FOSCAM motion/sound detection and IR Led status in HA

koen01 · December 15, 2016, 10:57pm

Clone this repo

And then run
python setup.py install

kylerw · December 15, 2016, 11:26pm

Is the .py script just run on a schedule or how are you invoking it? May have missed those details.

rob · December 16, 2016, 12:09pm

Hi @koen01, thanks for your reply. I’ve cloned and installed the library but still not able to run the foscam2mqtt.py script. These are the steps I’ve taken with the results;

Tried to install with user pi

pi@hass:~/foscam-python-lib $ python setup.py install
running install
error: can't create or remove files in install directory

The following error occurred while trying to add or remove files in the
installation directory:

    [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/test-easy-install-13161.write-test'

The installation directory you specified (via --install-dir, --prefix, or
the distutils default setting) was:

    /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/

Perhaps your account does not have write access to this directory?  If the
installation directory is a system-owned directory, you may need to sign in
as the administrator or "root" account.  If you do not have administrative
access to this machine, you may wish to choose a different installation
directory, preferably one that is listed in your PYTHONPATH environment
variable.

For information on other options, you may wish to consult the
documentation at:

  https://pythonhosted.org/setuptools/easy_install.html

Please make the appropriate changes for your system and try again.

Successful install with sudo

pi@hass:~/foscam-python-lib $ sudo python setup.py install
running install
running bdist_egg
running egg_info
creating foscam.egg-info
writing foscam.egg-info/PKG-INFO
writing top-level names to foscam.egg-info/top_level.txt
writing dependency_links to foscam.egg-info/dependency_links.txt
writing manifest file 'foscam.egg-info/SOURCES.txt'
reading manifest file 'foscam.egg-info/SOURCES.txt'
writing manifest file 'foscam.egg-info/SOURCES.txt'
installing library code to build/bdist.linux-armv7l/egg
running install_lib
running build_py
creating build
creating build/lib.linux-armv7l-2.7
creating build/lib.linux-armv7l-2.7/foscam
copying foscam/foscam.py -> build/lib.linux-armv7l-2.7/foscam
copying foscam/__init__.py -> build/lib.linux-armv7l-2.7/foscam
creating build/lib.linux-armv7l-2.7/tests
copying tests/camtest.py -> build/lib.linux-armv7l-2.7/tests
copying tests/__init__.py -> build/lib.linux-armv7l-2.7/tests
creating build/bdist.linux-armv7l
creating build/bdist.linux-armv7l/egg
creating build/bdist.linux-armv7l/egg/foscam
copying build/lib.linux-armv7l-2.7/foscam/foscam.py -> build/bdist.linux-armv7l/egg/foscam
copying build/lib.linux-armv7l-2.7/foscam/__init__.py -> build/bdist.linux-armv7l/egg/foscam
creating build/bdist.linux-armv7l/egg/tests
copying build/lib.linux-armv7l-2.7/tests/camtest.py -> build/bdist.linux-armv7l/egg/tests
copying build/lib.linux-armv7l-2.7/tests/__init__.py -> build/bdist.linux-armv7l/egg/tests
byte-compiling build/bdist.linux-armv7l/egg/foscam/foscam.py to foscam.pyc
byte-compiling build/bdist.linux-armv7l/egg/foscam/__init__.py to __init__.pyc
byte-compiling build/bdist.linux-armv7l/egg/tests/camtest.py to camtest.pyc
byte-compiling build/bdist.linux-armv7l/egg/tests/__init__.py to __init__.pyc
creating build/bdist.linux-armv7l/egg/EGG-INFO
copying foscam.egg-info/PKG-INFO -> build/bdist.linux-armv7l/egg/EGG-INFO
copying foscam.egg-info/SOURCES.txt -> build/bdist.linux-armv7l/egg/EGG-INFO
copying foscam.egg-info/dependency_links.txt -> build/bdist.linux-armv7l/egg/EGG-INFO
copying foscam.egg-info/top_level.txt -> build/bdist.linux-armv7l/egg/EGG-INFO
zip_safe flag not set; analyzing archive contents...
tests.camtest: module references __file__
creating dist
creating 'dist/foscam-1.0-py2.7.egg' and adding 'build/bdist.linux-armv7l/egg' to it
removing 'build/bdist.linux-armv7l/egg' (and everything under it)
Processing foscam-1.0-py2.7.egg
creating /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/foscam-1.0-py2.7.egg
Extracting foscam-1.0-py2.7.egg to /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages
Adding foscam 1.0 to easy-install.pth file

