diff --git a/atom.xml b/atom.xml index 8b0b982b24..a1a3b8674b 100644 --- a/atom.xml +++ b/atom.xml @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ <![CDATA[Home Assistant]]> - 2016-06-22T08:00:15+00:00 + 2016-06-23T09:16:08+00:00 https://home-assistant.io/ @@ -13,6 +13,103 @@ Octopress + + <![CDATA[Using USB webcams with Home Assistant]]> + + 2016-06-23T06:00:00+00:00 + https://home-assistant.io/blog/2016/06/23/usb-webcams-and-home-assistant +
+In the past month I was thinking about way to integrate USB webcams into Home Assistant again. The main reason was that this would give those devices a second life and enable one to benefit from low-cost video surveillance. There are a couple of options available like pygame or SimpleCV but I never finished something. With the Local File camera platform by Landrash and motion you could integrate a local USB webcam with a few very easy steps.

+ +

In this blog post I using a Fedora 24 (will most likely work on other distributions too) installation with Home Assistant 0.22.1 on a Foxconn nT-330i with an old Logitech QuickCam Orbit AF and a Logitech HD Webcam C270. As a start only the Quickcam is used. No multi-camera setup for now.

+ + + +

Check first if the your operating system lists your cameras.

+ +
+ 
$ lsusb
+[...]
+Bus 002 Device 016: ID 046d:08cc Logitech, Inc. Mic (PTZ)
+[...]
+
+
+
+ +

The camera we are going to use is available at /dev/video1. The C270 is the one on /dev/video0.

+ +
+ 
$ ls -al /dev/video*
+crw-rw----+ 1 root video 81, 0 Jun 23 08:05 /dev/video0
+crw-rw----+ 1 root video 81, 1 Jun 23 08:36 /dev/video1
+
+
+
+ +

We need an additional software part to handle the cameras. motion is capable of monitoring the video signal from USB and network cameras, do motion detection, and other nifty stuff like saving images, add text, or basic image manipulations.

+ +
+ 
$ sudo dnf -y install motion
+
+
+
+ +

For your setup we need to modify the file /etc/motion/motion.conf. For now the most important parameters are videodevice, snapshot_interval, and target_dir. We are going to use the device /dev/video1, use a 30 seconds interval, and set the path to /tmp. Edit /etc/motion/motion.conf or use sed.

+ +
+ 
$ sudo sed -i 's|videodevice /dev/video0|videodevice /dev/video1|g' /etc/motion/motion.conf
+$ sudo sed -i 's|target_dir /var/motion|target_dir /tmp|g' /etc/motion/motion.conf
+$ sudo sed -i 's|snapshot_interval 0|snapshot_interval 30|g' /etc/motion/motion.conf
+
+
+
+ +

It’s suggested that you adjust at least width and height to get a bigger image from your camera. Now fire up motion.

+ +
+ 
$ sudo motion
+[0] [NTC] [ALL] conf_load: Processing thread 0 - config file /etc/motion/motion.conf
+[0] [ALR] [ALL] conf_cmdparse: Unknown config option "sdl_threadnr"
+[0] [NTC] [ALL] motion_startup: Motion 3.3.0 Started
+[0] [NTC] [ALL] motion_startup: Logging to file (/var/log/motion.log)
+
+
+
+ +

Your target_dir will start filling up with images from your camera. motion will create a symlink called lastsnap.jpg which always point to the latest snapshot. We will setup the Local File camera platform to use this file.

+ +
+ 
camera:
+  - platform: local_file
+    name: Cranberry cam
+    file_path: /tmp/lastsnap.jpg
+
+
+
+ +

+ + The “Cranberry cam” in action +

+ +

The machine with the attached USB camera will become a webcam server as well because motion’s built-in HTTP server is enabled by default. This means that you could connect your USB webcams to a different machine in your network, run motion there, adjust your firewall rules, and use Home Assistant to display the videos. Just check http://[IP of your webcam host]:8081/ to see the stream. This required more powerful hardware than using snapshots, of course.

+ +

In a scenario like this needs a Generic MJPEG IP Camera in your configuration.yaml file.

+ +
+ 
camera:
+  - platform: mjpeg
+    mjpeg_url: http://[IP of your webcam host]:8081
+    name: Cranberry Live cam
+
+
+
+ +

motion is a powerful tool and this blog post only showed two very simple use cases. Take a look at the documentation of motion to unleash its potential.

+ +]]> + + <![CDATA[0.22: Pandora, BT Home Hub 5 and local file camera.]]> @@ -1002,63 +1099,6 @@ For example, my wife works next door - and I couldn’t detect whether she’s a -]]> - - - - <![CDATA[0.15: Unforked Open Z-Wave, templated service calls, extended scene support and PEP257 compliance.]]> - - 2016-03-12T18:55:00+00:00 - https://home-assistant.io/blog/2016/03/12/z-wave-pep257-templated-service-calls - Two weeks has past so here is 0.15! We have been focussing a lot on quality. Making sure the system is more stable and reliable. I usually try to highlight one cool thing in the release notes but this release has 4 exciting announcements!

