Swap cameras

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I have similar need to show 3 cameras in a loop within a card and re-purposed Slideshow card for that. Excellent card BTW, works great except I can’t figure out how to skip showing camera(s).

Prompted by your question, I just re-work my setup using this:

  - type: conditional
    conditions:
      - entity: input_number.camera_loop
        state_not: "9"
    card:
      type: picture-glance
      title: Camera Loop
      state_image:
        0: https://localhost:8123/api/camera_proxy_stream/camera.carport?api_password=password
        1: https://localhost:8123/api/camera_proxy_stream/camera.dining?api_password=password
        2: https://localhost:8123/api/camera_proxy_stream/camera.kitchen?api_password=password
      entity: input_number.camera_loop
      entities:
        [camera.carport, camera.dining, camera.kitchen]

To drive this card:

  • camera_loop controls which camera to display or not display card at all
  • an automation triggers every x second (display duration) to call a python script to update camera_loop based on motion detection state of camera

I also have 3 separate picture-glance cards to display each camera only when motion detected. So the camera is either shown in the loop card or its own.

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