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How add a camera in Dashboard?

Posted: Sunday 09 August 2015 11:59
by oscar74
Hi. I have a ip camera enabled. Would like have a link in Dashboard but dont know do it. no "favorites" star icon like other devices.

Thanks!

Re: How add a camera in Dashboard?

Posted: Sunday 09 August 2015 12:24
by gizmocuz
if you assign switches to the camera, and those switches are favorite, you should see a webcam icon in the widget (top right)

Re: How add a camera in Dashboard?

Posted: Sunday 09 August 2015 19:24
by DutchHans
Hi,

Maybe a very stupid question but how or where can i assugn a switch to a camera ...
When add a switch manually theres no possibilty to assign it to a camera..

Thanks in advance,
Hans

Re: How add a camera in Dashboard?

Posted: Sunday 09 August 2015 21:14
by oscar74
In the camera menu add a swich on the camera.

Thanks gizmocuz !

Re: How add a camera in Dashboard?

Posted: Tuesday 11 August 2015 18:03
by DutchHans
Hi, i dont know what you mean.. ive added two cams.. and i can see them in more options -> cameras... but where can i assign a switch?

Not by editing the camera.. not in manual add in switches.. and not in hardware.. the manual doesnt say it either

Thanks in advance,
Hans

Re: How add a camera in Dashboard?

Posted: Wednesday 12 August 2015 0:05
by Heisenberg
DutchHans wrote:Hi, i dont know what you mean.. ive added two cams.. and i can see them in more options -> cameras... but where can i assign a switch?

Not by editing the camera.. not in manual add in switches.. and not in hardware.. the manual doesnt say it either

Thanks in advance,
Hans
Hans,

1. Go to the Camera Tab: Setup - More Options - Camera
2. Select the camera
3. Scroll down to 'ACTIVE DEVICES/SCENES'
4. Assign the desired switch to the camera (see screenshot below)
5. Go back to the switches tab
6. Now you see a little camera icon next to the switch

Image

Re: How add a camera in Dashboard?

Posted: Thursday 27 October 2016 20:42
by Hesmink
I got this to work, but I don't see the connection, as in why I need to assign the camera to a switch?
I added a virtual switch for this, but this seems more complicated than it should be.

Re: How add a camera in Dashboard?

Posted: Thursday 27 October 2016 20:52
by SweetPants
Hesmink wrote:I got this to work, but I don't see the connection, as in why I need to assign the camera to a switch?
Maybe to switch on/off the camera?

Re: How add a camera in Dashboard?

Posted: Friday 30 December 2016 14:49
by CronoS
HI,

This is an old threat, but I got the same issue. I have added the camera to domoticz, added a switch to it. But I don't see any icons appearing on the switch page or on the favorites page?

Re: How add a camera in Dashboard?

Posted: Friday 30 December 2016 15:31
by Awst6000
In the above setup it looks like the camera emails a snapshot when opening a door.

Re: How add a camera in Dashboard?

Posted: Friday 03 February 2017 22:04
by Melissen
Hi,

Just trying to get my ipcam to work.
- Ip-Cam added
- Switch connected
- Notification and emailing a picture works

But now I want to have a popup/screen or something on my pc-monitor with the same picture as emailed to my mobile-phone.
When I push on the 'webcam' at the switch the popup will shown... but I want the picture to show when the sensor goes to on....

I hope you understand my problem. How can I solve this.

Re: How add a camera in Dashboard?

Posted: Tuesday 14 February 2017 4:47
by EDsteve
Hi.

I can't really see the point of adding a switch to the camera in the camera menu.
What is the purpose of it?

Send a snapshot to email is done by creating an event. Why I have to add the switch in the camera menu? What can it do?

Hmm. Thx for enlightening me :-)
Ed

Re: How add a camera in Dashboard?

Posted: Tuesday 28 February 2017 12:05
by TonD
Yes, this doesn't make any sense at all to me either. It's very cumbersome and unintuitive. Are there any plans to implement the camera directly in dashboard, i.e. without an unwanted switch and directly showing a small preview?

