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Foscam

The foscam platform allows you to watch the live stream of your Foscam IP camera in Home Assistant.

Configuration

To add the Foscam integration to your Home Assistant instance, use this My button:

Manual configuration steps

If the above My button doesn’t work, you can also perform the following steps manually:

Note

There seems to be some issues within Foscam with lengthy passwords and passwords containing certain symbols. Be sure to check your camera’s documentation.

Controllable Features

If your camera supports it, a switch “Sleep” will be added to put the camera in sleep mode.

Streams

Most Foscam IP Cameras supports two video streams, by default the Main stream is the high quality stream while the Sub stream is a lower quality stream. These streams can be configured in your camera preferences.

Action foscam.ptz

If your Foscam camera supports PTZ, you will be able to pan or tilt your camera.

Data attribute Description
entity_id String or list of strings that point at entity_ids of cameras. Use entity_id: all to target all.
movement Direction of the movement. Allowed values: up, down, left, right, top_left, top_right, bottom_left, bottom_right
travel_time (Optional) Travel time in seconds. Allowed values: float from 0 to 1. Default: 0.125

Action foscam.ptz_preset

If your Foscam camera supports PTZ presets, you will be able to move the camera to a predefined preset using the preset name.

Data attribute Description
entity_id String or list of strings that point at entity_ids of cameras. Use entity_id: all to target all.
preset_name The name of the preset to move to. Presets can be created from within the official Foscam apps.

Example card with controls

Screenshot showing a foscam camera using a picture-elements with PTZ controls. Example showing a Foscam camera with controls for Pan and Tilt.

Using the following card code you can achieve a card displaying the live video feed from a Foscam camera with controls for moving the camera at the bottom right corner.

type: picture-elements
image: camera.bedroom
camera_image: camera.bedroom
camera_view: live
elements:
  - type: icon
    icon: "mdi:arrow-up"
    style:
      background: "rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.5)"
      right: 25px
      bottom: 50px
    tap_action:
      action: call-service
      action: foscam.ptz
      data:
        entity_id: camera.bedroom
        movement: up
  - type: icon
    icon: "mdi:arrow-down"
    style:
      background: "rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.5)"
      right: 25px
      bottom: 0px
    tap_action:
      action: call-service
      action: foscam.ptz
      data:
        entity_id: camera.bedroom
        movement: down
  - type: icon
    icon: "mdi:arrow-left"
    style:
      background: "rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.5)"
      right: 50px
      bottom: 25px
    tap_action:
      action: call-service
      action: foscam.ptz
      data:
        entity_id: camera.bedroom
        movement: left
  - type: icon
    icon: "mdi:arrow-right"
    style:
      background: "rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.5)"
      right: 0px
      bottom: 25px
    tap_action:
      action: call-service
      action: foscam.ptz
      data:
        entity_id: camera.bedroom
        movement: right
  - type: icon
    icon: "mdi:arrow-top-left"
    style:
      background: "rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.5)"
      right: 50px
      bottom: 50px
    tap_action:
      action: call-service
      action: foscam.ptz
      data:
        entity_id: camera.bedroom
        movement: top_left
  - type: icon
    icon: "mdi:arrow-top-right"
    style:
      background: "rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.5)"
      right: 0px
      bottom: 50px
    tap_action:
      action: call-service
      action: foscam.ptz
      data:
        entity_id: camera.bedroom
        movement: top_right
  - type: icon
    icon: "mdi:arrow-bottom-left"
    style:
      background: "rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.5)"
      right: 50px
      bottom: 0px
    tap_action:
      action: call-service
      action: foscam.ptz
      data:
        entity_id: camera.bedroom
        movement: bottom_left
  - type: icon
    icon: "mdi:arrow-bottom-right"
    style:
      background: "rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.5)"
      right: 0px
      bottom: 0px
    tap_action:
      action: call-service
      action: foscam.ptz
      data:
        entity_id: camera.bedroom
        movement: bottom_right

Extra CGI Commands

Foscam Webcams which support CGI Commands can be controlled by Home Assistant (Source).