weirdtangent/amcrest2mqtt

Expose multiple Amcrest cameras and events to an MQTT broker, primarily designed to work with Home Assistant. A WIP, since I'm new to Python. Uses the python-amcrest library.

Forked from dchesterton/amcrest2mqtt

You can define config in config.yaml and pass -c path/to/config.yaml. See the config.yaml.sample file for an example.

Or, we support the following environment variables and defaults:

• AMCREST_HOSTS (required, 1+ space-separated list of hostnames/ips)

• AMCREST_NAMES (required, 1+ space-separated list of device names - must match count of AMCREST_HOSTS)

• AMCREST_PORT (optional, default = 80)

• AMCREST_USERNAME (optional, default = admin)

• AMCREST_PASSWORD (required)

• MQTT_USERNAME (required)

• MQTT_PASSWORD (optional, default = empty password)

• MQTT_HOST (optional, default = 'localhost')

• MQTT_QOS (optional, default = 0)

• MQTT_PORT (optional, default = 1883)

• MQTT_TLS_ENABLED (required if using TLS) - set to true to enable

• MQTT_TLS_CA_CERT (required if using TLS) - path to the ca certs

• MQTT_TLS_CERT (required if using TLS) - path to the private cert

• MQTT_TLS_KEY (required if using TLS) - path to the private key

• MQTT_PREFIX (optional, default = amgrest2mqtt)

• MQTT_HOMEASSISTANT (optional, default = true)

• MQTT_DISCOVERY_PREFIX (optional, default = 'homeassistant')

• TZ (required, timezone identifier, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tz_database_time_zones#List)

• STORAGE_POLL_INTERVAL (optional, default = 3600) - how often to fetch storage data (in seconds) (set to 0 to disable functionality)

It exposes events to the following topics:

• amcrest2mqtt/broker - broker config
• amcrest2mqtt/[SERIAL_NUMBER]/event - all events
• amcrest2mqtt/[SERIAL_NUMBER]/doorbell - doorbell status (if AD110 or AD410)
• amcrest2mqtt/[SERIAL_NUMBER]/human - human detection (if AD410)
• amcrest2mqtt/[SERIAL_NUMBER]/motion - motion events (if supported)
• amcrest2mqtt/[SERIAL_NUMBER]/config - device configuration information

Device Support

The app supports events for any Amcrest device supported by python-amcrest.

Home Assistant

The app has built-in support for Home Assistant discovery. Set the HOME_ASSISTANT environment variable to true to enable support. If you are using a different MQTT prefix to the default, you will need to set the HOME_ASSISTANT_PREFIX environment variable.

Running the app

To run via env variables with Docker Compose, see docker-compose.yaml or make sure you attach a volume with the config file and point to that directory, for example:

CMD [ "python", "-u", "./amcrest2mqtt.py", "-c", "/config" ]

Out of Scope

Non-Docker Environments

Docker is the only supported way of deploying the application. The app should run directly via Python but this is not supported.

Buy Me A Coffee

A few people have kindly requested a way to donate a small amount of money. If you feel so inclined I've set up a "Buy Me A Coffee" page where you can donate a small sum. Please do not feel obligated to donate in any way - I work on the app because it's useful to myself and others, not for any financial gain - but any token of appreciation is much appreciated 🙂

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