strange because in 0.55 i really have input_number and not input_slider.

but the app is working now except for the dashboard.
it seems like you have chosen a name with a space in it? dashboardnames cant have spaces.

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nope… i took YOUR settings 1 to 1

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please post your part from apps.yaml
i dont have any dashboard name set in it so you must have chosen that or it is empty.

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foscam:
  class: foscam
  module: foscam                           # the name of the py file you added to your apps
  camsettings:
    camera_type: F19828P V2                # give 1 of the known camera types
    camera_name: yourcam                   # the name you gave it in home assistant
    host: 192.168.1.201                    # the ip address from your cam
    port: '88'                             # the port from your cam (default is 88)
    password: hass                         # password set for the cam (no strange symbols allowed)
    user: hass                             # the username you use for the cam
  logsettings:
    loglevel: WARNING                      # setting this to INFO gets more info in the log
    logsensorlevel: WARNING                # the app creates a sensor with the last info. level can be changed
    last_error_sensor: sensor.foscam_last_error # the sensor is created automaticly
  picsettings:                             # these settings need to be created in home assistant (see below)
    brightness_slider: input_slider.foscam_brightness 
    contrast_slider: input_slider.foscam_contrast
    hue_slider: input_slider.foscam_hue
    saturation_slider: input_slider.foscam_saturation
    sharpness_slider: input_slider.foscam_sharpness
    default_pic_settings_switch: input_boolean.foscam_default_picture_settings
    flip_switch: input_boolean.foscam_flip
    mirror_switch: input_boolean.foscam_mirror
    auto_infrared_switch: input_boolean.foscam_auto_infrared
    infrared_switch: input_boolean.foscam_infrared
  ptzsettings:                             # these settings need to be created in home assistant (see below)
    left_right_slider: input_slider.foscam_left_right
    up_down_slider: input_slider.foscam_up_down
    start_cruise_select: input_select.foscam_preset_cruise
    stop_cruise_switch: input_boolean.foscam_stop_cruise
    zoom_slider: input_slider.foscam_zoom
    preset_points_select: input_select.foscam_preset_points
  alarmsettings:
    motion_sensor: sensor.foscam_motion    # the sensor is created automaticly
    motion_switch: input_boolean.foscam_motion_detect # also needs to be created in home assistant
    soundalarm_sensor: sensor.foscam_sound_alarm  # the sensor is created automaticly
    sensor_update_time: '10'               # the amount of time in seconds between checks from the cam
  recordsettings:
    snap_picture_switch: input_boolean.foscam_snap_picture_now  # also needs to be created in home assistant
    recording_sensor: sensor.foscam_recording  # the sensor is created automaticly
    save_snap_dir: /home/pi/foscam_snap/   # the dir where you want manual snapshots to be saved
  dashboardsettings: 
    use_dashboard: True                    # if this is set to False no dashboards will be created or used
    create_dashboard: True                 # creates a dashboard in your dashboard directory on initialize from the app
    create_alarm_dashboard: True           # creates an alarm dashboard
    dashboard_file_name: foscam            # the name that your dashboard gets
    alarm_dashboard_file_name: foscam_fullscreen # the name that the alarm dashboard gets
    screen_width: 1024                     # the screenwidth you want to use for your dashboard
    screen_height: 600                     # the screenheight you want to use for your dashboard
    show_full_screen_dashboard: True       # if you dont want to use the alarm dashboard set it to False
    full_screen_alarm_switch: input_boolean.foscam_toon_alarm_dash # a boolean to silence the alarmdashboard temperary
    time_between_shows: 60                 # minimum time in seconds between showing alarm dashboards
    show_time: 30                          # the amount of seconds the alarm keeps active
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and as u can see… there are SLIDERS in it :frowning:

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OK! I dunno what happened but i re copied the apps.yaml but dashboard cannot be created :frowning:

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  dashboardsettings: 
    use_dashboard: True
    create_dashboard: True
    create_alarm_dashboard: True
    dashboard_file_name: foscam
    alarm_dashboard_file_name: foscam_alarm
    screen_width: 1024
    screen_height: 600
    show_full_screen_dashboard: True
    full_screen_alarm_switch: input_boolean.foscam_toon_alarm_dash
    time_between_shows: 60
    show_time: 30
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you didnt read everything :wink:

in your apps.yaml create a new section with these arguments: (can be found in add_to_apps.yaml)

but oke :wink:

then you need to change the sliders to numbers.
there should be a file foscam.dash in your dashboard dir created.

if after all changes the dashboard still doesnt get created edit out these lines in the app in def create_dashboard:

    try:

    except:
      self.log("dashboard couldnt be written", "ERROR")

just put an # before it.
then restart and see whats in the errorlog.

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in which file exactly?
foscam.dash has not been created indeed

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in foscam.py
you find those lines on line 371, 452 and 453

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pi@chilipie-kiosk:~/conf/logs$ tail -f /home/pi/conf/logs/appdaemon_error.log
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap_external>", line 661, in exec_module
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap_external>", line 767, in get_code
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap_external>", line 727, in source_to_code
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 222, in _call_with_frames_removed
  File "/home/pi/conf/apps/foscam.py", line 456
    def create_alarm_dashboard(self):
    ^
IndentationError: unexpected unindent