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Camera MQTT Config

SeydX edited this page Jan 25, 2022 · 1 revision

MQTT

Here you can configure the specific MQTT Topics/Messages camera.ui should listen to

Example:

"name": "My Camera",
"videoConfig": {
  ...
},
"mqtt": {
  "motionTopic": "sricam/motion",
  "motionMessage": "ON",
  "motionResetTopic": "sricam/motion",
  "motionResetMessage": "OFF"
}

If your camera does not send simple message like "ON" / "OFF" and sends a JSON payload instead, the following is also possible

Assuming your camera sends a JSON payload like this on motion detection:

{
  "timestamp": 123456789,
  "event": {
    "type": "motion",
    "state": true
  }
}

And you need the "state" value in the payload. You can give camera.ui the path to the value and camera.ui will automatically read this value:

"name": "My Camera",
"videoConfig": {
  ...
},
"mqtt": {
  "motionTopic": "sricam/motion",
  "motionMessage": {
    "event": {
      "state": true
    }
  },
  "motionResetTopic": "sricam/motion",
  "motionResetMessage": {
    "event": {
      "state": false
    }
  },
}

Info

Attributes Required Usage Default Options
motionTopic The MQTT topic to watch for motion alerts. The topic (prefix/suffix) should be unique, it will be used to assign the motion detected message to the desired camera.
motionMessage The message to watch for to trigger motion alerts.
motionResetTopic The MQTT topic to watch for motion resets. The topic (prefix/suffix) should be unique, it will be used to assign the reset motion message to the desired camera.
motionMessage The message to watch for to trigger motion resets.
motionResetMessage The MQTT topic to watch for doorbell alerts. The topic (prefix/suffix) should be unique, it will be used to assign the doorbell message to the desired camera.
doorbellMessage The message to watch for to trigger doorbell alerts. Will use the name of the camera if blank.