- -
    -
  • @fabaff has upgraded the codebase to follow the PEP257 documentation standard.
    • -
  • @partofthething has migrated us to use the main Python Open Z-Wave library instead of our forked version.
    • -
  • To make our automations more powerful, @persandstrom added the option to use templates to dynamically create service calls. This works for automation, Alexa, universal media player, template switch. Learn more.
    • -
  • @MartinHjelmare has upgraded our scene support to now support all built-in services and components.
    • -
- -

Besides bug fixes, this release also brings:

- -

- - - -
- 
# Example using templates for service and data in service call.
-# Works for automation, Alexa, universal media player, template switch.
-automation:
-  - trigger:
-      - platform: state
-        entity_id: switch.bathroom
-    action:
-      service_template: >
-        {% if is_state('switch.bathroom', 'on') %}
-          switch.turn_on
-        {% else %}
-          switch.turn_off
-        {% endif %}
-      data_template:
-        entity_id: switch.{{ states('input_select.is') }}
-
-
-
- -

Breaking Changes

- -
    -
  • Media Player: Attributes to call service play_media has been renamed to
    -media_content_type and media_content_id, to match the corresponding media
    -player state attributes. This change affects automations, scripts and scenes.
    • -
- ]]> diff --git a/blog/2014/12/18/website-launched/index.html b/blog/2014/12/18/website-launched/index.html index 5bedb963f1..2dfebb60d2 100644 --- a/blog/2014/12/18/website-launched/index.html +++ b/blog/2014/12/18/website-launched/index.html @@ -179,6 +179,12 @@ diff --git a/blog/2014/12/26/home-control-home-automation-and-the-smart-home/index.html b/blog/2014/12/26/home-control-home-automation-and-the-smart-home/index.html index f7d3ebf2d6..256b18e37a 100644 --- a/blog/2014/12/26/home-control-home-automation-and-the-smart-home/index.html +++ b/blog/2014/12/26/home-control-home-automation-and-the-smart-home/index.html @@ -234,6 +234,12 @@ This article will try to explain how they all relate.

