I used the Foscam motion detection piece from the Cookbook and made a few, what I feel, improvements/simplifications. Some of the code below has been taken from that Cookbook entry and modified with the small changes I made, many of which are for readability and future feature expansion. Might be neat to have these features built into the Foscam Camera component in the future - I might take a look if I get some time.
Most of those simplifications come from the following file that I’ve added to my home-assistant directory (foscam.py) - which is /config for me since I am using Docker:
import requests, xmltodict, sys
## Set Motion Config:
## http://192.168.2.50:88/cgi-bin/CGIProxy.fcgi?cmd=setMotionDetectConfig&isEnable=1&usr=admin&pwd=PASSWORD&linkage=0&snapInterval=3&&sensitivity=1&triggerInterval=0&schedule0=281474976710655&schedule1=281474976710655&schedule2=281474976710655&schedule3=281474976710655&schedule4=281474976710655&schedule5=281474976710655&schedule6=281474976710655&area0=1023&area1=1023&area2=1023&area3=1023&area4=1023&area5=1023&area6=1023&area7=1023&area8=1023&area9=1023
## Get Motion Status:
## http://192.168.2.50:88/cgi-bin/CGIProxy.fcgi?cmd=getMotionDetectConfig&isEnable=1&usr=admin&pwd=PASSWORD
## Get Motion Alert:
## Example URL: http://192.168.2.52:88/cgi-bin/CGIProxy.fcgi?cmd=getDevState&isEnable=1&usr=admin&pwd=PASSWORD
def getMotionAlert(ip, usr, pwd):
url = "http://%s:88/cgi-bin/CGIProxy.fcgi?cmd=getDevState&usr=%s&pwd=%s" % (ip,usr,pwd)
response = requests.get(url)
doc = xmltodict.parse(response.content)
result = doc['CGI_Result']['motionDetectAlarm'][0]
# 0-Disabled, 1-No Alarm, 2-Detect Alarm
print(result)
def getMotionStatus(ip, usr, pwd):
url = "http://%s:88/cgi-bin/CGIProxy.fcgi?cmd=getMotionDetectConfig&usr=%s&pwd=%s" %(ip,usr,pwd)
response = requests.get(url)
doc = xmltodict.parse(response.content)
result = doc['CGI_Result']['isEnable'][0]
print(result)
def setMotionStatus(ip, usr, pwd, enabled):
url = "http://%s:88/cgi-bin/CGIProxy.fcgi?cmd=setMotionDetectConfig&usr=%s&pwd=%s&isEnable=%s" %(ip,usr,pwd,enabled)
url = url + "&linkage=0&snapInterval=3&&sensitivity=1&triggerInterval=0&schedule0=281474976710655&schedule1=281474976710655&schedule2=281474976710655&schedule3=281474976710655&schedule4=281474976710655&schedule5=281474976710655&schedule6=281474976710655&area0=1023&area1=1023&area2=1023&area3=1023&area4=1023&area5=1023&area6=1023&area7=1023&area8=1023&area9=1023"
response = requests.get(url)
doc = xmltodict.parse(response.content)
result = doc['CGI_Result']['result'][0]
print(result)
def ptzGotoPresetPoint(ip, usr, pwd, preset):
url = "http://%s:88/cgi-bin/CGIProxy.fcgi?cmd=ptzGotoPresetPoint&usr=%s&pwd=%s&name=%s" %(ip,usr,pwd,preset)
response = requests.get(url)
doc = xmltodict.parse(response.content)
result = doc['CGI_Result']['runResult'][0]
# 0-Success, 1-Error
print(result)
if __name__ == "__main__":
func = sys.argv[1]
if func == "getMotionAlert":
getMotionAlert(sys.argv[2], sys.argv[3], sys.argv[4])
elif func == "getMotionStatus":
getMotionStatus(sys.argv[2], sys.argv[3], sys.argv[4])
elif func == "setMotionStatus":
setMotionStatus(sys.argv[2], sys.argv[3], sys.argv[4], sys.argv[5])
elif func == "ptzGotoPresetPoint":
ptzGotoPresetPoint(sys.argv[2], sys.argv[3], sys.argv[4], sys.argv[5])
else:
print("Add Function to Main!!!!")
Sensors can then be setup by doing:
- platform: command_line
name: Living Room Motion
command: "python3 /path/to/foscam.py 'getMotionAlert' '192.168.2.50' 'username' 'password'"
value_template: '{{ value == "2" }}'
scan_interval: 2A switch can be setup to turn motion detection on/off using:
- platform: command_line
switches:
#Switch for Foscam Motion Detection
foscam_motion_livingroom:
command_on: "python3 /path/to/foscam.py 'setMotionStatus' '192.168.2.50' 'username' 'password' '1'"
command_off: "python3 /path/to/foscam.py 'setMotionStatus' '192.168.2.50' 'username' 'password' '0'"
command_state: "python3 /path/to/foscam.py 'getMotionStatus' '192.168.2.50' 'username' 'password'"
value_template: '{{ value == "1" }}'
friendly_name: Living Room Detection Statusadditional commands can be built, for instance the ability to move to a Preset Point:
shell_command:
top_most: "python3 /path/to/foscam.py 'ptzGotoPresetPoint' '192.168.2.50' 'username' 'password' 'TopMost'"Script to easily turn off motion detection and point camera away:
foscam_on_livingroom:
sequence:
- service: switch.turn_off
data:
entity_id: switch.foscam_motion_livingroom
- service: shell_command.top_mostAutomation to turn on motion detection and point camera away when I am not home:
- alias: Set Foscam to Away Mode when I leave home
trigger:
platform: state
entity_id: group.family
from: 'home'
action:
service: script.foscam_on_livingroomUsing this, the ability to control the PTZ could be added along with other capabilities available within the Foscam CGI Documentation --> http://www.camarasip.es/descarga/IP_Camera_CGI_(SDK).pdf.
The python module “xmltodict” wasn’t installed in venv but same was installed in the machine. That’s why the manual command was running well while from HA it was failing. I just created a soft link by this command: