Android IP Webcam
The android_ip_webcam integration turns any Android phone or tablet into a network camera with multiple viewing options.
It’s setup as an MJPEG camera and all settings as switches inside of Home Assistant. You can also expose the sensors. If you have multiple phones, you can use all options inside a list.
There is currently support for the following device types within Home Assistant:
- Binary Sensor
- Camera
- Sensor
- Switch
Setup
Download the IP Webcam app and launch the app. When you press ‘Start Server’, it will start streaming video from your phone and the IP address of the device will be shown on screen.
Configuration
To set up the component, add the following information to your configuration.yaml file:
# Example configuration.yaml entry
android_ip_webcam:
- host: 192.168.1.10
Configuration Variables
- host
(string)(Required)
The IP address of the phone on the network.
- port
-
(integer)(Optional)
The port the IP Webcam listens on.
Default value:
8080
- name
-
(string)(Optional)
Override the name of the phone.
Default value:
IP Webcam
- username
(string)(Inclusive)
The username to access the phone.
- password
(string)(Inclusive)
The password to access the phone.
- scan_interval
-
(integer)(Optional)
Defines the update interval of the phone.
Default value:
10
- sensors
(list)(Optional)
Conditions to display sensor in the frontend. See the list of supported sensors.
- audio_connections
The audio connections
- battery_level
The battery level
- battery_temp
The battery temperature
- battery_voltage
The battery voltage
- light
The light level
- motion
Motion detection
- pressure
The current pressure
- proximity
The proximity
- sound
The sound detection
- video_connections
The video connections
- switches
(list)(Optional)
Conditions to display settings in the frontend. See the list of supported switches.
- exposure_lock
Control the exposure lock
- ffc
Control the front-facing camera.
- focus
Control the focus.
- gps_active
Control the GPS.
- night_vision
Control the night vision.
- overlay
Control the overlay.
- torch
Control the torch.
- whitebalance_lock
Control the white balance lock.
- video_recording
Control the video recording.
- motion_sensor
-
(boolean)(Optional)
Activate motion sensor if
auto_discoveryis disabled.Default value:
false
You need to enable logging in the Android app (Data logging > Enable data logging), if you wish to see the sensor states in Home Assistant. The sensor states stays as unknown, until it’s enabled.
Full example
# Example configuration.yaml entry
android_ip_webcam:
- host: 192.168.1.202
port: 8000
sensors:
- audio_connections
- battery_level
- battery_temp
- battery_voltage
- light
- motion
- pressure
- proximity
- sound
- video_connections
switches:
- exposure_lock
- ffc
- focus
- gps_active
- night_vision
- overlay
- torch
- whitebalance_lock
- video_recording
- host: 192.168.1.203
port: 8000
sensors:
- light
switches:
- torch
Binary Sensor
The android_ip_webcam binary sensor platform lets you observe the motion state of Android IP Webcam sensors through Home Assistant. Devices will be configured automatically.
Examples
You can also setup the binary motion sensor with the following script:
binary_sensor:
- platform: rest
name: Kitchen Motion
sensor_class: motion
resource: http://IP:8080/sensors.json?sense=motion_active
value_template: '{{ value_json.motion_active.data[0][1][0] | round(0) }}'
Camera
The android_ip_webcam integration adds a camera by default if you choose not to use the integration but still want to see the video feed then the mjpeg camera platform can be used.
Configuration
To enable only the camera in your installation, add the following to your configuration.yaml file:
# Example configuration.yaml entry
camera:
- platform: mjpeg
mjpeg_url: http://IP_ADDRESS:8080/video
Sensor
The android_ip_webcam sensor platform lets you observe states of Android IP Webcam sensors through Home Assistant. Devices will be configured automatically.
You can setup your own sensors by examining the JSON file from the webcam server: http://IP:8080/sensors.json