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OpenHAB 3 Camera Widget
Create your Camera Create the Widget Template Create your Camera First we need to add our camera as an Equipment. To do this go to Settings and click on Model: Click on Create Equipment from Thing:…
4 Min
OpenHAB 3 Home Automation in Docker
Pulling the Docker Image Preparing the System Running the Container Automating Docker setup using Ansible Maintenance Clean Up when things go wrong OpenHAB CLI Pulling the Docker Image The OpenHAB 3 …
3 Min
OpenHAB 3 INSTAR Camera Binding
Add a Camera Thing Installing FFMPEG Add an Snapshot Channel Camera Control Add a Camera Thing After installing the camera binding we can continue with adding our camera. Go to Things and select the …
2 Min
OpenHAB 3 MQTT Binding
Configuring the MQTT Binding MQTT Broker MQTT Client Configuring the MQTT Binding MQTT Broker I will start by adding my INSTAR IP camera as MQTT Broker to OpenHAB. The broker is configured as follows…
3 Min
Website integration - HTML5 stream for Full HD cameras
This manual is only intended for 1080p Full HD camera models. For 720p HD models please see the HD guide here. HTML5 Video Stream With your INSTAR Full HD cameras you can integrate the HTML5 (plugin-…
2 Min
Run a INSTAR Node-RED Dashboard in Docker
Install Docker on Ubuntu 20.04 Download Node-RED Configuration Run Node-RED in Docker Configuring your Dashboard Used Node-RED Nodes: Docker is an application that simplifies the process of managing…
5 Min
Node-RED Event Timeline for your MQTT Camera
Use Case Used Nodes Node-RED Flow Use Case You are sitting in front of screen having to keep an eye on what is happening somewhere with your MQTT camera. You want to be able to see the live video fro…
3 Min
Homebridge INSTAR MQTT to Homekit
Preparing the Homebridge Docker Image Download How to Run Configuration Run Setting Up Homebridge Commit your Changes to the Docker Image Hombridge Configuration Template Homebridge is a lightweight …
11 Min
Youtube Videostreaming from your Camera
Installing OBS Adding your Cameras Connecting to your Youtube Account VLC Video Source You can use the free, open source OBS software to broadcast your cameras live stream to video streaming platform…
3 Min
Adding your Full HD Kameras Videostream to your Website
Integration of the live video stream in your website Edit the HTML Page Adding the h.264 Videostream Adding the MJPEG Videostream Testing Offline Upload the Page to your Server Integration of the liv…
5 Min
INSTAR MQTT Server with CloudMQTT
Creating an MQTT Instance Debugging CloudMQTT Connecting our Cameras Working with Node-RED So far we always set up our own local MQTT broker like HiveMQ or Mosquitto for use as an external MQTT broke…
4 Min
INSTAR MQTT Server with HiveMQ
Install Docker on Linux Enable the Loop Module Install Docker Start and Enable docker HiveMQ Download and Run HiveMQ Connecting your Camera Node-RED Install Docker on Linux I am going to install Dock…
4 Min
Use IFTTT as your Alarmserver
Basic Setup IFTTT Setting up a Webhook Choosing an Action (Telegram Messenger) Alarmserver Setup Basic Setup If This Then That, also known as IFTTT is a free web-based service to create chains of sim…
4 Min
Add the Live Video to the Node-RED Dashboard
Using your Cameras Snapshot Flow Export Using your Cameras MJPEG Stream Flow Export This tutorial explores several ways to add your INSTAR cameras live image to the Node-RED Dashboard. You might have…
4 Min
How to work with Alarmserver Queries
Setup What we want Node-RED Flow Alarmserver Configuration Testing Import the Flow into Node-RED INSTAR IP cameras offer an Alarmserver Function - 1080p Models, 720p Models - that allows you to send …
5 Min
Node-RED on Android
We already published a couple of articles showing you how to interact with your INSTAR HD or Full HD camera using Node-RED: Node-RED on Debian Linux Node-RED and MQTT Node-RED and SQL logging Node-RE…
2 Min
INSTAR MQTT on Android
MQTT Dash (IoT, Smarthome) Mqtt Dashboard IoT and Node-RED controller Use your INSTAR cameras MQTT interface with your Android device. There are a couple of MQTT apps available on the Google Play Sto…
5 Min
INSTAR MQTT Server @Homey
Adding the Homey MQTT Client Sending a MQTT Command to your Camera In this tutorial we want to connect an INSTAR Full HD camera through it's MQTT Interface with the Athom Homey Smarthome. Adding the …
