Add generic mjpeg/rtsp IP camera?

[Roy_Donaldson]

Hi there,

I have a number of Cisco IP cameras installed in my house already. When I look at SmartThings all I can do is add a D-Link or Samsung camera. How do I go about adding my own cameras ? They are pretty much standard mjpeg or rtsp capable cameras.

Thanks,
Roy

[jotto]

You can checkout Generic Camera Device by @pstuart

Generic Camera Device using local connection (new version now available)

After a week of hacking around while waiting for support to respond to my ticket, I finally figured out how to do local http GET and parse the response for cameras. So I wrote this nice little generic camera device that I have tested with Panasonic Cameras and D-Link cameras and should work for any camera that has a url to retrieve the latest image. Requirements: Code here… https://github.com/pstuart/smartthings-ps/blob/master/devicetypes/generic_camera.groovy Edit preferences after install in devices in IDE or on App on phone: -IP of the camera, this is your local ip, does NOT need to be publicly accessible -Port of the camera, typically 80 but could be anything -Path to image, different for each camera Panasonic Camera is "/SnapshotJPEG?Resolution=640x480&Quality=Clarity" D-Link…

Device Type (GitHub) - https://github.com/pstuart/smartthings-ps/blob/master/devicetypes/generic_camera.groovy

[Roy_Donaldson]

Thanks. That’s what I was looking for. It’s a shame that SmartThings don’t have a Beta channel that new devices can get put it. Copying a whole bundle of groovy from github perhaps isn’t the most user friendly way of doing this…

[revrenhex (Cliff Harris)]

I tried to setup your app from the code, but when I go to save it, I’m presented with this error:

No signature of method: script14437909495791179149265.metadata() is applicable for argument types: (script14437909495791179149265$_run_closure1) values: [script14437909495791179149265$_run_closure1@3a8abc7] Possible solutions: getMetadata(), getState(), setState(java.lang.Object), metaClass(groovy.lang.Closure)

Any idea how to get it working?

Thanks!

[Chrisirwin]

Hi pstuart, I’d like to try using the code you developed for generic camera use, but the link you gave doesn’t take me to a valid page (get 404 error). P;lease can you re-post a link to Github that works. Thanks in advance.

[cjcharles]

Search for the discussion thread on the forums, that has a working link in it to Github (I think the location was changed due to ST encouraging users to tweak their ST folder structure).

Edit2, even better, use this version since then it supports video when on home Wi-Fi, and pictures at other times.

Generic Camera Device using local connection (new version now available)

I was playing around with pstuart’s generic camera handlers and managed to combine them. If anyone is interested, it’s pasted below. I literally copied the video handler code into the photo handler and tweaked it a bit. I take no credit, except for my excellent copy and pasting. /** * * Generic IP Camera * * Based on pstuart's Generic Video Camera and Generic Camera Device * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except * in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at: * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed * on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITION…

Edit Or if you want the original then a quick search on his Github found this:

pstuart/smartthings-ps/blob/master/devicetypes/pstuart/generic-camera.src/generic-camera.groovy