Moorebot scout integration?

[jatgm1]

Is there an integration for the moorebot scout?

[Sir_Goodenough ((SG) WhatAreWeFixing.Today)]

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[jatgm1]

Their is one result for moorebot scout when searching. This thread.

[Sir_Goodenough ((SG) WhatAreWeFixing.Today)]

So your answer appears to be no.

[jatgm1]

I was under the impression that this whole os was built around the concept of trying to figure out how to make things work to our expectations as opposed to the manufacturer, and trying to help people to understand how to do stuff. I emailed the manufacturer already and asked how to stream it to a computer. I think theirs a way, they mentioned it in the email but were not specific.

[jatgm1]

So to be clear, there is a full GitHub repository with code for the scout, and that could be used to make an Integration but there is no Integration currently.

[Sir_Goodenough ((SG) WhatAreWeFixing.Today)]

For you and anyone else that’s a

@jatgm1

moorebot scout

Customer, I would suggest asking the mfgr to look into the works with home assistant program to see if their API would be compatible with HA.

Introducing the Works with Home Assistant program - Home Assistant.

The more of their customers that request this, the more likely it would happen…

The other way is to get someone to write something which 99% of the time is someone with the hardware or a desire to use the software and has the chops to write a custom Integration. If someone so chooses this can also be a core integration but that takes more work and commitment, There are thousands of core integrations, so it happens, but there are probably more custom ones than that because the entry bar is lower.

[jatgm1]

Yeah that’s kinda why I put it on here. I can’t make anyone do anything though. I asked them myself. Idk.

[snicker]

just got one of these myself, what are you hoping a HA integration would do?

so far ive been able to get root on mine and broadcast an RTMP stream that Scrypted can grab using the ffmpeg camera plugin, which then rebroadcasts for HA and homekit secure video. theoretically you could just use HA for this part.

I’m also considering broadcasting device stats (battery, etc) to an MQTT server for autodiscovery. i think an integration that allows for control would be much more difficult.

[jatgm1]

i actually want the battery status and if its docked, video, and the ability to command it to
follow a path i made previously
move in a direction a certain amount
turn a certain amount
look for home qr code and try to dock
also if it failed to dock that would be good to know

[jatgm1]

how did you get root and do that exactly?

[jatgm1]

hey i got root, how did you get it to broadcast a rtmp stream?

[jatgm1]

i tried adding some code i found online but it didnt work. can you explain how you got it to broadcast video? or what guide you used? also for the life of me i cannot get ros1 installed on ubuntu 24.04. or figure out how to use ros2 or install that.