5 Min
MQTT :: First Steps
Debugging MQTT Networks Windows and macOS Software MQTT Explorer Connect to your Cameras Broker Controlling your Camera MQTT.fx Debugging MQTT Networks Windows and macOS Software There are plenty of …
5 Min
Alexa and Monocle Gateway for the Echo 5
Part 1: Installation of the Monocle Gateway (Windows) Part 1: Installation of the Monocle Gateway (Debian) Part 2: Add exception in AVM Fritzbox and possibly other routers Part 3: Create camera in Mo…
14 Min
Node-RED and SQL Logging
Working with AlaSQL in Node-RED Connect our Camera to Node-RED Writing the Data to our SQL Database Backup the Database Table to a File Backup your camera's System Log Flow Export Light Sensor Readou…
13 Min
Homematic CCU3 Hub and RedMatic
Add sensors to the control panel Creating system variables and programs Installing Node-RED Installation of an MQTT server Enabling SSH Access (Optional) Testing the MQTT server Homematic -> INSTAR I…
16 Min
INSTAR MQTT Server with Home Assistant
Home Assistant Installation on a Raspberry Pi MQTT Binding Testing our MQTT Service Adding a UI Switch Switch Component Configuring the User Interface Adding your Cameras Live Video Adding a UI Push …
12 Min
INSTAR MQTT Server with Homematic
Redmatic Getting Started with Node-RED Homematic Sensors (Motion Detector) Motion Detection Download the Node-RED Flow System Variables Download the Node-RED Flow Redmatic We already prepared a tutor…
12 Min
INSTAR MQTT Server with Mosquitto
Docker Installation Setting up Mosquitto Running the Broker User Authentication Connecting Cameras Node-RED We are going to use the Open Source Mosquitto MQTT broker to control our INSTAR Full HD IP …
6 Min
INSTAR MQTT Server with Loxone
Loxone Configuration Loxone Configuration see https://www.loxwiki.eu/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=82149712 Loxone with your INSTAR IP Camera
1 Min
INSTAR MQTT Server with Node-RED
Node-RED Configuration Node-RED JSON Flows Node-RED User Interface Multi-Camera Setup Node-RED Configuration If you aren't using Node-RED already please follow our tutorials on how to set up the prog…
6 Min
INSTAR MQTT Server with OpenHAB2
OpenHAB Configuration though Paper UI MQTT Binding OpenHAB Configuration though Paper UI The Paper UI is a new interface that helps setting up and configuring your openHAB instance. It does not (yet)…
4 Min
INSTAR MQTT Server with homee
Node-RED Configuration Connecting the homee Gateway Using homee Environment Variables Flow Download Connecting a Sensor to your Camera Flow Download Node-RED Configuration If you aren't using Node-RE…
8 Min
INSTAR MQTT Server with ioBroker
Install ioBroker on CentOS 8 Setting up Node.js ioBroker Install Script Connecting to the MQTT Broker Node-RED Adapter Example Flow MQTT Adapter Visualization JSON Flow for Node-RED Live Video Alarms…
13 Min
Adding a Theme to Home Assistant
Adding your Theme Automatically switch Day / Night Theme Start by creating a themes directory in the Home Assistant configuration folder inside your home directory: Now open the Home Assistant config…
2 Min
Pure-FTPd on a Raspberry Pi
Installation Basic Configurations FTP Home Directory, Virtual User and User Group We want to use the FTP (File Transfer Protocol) to transfer snapshots between our INSTAR IP camera an our Raspberry P…
3 Min
OpenHAB 2 Home Automation
See also -> Updated OpenHAB 3 Tutorial. Camera API to Node-RED to OpenHAB OpenHAB Installation on Windows OpenHAB2 Configuration Connect the MQTT Server to openHab2 Add Items Access your SmartHome Re…
6 Min
OpenHAB 2 IP Camera Binding
See also -> Updated OpenHAB 3 Tutorial. Installation Configuration Installation Download the binding already built in JAR format from here (currently this is the version ): Place the JAR file after…
3 Min
Raspberry Pi & openHABian
See also -> Updated OpenHAB 3 Tutorial. Install openHABian on a Raspberry Pi OpenHAB & Node-RED Tutorials Use a Raspberry Pi to control your INSTAR Network Camera. The OpenHAB Linux distribution ope…
2 Min
FHEM IPCAM Module for INSTAR Cameras
FHEM Installation Make FHEM look Pretty(ier) The IPCAM Module Adding your INSTAR HD or Full HD Camera Camera Control Timed snapshots Adding your Cameras Live Video Tablet UI Automate Camera Functions…
31 Min