diff --git a/blog/2015/01/04/hey-pushbullet-nice-talking-to-you/index.html b/blog/2015/01/04/hey-pushbullet-nice-talking-to-you/index.html index 9b0f9b5a6c..3354bd781a 100644 --- a/blog/2015/01/04/hey-pushbullet-nice-talking-to-you/index.html +++ b/blog/2015/01/04/hey-pushbullet-nice-talking-to-you/index.html @@ -218,6 +218,12 @@ api_key=ABCDEFGHJKLMNOPQRSTUVXYZ diff --git a/blog/2015/01/11/bootstrapping-your-setup-with-discovery/index.html b/blog/2015/01/11/bootstrapping-your-setup-with-discovery/index.html index 21c093ece8..bb14f1a680 100644 --- a/blog/2015/01/11/bootstrapping-your-setup-with-discovery/index.html +++ b/blog/2015/01/11/bootstrapping-your-setup-with-discovery/index.html @@ -193,6 +193,12 @@ diff --git a/blog/2015/01/13/nest-in-da-house/index.html b/blog/2015/01/13/nest-in-da-house/index.html index 2bc53f2066..9e3d43b623 100644 --- a/blog/2015/01/13/nest-in-da-house/index.html +++ b/blog/2015/01/13/nest-in-da-house/index.html @@ -196,6 +196,12 @@ password=YOUR_PASSWORD diff --git a/blog/2015/01/24/release-notes/index.html b/blog/2015/01/24/release-notes/index.html index 19a853cd6c..7363d99a7d 100644 --- a/blog/2015/01/24/release-notes/index.html +++ b/blog/2015/01/24/release-notes/index.html @@ -202,6 +202,12 @@ Home Assistant now supports --open-ui and --demo-mode diff --git a/blog/2015/02/08/looking-at-the-past/index.html b/blog/2015/02/08/looking-at-the-past/index.html index cdd0cffee3..cb0dc8d441 100644 --- a/blog/2015/02/08/looking-at-the-past/index.html +++ b/blog/2015/02/08/looking-at-the-past/index.html @@ -210,6 +210,12 @@ Events are saved in a local database. Google Graphs is used to draw the graph. D diff --git a/blog/2015/02/24/streaming-updates/index.html b/blog/2015/02/24/streaming-updates/index.html index 661f53a1c8..75fb288635 100644 --- a/blog/2015/02/24/streaming-updates/index.html +++ b/blog/2015/02/24/streaming-updates/index.html @@ -195,6 +195,12 @@ diff --git a/blog/2015/03/01/home-assistant-migrating-to-yaml/index.html b/blog/2015/03/01/home-assistant-migrating-to-yaml/index.html index 670f282542..d05da86ce5 100644 --- a/blog/2015/03/01/home-assistant-migrating-to-yaml/index.html +++ b/blog/2015/03/01/home-assistant-migrating-to-yaml/index.html @@ -185,6 +185,12 @@ diff --git a/blog/2015/03/08/new-logo/index.html b/blog/2015/03/08/new-logo/index.html index 463fe19e9d..4f8b089073 100644 --- a/blog/2015/03/08/new-logo/index.html +++ b/blog/2015/03/08/new-logo/index.html @@ -186,6 +186,12 @@ The old logo, the new detailed logo and the new simple logo. diff --git a/blog/2015/03/11/release-notes/index.html b/blog/2015/03/11/release-notes/index.html index e8dcfc8279..5e7487286b 100644 --- a/blog/2015/03/11/release-notes/index.html +++ b/blog/2015/03/11/release-notes/index.html @@ -225,6 +225,12 @@ An initial version of voice control for Home Assistant has landed. The current i diff --git a/blog/2015/03/22/release-notes/index.html b/blog/2015/03/22/release-notes/index.html index 7eb35f2e2e..042d131116 100644 --- a/blog/2015/03/22/release-notes/index.html +++ b/blog/2015/03/22/release-notes/index.html @@ -262,6 +262,12 @@ I (Paulus) have contributed a scene component. A user can create scenes that cap diff --git a/blog/2015/04/25/release-notes/index.html b/blog/2015/04/25/release-notes/index.html index 3a3746485d..88b5861cfb 100644 --- a/blog/2015/04/25/release-notes/index.html +++ b/blog/2015/04/25/release-notes/index.html @@ -273,6 +273,12 @@ diff --git a/blog/2015/05/09/utc-time-zone-awareness/index.html b/blog/2015/05/09/utc-time-zone-awareness/index.html index 0faa74bbf7..759c1b6a3a 100644 --- a/blog/2015/05/09/utc-time-zone-awareness/index.html +++ b/blog/2015/05/09/utc-time-zone-awareness/index.html @@ -208,6 +208,12 @@ diff --git a/blog/2015/05/14/release-notes/index.html b/blog/2015/05/14/release-notes/index.html index 3f3cf99f0a..7810439e09 100644 --- a/blog/2015/05/14/release-notes/index.html +++ b/blog/2015/05/14/release-notes/index.html @@ -300,6 +300,12 @@ Before diving into the newly supported devices and services, I want to highlight diff --git a/blog/2015/06/10/release-notes/index.html b/blog/2015/06/10/release-notes/index.html index f4aabc5dd4..93fa31d9f3 100644 --- a/blog/2015/06/10/release-notes/index.html +++ b/blog/2015/06/10/release-notes/index.html @@ -353,6 +353,12 @@ This switch platform allows you to control your motion detection setting on your diff --git a/blog/2015/07/11/ip-cameras-arduino-kodi-efergy-support/index.html b/blog/2015/07/11/ip-cameras-arduino-kodi-efergy-support/index.html index 474ba204c8..12669bb201 100644 --- a/blog/2015/07/11/ip-cameras-arduino-kodi-efergy-support/index.html +++ b/blog/2015/07/11/ip-cameras-arduino-kodi-efergy-support/index.html @@ -305,6 +305,12 @@ Fabian has added support for Forecast.io to g diff --git a/blog/2015/08/09/mqtt-raspberry-pi-squeezebox-asuswrt-support/index.html b/blog/2015/08/09/mqtt-raspberry-pi-squeezebox-asuswrt-support/index.html index 43654b367b..24889a5e08 100644 --- a/blog/2015/08/09/mqtt-raspberry-pi-squeezebox-asuswrt-support/index.html +++ b/blog/2015/08/09/mqtt-raspberry-pi-squeezebox-asuswrt-support/index.html @@ -294,6 +294,12 @@ Support for Temper temperature sensors has been contributed by +
  • + Using USB webcams with Home Assistant +
    • + + +
  • 0.22: Pandora, BT Home Hub 5 and local file camera.
    • @@ -317,12 +323,6 @@ Support for Temper temperature sensors has been contributed by - iBeacons: How to track things that can’t track themselves (part II) - - - diff --git a/blog/2015/08/17/verisure-and-modern-tp-link-router-support/index.html b/blog/2015/08/17/verisure-and-modern-tp-link-router-support/index.html index 8a939faca6..071b0f000a 100644 --- a/blog/2015/08/17/verisure-and-modern-tp-link-router-support/index.html +++ b/blog/2015/08/17/verisure-and-modern-tp-link-router-support/index.html @@ -204,6 +204,12 @@ diff --git a/blog/2015/08/26/laundry-automation-with-moteino-mqtt-and-home-assistant/index.html b/blog/2015/08/26/laundry-automation-with-moteino-mqtt-and-home-assistant/index.html index 3cee40c257..72247824b2 100644 --- a/blog/2015/08/26/laundry-automation-with-moteino-mqtt-and-home-assistant/index.html +++ b/blog/2015/08/26/laundry-automation-with-moteino-mqtt-and-home-assistant/index.html @@ -317,6 +317,12 @@ The automation and script syntax here is using a deprecated and no longer suppor diff --git a/blog/2015/08/31/version-7-revamped-ui-and-improved-distribution/index.html b/blog/2015/08/31/version-7-revamped-ui-and-improved-distribution/index.html index c9a7e6857e..810edcfe9e 100644 --- a/blog/2015/08/31/version-7-revamped-ui-and-improved-distribution/index.html +++ b/blog/2015/08/31/version-7-revamped-ui-and-improved-distribution/index.html @@ -291,6 +291,12 @@ diff --git a/blog/2015/09/11/different-ways-to-use-mqtt-with-home-assistant/index.html b/blog/2015/09/11/different-ways-to-use-mqtt-with-home-assistant/index.html index 22405f9001..7222dfd9df 100644 --- a/blog/2015/09/11/different-ways-to-use-mqtt-with-home-assistant/index.html +++ b/blog/2015/09/11/different-ways-to-use-mqtt-with-home-assistant/index.html @@ -494,6 +494,12 @@ PubSubClient client(ethClient); diff --git a/blog/2015/09/13/home-assistant-meets-ifttt/index.html b/blog/2015/09/13/home-assistant-meets-ifttt/index.html index a828d152f2..3b2fa91d45 100644 --- a/blog/2015/09/13/home-assistant-meets-ifttt/index.html +++ b/blog/2015/09/13/home-assistant-meets-ifttt/index.html @@ -353,6 +353,12 @@ diff --git a/blog/2015/09/18/monitoring-with-glances-and-home-assistant/index.html b/blog/2015/09/18/monitoring-with-glances-and-home-assistant/index.html index a3582fdaee..32e42e06ff 100644 --- a/blog/2015/09/18/monitoring-with-glances-and-home-assistant/index.html +++ b/blog/2015/09/18/monitoring-with-glances-and-home-assistant/index.html @@ -254,6 +254,12 @@ Glances web server started on http://0.0.0.0:61208/ diff --git a/blog/2015/09/19/alarm-sonos-and-itunes-support/index.html b/blog/2015/09/19/alarm-sonos-and-itunes-support/index.html index 65060b7926..a232a65de8 100644 --- a/blog/2015/09/19/alarm-sonos-and-itunes-support/index.html +++ b/blog/2015/09/19/alarm-sonos-and-itunes-support/index.html @@ -233,6 +233,12 @@ Automation has gotten a lot of love. It now supports conditions, multiple trigge diff --git a/blog/2015/10/05/home-assistant-goes-geo-with-owntracks/index.html b/blog/2015/10/05/home-assistant-goes-geo-with-owntracks/index.html index b061d773cc..dd35405a36 100644 --- a/blog/2015/10/05/home-assistant-goes-geo-with-owntracks/index.html +++ b/blog/2015/10/05/home-assistant-goes-geo-with-owntracks/index.html @@ -209,6 +209,12 @@ Map in Home Assistant showing two people and three zones (home, school, work) diff --git a/blog/2015/10/11/measure-temperature-with-esp8266-and-report-to-mqtt/index.html b/blog/2015/10/11/measure-temperature-with-esp8266-and-report-to-mqtt/index.html index 768173f0cc..35586c752b 100644 --- a/blog/2015/10/11/measure-temperature-with-esp8266-and-report-to-mqtt/index.html +++ b/blog/2015/10/11/measure-temperature-with-esp8266-and-report-to-mqtt/index.html @@ -553,6 +553,12 @@ Adafruit_HDC1000 hdc = Adafruit_HDC1000(); diff --git a/blog/2015/10/11/rfxtrx-blinkstick-and-snmp-support/index.html b/blog/2015/10/11/rfxtrx-blinkstick-and-snmp-support/index.html index 8a19bdf151..5661020af1 100644 --- a/blog/2015/10/11/rfxtrx-blinkstick-and-snmp-support/index.html +++ b/blog/2015/10/11/rfxtrx-blinkstick-and-snmp-support/index.html @@ -198,6 +198,12 @@ diff --git a/blog/2015/10/26/firetv-and-radiotherm-now-supported/index.html b/blog/2015/10/26/firetv-and-radiotherm-now-supported/index.html index d77b4ee92d..7f4a004934 100644 --- a/blog/2015/10/26/firetv-and-radiotherm-now-supported/index.html +++ b/blog/2015/10/26/firetv-and-radiotherm-now-supported/index.html @@ -220,6 +220,12 @@ This makes more sense as most people run Home Assistant as a daemon

