Android Ip Cam and Domoticz

[sundberg84]

Hi!

Added this to wiki:
Android Phone (Tested with Sony Xperia V) using this app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/deta ... pas.webcam (Change default port!) image URL: shot.jpg

The android app Ip Camera works great to connect to domoticz.
I have it running now for 48h with domoticz and motion connected to it. Works great.

Default port is 8080 so change that if you run Domoticz at default port.

[Heisenberg]

So you are using a phone as ip cam? I have an old android phone but I never thought of that before !
Where do you put the camera?

[sundberg84]

Hi!

I have put the camera inside a cabinet with a glas door.
From the back-wall in the cabinet i have the USB charger running through and then to a timer.

Works great except night-vision... pretty black but thats fine. I have two cams outside with nightvision.

The feed from the android-phone is monitored by motion running on a raspberry.
It post to a ftp server running on the same raspberry and updates a switch in Domoticz on motion.

Domoticz (running on a second raspberry) activated and deactivates motion depending on my security status (using SSH).

[Evelen]

good ide
older mobile phones are way cheaper than IP-Cams

[Evelen]

Don't work for me.

I see the video in 0,2 sec and than it is just nothing.
What are the correct config?



EDIT: Working

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[sundberg84]

Hi!

The images only shows for 1 second when you press test connection... but it works if you add it and use the camera menu.
I have also not the /shot.jpg but i use shot.jpg

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[patoche]

Hi thank you for this topic.
It is ok with xperia z1 compact and samsung galaxy S3
Enjoyed

[renerene]

I'm planning to use this setup also for my wall mounted android tablet running dashticz. It gives me an IP cam for free!

Questions from beginner:
1) burgler alarm: how to trigger a domoticz dummy switch after IP Webcam detects motion or sound?
At the moment I'm struggling with fake PIR detections on our cat. An extra sensor could be helpfull

2) how to initiate a screenshot (by domoticz) to IP webcam? For example, automaticly mail an image after a PIR is triggered? Is this standard Domoticz functionality?

[zicht]

I'm planning to use this setup also for my wall mounted android tablet running dashticz. It gives me an IP cam for free!

Questions from beginner:
1) burgler alarm: how to trigger a domoticz dummy switch after IP Webcam detects motion or sound?
At the moment I'm struggling with fake PIR detections on our cat. An extra sensor could be helpfull

2) how to initiate a screenshot (by domoticz) to IP webcam? For example, automaticly mail an image after a PIR is triggered? Is this standard Domoticz functionality?

1. someone has made a script to do motion detection, it is linux based and i can't use it so : no answer
2. once setup a cam you can grap an image from domotics on any trigger with
"https://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:xxxx/camsnapshot.jpg?'idx=1"
This can be done by curl or any other webrequest.
Once you have grabbed the image you can send it by email, telegram or anything you have implemented.
It works fine for me, totaly customised for my needs (implemented in telegram)
I have choosen to get only images on my demand and not by default on every movement detection.

sidenote :
- on RPI doing many write commands can corrupt SD cards , so use another storage location.
- Plain curl done in lua can dramatic slow down domoticz