Installed /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/foscam-1.0-py2.7.egg
Processing dependencies for foscam==1.0
Finished processing dependencies for foscam==1.0

Now running the foscam2mqtt.py script (with and without sudo)

pi@hass:~/foscam2mqtt $ ./foscam2mqtt.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "./foscam2mqtt.py", line 8, in <module>
    from foscam import FoscamCamera
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/foscam-1.0-py2.7.egg/foscam/__init__.py", line 1, in <module>
    from foscam.foscam import FoscamCamera
ImportError: No module named foscam
pi@hass:~/foscam2mqtt $ sudo ./foscam2mqtt.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "./foscam2mqtt.py", line 8, in <module>
    from foscam import FoscamCamera
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/foscam-1.0-py2.7.egg/foscam/__init__.py", line 1, in <module>
    from foscam.foscam import FoscamCamera
ImportError: No module named foscam

So still not working. Am I still missing something or am I using it wrong?

koen01 · December 16, 2016, 12:56pm

i’m not sure, as i’m not home at the moment, but try to install the module with python3 and run the script with python3 too.

rob · December 16, 2016, 1:19pm

Okay, I’ve got it working. Here’s what I did;

Install the foscam-python-lib with python3 and sudo;
Install the paho-mqtt client with pyton3;
Edit the script made by @jgon at line 38 (change print ‘Failed to get DEVInfo!’ to print (‘Failed to get DEVInfo!’)

Full installation steps;

cd
git clone https://github.com/quatanium/foscam-python-lib.git
cd foscam-pyton-lib
sudo python3 setup.py install
sudo pip3 install paho-mqtt
cd
mkdir foscam2mqtt
cd foscam2mqtt
wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/gonzalezcalleja/foscam2mqtt/master/foscam2mqtt.py
sudo chmod +x foscam2mqtt.py
nano foscam2mqtt.py # Edit line 38, change print 'Failed to get DEVInfo!' to print ('Failed to get DEVInfo!')

Now I’m able to run the script with python3 under user pi;

pi@hass:~/foscam2mqtt $ python3 foscam2mqtt.py -h
usage: foscam2mqtt.py [-h] [-N NAME] [-H HOST] [-p PORT] [-u USERNAME]
                      [-w PASSWORD] [-M MQTTHOST] [-P MQTTPORT]
                      [-U MQTTUSERNAME] [-W MQTTPASSWORD] [-v]

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -N NAME, --name NAME  foscam camera name
  -H HOST, --host HOST  foscam camera host/ip
  -p PORT, --port PORT  foscam camera port
  -u USERNAME, --username USERNAME
                        foscam camera username
  -w PASSWORD, --password PASSWORD
                        foscam camera password
  -M MQTTHOST, --mqtthost MQTTHOST
                        mqtt host
  -P MQTTPORT, --mqttport MQTTPORT
                        mqtt port
  -U MQTTUSERNAME, --mqttusername MQTTUSERNAME
                        mqtt camera username
  -W MQTTPASSWORD, --mqttpassword MQTTPASSWORD
                        mqtt camera password
  -v, --verbose         increase output verbosity

vageesh79 · December 16, 2016, 4:08pm

Thanks atlast one step working but now i am not able to get camera details. Getting error - Failed to get DEVInfo! when i give command - python3 ./foscam2mqtt.py -N fcamout -H 192.168.0.xx -p 8091 -u admin -w camerapwd -M 192.168.0.mqttserver -P 1883 -U username -W mqttpwd to test if the script working

PuckStar · January 29, 2017, 4:38pm

Was this ever fixed? I’m interested in doing automations in HASS based on motion form the Foscam.

digitalbart · April 19, 2017, 11:29pm

I am also getting an error with the import (below). I followed the steps above that Rob did.
Any ideas how to get the import to work?