    diff --git a/blog/2015/11/16/zwave-switches-lights-and-honeywell-thermostats-now-supported/index.html b/blog/2015/11/16/zwave-switches-lights-and-honeywell-thermostats-now-supported/index.html index e311875c35..21959bf16e 100644 --- a/blog/2015/11/16/zwave-switches-lights-and-honeywell-thermostats-now-supported/index.html +++ b/blog/2015/11/16/zwave-switches-lights-and-honeywell-thermostats-now-supported/index.html @@ -216,6 +216,12 @@ diff --git a/blog/2015/11/22/survey-november-2015/index.html b/blog/2015/11/22/survey-november-2015/index.html index 4a6fa095c0..ee8aa042fc 100644 --- a/blog/2015/11/22/survey-november-2015/index.html +++ b/blog/2015/11/22/survey-november-2015/index.html @@ -256,6 +256,12 @@ diff --git a/blog/2015/12/05/community-highlights/index.html b/blog/2015/12/05/community-highlights/index.html index 541799b08f..7c4fb86fa4 100644 --- a/blog/2015/12/05/community-highlights/index.html +++ b/blog/2015/12/05/community-highlights/index.html @@ -191,6 +191,12 @@ diff --git a/blog/2015/12/06/locks-rollershutters-binary-sensors-and-influxdb-support/index.html b/blog/2015/12/06/locks-rollershutters-binary-sensors-and-influxdb-support/index.html index 000913fa95..aa1d051b74 100644 --- a/blog/2015/12/06/locks-rollershutters-binary-sensors-and-influxdb-support/index.html +++ b/blog/2015/12/06/locks-rollershutters-binary-sensors-and-influxdb-support/index.html @@ -198,6 +198,12 @@ diff --git a/blog/2015/12/07/influxdb-and-grafana/index.html b/blog/2015/12/07/influxdb-and-grafana/index.html index c191124c64..bf9d23f94e 100644 --- a/blog/2015/12/07/influxdb-and-grafana/index.html +++ b/blog/2015/12/07/influxdb-and-grafana/index.html @@ -289,6 +289,12 @@ $ sudo systemctl status grafana-server diff --git a/blog/2015/12/10/activating-tasker-tasks-from-home-assistant-using-command-line-switches/index.html b/blog/2015/12/10/activating-tasker-tasks-from-home-assistant-using-command-line-switches/index.html index 7172d96c1a..f28b711715 100644 --- a/blog/2015/12/10/activating-tasker-tasks-from-home-assistant-using-command-line-switches/index.html +++ b/blog/2015/12/10/activating-tasker-tasks-from-home-assistant-using-command-line-switches/index.html @@ -239,6 +239,12 @@ requests.get(' +
  • + Using USB webcams with Home Assistant +
    • + + +
  • 0.22: Pandora, BT Home Hub 5 and local file camera.
    • @@ -262,12 +268,6 @@ requests.get(' - iBeacons: How to track things that can’t track themselves (part II) - - - diff --git a/blog/2015/12/12/philips-hue-blocks-3rd-party-bulbs/index.html b/blog/2015/12/12/philips-hue-blocks-3rd-party-bulbs/index.html index 4b6acbbc94..8faad97f5f 100644 --- a/blog/2015/12/12/philips-hue-blocks-3rd-party-bulbs/index.html +++ b/blog/2015/12/12/philips-hue-blocks-3rd-party-bulbs/index.html @@ -211,6 +211,12 @@ Philips Hue FAQ entries regarding 3rd party light bulbs. diff --git a/blog/2015/12/13/setup-encryption-using-lets-encrypt/index.html b/blog/2015/12/13/setup-encryption-using-lets-encrypt/index.html index e4c4afae07..245e5e5437 100644 --- a/blog/2015/12/13/setup-encryption-using-lets-encrypt/index.html +++ b/blog/2015/12/13/setup-encryption-using-lets-encrypt/index.html @@ -278,6 +278,12 @@ sudo docker run -it --rm -p 80:80 --name certbot \ diff --git a/blog/2015/12/22/amazon-echo-icloud-and-templates/index.html b/blog/2015/12/22/amazon-echo-icloud-and-templates/index.html index 111168bfef..fe3d0d69cd 100644 --- a/blog/2015/12/22/amazon-echo-icloud-and-templates/index.html +++ b/blog/2015/12/22/amazon-echo-icloud-and-templates/index.html @@ -232,6 +232,12 @@ diff --git a/blog/2016/01/17/extended-support-for-diy-solutions/index.html b/blog/2016/01/17/extended-support-for-diy-solutions/index.html index 09d57e71be..1cef9e6477 100644 --- a/blog/2016/01/17/extended-support-for-diy-solutions/index.html +++ b/blog/2016/01/17/extended-support-for-diy-solutions/index.html @@ -212,6 +212,12 @@ diff --git a/blog/2016/01/19/perfect-home-automation/index.html b/blog/2016/01/19/perfect-home-automation/index.html index 95eec3bf80..ae693fa4cc 100644 --- a/blog/2016/01/19/perfect-home-automation/index.html +++ b/blog/2016/01/19/perfect-home-automation/index.html @@ -216,6 +216,12 @@ diff --git a/blog/2016/01/30/insteon-lifx-twitter-and-zigbee/index.html b/blog/2016/01/30/insteon-lifx-twitter-and-zigbee/index.html index bfc024cb26..21781b8b95 100644 --- a/blog/2016/01/30/insteon-lifx-twitter-and-zigbee/index.html +++ b/blog/2016/01/30/insteon-lifx-twitter-and-zigbee/index.html @@ -218,6 +218,12 @@ Example of the new views in the frontend. Learn mor diff --git a/blog/2016/02/09/smarter-smart-things-with-mqtt-and-home-assistant/index.html b/blog/2016/02/09/smarter-smart-things-with-mqtt-and-home-assistant/index.html index 445ac97650..7e9eebc1e8 100644 --- a/blog/2016/02/09/smarter-smart-things-with-mqtt-and-home-assistant/index.html +++ b/blog/2016/02/09/smarter-smart-things-with-mqtt-and-home-assistant/index.html @@ -405,6 +405,12 @@ Z-Wave light bulb | diff --git a/blog/2016/02/12/classifying-the-internet-of-things/index.html b/blog/2016/02/12/classifying-the-internet-of-things/index.html index ec798e43ae..42822e08e6 100644 --- a/blog/2016/02/12/classifying-the-internet-of-things/index.html +++ b/blog/2016/02/12/classifying-the-internet-of-things/index.html @@ -355,6 +355,12 @@ diff --git a/blog/2016/02/13/speedtest-bloomsky-splunk-and-garage-doors/index.html b/blog/2016/02/13/speedtest-bloomsky-splunk-and-garage-doors/index.html index 20e9062dab..99fca38695 100644 --- a/blog/2016/02/13/speedtest-bloomsky-splunk-and-garage-doors/index.html +++ b/blog/2016/02/13/speedtest-bloomsky-splunk-and-garage-doors/index.html @@ -221,6 +221,12 @@ diff --git a/blog/2016/02/18/multi-room-audio-with-snapcast/index.html b/blog/2016/02/18/multi-room-audio-with-snapcast/index.html index 036cadd4a4..afebfc3314 100644 --- a/blog/2016/02/18/multi-room-audio-with-snapcast/index.html +++ b/blog/2016/02/18/multi-room-audio-with-snapcast/index.html @@ -323,6 +323,12 @@ output = audioresample ! audio/x-raw,rate=48000,channels=2,format=S16LE ! audioc diff --git a/blog/2016/02/20/community-highlights/index.html b/blog/2016/02/20/community-highlights/index.html index c01b8833f3..c62664ef3b 100644 --- a/blog/2016/02/20/community-highlights/index.html +++ b/blog/2016/02/20/community-highlights/index.html @@ -231,6 +231,12 @@ Hold your NFC tag against the belly of Garfield to unlock the alarm. diff --git a/blog/2016/02/27/steam-d-link-smart-plugs-and-neurio-energy-sensors/index.html b/blog/2016/02/27/steam-d-link-smart-plugs-and-neurio-energy-sensors/index.html index e990d88e78..55115166a8 100644 --- a/blog/2016/02/27/steam-d-link-smart-plugs-and-neurio-energy-sensors/index.html +++ b/blog/2016/02/27/steam-d-link-smart-plugs-and-neurio-energy-sensors/index.html @@ -220,6 +220,12 @@ diff --git a/blog/2016/03/12/z-wave-pep257-templated-service-calls/index.html b/blog/2016/03/12/z-wave-pep257-templated-service-calls/index.html index ecfd0f8dac..9c4e190a7a 100644 --- a/blog/2016/03/12/z-wave-pep257-templated-service-calls/index.html +++ b/blog/2016/03/12/z-wave-pep257-templated-service-calls/index.html @@ -226,6 +226,12 @@ player state attributes. This change affects automations, scripts and scenes. +
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    +In the past month I was thinking about way to integrate USB webcams into Home Assistant again. The main reason was that this would give those devices a second life and enable one to benefit from low-cost video surveillance. There are a couple of options available like pygame or SimpleCV but I never finished something. With the Local File camera platform by Landrash and motion you could integrate a local USB webcam with a few very easy steps.

