It is not possible to integrate a ONVIF camera that requires an empty password

[apolselli]

The problem

It is not possible to integrate my ONVIF camera that requires an empty password.
The onvif yaml config is no more documented, so the onvif integration setup wizard from Lovelace should add support for this.
Also, the newly ONVIF dicovered integration can't be "ignored".

Environment

Home assistant on Raspberry Pi4.

• Home Assistant Core release with the issue: 0.110
• Last working Home Assistant Core release (if known):
• Operating environment (Home Assistant/Supervised/Docker/venv): Home Assistant
• Integration causing this issue: onvif
• Link to integration documentation on our website: https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/onvif/

Problem-relevant configuration.yaml

Traceback/Error logs

Additional information

[probot-home-assistant]

onvif documentation
onvif source
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[probot-home-assistant]

Hey there @hunterjm, mind taking a look at this issue as its been labeled with a integration (onvif) you are listed as a codeowner for? Thanks!
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[hunterjm]

ONVIF doesn't have a discovery flow, so it shouldn't show up with either "Configure" or "Ignore" buttons. You have to manually add it. Will look into allowing empty passwords... but that just sounds really bad. Are you sure your camera doesn't allow you to set one?

What is the Make/Model of the device?

[apolselli]

The device is a Xiaovv Q8 HD 1080P 360°: it is a cheap camera that supports ONVIF with PTZ, but doesn't allow to change the password (empty) for the only user ("admin") authorized on the onvif interface. The only password you can set and change is that of their cloud platform and app, but it is not used for onvif. I tested it successfully with other generic onvif clients that support empty passwords.
Thank you!

[johnjoemorgan]

@hunterjm Some budget IP cameras such as Digoo do not use a password "out of the box" and in fact the only way to update the password is to reflash the units with custom code. Agreed not a purchase of choice but in some countries the range of decent, budget ONVIF cameras is very limited