homebridge-website-to-camera

homebridge-website-to-camera

Homebridge plugin for displaying a Website (intended for Google Maps-->Traffic) as Camera

Installation

1. Install Homebridge using: (sudo) npm install -g --unsafe-perm homebridge if you haven't already
2. Install this plugin using: (sudo) npm install -g homebridge-website-to-camera
3. Update your Homebridge config.json using the sample below (append in the block 'platforms' not 'accessories')
4. If you're using this on ARM/Raspberry Pi: Download the latest phantomjs-on-raspberry

• wget https://github.com/fg2it/phantomjs-on-raspberry/releases/download/v2.1.1-wheezy-jessie-armv6/phantomjs_2.1.1_armhf.deb
• sudo dpkg -i phantomjs_2.1.1_armhf.deb

In some cases, the camera is not visible in Home-App:

• Press + on top right corner in Home-App
• Press Add device
• Pres Code missing
• Select Camera

Configuration

Config file

Take a look at the example config.json

Fields:

• name name of the camera (required)
• url the URL of the website that is to be captured
• width the width of the virtual browser window
• height the height of the virtual browser window
• renderDelay time in ms that is waited after loading the URL before screenshot is taken (increase if image is incomplete)

TODO

• Probably we should use Chrome-Headless/Puppeteer in later versions
• Live-Video not working yet