    + +

    In this blog post I using a Fedora 24 (will most likely work on other distributions too) installation with Home Assistant 0.22.1 on a Foxconn nT-330i with an old Logitech QuickCam Orbit AF and a Logitech HD Webcam C270. As a start only the Quickcam is used. No multi-camera setup for now.

    + + + +

    Check first if the your operating system lists your cameras.

    + +
    + 
    $ lsusb
+[...]
+Bus 002 Device 016: ID 046d:08cc Logitech, Inc. Mic (PTZ)
+[...]
+
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    The camera we are going to use is available at /dev/video1. The C270 is the one on /dev/video0.

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    $ ls -al /dev/video*
+crw-rw----+ 1 root video 81, 0 Jun 23 08:05 /dev/video0
+crw-rw----+ 1 root video 81, 1 Jun 23 08:36 /dev/video1
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    We need an additional software part to handle the cameras. motion is capable of monitoring the video signal from USB and network cameras, do motion detection, and other nifty stuff like saving images, add text, or basic image manipulations.

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    $ sudo dnf -y install motion
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    For your setup we need to modify the file /etc/motion/motion.conf. For now the most important parameters are videodevice, snapshot_interval, and target_dir. We are going to use the device /dev/video1, use a 30 seconds interval, and set the path to /tmp. Edit /etc/motion/motion.conf or use sed.

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    $ sudo sed -i 's|videodevice /dev/video0|videodevice /dev/video1|g' /etc/motion/motion.conf
+$ sudo sed -i 's|target_dir /var/motion|target_dir /tmp|g' /etc/motion/motion.conf
+$ sudo sed -i 's|snapshot_interval 0|snapshot_interval 30|g' /etc/motion/motion.conf
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    It’s suggested that you adjust at least width and height to get a bigger image from your camera. Now fire up motion.

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    $ sudo motion
+[0] [NTC] [ALL] conf_load: Processing thread 0 - config file /etc/motion/motion.conf
+[0] [ALR] [ALL] conf_cmdparse: Unknown config option "sdl_threadnr"
+[0] [NTC] [ALL] motion_startup: Motion 3.3.0 Started
+[0] [NTC] [ALL] motion_startup: Logging to file (/var/log/motion.log)
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    Your target_dir will start filling up with images from your camera. motion will create a symlink called lastsnap.jpg which always point to the latest snapshot. We will setup the Local File camera platform to use this file.

    + +
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    camera:
+  - platform: local_file
+    name: Cranberry cam
+    file_path: /tmp/lastsnap.jpg
+
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    + + The “Cranberry cam” in action +

    + +

    The machine with the attached USB camera will become a webcam server as well because motion’s built-in HTTP server is enabled by default. This means that you could connect your USB webcams to a different machine in your network, run motion there, adjust your firewall rules, and use Home Assistant to display the videos. Just check http://[IP of your webcam host]:8081/ to see the stream. This required more powerful hardware than using snapshots, of course.

    + +

    In a scenario like this needs a Generic MJPEG IP Camera in your configuration.yaml file.

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    camera:
+  - platform: mjpeg
+    mjpeg_url: http://[IP of your webcam host]:8081
+    name: Cranberry Live cam
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    motion is a powerful tool and this blog post only showed two very simple use cases. Take a look at the documentation of motion to unleash its potential.

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    +In the past month I was thinking about way to integrate USB webcams into Home Assistant again. The main reason was that this would give those devices a second life and enable one to benefit from low-cost video surveillance. There are a couple of options available like pygame or SimpleCV but I never finished something. With the Local File camera platform by Landrash and motion you could integrate a local USB webcam with a few very easy steps.

    + +

    In this blog post I using a Fedora 24 (will most likely work on other distributions too) installation with Home Assistant 0.22.1 on a Foxconn nT-330i with an old Logitech QuickCam Orbit AF and a Logitech HD Webcam C270. As a start only the Quickcam is used. No multi-camera setup for now.

    + + + +

    Check first if the your operating system lists your cameras.

    + +
    + 
    $ lsusb
+[...]
+Bus 002 Device 016: ID 046d:08cc Logitech, Inc. Mic (PTZ)
+[...]
+
    +
    +
    + +

    The camera we are going to use is available at /dev/video1. The C270 is the one on /dev/video0.

    + +
    + 
    $ ls -al /dev/video*
+crw-rw----+ 1 root video 81, 0 Jun 23 08:05 /dev/video0
+crw-rw----+ 1 root video 81, 1 Jun 23 08:36 /dev/video1
+
    +
    +
    + +

    We need an additional software part to handle the cameras. motion is capable of monitoring the video signal from USB and network cameras, do motion detection, and other nifty stuff like saving images, add text, or basic image manipulations.

    + +
    + 
    $ sudo dnf -y install motion
+
    +
    +
    + +

    For your setup we need to modify the file /etc/motion/motion.conf. For now the most important parameters are videodevice, snapshot_interval, and target_dir. We are going to use the device /dev/video1, use a 30 seconds interval, and set the path to /tmp. Edit /etc/motion/motion.conf or use sed.

    + +
    + 
    $ sudo sed -i 's|videodevice /dev/video0|videodevice /dev/video1|g' /etc/motion/motion.conf
+$ sudo sed -i 's|target_dir /var/motion|target_dir /tmp|g' /etc/motion/motion.conf
+$ sudo sed -i 's|snapshot_interval 0|snapshot_interval 30|g' /etc/motion/motion.conf
+
    +
    +
    + +

    It’s suggested that you adjust at least width and height to get a bigger image from your camera. Now fire up motion.