FHEM with the INSTAR MQTT Server
FHEM Installation Perl Installation Setup FHEM MQTT Broker Add Devices Adding a Test Device Go to Position Node-RED Node-RED flow (FHEM->Camera) Just to get a quick overview over the FHEM user interf…
13 Min
Node-RED Installation on Windows
nodeRED on Windows Installing Node.js Installing nodeRED Run nodeRED Configuring nodeRed Create a Static directory nodeRED on Windows Setting up nodeRED in a Microsoft Windows environment. The instru…
3 Min
Mosquitto Broker Installation on Windows
Mosquitto on Windows Installing Mosquitto Testing the MQTT Server with MQTT.fx Troubleshooting MQTT Binding for OpenHAB Mosquitto on Windows Eclipse Mosquitto is an open source (EPL/EDL licensed) mes…
3 Min
OpenHAB 2 Installation on Windows
openHAB 2 on Windows Prerequisites Installation openHAB 2 on Windows The following instructions will guide you through the process of setting up openHAB 2. Prerequisites First we need to Download and…
2 Min
No FireMotD ExportFile detected
If you see the Error message after starting openHABian for the first time, follow this Guide to get FireMotD set up: Go to the FireMotD directory And run the following command (you will be prompt…
1 Min
Node-RED Setup under openHABian
OpenHAB CLI Tool Setting up Node-RED Troubleshooting Manual Installation (optional) OpenHAB CLI Tool We want to set up the Node-RED flow that we were already working with in our Windows Installation,…
4 Min
Mosquitto Setup under openHABian
OpenHAB CLI Tool Troubleshooting Manual Installation (optional) OpenHAB CLI Tool Just as Node-RED, Mosquitto (our Broker for the MQTT Protocol) can be installed through the OpenHAB-CLI. First, login …
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OpenHAB Setup under openHABian
OpenHAB CLI Securing your Installation OpenHAB Setup OpenHAB CLI As to be expected from a LINUX distro maintained by OpenHAB, there isn't much to do anymore to set up OpenHAB once you installed openH…
3 Min
OpenHAB 2 IP Camera Control
Camera API to Node-RED to OpenHAB OpenHAB Troubleshooting Items Switch String Transformation Services Sitemap Setting up Node-RED Source Code home.items home.sitemap Node-RED Flow Camera API to Node-…
66 Min
Node-RED and Alexa
A Node-RED node to control things via Amazon Alexa. Use voice commands to control your INSTAR IP camera without the need for an Amazon Alexa Skill - no Cloud required. We are going to use the node-re…
20 Min
IFTTT and INSTAR Full HD Cameras
Basic Setup IFTTT Basic Setup If This Then That, also known as IFTTT is a free web-based service to create chains of simple conditional statements, called applets. Build your own applets to connect w…
2 Min
IOBroker on Raspberry Pi
ioBroker Tutorials ioBroker (ioBroker Website, Github) is an integration platform for the Internet of Things, focused on Building Automation, Smart Metering, Ambient Assisted Living, Process Automati…
2 Min
Node-RED and IFTTT
Basic Setup Node-RED Introduction IFTTT Setting up a Webhook Node-RED Contacting the external Webhook IFTTT Contacting a Node-RED Endpoint Basic Setup If This Then That, also known as IFTTT is a free…
12 Min
Node-RED and MQTT
Installation Securing Node-RED Setting Application Port and URLs Creating a Public Directory Creating an Administrator login Starting Node-RED Node-RED Tutorials Node-RED is a programming tool for wi…
6 Min
Using your XiaoMi Home Hardware without the Cloud
ZigBee Communication without a proprietary Hub Setting up the bridge Running the bridge Determine location of CC2531 USB sniffer and checking user permissions Installation Configuration Running ZigBe…
20 Min
Run ZoneMinder inside a Docker Container
Installation of Docker on CentOS Zoneminder and MySQL Accessing the Zoneminder applications Configuring ZoneMinder FirewallD Adding a INSTAR 1080p Camera Adding your cameras MJPEG Stream Adding your …
4 Min
ioBroker Installation
Installation of ioBroker Installation of ioBroker Create a directory and install ioBroker using the node package manager: Check if ioBroker is up with your webbrowser:
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ioBroker Setup
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ioBroker Installation
Installation of ioBroker under Windows 10 Install the latest version of Node.js, create a directory and install ioBroker using the node package manager: You can start the ioBroker service by typing …
