Motioneyeos

Configuration
#1

Ok so i have a network mjpeg.cgi camera im using on motioneyeos. I currently have them added with my configuration.yaml as shown:

   camera 3:
       - platform: mjpeg
         name: Upstairs
         mjpeg_url: http://myip:8081
         username: test
         password: test
  camera 4:
      - platform: mjpeg
        name: Downstairs
        mjpeg_url: http://myip:8082
        username: test
        password:test

The cameras shows a clip when there is motion, on the home assistant dashboard, then goes back to idle when no motion. I would like to create an automation when it goes from idle to motion detected, how would i go about doing that?

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#2

If the camera ‘state’ is changing from idle to something else when there is motion, you can use that to trigger your automation

trigger:
- platform: state
  entity_id: camera.upstairs
  from: 'idle'
#3

awesome ill give that a try, i had tried it before but with from ‘idle’ to ‘on’. I’ll update ya on it!

#4

I tried it with a state trigger and action tts. for both cameras, but its not triggering my action, it does however keep the feed available once it detects motion i guess. meaning it doesnt turn the camera feed from the dashboard back to image not available etc.

- action:
  - data:
      entity_id: media_player.kev_group
      message: Intruder Alert
    service: tts.google_say
  alias: motion
  condition: []
  id: '1516951569581'
  trigger:
  - entity_id: camera.upstairs
    from: idle
    platform: state
  - entity_id: camera.downstairs
    from: idle
    platform: state
#5

Can you go into your history page and see what the state is changing to when motion is detected ?

#6

its really hard to tell, let me do a fresh install and just add the idle automation option.

#7

its not showing anything in history that i can see about the mjpeg stream, but i have a couple things on my dashboard that refer to just upstairs etc…so im changing the alias to see what is what. other than that maybe i can see a tcpdump or something else to capture it since i think its using https.

#8

yeah unfortunately that didnt work heres a picture of my history, just says idle even after ive watched it triggered, theres an option on motioneye for a webhook or a script, so thats probably what ill have to work with, through the cloud and api.ai or something, idk… theres got to be something simple maybe an event or something.

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#9

Bugger.
What is the brand and model number of the camera. Its possible it has its own API that you may be able to interface with.

#10

oh nice, its the dcs 930 dlink

#11

i found this, idk do you know anything about mqttt broker im really new with this automation and sensors etc.

#12

That would work !
What machines are your running Home Assistant and Motion eye on ?

#13

ok so it works great with curl commands in motioneyeos motion notifications!!