    + +
    + 
    $ sudo motion
+[0] [NTC] [ALL] conf_load: Processing thread 0 - config file /etc/motion/motion.conf
+[0] [ALR] [ALL] conf_cmdparse: Unknown config option "sdl_threadnr"
+[0] [NTC] [ALL] motion_startup: Motion 3.3.0 Started
+[0] [NTC] [ALL] motion_startup: Logging to file (/var/log/motion.log)
+
    +
    +
    + +

    Your target_dir will start filling up with images from your camera. motion will create a symlink called lastsnap.jpg which always point to the latest snapshot. We will setup the Local File camera platform to use this file.

    + +
    + 
    camera:
+  - platform: local_file
+    name: Cranberry cam
+    file_path: /tmp/lastsnap.jpg
+
    +
    +
    + +

    + + The “Cranberry cam” in action +

    + +

    The machine with the attached USB camera will become a webcam server as well because motion’s built-in HTTP server is enabled by default. This means that you could connect your USB webcams to a different machine in your network, run motion there, adjust your firewall rules, and use Home Assistant to display the videos. Just check http://[IP of your webcam host]:8081/ to see the stream. This required more powerful hardware than using snapshots, of course.

    + +

    In a scenario like this needs a Generic MJPEG IP Camera in your configuration.yaml file.

    + +
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    camera:
+  - platform: mjpeg
+    mjpeg_url: http://[IP of your webcam host]:8081
+    name: Cranberry Live cam
+
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    motion is a powerful tool and this blog post only showed two very simple use cases. Take a look at the documentation of motion to unleash its potential.

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    You could also do this with the automation component instead so whenever you put your house to sleep mode for example your Android device will open up Google Play Books or the Kindle app ready for you to read as well as dimming your lights, but this tutorial is all about the switches.

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    -This is where we’ll configure our task, so select the plus icon to select an action. Select Alert -> Say to add a Say action. Enter On in the text field and go back to test your task, make sure your media volume is up then select the play icon, you should hear your device say “On”.

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    + Using USB webcams with Home Assistant +

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    +In the past month I was thinking about way to integrate USB webcams into Home Assistant again. The main reason was that this would give those devices a second life and enable one to benefit from low-cost video surveillance. There are a couple of options available like pygame or SimpleCV but I never finished something. With the Local File camera platform by Landrash and motion you could integrate a local USB webcam with a few very easy steps.

    + +

    In this blog post I using a Fedora 24 (will most likely work on other distributions too) installation with Home Assistant 0.22.1 on a Foxconn nT-330i with an old Logitech QuickCam Orbit AF and a Logitech HD Webcam C270. As a start only the Quickcam is used. No multi-camera setup for now.

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    This release is big. Until now, our automations and scripts have been very static. Starting today it should all be a bit more dynamic.

    + +

    Scripts are now available in automations and when responding to Alexa/Amazon Echo. Both of these components will now expose data to be used in script templates (including from_state !). Passing data to script entities is available by passing the data to the script services.

    + +
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    automation:
+  trigger:
+    platform: mqtt
+    topic: some/notify/topic
+  action:
+    service: notify.notify
+    data_template:
+      message: 
+
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+  trigger:
+    platform: state
+    entity_id: light.hue
+  action:
+    service: notify.notify
+    data_template:
+      message:  is now 
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    Two weeks has past so here is 0.15! We have been focussing a lot on quality. Making sure the system is more stable and reliable. I usually try to highlight one cool thing in the release notes but this release has 4 exciting announcements!

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    • @partofthething has migrated us to use the main Python Open Z-Wave library instead of our forked version.
      • +
    • To make our automations more powerful, @persandstrom added the option to use templates to dynamically create service calls. This works for automation, Alexa, universal media player, template switch. Learn more.
      • +
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    # Example using templates for service and data in service call.
+# Works for automation, Alexa, universal media player, template switch.
+automation:
+  - trigger:
+      - platform: state
+        entity_id: switch.bathroom
+    action:
+      service_template: >
+        {% if is_state('switch.bathroom', 'on') %}
+          switch.turn_on
+        {% else %}
+          switch.turn_off
+        {% endif %}
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+        entity_id: switch.{{ states('input_select.is') }}
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    Alrighty, it’s time for Home Assistant 0.10. A lot amazing things have changed and sadly we also had to introduce a bunch of backwards incompatible changes. I would like to give a big shoutout to Philip Lundrigan (@philipbl) who put a lot in effort in helping the migration to move towards using templates for a wide variety of platforms.

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    For this tutorial, I’ll walk through how to get going with ESP8266, get the temperature and humidity and report it to MQTT where Home Asssistant can pick it up.

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    - -Home Assistant will keep track of historical values and allow you to integrate it into automation. -

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