homebridge-camera-rpi
v0.0.6
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raspberry pi camera plugin for homebridge
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homebridge-camera-rpi
raspberry pi camera plugin for homebridge
Note: An SD card image is available here.
Prerequisite
- camera module activated (
raspi-config
) - module
bcm2835-v4l2
loaded (addbcm2835-v4l2
to/etc/modules
and reboot) - ffmpeg installed (
sudo apt install ffmpeg
)
Installation (as homebridge plugin)
npm install -g homebridge-camera-rpi
edit config.json
and add platform rpi-camera
{
...
"platforms": [
...
{
"platform": "rpi-camera",
"cameras": [{"name": "Pi Camera"}]
}
]
}
add homebridge to the video group: sudo adduser homebridge video
restart homebridge
add extra camera accessory in the home app (the setup code is the same as for homebridge)
Installation (standalone)
make sure git
and node
are installed. (Type sudo apt install git
to install git and read this to install node)
optionally install in opt
:
cd /opt
sudo mkdir homebridge-camera-rpi
sudo chown pi homebridge-camera-rpi
install:
git clone https://github.com/moritzmhmk/homebridge-camera-rpi
cd homebridge-camera-rpi
npm install
test:
node standalone.js
optionally create systemd service /etc/systemd/system/hap-camera-rpi.service
:
[Unit]
Description=HAP Camera RPi
[Service]
ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/node /opt/homebridge-camera-rpi/standalone.js -c /etc/homebridge-camera-rpi.conf.json
WorkingDirectory=/opt/homebridge-camera-rpi
Restart=always
RestartSec=10
User=pi
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
create config file /etc/homebridge-camera-rpi.conf.json
:
{
"name": "Pi Camera",
"id": "Pi Camera",
"pincode": "031-45-154",
"username": "EC:23:3D:D3:CE:CE"
}
id
is used to generate the uuid and defaults to name
when not defined
enable and start the service:
sudo systemctl enable hap-camera-rpi
sudo systemctl start hap-camera-rpi
Options
{
"name": "Pi Camera",
"id": "Pi Camera",
"rotate": 0,
"verticalFlip": false,
"horizontalFlip": false,
"debug": false
}
Note: rotate
currently only works for 0
and 180
degrees.