Traceback (most recent call last): 
File "./foscam2mqtt.py", line 8, in <module>
from foscam import FoscamCamera
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.4/dist-packages/pyfoscam-1.2-py3.4.egg/foscam/__init__.py", line 1, in <module>
from foscam import FoscamCamera
ImportError: cannot import name 'FoscamCamera'

tbsampso · April 20, 2017, 8:49pm

I had to update the pyfoscam python library (/usr/local/lib/python3.4/dist-packages/pyfoscam-1.2-py3.4.egg/foscam/init.py) and this script to use the correct foscam.foscam namespace change:
OLD:
from foscam import FoscamCamera
NEW:
from foscam.foscam import FoscamCamera

digitalbart · April 21, 2017, 3:46am

Thank you! Works great now.

roidayan · April 29, 2017, 1:01pm

Thanks for sharing the script.

hoatienii · September 5, 2017, 8:17am

i change in file follow your guide but get erro.

Traceback (most recent call last):
File “./foscam2mqtt.py”, line 7, in
from foscam.foscam import FoscamCamera, FOSCAM_SUCCESS
ImportError: No module named foscam.foscam

thundergreen · September 5, 2017, 7:59pm

just a question… script works properly but how can i use it as i cannot see any values on motion detection i see that motion detection is 1 equal activated … but nothing more

thundergreen · September 5, 2017, 8:15pm

ipcamera/Foscam {“infraLedState”: “1”, “soundAlarm”: “0”, “motionDetectAlarm”: “1”}
thats what i get… i never get payload 2. motion detection is well activated

thundergreen · September 7, 2017, 9:53pm

FIXED! I just created a mqtt binary sensor… Will see if it works in a few minutes . Til now i use appdaemon for this but motion detection is very slow there and i guess will mqtt it is on the fly

holmiephoto · September 8, 2017, 6:20pm

Hello there,

I am new to running scripts with HASS. I currently have HASSIO and am looking to get a little more instruction. I have placed the foscam2mqtt.py file inside python_scripts folder inside of the configuration folder. Is this how I install it, or is there another way? Looking for some step by steps if possible. Thanks

holmiephoto · September 14, 2017, 8:19pm

I have a question as to the python script. How do you run it? Thanks in advance

holmiephoto · October 1, 2017, 8:51pm

So I have gotten the script placed and most working but I keep getting this error: Can anyone help?

    Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/homeassistant/.homeassistant/foscam2mqtt.py", line 80, in <module>
    main()
  File "/home/homeassistant/.homeassistant/foscam2mqtt.py", line 61, in main
    client.connect(args.mqtthost, args.mqttport, 60)
  File "/home/pi/.local/lib/python3.5/site-packages/paho/mqtt/client.py", line 760, in connect
    return self.reconnect()
  File "/home/pi/.local/lib/python3.5/site-packages/paho/mqtt/client.py", line 887, in reconnect
    sock = socket.create_connection((self._host, self._port), source_address=(self._bind_address, 0))
  File "/usr/lib/python3.5/socket.py", line 712, in create_connection
    raise err
  File "/usr/lib/python3.5/socket.py", line 703, in create_connection
    sock.connect(sa)
TimeoutError: [Errno 110] Connection timed out

hoatienii · November 6, 2018, 3:33am

how to add human detect sensor. Thanks

juan11perez · November 6, 2018, 3:55am

Good day, how do you continuesly run the script. I pressume it runs once reports the state and stops. How do you keep it active?
Thank you