I have the Xiaomi Aqara camera, and I’m looking for a good way to turn it’s camera on and off using Home Assistant.
Until now, I’ve been using a smart plug to turn it on/off, but the camera seems to have some issues with this method. First of all, the inserted SD card disappears randomly and also it becomes hard to get a stable stream.
So, I figured the proper way to turn the camera on/off, is using the Mi Home app. Unfortunately, in there, it’s only possible to turn it on/off with some physical interaction.
How could I possibly do this?
- Solder a scrap Xiaomi button together with e.g. a NodeMCU and code different types of presses (or perhaps even use Tasmota for it?)
- Could any of the Xiaomi 3rd party integrations possibly help me with this problem? It’s all in Chinese, and I don’t recognize any of them.
- Could you somehow emulate the Xiaomi button, perhaps with some cheap Zigbee device and a NodeMCU or something?
- ???