Send Dahua IP Camera events to MQTT

Configuration file

{
  "Defaults": {
    "Map": {
      "Start": "ON",
      "Stop": "OFF"
    }
  },
  "Cameras": [
    {
      "Host": "192.168.1.248",
      "Port": "80",
      "Username": "admin",
      "Password": "admin",
      "Events": ["VideoMotion"],
      "Topic": "/openhab/parking_1_motion/state/set",
      "Map": {
        "Start": "ON",
        "Stop": "OFF"
      }
    },
    {
      "Host": "192.168.1.194",
      "Topic": "/openhab/parking_2_motion/state/set"
    }
  ],
  "MQTT": {
    "Host": "192.168.1.31",
    "Port": "1883",
    "Timeout": 60
  }
}

Configuration file location

Service look configuration file in running path or in path from environment variable, ex.:

DAHUAEVENTS2MQTT_CONFIG=\etc\dahuaevents2mqtt\dahuaevents2mqtt.json

Camera parameters

• Host (string, no default value) camera host, ex. "192.168.1.248";
• Port (string, default value "80") camera port;
• Username (string, default value "admin") camera user;
• Password (string, default value "admin") camera password;
• Events (array of string, default value ["VideoMotion"]) list of camera's event for handle by service;
• Topic (string, no default value) MQTT topic for sending messages, ex. "/openhab/parking_1_motion/state/set";
• Map (map with string values, no default value)

Map

The events receiving from camera looks like this:

Code=VideoMotion;action=Stop;index=0

Before sending an event to a queue, you may need to convert the action to the appropriate value for you.

"Map": {
    "Start": "ON",
    "Stop": "OFF"
}

Parameters

dahuaevents2mqtt [install|remove|run|start|stop]

Install

Installing as service

Remove

Remove service from system

Run

Run as regular program

Start

Start previously installed service

Stop

Stop previously installed service

Plans

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