10 Min
IOBroker on a Raspberry Pi
Raspbian Required Hardware Required Software Raspbian Installation Raspbian We are going to use a clean installation of Raspian (a Debian based LINUX Dist for your Raspberry Pi) to set up ioBroker. P…
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motionEye on Raspberry Pi
ioBroker Preparation Installation of motionEye Adding your IP Camera JPG Camera MJPG Camera RTSP Camera Adding motionEye to ioBroker Vis ioBroker Preparation MotionEye uses the port 8081 to stream yo…
28 Min
Node-RED and MQTT Advanced
Building a functional User Interface JSON Code export Global Login UI Buttons SET Audio Detection State Building a functional User Interface In the last course we created a Login Form in our dashboar…
12 Min
Node-RED and MQTT Intermediate
Using a UI Form Element to set a Global Login Login Form MQTT Node getserverinfo Flow JSON Code export Global Login CGI Response for getserverinfo Using a UI Form Element to set a Global Login In the…
12 Min
Control your Camera over MQTT with your Android Phone
The MQTT Protocol is supported by a wide range of third-party software. In the following we want to take a look at two Android apps that will allow us to use the MQTT Endpoints we added to our Node-R…
3 Min
Node-RED and MQTT Introduction
Creating your first Flows MQTT Deploy your Flows Exported Sourcecode Creating your first Flows You can find the exported source code for this example at the end of the article - The JSON code contain…
7 Min
ioBroker Blockly Script Engine
ioBroker comes with a Blockly Adapter that - very similar to Node-RED - allows you to create small scripts with a graphical user interface. You can install it from the Adapters tab: Click on the Sc…
27 Min
ioBroker Cloud Adapter
ioBroker Cloud Adapter Amazon Alexa IFTTT ioBroker Cloud Adapter Amazon Alexa IFTTT
38 Min
ioBroker MQTT Adapter
First we need to be able to communicate with our camera using the MQTT Protocol. We choose to install the MQTT Broker/Client Adapter from the lists of available adapters in ioBroker. You can use this…
15 Min
ioBroker Node-RED Adapter
ioBroker offers you Node-RED as an easy to install adapter. Please be aware that we ran into a few problems here - that might not affect you. But we decided to use our earlier Node-RED Installation i…
7 Min
ioBroker Smartphone Integration
ioBroker offers adapter for 3 different smartphone notification apps - Pushbullet, Pushsafer and Pushover. All of them work pretty much the same. We want to show the basic setup here, based on two of…
38 Min
IOBroker Visualization
VIS installation The VIS Admin Panel Communication via MQTT Display Camera Settings Display the Camera Live Stream Use VIS to Change Camera Settings GET Flow SET Flow VIS Widgets VIS installation The…
65 Min
Tasker Android App - Activate Nightvision Task
Create a Tasker scene to switch the IR LEDs In the following we will create a Tasker Scene - a user interface that can combine a large number of buttons to control your camera - and provide buttons f…
2 Min
Tasker Android App - Deactivate Nightvision Task
Create a Tasker scene to switch the IR LEDs In the following we will create a Tasker Scene - a user interface that can combine a large number of buttons to control your camera - and provide buttons f…
2 Min
Tasker Android App - Schedule Alarm Task
Add a task to timed adjust motion detection In the PREVIOUS STEP we have defined 2 tasks that will cause the camera to pan between a daytime and a nighttime position. Now we want to adjust the motion…
5 Min
Tasker Android App - Nightvision Scene
Create a tasker scene to switch the IR LEDs In the following we will create a Tasker Scene - a user interface that can combine a large number of buttons to control your camera - and provide buttons f…
2 Min
Tasker Android App - Schedule Profile
Add a timed motion detection: day mode In the following example, we will write a profile that will trigger the Motion Detection Task and the Positions Task every morning at 6:00 am and accordingly at…
3 Min
Tasker Android App - Schedule PTZ Task
Add a task for timed start-up of stored positions You want to see your camera in a different direction during the day than at night? In the following example, we will create 2 tasks that will drive o…
4 Min
