Nest indoor camera #204
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How do you turn indoor camera on/off? After adding the camera, it shows off. There is no option to turn it on/off in Apple Home. I have to turn it on in the Nest app to see the video stream. I was hoping for it to be "on" when away and "off" when home. |
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Is this with HKSV enabled or not? |
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Yes, HKSV is enabled. When I click the camera, it shows This camera has been disabled. If I open Google Home app on the iPhone and turn the camera on, I am able to see the camera feed in Apple Home app. Not sure how to turn the camera on/off from the Apple Home app. This is the JSON:"platforms": [
{
"name": "Config",
"port": 8581,
"lightingMode": "auto",
"platform": "config"
},
{
"name": "NestAccfactory",
"nest": {
"fieldTest": false
},
"google": {
"issuetoken": "...",
"cookie": "...",
"fieldTest": false
},
"options": {
"eveHistory": false,
"weather": false,
"elevation": 0,
"hksv": true,
"ffmpegPath": "/usr/bin/ffmpeg"
},
"platform": "NestAccfactory"
}
],
"disabledPlugins": []More context:Prior to this plugin, I used homebridge-nest. That one had "Home Occupied" accessory that I could add to "When Anyone Arrives Home" and "When The Last Person Leaves Home" automations. This switched off (I think) the thermostat. With this plugin:I am trying to recreate the same. When away, turn off the thermostat and turn on the camera. When home, turn on the thermostat and turn off the camera. Update: I directly added the Thermostat accessory to the automations - this works. Don't see Camera as accessory. |
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Would using the settings in HKSV recording options help? There is no direct switch todo this and I dont plan on exposing a switch to perform the function. the thermostat has an occupancy sensor exposed 
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Sure, I don't need a switch. The switch was more for testing the camera immediately to see if it works. What I have is: When Home: Off However, for testing, when I set it to the way you have in the screenshot, the camera remains Off with (This camera has been disabled.) If the camera is off in Google Home, I see this in Apple Home:
If the camera is on in Google Home, the light of the camera is on, I see this in Apple Home with When Home - Off:
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I'm missing something here??? Google home doesn't set the HomeKit (app) mode. I'm not following the google home/away settings for the camera. |
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Hi, my bad! Let me go through the steps:
Problem:
The Google Home part:
I would expect the Camera light and stream to be on/off by HKSV respecting the Recording Options. This isn't the case. Without turning the camera "on" in Google Home, the camera remains off (shows disabled). BTW, thanks for the amazing work! |
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I’ll look into it. Would help,if you post initial startup logging output? With debugging enable |
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Hi, thank you! Here is the startup log: |
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[NestAccfactory] ffmpeg binary "/usr/bin/ffmpeg" does not meet the minimum support requirements You need anew ffmpeg binary...... also, can you run homebridge with -D and send output when starting a new video stream (when home=stream).. I think you have an ffmpeg binary issue |
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Hi, I updated ffmpeg - no longer see that warning/error. Started over:
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Seems like nest backend had some errors at that time |
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Same as before - get "Off - This camera has been disabled." No log entries kick in for this view stream action. If I then go to Google Home and "Turn on" the camera, switch back to Apple Home to view live stream, I can see the video feed. When that happens, here is the log: |
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If I correctly understand your issue: HKSV “Recording Options” (When Home/Away) only control what HomeKit does, whether it requests or records a stream. They don’t change the Nest camera’s actual on/off state in Google Home. If the camera is off in Google Home, HomeKit can’t stream and will show it as disabled. If it’s on, HomeKit can stream, but “When Home: Off” simply tells Home not to stream or record—it doesn’t turn the camera off in Google. |
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That is correct. With that last part, you can see the camera light "on" even if it's off in HomeKit. Wonder why this is not an issue for others. May be because mine is the indoor camera. |
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Might be a challenge to implement as the hksv recording options are not exposed to HomeKit |
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ok.. have something going for non-hksv enabled.. turning camera on/off in google home reflects in HomeKit. HSKV is proving a little more tricky. When setting home mode to "off", it'll turn the camera off. BUT not getting a notification when setting back to say "detect activity" as that should turn back on |
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Cool! Can we not leverage the HomeKit Automations "When Anyone Arrives Home", "When The Last Person Leaves Home". We could set the camera to turn on/off. I assume you are saying these are not programmatically available. |
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try this |
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Yay! that works. Was able to change When Home: to Off (It does show "Settings Error - There was an error updating the setting for this camera. Please try again later." but it does save the setting)and the stream stopped as expected. Thank you! Haven't tested "When Away" yet to see if it automatically kicks in but will check later. |
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Ok.. send me any log for errors and will see. maybe a timing thing.. please keep testing |
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Just an update:
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Thanks for the update. Might have another fix coming up in the next alpha release for some further camera stuff.. The automations are purely controlled by HomeKit, but be interesting to know what when on with the thermostat |
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Sounds good. Regarding the thermostat, there is an option in the Thermostat settings "When I leave home, Turn Off Thermostat" - it does not kick in for sure. The thermostat keeps running even when away. A few days ago, I had used the Automations "When Anyone Arrives Home", "When The Last Person Leaves Home" to add the Thermostat and set it to on/off. I think at that time, it did turn off when Away, but on Arrive, it did not turn on. I will have to play with this - will update after a few tests. Thanks! |
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Can test [email protected] to see if any difference makes with the camera |
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Hi, so far so good 👍 |
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[email protected] released with this over the weekend. |
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try this
[email protected]