Camera MQTT Config

MQTT

Here you can configure the specific MQTT Topics/Messages camera.ui should listen to

Example:

"name": "My Camera",
"videoConfig": {
  ...
},
"mqtt": {
  "motionTopic": "sricam/motion",
  "motionMessage": "ON",
  "motionResetTopic": "sricam/motion",
  "motionResetMessage": "OFF"
}

If your camera does not send simple message like "ON" / "OFF" and sends a JSON payload instead, the following is also possible

Assuming your camera sends a JSON payload like this on motion detection:

{
  "timestamp": 123456789,
  "event": {
    "type": "motion",
    "state": true
  }
}

And you need the "state" value in the payload. You can give camera.ui the path to the value and camera.ui will automatically read this value:

"name": "My Camera",
"videoConfig": {
  ...
},
"mqtt": {
  "motionTopic": "sricam/motion",
  "motionMessage": {
    "event": {
      "state": true
    }
  },
  "motionResetTopic": "sricam/motion",
  "motionResetMessage": {
    "event": {
      "state": false
    }
  },
}

Info

Attributes	Required	Usage	Default	Options
motionTopic		The MQTT topic to watch for motion alerts. The topic (prefix/suffix) should be unique, it will be used to assign the motion detected message to the desired camera.
motionMessage		The message to watch for to trigger motion alerts.
motionResetTopic		The MQTT topic to watch for motion resets. The topic (prefix/suffix) should be unique, it will be used to assign the reset motion message to the desired camera.
motionMessage		The message to watch for to trigger motion resets.
motionResetMessage		The MQTT topic to watch for doorbell alerts. The topic (prefix/suffix) should be unique, it will be used to assign the doorbell message to the desired camera.
doorbellMessage		The message to watch for to trigger doorbell alerts. Will use the name of the camera if blank.