Homebridge-dahua-alerts NPM

homebridge-dahua-alerts

Routes motion alerts for Dahua, Alhua, Amcrest and Lorex camera streams to homebridge-camera-ffmpeg

This plugin only supports VideoMotion alerts, not any SmartMotion detection. You must disable those features in order for this plugin to work correctly. Please check issue #15 if you have compatible hardware and would like to contribute SmartMotion dectection

Confirmed working with: | Dahua DVR | Dahua/Amcrest Standalone Camera | Lorex DVR | | - | - | - | | - | IP3M-943B | - | | - | IP5M-B1186EB | - | | - | DH-IPC-HDW3641TMP | - | | NVR4208-8P | - | - | | - | -| LHV1004 DHV | | DHI-HCVR4116HS-S3 | - | - | | DH-XVR5116HS-X | - | - | | - | DH-IPC-HDBW4631R-S | - | | DHI-NVR4104HS-P-4Ks2 | - | - | | - | - | NR818 | | - | N43AJ52-B | - |

but lots of Dahua/Lorex NVRs and standalone cameras share this VideoMotion api.

Installation

Install Homebridge using the official instructions.
Install homebridge-camera-ffmpeg
Configure your RTSP streams in homebridge-camera-ffmpeg
1. Configure "porthttp": 8088 for Http-based Automation](https://sunoo.github.io/homebridge-camera-ffmpeg/automation/http.html)
2. Configure "motion": true for the camera streams you want motion detection
3. Configure "motionTimeout": 0 to disable automatically resetting the motion after 1 second default
4. (Optional) Configure "localhttp": true to ensure HTTP automations only work from same device (for enhanced security)
Install homebridge-dahua-alerts.
Configure your NVR and camera settings.
- Ensure you have enabled https or port 443 on your device if you're getting ECONNREFUSED in the debug logs. Not required by all.

Sample config.json

Configuration for one NVR with multiple cameras

homebridge-camera-ffmpeg

{
    "name": "Camera FFmpeg",
    "porthttp": 8088,
    "localhttp": true,
    "cameras": [
        {
            "name": "Driveway",
            "motion": true,
            "motionTimeout": 0,
            "videoConfig": {
                "source": "-i rtsp://admin:<snip>@192.168.1.XX:554/cam/realmonitor?channel=1&subtype=1"
            }
        },
        {
            "name": "Porch",
            "motion": true,
            "motionTimeout": 0,
            "videoConfig": {
                "source": "-i rtsp://admin:<snip>@192.168.1.XX:554/cam/realmonitor?channel=2&subtype=1"
            }
        },
        {
            "name": "Backdoor",
            "motion": true,
            "motionTimeout": 0,
            "videoConfig": {
                "source": "-i rtsp://admin:<snip>@192.168.1.XX:554/cam/realmonitor?channel=4&subtype=1"
            }
        }
    ],
    "platform": "Camera-ffmpeg"
}

homebridge-dahua-alerts

{
    "cameras": [
        {
            "index": 0,
            "cameraName": "Driveway"
        },
        {
            "index": 1,
            "cameraName": "Porch"
        },
        {
            "index": 3,
            "cameraName": "Backdoor"
        }
    ],
    "homebridgeCameraFfmpegHttpPort": 8088,
    "host": "XX.XX.XX.XX",
    "user": "admin",
    "pass": "XX",
    "platform": "dahua-alerts"
}

homebridgeCameraFfmpegHttpPort must match the porthttp config in the homebridge-camera-ffmpeg config
host is the IP of the NVR or camera
user is username of the NVR or camera
pass is the password of the NVR or camera
useHttp (optional) use HTTP instead of HTTPS to connect to host

For each camera you want to monitor, add a new entry to the cameras array.

index if the camera's channel number substracted by 1 (the index starts from 0, the camera channel starts from 1)
cameraName must match the name of the camera specified in the homebridge-camera-ffmpeg config

Override Camera Connection Credentials

This is useful if you have standalone IP Camera(s) (not going through an NVR), a mix of IP Cameras and NVR(s), or multiple NVRs.

To define a host/user/pass on a camera simply add the cameraCredentials object. If you have a top level host/user/pass defined, this object will override it.

    "cameras": [
        {
            "index": 0,
            "cameraName": "Driveway"
            "cameraCredentials": {
                    "host": "XX.XX.XX.XX",
                    "user": "admin",
                    "pass": "XX"
            }
        },