Tasker - Activate IR Shortcut
Add a Tasker Shortcut to your homescreen (enable IR LEDs) In the following we will create a short cut on our home screen, with which we can turn on the IR LEDs of our INSTAR HD IP camera. By the same…
2 Min
Tasker - Deactivate IR Shortcut
Add a Tasker Shortcut to your homescreen (disable IR LEDs) In the following we will create a short cut on our home screen, with which we can turn off the IR LEDs of our INSTAR HD IP camera. By the sa…
2 Min
CGI Commands
Control your INSTAR IP camera from your default web browser CGI: Common Gateway Interface Common Gateway Interface (CGI) is a standard method used to generate dynamic content on web pages. CGI provid…
2 Min
VPN Tunnel
General information for the Fritz.box VPN function In order for the Fritz! Box to become the VPN server, first check System / Update, if the latest firmware version is installed. Then, make sure that…
3 Min
CGI Commands for INSTAR VGA Cameras
Complete CGI Instruction Set for the VGA Series For all developers that want to integrate our cameras in their software or for everyone that wants to experiment a little, we now offer a full list of …
6 Min
IP vs CCTV
What’s The Difference Between Analog and IP Cameras? One of the most significant technological changes in CCTV market is the advent of so called IP cameras. When choosing security cameras for your ho…
14 Min
Restore your Camera after a faulty WebUI Upgrade
You updated your camera´s web user interface - but now you are unable to log into your camera with your web browser. You still "see" the camera inside your network and might even be able to access th…
2 Min
Tasker Android App
Use CGI commands to automate functions of your camera Tasker :: Android Macro Tool To automate your IP camera with your Android phone you need a macro tool, like the app Tasker. The current (paid) ve…
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Restore your HD Camera after a faulty Firmware Upgrade
VGA Cameras VGA Models 720p CAMERAS Set Up a Serial Connection Restore the Firmware
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Website Integration
Add your Cameras Image to your personal Homepage
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Tasker - Add a Profile to deactivate Motion Detection
How do you disable motion detection when you are at home? Add a profile (motion detection disabled) Now we just have to automate the just created action. Go to the profile tab and press the plus to a…
2 Min
Tasker - Add a Task to deactivate Motion Detection
How do you disable motion detection when you are away from home? Add a task (motion detection disabled) Press the + at the bottom of the task tab. Press the + again to open the Action Category dial…
2 Min
Tasker - Add a Task to activate Motion Detection
How do you activate motion detection when you are at home? Add a task (motion detection enabled) Start Tasker and switch to the Task tab. Press the plus down in the middle. Start the Android app and…
2 Min
Tasker - Add a Profile to activate Motion Detection
How do you activate motion detection when you are at home? Hinzufügen eines Profils (Bewegungserkennung aktiviert) Now we just have to automate the just created action. Go to the profile tab and pres…
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Restore your VGA Camera after a faulty Firmware Upgrade
VGA Cameras What do you need? USB to serial UART Interface (3.3 logic needed) available online. 4x connection cable with female pins on both sided and 4 pin plugs. Software HyperTerminal (Windows X…
4 Min
Website Integration - Cambozola
Cambozola JAVA Plugin In order to integrate your IP camera in a website we recommend you the Cambozola Java plugin. The plugin will allow to display the MJPEG cameras live stream in any web browser. …
3 Min
Website Integration - Open IP Camera Manager
Snowman UPDATE The free software Open IP Camera Manager was superseded by the software Simple And Open Webcam Management. Parts of the information below are still relevant for an installation on a Wi…
1 Min
Website Integration - HD Camera Integration
Integration of the live video stream in your website There is two ways to integrate the HD video stream of your camera in your website. h264: This method will use the H264 video stream of your camera…
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