This would greatly improve an otherwise already great setup :)

Re: How add a camera in Dashboard?

Posted: Saturday 12 August 2017 23:55
by jackoncept
I have to say this would be the best upgrade we could expect to have Domoticz for the next update... Do you have any alternative to have a nice dashboard ? Cheers ! (b)

Re: How add a camera in Dashboard?

Posted: Monday 30 October 2017 18:08
by Pjedr
Yeah that would be nice.

I added the switch which turns on the camera.
Now i receive mail, but camera is still turning on.

I added the virtual switch which turns on when camara pings.
Now i receive again an email, with picture if i select send picture as atachment in gmail.

But i don't want email this way.
I just did this so i have the camara on the switch to get easy access to the stream.

I should be modified.
I hope it can be added in an extra tab "Camera's".

I also made an custom htmlpage in domoticz\www\templates

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<br>
<h2>Kamera's</h2>
<br>
<div style="float:left; width:520px; height:360">
   <h2>Entree</h2>
   <br>
   <a href="javascript:SwitchLayout('frontcam')"><img alt="video" id="imgDisplay" name="Entree Kamera" src="http://blablabla.no-ip.org:83/snapshot.cgi?user=blablabla&pwd=blablabla" width="480" height="360"></a>
 </div>
<div style="float:left; width:520px; height:360">
   <h2>Keukenraam</h2>
   <br>
   <a href="javascript:SwitchLayout('keukcam')"><img alt="video" id="imgDisplay" name="Keukenraam Kamera" src="http://blablabla.no-ip.org:82/snapshot.cgi?user=blablabla&pwd=blablabla" width="480" height="360"></a>
</div>
<div style="float:left; width:520px; height:360">
   <h2>Woonkamerraam</h2>
   <br>
   <a href="javascript:SwitchLayout('wooncam')"><img alt="video" id="imgDisplay" name="Woonkamer Kamera" src="http://blablabla.no-ip.org:81/snapshot.cgi?user=blablabla&pwd=blablabla" width="480" height="360"></a>
</div>

Re: How add a camera in Dashboard?

Posted: Friday 03 November 2017 0:25
by bueno79
yes I think the camera management is not perfect in domoticz but I'm sure Gizmocus is preparing something to fix this. Thrust me : Domoticz will be the best tool for domotic on the market ! TO achieve this goal dev just need help : our feedbacks.

Bueno

Re: How add a camera in Dashboard?

Posted: Thursday 10 May 2018 21:59
by leandrosaltori
How do I include a camera ip in domoticz, I'm trying to include a Panasonic IP camera BV-104W and I can not.

I already tried all the addresses of this tutorial:
https://www.domoticz.com/wiki/Camera_Setup

I can access the camera normally through the browser by typing the IP / port. Example: http://192.168.1.10:9989/

Camera Model: https://security.panasonic.com/pt/products/bl-vp104w/

I tested all the image formats of the Panasonic BL-VP104w on the domoticz of this link and I could not:
http://www.ispyconnect.com/man.aspx?n=panasonic

Anyone have any idea what it might be?

Re: How add a camera in Dashboard?

Posted: Saturday 02 February 2019 10:17
by Simms02
In the above setup it looks like the camera emails a snapshot when opening a door.

Re: How add a camera in Dashboard?

Posted: Monday 27 May 2019 14:11
by William5
Heisenberg wrote: Wednesday 12 August 2015 0:05
DutchHans wrote:Hi, i dont know what you mean.. ive added two cams.. and i can see them in more options -> cameras... but where can i assign a switch?

Not by editing the camera.. not in manual add in switches.. and not in hardware.. diebestetest the manual doesnt say it either

Thanks in advance,
Hans
Hans,

1. Go to the Camera Tab: Setup - More Options - Camera
2. Select the camera
3. Scroll down to 'ACTIVE DEVICES/SCENES'
4. Assign the desired switch to the camera (see screenshot below)
5. Go back to the switches tab
6. Now you see a little camera icon next to the switch

Image
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